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This point. another figure that caught our eye goes back to what so many of your colleagues on the campaign trail have been saying about you this weekend. that is that you are unelectable, that has been quite the word when they talked about you this week. in this poll, 29% of likely iowa republican caucus goers also found you the least electable of all the candidates. why is that? >> well, maybe its not true. ive been pretty electable. i was elected 12 times once people got to know me in my own ...

today, ron paul on the perils and promise of the efforts here and rick santorum on the sudden spotlight over his booming campaign, then the lay of the land from two influential iowan republicans, governor terry branstad and congressman steve king. fresh off the campaign trail "the washington post" dan balz "the wall street journals" neil king give us their perspective. im candy crowley in des moines. and this is "state of the union". its been a rough couple of weeks for ron paul. his t...

and this is "state of the union". its been a rough couple of weeks for ron paul. his top tier seating hs brought new scrutiny to some of his old writings. now big enough threat to draw unanimous dismissals from opponents. >> unelectable. >> you need to think long and hard about in casting your vote for congressman paul. >> one of the people run for president thinks its okay for iran to have a nuclear weapon. i dont. >> ron paul is not getting the nominati nomination. >> someone that is...

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...

next hour. egyptian officers raid the -- they may have made some powerful enemies in the process. one group is chaired by madeleine albright. the other is chaired by john mccain. im wolf blitzer. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room". -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com the clock is ticking. were only five days away from the iowa caucuses. the focus has now turned to a certain degree, to rick santorum. an extraordinary surge in his poll. can rick santorum keep on climbing? j...

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...

But romney asking for the money back. you want michael savage? >> yes. >> conservative radio host michael savage posted on his website last night newt gingrich is unelectable. mitt romney is the only candidate with a chance of defeating obama and there is nothing more important than for that to happen for the health, safety, and security of the united states. therefore i am offering newt gingrich $1 million to drop out of the presidential race. thats a good gimmick. >> gingrich will take money. ...

More power to france and germany and theyre going to have the ability in the future to set the rules and are demanding that everyone signs up to a very, very strict diet that in the future everyones going to promise that theyre not going to have too much debt. the problem with that is thats kind of what they promised ten years ago and we know how well that worked. >> dont say anything, but ed rendell thinks were doing the show in brussels this morning. >> all right. lets talk about newt, then. m...

Dominique strauss-kahn. a day before another political debate, mitt romneys campaign is launching a multi-pronged attack trying to cast front-runner newt gingrich as unreliable and unelectable. a an e-mail obtained by nbc news, the romney campaign offers congressional supporters a laundry list of anti-gingrich talking points, including this one. gingrich creates theories, mitt creates jobs. im joined now by joanne reed, managing editor of "the grio.com. you have all these marches orders sent o...

If it comes to him -- harry reid has been the pocket veto to the president. he hasnt had to veto anything because harry reid makes is sure something doesnt get through. if something gets through the senate, its been so difficult to get anything through, i think the pressure to sign that is going to be great. the history of this president is that he isnt that confrontational. >> im going to put you in the political directors seat to talk about the race and the dynamic right now between gingrich a...