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>> which is why republicans changed their rules. >> do you think that that connection has sort of bubbled up? my sense is that the sort of people in the center of the levers of power, the republican establishment, the carl rose and such, do not want to see a drawn out battle. they want to see romney wrap this up and move onto attacking the president every day. and then it was said earlier tonight, look, this is another week where romney cannot pivot to being a total candidate. >> theres somethin...

Rick santorum lost that state by 18 points in 2006 and his candidacy for president would be a nonstarter there. i think all of that will start to become part of the fabric of the discussion. >> i would say that if this holds up mitt romney did 25% in 08. he is still there now. if he doesnt go higher than this tonight momentum would be on the side of santorum. if he can come out of here near there, get some more endorsements, because we dont know where a lot of them -- we dont know where herman c...

Fantastic, but the problem is that romney cannot win without the support of the devout christian fundamentalist evangelicals and he cannot get that support. he didnt get much last night, and rick santorum has it, and will the ticket be santorum on the bottom, and romney on the top? i dont know, but somehow romney has to mobilize the evangelicals, and he has not done it yet. >> who would make an ideal ticket if it is mitt romneys ticket? >> well, i think that now it is going to have to be santoru...

>> which is why republicans changed their rules. >> do you think that that connection has sort of bubbled up? my sense is that the sort of people in the center of the levers of power, the republican establishment, the carl rose and such, do not want to see a drawn out battle. they want to see romney wrap this up and move onto attacking the president every day. and then it was said earlier tonight, look, this is another week where romney cannot pivot to being a total candidate. >> theres somethin...

>> do you think that that connection has sort of bubbled up? my sense is that the sort of people in the center of the levers of power, the republican establishment, the carl rose and such, do not want to see a drawn out battle. they want to see romney wrap this up and move onto attacking the president every day. and then it was said earlier tonight, look, this is another week where romney cannot pivot to being a total candidate. >> theres something humiliating thats going on. its the kind of des...

then she has tumbled, tumbled in a pretty intense way in the polls. its really unclear why because she has at least at the beginning she had done pretty well in debates. she had been here campaigning very hard. she, like rick santorum at the end of this campaign, was around the state. she did all 99 counties. guess what, she was even born here. she was born in water loo, iowa. she is a native daughter of the state. she did not do very well. very disappointing. at the end of the day, su...

Scenario is a candidate from the right who beganners 3 percent or 4 percent of the tea party vote that could make a difference. >>eric: on saturday the des moines register will release their poll. >>guest: considered the gold standard. >>eric: so, whoever wednesday that, is that the likely winner in iowa? >>guest: well, the pollster for the des moines register has a very good record of determining the final result, but, again, that is why we do the average because especially in a field as wide o...

>>eric: and nationally? what is real clear politics average show you there. >>guest: well, nationally gingrich is still ahead by a couple of points but he has been on the slide the last few weeks and romney has been rising a little bit and that race is tightening up and ron paul is rising and it looks like would romney has been picking up steam. he will give someone, whoever beats expectations, and it could be santorum, he could be the story if he finishes a strong third heel get a butch which w...

The boost that ron paul would get because a shift like that does not look to me like it will be effective. i think it is not a political move that is wise on ron pauls part and i am troubled bit whole thing and we will find out the truth. over time it will come out and we will have a good sense of who is telling the clear of the story. >>eric: and ron pauls camp has denied we offering any sort of money as a pay out to come over from the other camp, but, talk to us about what is going on there, r...

Has held 25 percent throughout the whole process but the others, anyone but romney, have traded percentage points going back-and-forth. is that, really, just the dissatisfaction in numbers? >>guest: no, it is looking for the right candidate. looking for the candidate that will ignite the conservative base which is so critical. we have seen what happens when a moderate that is endorsed by, say, the leftist media when we let the left pick the republican candidate, and --. >>eric: who is that? >>gu...