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im erin burnett. im erin burnett. "out front" tonight, romney on a roll. mitt romney squeaking out a win in iowa and immediately hitting the new hampshire air waves. >> its time for this pessimistic president to step aside and let american optimism that built this greatest nation on earth build a great future for our children. >> but are people buying what mitts selling? conventional wisdom says the former ceo will be the republican nominee and that the quote/unquote establishment is b...

im erin burnett. "out front" tonight, romney on a roll. mitt romney squeaking out a win in iowa and immediately hitting the new hampshire air waves. >> its time for this pessimistic president to step aside and let american optimism that built this greatest nation on earth build a great future for our children. >> but are people buying what mitts selling? conventional wisdom says the former ceo will be the republican nominee and that the quote, unquote establishment is behind him. well,...

He has money and organization. >> bill: that would give the election to barack obama. now rick santorum. its mother matter. the senator obviously a mainstream candidate. he is conservative, but so what. he has taken newt gingrich, a lot of his votes have gone over to santorum. but you say, even if he wins iowa tomorrow, does second, really does well, he is not a factor, why? >> i wont say he is not a factor. look. what we have had is this rotating series of candidates who have occupied the non-r...

While. he has money and organization. >> bill: that would give the election to barack obama. now rick santorum. its mother matter. the senator obviously a mainstream candidate. he is conservative, but so what. he has taken newt gingrich, a lot of his votes have gone over to santorum. but you say, even if he wins iowa tomorrow, does second, really does well, he is not a factor, why? >> i wont say he is not a factor. look. what we have had is this rotating series of candidates who have occupied th...

>> that would be herman cain, actually, when he briefly rose to the top among the republican field he could actually track himself to have been on the ticket as a vice president pick, but, then, when all of the stories of women came out, and it was very clear he could not talk about anything beyond 9-9-9, not only he collapsed and left the race he left as a joke so that makes him the loser. >>clayton: there were many big winners in the field this year, and jason, your big winner? we are talking ...

A senior campaign adviser for mitt romney sits down with jon scott coming up. martha: we look forward to that. michelle bachmann says that dont settle is her new motto for 2012, she was rallying a group of supporters in iowa, and she is urging them not to vote for what she calls a mainstream candidate. >> we cant settle on a candidate, because every four years conservatives are told that we have to just stand next to the wall, sit in the back of the room, and we have to get around a candidate th...

biggest impact on the gop campaign for president may be felt a long way from there in south carolina. that is where texas governor rick perry is expected to announce he, too, is jumping in the race. also, dozens of people arrested in philadelphia. well tell you why they were all between the ages of 14 and 17. but here at the top of the hour, lets start with that breaking story out of pakistan. and i want to turn right to our reza sayah, who is live for us there in the capital of is...

I think shes got a wonderful life and theres no reason for her to run. >> lets talk about michele bachmann. do you think she could be a force in iowa? >> i think, look, you got four people in iowa who i dont think will be the nominee, frankly, but who can play a meaningful role in that context. rick santorum is probably the leader there. herman cane, rand paul and michele bachmann. they are all significant people with a lot to say. out of iowa will be a mainstream candidate who will be a princip...

I would say shes lucky shes not running against -- >> i dont want to make a direct comparison, but the voters of the united states of america two years ago elected a 47-year-old african m-american who had beenn the senate only a short time. >> who was a mainstream candidate -- >> on the issues you mean -- >> -- its not about experience, youve got a guy in ken buck who questions the counselling newsali newsality, constitutionality of social security. who says a u.s. senators job isnt to make jobs...

Control of the senate. weve got charlie cook right now who says theyre going to lose between four and six. stu rothenberg between five and seven, larry sabato says seven. now lets look at the states where the tea partiers, i want you to focus on this five states where i said the tea party candidates having won the nomination or headed toward winning them could screw it up in an otherwise easy win. sharron angle up against harry reid is the nominee. rand paul is in connecticut kentucky. he has wo...