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And ron paul. its the so-called second tier candidates that are hoping to surprise everyone with a stronger than expected result next tuesday. while an all out win for perry or bachmann or santorum, a second or third place finish would go a long way as the primary season continues in new hampshire. joining me no to discuss the likelihood of what is going to happen, perry supporter steve forbes. what these guys are going through in iowa and new hampshire is very familiar to you. in a sense, the b...

week with newt falling just as fast as he rose? why cant voters decide on a candidate? could it be because republicans are looking for something with anti-government simplicity of ron paul, the religious fundamentalism of rick santorum, the war fever mitt/newt? well get into that one. plus ben nelsons retirement in nebraska is a hard blow to the democrat chance of holding the as a matter of fact. well go over the map and crunch the numbers and also the latest republican play for religi...

show. also, why have we seen a new republican front-runner every week with newt falling just as fast as he rose? why cant voters decide on a candidate? could it be because republicans are looking for something with anti-government simplicity of ron paul, the religious fundamentalism of rick santorum, the war fever mitt/newt? well get into that one. plus ben nelsons retirement in nebraska is a hard blow to the democrat chance of holding the as a matter of fact. well go over the map and ...

There a chance that could happen with perry? >> actually, ainsley, i would say if you look at the polling, hes fourth in iowa and in some polls hes in third. hes shown a tremendous amount of momentum over the last three weeks and in iowa theres a lot of time left for a surge in iowa and newt is kind of falling in the polls. if rick comes in top three in iowa, i think youre going to see his numbers go up across the country. >> what do you think? >> seven days is a little bit different than months...

Petitions to get on the ballot and perry, too. what does it say about the mechanism, the political system, when you run? >> i used to be on the ballot law commission and no question there can be phony baloney but at the same time, 10,000 signatures, and virginia is his home state. i mean, the fact that neither he nor perry could put it together on the ground to put those people outside the supermarket where they hand you the thing and say, would you sign this, really it is about organization and...

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...

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 probably go back after th...

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 probably go back after th...

If im part of the process ill keep respecting the others and keep debating on the schedule that we have. >> it shows 45% of the likely iowa caucus goers are undecided and they split evenly between romney, gingrich and perry. facts to suggest that perry is receiving a second look from voters. with ron paul ascention in the top tier in iowa, comes scrutiny of the record and edginess on part of the staff toward journalists traveling with the campaign. some are asked for questions in advance and tol...

Thats actually -- >> perry finishes second in iowa. >> i dont think he will. >> could. >> forget the third. >> maybe he wins south carolina. >> hes a good south carolina candidate on paper. >> perry could -- perry could -- if perry surprises in south carolina with a strong second place finish forget iowa, i think he goes into florida. >> hes the only one who has -- well, beside romney, hes got that super pac money waiting in the wing. >> youre talking about my dad. you know what my dad would say...