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Next tuesday, does he need for newt gingrich to say, okay, im really going to be an ally now, of santorum? does he need that to happen to win in south carolina? >> not necessarily. i think romney must -- jonathans scenario, i think, has to include romney making a mistake or two. perhaps in these debates. not just other people doing well. romney hasnt lifted a finger to go after santorum. no super pac moneys been spent on him. so if we get down to south carolina and romneys threatened by rick san...

Epicenter of politics. its so exciting to be in here. i hope everybody will tune in to find the results on tuesday night. >> gregg: gingrich had a huge lead a month ago. it has now evaporated. why? >> i think weve seen it with a lot of candidates. herman cain was the flavor of the month. there was a lot of discussion whether sarah palin would run, mitch daniels, chris christie, the race has been fluid and as were seeing tighten up in the last days of the campaign its still fluid anyones gain. >>...

Jonathan, looking down the next few days, what has to happen for that to be -- for that to be knocked off the table. for him to have his streak broken? does someone have to do well enough up here next tuesday to come in second and roll into south carolina, and would that person be his main challenger in south carolina, the one who comes in second here? i need an answer. would the person who comes in here second next tuesday night be his main challenger in south carolina? >> yes. heres why. thats...

I hope everybody will tune in to find the results on tuesday night. >> gregg: gingrich had a huge lead a month ago. it has now evaporated. why? >> i think weve seen it with a lot of candidates. herman cain was the flavor of the month. there was a lot of discussion whether sarah palin would run, mitch daniels, chris christie, the race has been fluid and as were seeing tighten up in the last days of the campaign its still fluid anyones gain. >> gregg: happy new year. >> remember, fox news is the h...

Guy. though come out early and campaign in relative obscurity. then the last few minutes, last two days of the campaign, social conservatives flex their muscles in iowa and it looks like they are beefing up for rick santorum. it suggests it will be very interesting race in three days. rick perry the texas governor that did lead the polls at one point back in august is now scrambling to hang on to fourth. he is talking about bringing his campaign to south carolina which would skip ahead of new ha...

Ron paul probably has two of those three. passionate supporters, good organization, but very few people probably can see him behind that desk in the oval office. mitt romney, on the other hand, has that electability going for him. you can actually envision him. his organization is probably pretty good. he lacks passion. newt probably has some passion, lacking in the others. so its -- youre struggling to get at least two out of the three if you can. >> you talk about organization. last night at a...

Lower the turnout, the better that organization counts, and ron paul, it is said, has the best organization. so a low turnout could hurt a ron paul campaign. high turnout probably, im sorry -- a low turnout would help a ron paul campaign, high turnout would probably help a romney or gingrich campaign. >> is romney the guy to beat from ron pauls perspective at this point? >> i think he çis, although hi ads are attacking everybody. but there are three elements here. theres passion, theres organi...

You dont remember what they said two weeks ago. >> exactly. newt coming out and in support of the individual mandate in 2006, if someone came up with a memo of general washington supporting the tea act.... >> oh, come on. get out of here. [ laughter ] >> so newt in iowa, numbers are about half of where they were a couple weeks ago during the christmas break. >> he really had a top spotted but this is like a horse race. he certainly has a lot of experience and well be watching all of our candidat...

Romney, yeah, i like paul, yeah, i like gingrich, but i really havent seen the other guy yet. and so, you know, dont count on me. and thats worrying them. >> this undecided number is a real deal. >> yeah. i think it is a real deal. and it may suppress turnout. the general rule of thumb is the lower the turnout, the better that organization counts, and ron paul, it is said, has the best organization. so a low turnout could hurt a ron paul campaign. high turnout probably, im sorry -- a low turnout...

Order and show patterns. this looks like one of the childrens games you have to follow-through the tangle of the lines to the other side. they were in highlights when you went to the dentist. in fact that is exactly what you need to do with the graph. on the left you will see the green line that begins high. that was mitt romney a year ago. he had about 20% and number one in iowa. do you follow that green line and track it through that tangle for most of the year. he held right about there at 20...