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Romney. does it matter? will it backfire? >> mitt romney, his problem with conservatives is they don't trust him. he's just as conservative if not more conservative than some of the other people in the field, especially on immigration where he's gone far off the deep end to the right wing. people don't trust him because he shifted his position so many times they don't think he's a guy who's going to go into the oval office and fight for the things they believe in. having john mccain come out the day after iowa, conservatives said, mitt romney, you're not our guy, serves to underscore that fact...

>> absolutely. of course. if you take santorum and perry and bachmann and gingrich, you get some sense of what a small minority romney really represents. >> the answer was absolutely? i mean, this is a long way from ronald reagan's philosophy, hey, don't take down your partner in the party, you can have gentlemanly like differences. he is clearly ready to join forces to take down romney. i mean, it's personal and it's bitter. what do you make of it? >> well, i think it's bitter but it's also tactical. newt gingrich knows that he has been pretty much ruined by this process as a perspective pres...

Agonizing reappraisal. newt gingrich came in fourth with only 14% of the vote launched what sounded like a new strategy as he heaped praise on rick santorum who took his place as leader of the anti-romney voters. >> i admire his focus and how positive he was. it wish i could say it for all the candidates. >> the ever-inventive gingrich appeared to embrace unusual and vague plan to join forces in some way with santorum who came within eight votes of beating mitt romney. when asked by radio anchor laura ingram if he could see a scenario under which he would align under santorum to beat romney, g...

Of a junior minor league sarah palin. she'll do well on the lecture circuit. maybe she can get a reality show going. i don't think she'll do well statewide against amy klobuchar. i think klobuchar will stomp her should she run against her for the senate. >> that's right. amy klobuchar is one of the toughest senators in the united states senate. michele bachmann has gone around the country and embarrassed the state of minnesota. >> she barely won her seat last time. >> if she can stay disciplined, joy-ann, i mean, she gets the camera time. she has the camera moxy where she could get out there a...

Iowa caucuses. people were predicting "a," a lot more registered voters in iowa, republicans, and that they were going to be a bigger turn-out than last night. >> eric: it was bigger. >> bob: less than 3,000 votes. >> eric: more. more by 3,000. >> bob: then we predict -- >> eric: the record turn-out by the g.o.p. voters. record. >> kimberly: dana? >> dana: i want to mention, eric erickson at redstate.com had an interesting piece that said look from the conservative standpoint you may not be in love with romney. but his point was as a party, and as a movement, something you think is not a good ...