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for something called gasgasohol. it then became known as ethanol and we renewed it. big oil tried to kill it and chuck grassley said i was the one person that saved ethanol from big oil. why do i believe in ethanol? pretty simple. if i have to choose between the next billion dollars going to saudi arabia or south dakota, i pick south dakota. if i have to pick between iran and iowa, i pick iowa. and the fact is, if we could make sure we retain the renewable fuel standards, go to e-15 as...

To be able to win the nomination. >> he stopped by a meeting earlier this morning. lets take a listen to that. >> this isnt just a game. this isnt just a cynical contest between people who hire consultants to see who can be nastier. this is a conversation among the american people. >> is some of this frustration that so many of the negative ads are pointing at him? and is it a sign as to why his campaign there is struggling? >> well hes continuing to get hammered every day in iowans mailboxes. t...

Troops. you have a strong position on that. >> i do. when i am president of the united states, not only our men and women who are coming home from combat going to feel appreciated, they are also going to have parades. the. i was veteran. i wanted to tell mr. beckel i volunteered for the united states air force. i appreciate eric of pointing that out. this is a small tiny percentage of our population that are sacrificing and have been for nine years. their families. if nothing else, lets let thei...

Patti ann: chris? >> patty, let me interpret what gretchen said. what gretchen really means she hopes to god rick santorum doesnt have a shot at nomination. >> i didnt say that. >> he would be destroyed in a general election. i as democrat am praying, praying every day that rick santorum the republican nominee because just like he was thrown out of pennsylvania by the largest margin of defeat of any incumbent senator in the history of the united states senate, he will be drummed out of the count...

Troops. you have a strong position on that. >> i do. when i am president of the united states, not only our men and women who are coming home from combat going to feel appreciated, they are also going to have parades. the. i was veteran. i wanted to tell mr. beckel i volunteered for the united states air force. i appreciate eric of pointing that out. this is a small tiny percentage of our population that are sacrificing and have been for nine years. their families. if nothing else, lets let thei...

The other candidates never see ron paul as viable, they will never go negative on ron paul. if they never go negative on ron paul, voters who are not part of the establishment, because theyre just voters, may never see the downside of ron paul that the establishment assumes everybody knows. and he may be able to hang in there longer than people expect. >> ron paul could hang in there until the convention. i do think he most likely has a cap on his support, though. if you want to get past the 20%...

>> the point you made there is so key to understanding the viability of ron paul. because if the republican establishment including all of the other candidates never see ron paul as viable, they will never go negative on ron paul. if they never go negative on ron paul, voters who are not part of the establishment, because theyre just voters, may never see the downside of ron paul that the establishment assumes everybody knows. and he may be able to hang in there longer than people expect. >> ron...

Because if the republican establishment including all of the other candidates never see ron paul as viable, they will never go negative on ron paul. if they never go negative on ron paul, voters who are not part of the establishment, because theyre just voters, may never see the downside of ron paul that the establishment assumes everybody knows. and he may be able to hang in there longer than people expect. >> ron paul could hang in there until the convention. i do think he most likely has a ca...

santorum, gingrich, ron paul, rick perry and mitt romney all have campaign events this hour and we will dip in and listen in where we can. speaking of moving, michele bachmanns campaign is moving on without the former chairman of its iowa operations. he left to work for ron paul and bachmann claims she knows why. >> i had a conversation with kent sorenson. in the direct conversation i had with him he told me that he was offered money. he was offered a lot of money by the ron paul cam...

shot rick santorum leap frogs into fourth. his support has tripled since the beginning of the month and closing in on mitt romney and ron paul who are locked in the statistical ties within the margin of error. joe johns is in des moines to break it down. of course, the question is, did the gingrich camp see this coming? >> yeah, i think to some degree they saw this coming. hammering ron paul, for example. also, mitt romney. its pretty clear that gingrich saw he had some problems becaus...