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The biography. and i think one of the reasons he does so few press, why he hasn't been on programs like "meet the press" is those kinds of errors. and it feeds a narrative about him. it feeds an authenticity problem that he has. >> there's another part of this, watching how quickly. the news travels so fast in the conservative world about what romney said in ohio. and they had called up howie carr. he used to use howie carr when he was governor of massachusetts. conservatives, you get the sense they almost relish the idea of stopping romney. >> well, they do, but they haven't done it yet. not ...

My job that wasn't true. bain capital, almost the president of that he has to find something to connect with voters. >> anita, strikes me that sons of both wealthy people and successful politicians struggled. al gore struggled with this, telling his own narrative. >> i think the experience of growing up in a political family, watching your father, in the case of romney, run for the presidency and lose, it has got to have an effect that none of us can understand because we haven't been through that experience but romney's bigger problem is that he is -- you know, he -- as jon said, the authenti...

Gingrich and santorum sort of splitting that in half? well, then they'll both be in the teens. does one pick up more momentum, more steam in the end over the other and get that person into the 20%, 25% range? we'll see. >> the independent. >> paul has been the one that's been doing much better with independents and huntsman. and if huntsman's going to get any sort of surge out of here, he needs to overtake paul in order to sneak into second. >> i just talked to some people yesterday who had watched the debate. not all of whom were real politicos. and i thought they had some observations that w...

Authenticity problem? does it ring true as a conservative? but yeah, he seems like a guy who is a very strong candidate. that's a narrative that holds for a lot of people. >> a few days ago with santorum into iowa was going top find some traction. what do you attribute that to in this final day? >> the thing that a lot of these candidates don't understand is once you get to new hampshire, it ain't june in iowa. if you hold a press event a day after you win iowa and you decide to pick a fight with new hampshire college students on gay marriage and you get a chance to move on, but then you say, ...

Romney gets in, and what happens? the herman cain episode occurred and he drops out of the race. some of the conservative vote is now starting to coalesce. mitt romney has got an authenticity problem with the iowa republicans. it isn't just issues. they're not sure where he is on a lot of things. he can still win with moderates. he can still do well with moderates. rachel, 60% of the caucus goers say in the polls that they could be persuaded to change their mind. if we're talking about 60% to 40%, 40% to 60%, somewhere in there of the caucus goers are social conservatives, that means another 4...