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Have him, because hes perceived as someone who cant win the nomination, that will lure rick perry and newt gingrich down to south carolina. for romney, they want to try to replicate in south carolina what they had in iowa, a split conservative vote, which would allow mitt romney to conceivably win south carolina, like iowa, with 26% or 27% of vote. thats ideal for mitt romney. >> in john mccain getting 32%, that was his margin in south carolina, he beat huckabee by three points, the assist was f...

Or three person here, but also have him, because hes perceived as someone who cant win the nomination, that will lure rick perry and newt gingrich down to south carolina. for romney, they want to try to replicate in south carolina what they had in iowa, a split conservative vote, which would allow mitt romney to conceivably win south carolina, like iowa, with 26% or 27% of vote. thats ideal for mitt romney. >> in john mccain getting 32%, that was his margin in south carolina, he beat huckabee by...

For him. >> a clean shot. hes clearing the field. what cain did was grab most of the right field and throw it away because of apparently personal problems here. and that throwing it away has gone to the benefit of newt gingrich, right? >> yeah, i think that thats right. susan is 100% right. the romney nightmare scenario is a consolidated social conservative tea party vote behind a single candidate. newt gingrich, rick perry, michele bachmann, whoever else. mitt romney has to be hoping herman cai...

The iowa caucuses, chris. he probably can get 30% of the vote. he needs a split conservative vote to win there. >> you guys go to bed with this stuff like i do. cillizza and i definitely go to bed thinking about this. somewhere in the middle of the night, were going to wake up and say, my god, theres one other possibility. a real republican convention this summer. is it possible at the the end of this summer -- susan, your laughing. they actually have a convention to say, wait a minute, this sti...

Can split the vote. look, mitt romney is not going to get 45 or 50% of the vote in the iowa caucuses, chris. he probably can get 30% of the vote. he needs a split conservative vote to win there. >> you guys go to bed with this stuff like i do. cillizza and i definitely go to bed thinking about this. somewhere in the middle of the night, were going to wake up and say, my god, theres one other possibility. a real republican convention this summer. is it possible at the the end of this summer -- su...