for you in 2008? well, it s a big deal, because when you go and vote in the typical primary, you quietly sneak into the voting precinct and you walk into a booth and you close the curtain and mark the ballot. nobody knows who you stood for. when you go to a caucus, you re going to have to stand up and be counted. standing up with people i can making speeches, might be your child s teacher, your best friend from high school or your church pastor makes a passionate plea for a candidate. it s very, very different in terms of the dynamics of that experience than most people can comprehend and a lot of people will change their mind once they get there and hear a strong speech either from the candidate or a surrogate and that s why the surrogates and strong surrogates are very important on talking points. megyn: governor, one of the reasons you won in iowa back in 08 you had the support of the evangelical community here
in 2008, it was a very different story. barack obama beating john mccain handily by 9 points and see you in 48 hours when the iowans go to caucus, how much the map behind us changes or does not. bret and meg megyn, back to you in des moines. bret: as bill said, a baptist preacher turned governor from arkansas came into iowa and turned into the caucuses. megyn: mike huckabee is working for us on fox news channel and he s here with insights, what it takes to win in iowa. welcome, governor, all right. so, you had a big win here 2008 and unfortunately, for your candidacy back then, we re not able to parlay that into winning the nomination. what lessons do the candidates need to learn from that experience you had back in 08? well, one of the things they can learn is that iowa is a great launching pad, but it s not the finishing point.
easy to get to a caucus location and support your candidate. they re going to have to turn out on a cold, january night this week, and say, i m here to support my particular candidate. and this is after months and months of rue viewing their issues. seeing their mailers, watching their ads and most importantly, seeing them in person. so, churches like this, schools and gymnasiums and basements. what does it take to cast one of those votes? you have to be 18 by november 6th the date of the election and a republican. and it s great for procrastinators and you can show up on the night of the caucus if you ve got the right precinct and photo i.d. you can register outside as a republican and within minutes you can be casting your on important first vote in 2012 at least in the primary season, bret. bret: shannon, thank you. megyn: that s a beautiful church, going all out for this. we re going to talk about some of the big issues in iowa this year and what we can learn from what happen
in 2008, it was a very different story. barack obama beating john mccain handily by 9 points and see you in 48 hours when the iowans go to caucus, how much the map behind us changes or does not. bret and meg megyn, back to you in des moines. bret: as bill said, a baptist preacher turned governor from arkansas came into iowa and turned into the caucuses. megyn: mike huckabee is working for us on fox news channel and he s here with insights, what it takes to win in iowa. welcome, governor, all right. so, you had a big win here 2008 and unfortunately, for your candidacy back then, we re not able to parlay that into winning the nomination. what lessons do the candidates need to learn from that experience you had back in 08? well, one of the things they can learn is that iowa is a great launching pad, but it s not the finishing point.
candidate. how important is that ground game-wise and what did it mean for you in 2008? well, it s a big deal, because when you go and vote in the typical primary, you quietly sneak into the voting precinct and you walk into a booth and you close the curtain and mark the ballot. nobody knows who you stood for. when you go to a caucus, you re going to have to stand up and be counted. standing up with people i can making speeches, might be your child s teacher, your best friend from high school or your church pastor makes a passionate plea for a candidate. it s very, very different in terms of the dynamics of that experience than most people can comprehend and a lot of people will change their mind once they get there and hear a strong speech either from the candidate or a surrogate and that s why the surrogates and strong surrogates are very important on talking points. megyn: governor, one of the reasons you won in iowa back in 08 you had the support of