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all busy bees trying to drum up support before saturdays debate. we are in fast forward in this campaign. we are awaiting mitt romney at a town hall meeting. we saw him land in the granite state a little while ago. he is in manchester new hampshire. he is in there speaking to the folks. as soon as that gets underway well listen to a little of what he has to say fresh off of his slim victory in iowa. i have thed do tore of the man chest they are union leader which quite prominently deci...

a one-term proposition, and we are here to collect. let me tell you. >> people have asked me how ive done this sitting back at the polls and not getting a whole lot of attention paid to us. how did you keep going out to iowa in 99 counties and 381 town hall meetings and speeches? well, every morning when i was getting up in the morning to take on that challenge, ive required a strength of another particular friendship, one that is sacred. ive survived the challenges so far by the daily...

[ applause ] >> congratulations to rick santorum. this has been a great victory for him and for his effort. he has worked very hard in iowa. we feel its been a great victory for us here. [ applause ] ron paul as well. ron paul has had a great night. >> i think there is nothing to be ashamed of. everything to be satisfied and be raring to move on, on to the next stop, which is new hampshire. [ applause ] >> we are not going to go out and run nasty ads. we are not going to run 30-second ...

three years, ill be looking at a one-term proposition, and we are here to collect. let me tell you. >> people have asked me how ive done this sitting back at the polls and not getting a whole lot of attention paid to us. how did you keep going out to iowa in 99 counties and 381 town hall meetings and speeches? well, every morning when i was getting up in the morning to take on that challenge, ive required a strength of another particular friendship, one that is sacred. ive survived the...

To them. romney has to do more about that. no doubt about that. dont get me wrong on the likability thing. its not like hes, you know, clearing out the decks with that but hes begun to sort of humanize himself, put himself in personal settings where voters begin to see him and his family in that kind context as the first family. and understand and appreciate their story. that can help, i think, down the road with him because there is this sort of stilted kind of formal corporate image he has tha...

look at his numbers. in a week, what hes done, thats astonishing. what has romney dom? nothing in five years. >> a convincing argument, sometimes the best isnt that good but sometimes you should vote for it, whatever he said. steve, where is your money going? you have poker chips here. >> yeah, a pile of red chips worth an unknown amount and fake money made in china. >> i wont say the money may be made in china in the future -- >> i would bet my chinese money and red chips -- i was goi...

in a week, what hes done, thats astonishing. what has romney dom? nothing in five years. >> a convincing argument, sometimes the best isnt that good but sometimes you should vote for it, whatever he said. steve, where is your money going? you have poker chips here. >> yeah, a pile of red chips worth an unknown amount and fake money made in china. >> i wont say the money may be made in china in the future -- >> i would bet my chinese money and red chips -- i was going to go with santoru...

They arent going anywhere. mitt romney being the most electable can take him over the finish line. and terry bran stat, a center-right candidate. a photo finish. this is a long way from over. >> i think youre right. particularly an interested in eric erickson, get you to weigh in on this, on governor perry and also rick santorum, because these guys are very organized. like, i dont know if most know this, but they are very organized. i think santorum has basically been living in iowa for a year. ...

Opportunity. and opportunity begins with having a great education. the fact that the dream act has stumbled over and over again doesnt mean that were going give up. were going to continue it fight for it, and we had succeed at one point. the candidates need to understand that they need the latino vote. they havent come across to reach us. he do not realize that our vote is substantial here in iowa and all over the united states, and they need to reach out to us. we are entitled to our vote and o...

Organization is. to an extent, rick santorum has been in iowa a long time but not the money to build a ground game and dependent on evangelical resources to help him. that helped huckabee in 2008 with a lot of insiders then. >> money or not, eric, hes been there. hes been to every one of those 99 counties. i think hes met every iowan at this point. >> he probably has met every iowan, in fact, probably met a lot of people, families coming in from vacation, other states as well which may be helpin...