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Wins or comes close in iowa, he will find more money in his mail box from conservative groups in the week following iowa than he as had in the entire campaign so far. so money, you can get the money. the problem is, getting the infrastructure in place, the organization in place. getting good ads made. getting people on the ground. that is the tough part. megyn: some folks out here in iowa are saying it is still anybodys ball game because theres such a cluster of candidates within striking distan...

Very close between romney and paul and, certainly, in the so-called second tier. thats become very, very intriguing. now that gingrichs support has been cut by more than half since earlier in december. >> thats right. very quickly, you know, we always say polls are snap shots in time. and its possible were capturing a snap shot when somebody is rising and somebody is falling. more likely scenario that gingrich gets to 20 or single digits and more likely scenario that santorum gets to 20 or singl...

Weve discussed newt gingrich 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 famil...

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...

He is clearly feeling the sting of fading. and the only question i have is why he would go after paul supporters who seem to be awfully dedicated to him. i dont think it is a surprise to them that paul has a particular set of views, libertarian views, both on domestic issues and on foreign policy. and im not sure that theyre going to be a lot of crossover from paul to gingrich. seem to me would have better luck going after romney supporters or as i say that second-tier of santorum of perry and b...

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...

That. all these candidates have some weakness but some are weaker than others and i think, particularly some of the second-tier candidates havent proved they can generate enough enthusiasm and support that would carry over into a general election. jon: despite the weakness in the presidents own polling numbers that weve just seen today? >> i think thats right. i mean i think thats one of the things that republican voters have to judge is electability. jon: that will be interesting to watch. paul...

"wall street journal" are you picking a winner? >> mitt romney helped himself the most particularly with his defense of his time at bain capital which is potentially understood to be a main vulnerability. it goes against his argument he knows how to create jobs. >> because he did close some companies. >> thats right. jon: or lay off staff members during his time. >> he took the argument on directly. look, sometimes private business has to lay off people to succeed and shape up companies that are...

>> that aint going to last. >> jon huntsman who is putting the reason theyre hammering his campaign resources into the mitt right now, theyre hoping first primary state responded to they make him bleed enough that the new hampshire union leader one of these second-tier -- endorsement of gingrich. >> or that romney emerges really >> it once again proves, chris, weak. and theyre using humor in these how fluid and unpredictable new things, which is key, because it hampshire is. takes the edge off o...

your first impression from what we learned from the eight republican candidates? >> i think there were a couple of really explosive parts of the debate for me. the first one was obviously iran. i thought that perry and gingrich led the way with strategy when it comes to iran. but the thing that sort of blew up in newt gingrichs face, i think, the discussion on immigration. he had a rick perry heartless moment with this. i think this is really going to impact him tomorrow. its really go...