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senator rick santorum. lets go to cnns joe johns right now. hes joining us from des moines. i think rick santorum believed in himself. not a whole lot of others, joe, did. but its been quite amazing over these past few days how well hes done. >> reporter: thats true, wolf. you know, more than half of the republicans who participated in this process the last time around viewed themselves as evangelical christians. born again christians. so it might be a little risque to compare this pro...

Hall," and then christian green, and a managing editor, and then we have the author of "get opinionated," and joining us to talk about the new iowa numbers, we have nate silver of "the new york times". >> the iowa caucuses happened on tuesday, according to the new poll. mitt romney leads ron paul 24% to 22%, well within the margin of error, but a new telling number is 41% of iowa voters say they can still be persuaded to change their minds. iowa caucuses are the first electoral process in the no...

Have a good way of voting for the people who get the nomination. its clear who has fallen by the wayside by the time you get to south carolina. i guess the end of january is south carolina. michael brendan doherty? >> theres no way into the black box of a voters mind. most voted for john mccain, the the most pro war candidate. republican party is still a party that anoints its people for president. mitt romney looks like hes on trab and the conservatives are divided between four or five candidat...

The people who get the nomination. its clear who has fallen by the wayside by the time you get to south carolina. i guess the end of january is south carolina. michael brendan doherty? >> theres no way into the black box of a voters mind. most voted for john mccain, the the most pro war candidate. republican party is still a party that anoints its people for president. mitt romney looks like hes on trab and the conservatives are divided between four or five candidates as they are every time. the...

And a managing editor, and then we have the author of "get opinionated," and joining us to talk about the new iowa numbers, we have nate silver of "the new york times". >> the iowa caucuses happened on tuesday, according to the new poll. mitt romney leads ron paul 24% to 22%, well within the margin of error, but a new telling number is 41% of iowa voters say they can still be persuaded to change their minds. iowa caucuses are the first electoral process in the nominating process. and i was jokin...

For something you never heard of and dont know and might be running for office right now. for the republican party to depart from what the founders want, i think it is a mistake. >> back in the year 2000, 12 years ago. republican in virginia had to sign a different piece of paper that said they wouldnt participate in the nominating process . now they have to pledge the full support to the eventual republican nominee. and there is no consequence if you break the pledge and sign it and decide not ...

Dole won the caucuses, second place was pat roberts, a televangelist. iowa has been a safe haven for the nominating process. the other story to consider is it used to be a lot more out of whack with the national republican party than it is now because the national republican party is slowly catching up. its almost dominated by christian conservatives. >> it seems like the obama presidency is hoping for what most republicans are hoping for. anyone but romney. they have to hope that santorum or ro...

Who was from the liberal wing of the republican party, thats unthinkable because of what happened in the 1980s with the growth and emergence of their rights. so much that by 19 # 8 when bob dole won the caucuses, second place was pat roberts, aç te a televangelist. iowa has been a safe haven for the nominating process. the other story to consider is it used to be a lot more out of whack with the national republican party than it is now because the national republican party is slowly catching u...

>> you have to win south carolina. everyone whos won south carolina has been the nominee. every single one. >> iowa and new hampshire are fascinating to watch, but south carolina might really be the race to watch in terms of how things are going to go in this nominating process. mr. gingrich there describing south carolina as a must win. hes previously described it as his firewall. south carolina is the kind of place where mitt romney is not expected to be able to win. just as hes not necessaril...