chris, good morning. thanks for having me. i think people will be surprised because senator santorum s got a good ground game. he s got talented people on board and working the ground game hard. in south carolina, our republican primary voters expect to see him on the ground here. do you think santorum needs romney to make a mistake to really have a good chance, dick? i don t think so. i agree with chad. we ve seen rick santorum here time and time again over last several months. it s important to understand, look at numbers last night, new york times did some exit polling, the conservative republicans went with santorum. the evangelical republicans went with santorum. and mitt romney came in to iowa 25%, came out with 25%, got less votes this time than he did four years ago and the most exciting thing for democrats is, only 122,000 republicans voted yesterday or went to the caucuses yesterday. that s half of what turned out
night that only went over so so, but this is the guy who hasn t been able to keep his promise he made four years ago. let s bring in the news nation panel, democratic strategist. david winston is a republican who is working with the gingrich team and a white house reporter for the washington post. are you there with us? good afternoon. i can t see you so i will assume you are all there. there you go. we were having a technical problem there. ann, let me start with you. what i find dreintriguing is pee who say they are undecided and cannot pick between these candidates despite how much we know about all of them. it s a really big number. we will see once we get to tomorrow and we do exit polling and see whether that number was
night that only went over so so, but this is the guy who hasn t been able to keep his promise he made four years ago. let s bring in the news nation panel, democratic strategist. david winston is a republican who is working with the gingrich team and a white house reporter for the washington post. are you there with us? good afternoon. i can t see you so i will assume you are all there. there you go. we were having a technical problem there. ann, let me start with you. what i find dreintriguing is pee who say they are undecided and cannot pick between these candidates despite how much we know about all of them. it s a really big number. we will see once we get to tomorrow and we do exit polling and see whether that number was true.
other establishment republicans think it s personal. go. that s why i wrote the book. people could understand i was qualified and they could no who i am. karl rove continued to put out misinformation about me and my background even though we gave him the information. the other thing about it is that i was ahead in the polls before the republican infighting. i was leading against the democratic opponent before my own party turned on me and cnn exit polling shows that was sell wouldn t have won either. so if we had united. if we had been able to duplicate what they did in kentucky where the establishment got behind the tea party candidate. it might have been a different outcome. but i m still very proud because we put the political process back in the hands of the people. we were engaging people who have never been involved before. there is a mind set with so many that i m not smart enough or i m not rich enough as if the
other establishment republicans think it s personal. go. that s why i wrote the book. people could understand i was qualified and they could no who i am. karl rove continued to put out misinformation about me and my background even though we gave him the information. the other thing about it is that i was ahead in the polls before the republican infighting. i was leading against the democratic opponent before my own party turned on me and cnn exit polling shows that was sell wouldn t have won either. so if we had united. if we had been able to duplicate what they did in kentucky where the establishment got behind the tea party candidate. it might have been a different outcome. but i m still very proud because we put the political process back in the hands of the people. we were engaging people who have never been involved before. there is a mind set with so many that i m not smart enough or i m not rich enough as if the