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Joined by sue dvorski, chair of the iowa democratic party. good morning to you. 142,500 voters. that's what real clear politics estimates the number of voters who will probably decide the election in that state. how do you win those independent voters? >> good morning, craig. thanks for having us on. you know, the way we are going to win those persuadable voters is with the message. i think that the president is here in cedar rapids to a sellout crowd, very excited to see him, to talk about his vision for the middle class, for growing an economy from the middle out, not from the top down, and ...

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." we begin with a stunning turnd around in south carolina where mitt romney has nearly downed his support in the past month to take a solid lead. in our latest cnn orc poll, 37% of likely voters are now backing romney in south carolina. santorum and gingrich are battling for second and 18% respectly. but santorum is soaring. while gingrich has dropped 25 points. paul has jumped up to 12%. perry has slipped to only 5% in south carolina. jon huntsman stands at 1%. with a look at what's behind romney's south carolina surge, let's go to j...

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Cha ching. $1.3 million is what he made in the beginning of 2011. a far cry from what he made in the senate, just $162,000. now, where is he making this money? first of all, he was a fox news contributor. he made almost $240,000 there. he worked at a conservative think tank. almost $320,000. but let me show you a couple of others. universal health services, sat on the board. almost $400,000. consol energy, 142,500. those are companies based in pennsylvania. santorum's home state. he didn't officially lobby for them. did some consulting, helped them out. when you see what some complain about in...