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Enthuse yam for supporters. they will caucus on tuesday. rick, i get back to it. has santorum played the best ground game in iowa? >> i think what weve looked at is there have been two impressive ground game plans. ron paul, fervent and passionate supporters. theyve been out there and laid the groundwork for a potentially successful tuesday night. governor romney also just by virtue of his experience out here, big support, you talk about the quad city times endorseme endorsement, our endorsement...

Election in 2012. thats what these candidates are allowing to have happen is that theyre engaging in ideas, driven debate. >> bill: what about them punching oat other perry and romney? >> no. the democrats did it. and they ran 50 state primaries. >> bill: defend you after they go after each other. >> its going to happen. when does that not happen. >> bill: its amazing, right? >> none of us have to be in politics. >> bill: you are a feisty guy if somebody came up to you and said you would probabl...

Election in 2012. thats what these candidates are allowing to have happen is that theyre engaging in ideas, driven debate. >> bill: what about them punching oat other perry and romney? >> no. the democrats did it. and they ran 50 state primaries. >> bill: defend you after they go after each other. >> its going to happen. when does that not happen. >> bill: its amazing, right? >> none of us have to be in politics. >> bill: you are a feisty guy if somebody came up to you and said you would probabl...

Greet. hes aggressively attacked iowa in the month of december. earlier this week brought in a strike force of 200 folks, supporters, people on the payroll, from around the country, to come and work up the ground gam here in iowa in advance of the caucus and getting the people out to the 18 caucuses and on the air with the des moines register, 3 million dollars, something like that, of ads. thats a lot of ads. and chances are youll see a lot of rick perry ads and any mention about religion or pe...

Hot hand among this -- voting bloc were talking about >> but youve got -- the candidates arent going to do that. the voters are going to make that decision. the problem for santorum, hes benefiting from bachmanns collapse, for sure. and shes kind of on the way down. >> we saw her yesterday with 12 people at an event, at the most. >> the problem hes facing, and i think it was the most interesting thing in the nbc poll, that perry is still holding steady, and actually even ticking up a little bit....

That can live off the land. hes so successful in the debates. and one thing that killed him out here, right, is there havent been many debates for while. >> and thats why perry is doing well. perry is best at retail campaigning, that one-on-one contact -- >> and advertising. >> right. more people are showing up to see rick perry, hes finally dedicating some time here, and hes not debating. >> let me ask you about the role of iowa. iowa made jimmy carter. in many ways i would argue it made presid...

Consolidating the votes of the religious conservatives. they were the folks who gave mike huckabee his big victory four years ago. he hasnt cleat lycompletely consolidated them. rick perry spent a lot of money, worked hard in the state and probably run the most christian campaign since the reverend pat robertson back in 1988. so i think a lot will depend on what happens in evangelical churches this sunday. i think the drift is toward santorum. he has a lot of support from, important support from...

Hes still up there with ron paul. >> r.t. rybak, richard wolffe, and caroline heldman, great to haveou with us tonight. i appreciate your time and your analysis. this is "the ed show." thats "the ed show." im ed schultz. you can listen to me on sirius radio channel 127 monday through friday noon to 3:00 p.m. follow me on twitter @edshow and @wegoted. "the rachel maddow show" starts right now. and sitting in for rachel, chris hayes. good to have you with us tonight. >> i appreciate it. thanks to ...

Debates. and one thing that killed him out here, right, is there havent been many debates for while. >> and thats why perry is doing well. perry is best at retail campaigning, that one-on-one contact -- >> advertising. >> right. more people are showing up to see rick perry, hes finally dedicating some time here, and hes not debating. >> let me ask you about the bigger role of iowa. iowa made jimmy carter. hit made president obama. it established him the way that bush won the presidency, to the e...

Would they go to rick perry? what are you hearing? >> what im hearing is a very strong tendency toward santorum. rick perry has worked hard in this state, and hes still working hard. stopping today at coffee shops and restaurants across the state. in much the same way that bachmann is. but both bachmann and perry seem to be kind of on a desperation, you know, last attempt to find somebody who might support them. santorum seems to be very much on the rise. and his last advertising hit right now g...