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More conservative, more robust foreign policy. hes not a tea partiers as our entrance polls showed last night. tea partiers are not big fans of ron paul largely because of his foreign policy. they like his economic views, so i think he hangs around and again, thats probably good for mitt romney. because theyre not attracting the same voters. >> paul has a very good chance of being an impact player again in new hampshire because of the looser rules. more moderate republicans, independents, young ...

by our election team and around the country and the world. stand by to learn more about edith and carolyn, who solved the case of the missing votes. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." so long, iowa, hello, new hampshire. the republican presidential candidates are zeroing in on the next battlefield and a big primary coming up on tuesday. the front-runner, mitt romney, is following up his squeaker win in iowa with a new endorsement from senator john mccain who beat him in ...

>> that web video goes on to point out that the president ended the war in iraq. are republicans have taken issue with one of those claims and theyll use some of the accomplishments like passing health carry form against the president, but that video is designed to appeal to the presidents democratic base. >> so, what are the democrats doing tonight, jessica? >> the democrats do have their own caucus tonight and the president will be addressing them through a video thats interactive. hell even t...

Jack cafferty is back and he has the "cafferty file." welcome back. >> thank you, wolf. happy new year to you. rick santorum, the latest candidate to get a surge in iowa says he would bomb iran if it doesnt scrap its nuclear program. says as president, he would insist iran open its facilities to inspectors and dismantle them. he promises to quote -- in other words, bomb them. santorum vows iran will not get a nuclear weapon on his watch. apparently, a little saber rattling couldnt hurt. he has j...

Jacks back with the "cafferty file." >> will rick santorums vow to bomb iran help or hurt him in iowa? carl says it will help in iowa, but hurt him in the real world. remember, iowa republicans arent your run of the mill human beings. they are super evangelicals with warmongering tendencies. with them, bomb and bible are snom niehaus and can cause the same adrenaline rush. he has torpedoed any chance he had. gordon in new jersey writes, santorums casual bellicosity is disturbing. im sure these r...

Is theyre independent-minded voters. look back to 2008, president obama winning in iowa but they didnt necessarily believe here that that thats something they should rubber stamp. so the president did not win when he came here to new hampshire. they dont like people here -- dont like being told who to vote for. they want to be able to see the candidates and events like this one or even when a candidate may show up to their home or a neighboring restaurant. they want to meet them one-on-one befor...

>> or youre likable enough. >> thanks very much. theyre going to be with us throughout the night. jack caffertys back. hell join me next with the "cafferty file," then ron pauls son, hes standing by to join us live from iowa where his dad is spending his final hours campaigning before tonights caucuses and hes not the only candidates son or daughter making a last ditch effort in ai iowa. how about this pitch from michele bachmanns daughter? watch. >> shes normal. shes an every day mom. [ smack!]...

this is decision day in iowa. just four hours from now, republicans will gather in caucuses across the state and cast the first votes in the 2012 campaign. the candidates have spent months of the trial paving the way with millions in campaign cash. much of that money has gone towards a barrage of negative advertising. now, in a final flurry of appearances, the rhetoric has reached a new peak or maybe a new low. >> you said mitt romney, somebody who will lie to you to get to be presiden...

full fledged congressional showdown with a tax hike for millions of americans hanging in the balance. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." this just coming in. our brand new poll numbers hitting pitting president obama against the republican candidate. the survey puts each toe to toe the president and even though the election is still almost 11 months away, the results still troubling for the gop. lets go inside the numbers with ron brownstein of the national journal. than...

hauled before congress and impeached. newt gingrich outlines his solution to so-called activists and ignites a huge controversy. im wolf blitzer, youre in the situation room. its a rogue isolated nation on earth. now the state is in transition now with the death of their leader, kim jong il. a tearful woman announced the news on state television saying kim jong il died suddenly of heart attack at age 69. >> north korea is built on a cult of personality surrounding the kim dynasty and...