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>> i was so nice to you today. >> i was trying to further frustrate -- >> all right. meanwhile, the guy who runs the republican party in the great state of iowa, matt straun says this, regarding this. out of respect to the candidates involved, party officials will not respond to every rumor, innuendo or allegation during the two-week process. that said, iowa g.o.p. officials have been in contact with appanoose county republican officials tonight and do not have any reason to believe that the fin...

Precinct, mr. romney got two votes. and yet when you look at the official results, it was reported as 22 so suddenly it looks like mitt romney wound up with 18 votes too many. >> theres other reports that mitt romney might have gotten 21 votes that belonged to him and were not put in his column. rick santorum looked at this entire thing. matt straun came out and made the announcement and said i know its been a late night. heres the winner. im going to certify it in two weeks. he wanted to make s...

Look at the giants, theyre in the playoffs. theyre winners. the vikings are not. >> i was so nice to you today. >> i was trying to further frustrate -- >> all right. meanwhile, the guy who runs the republican party in the great state of iowa, matt straun says this, regarding this. out of respect to the candidates involved, party officials will not respond to every rumor, innuendo or allegation during the two-week process. that said, iowa g.o.p. officials have been in contact with appanoose count...

In the republican party and the excitement we have. 33 consecutive months against chairman matt straun weve had growth against the democrats. thats not us growing a little more than they are. since barack obama has been elected, one in ten iowa democrats have abandoned the republican party. thats something that should send, though the president certainly has a strong organization in the state, should send a real cause of concern to the white house, to the iowa democratic party, itself. its one o...

That point. it was about 120,000 in 2008 on the republican side. that was a big number. what are you expecting in terms of turnout and what kind of logistical planning do you have to do if youre expecting a big number this year? >> i tell you, logistically, its obviously very difficult. we have 809 different caucus sites. 1 1,074 different precincts. its a great beast our chairman matt straun is trying to tame here. were just not sure yet. part of it is the number you talked about with people un...

I think these are people that are sick of whats going on with the government. they really want things changed. and they are looking for somebody to represent. now, i dont think those are romney persuadeable people. i think these are people that are look at the anti-romney crowd and i think thats where you get energy for, you know, a lot of those people will go for ron paul but youre also potentially looking at the santorum surge. >> at the back of everybodys head, they have to be thinking which ...

The republican partys 2012 nominating contest begins officially tomorrow night at 7:00 central time, 8.p.m. eastern when the doors will be closed at republican caucuses in iowa. caucus-goers will congregate at nearly 1,800 precinct gatherings around the state. a caucus chairman and secretary will be elected and any candidates or representatives get to make short speeches. then a vote by secret ballot in a presidential preference poll. the results will be tallied, announced at the meeting and sen...

The republican partys 2012 nominating contest begins officially tomorrow night at 7:00 central time, 8.p.m. eastern when the doors will be closed at republican caucuses in iowa. caucusgoers will congregate at nearly 1,800 precinct gatherings around the state. a caucus chairman and secretary will be elected and any candidates or representatives get to make short speeches. then a vote by secret ballot in a presidential preference poll. the results will be tallied, announced at the meeting and sent...

The republican partys 2012 nominating contest begins officially tomorrow night at 7:00 central time, 8.p.m. eastern when the doors will be closed at republican caucuses in iowa. caucus-goers will congregate at nearly 1,800 precinct gatherings around the state. a caucus chairman and secretary will be elected and any candidates or representatives get to make short speeches. then a vote by secret ballot in a presidential preference poll. the results will be tallied, announced at the meeting and sen...

The republican partys 2012 nominating contest begins officially tomorrow night at 7:00 central time, 8.p.m. eastern when the doors will be closed at republican caucuses in iowa. caucusgoers will congregate at nearly 1,800 precinct gatherings around the state. a caucus chairman and secretary will be elected and any candidates or representatives get to make short speeches. then a vote by secret ballot in a presidential preference poll. the results will be tallied, announced at the meeting and sent...