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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 a blend and move towards flex vehicles and flex stations we're better off. brazilians have flex veh...

>> it's already 2012 in some parts of the world. this is sidney, australia where a million people watched a massive fireworks display. in new zealand revelers turned out in auckland but heavy rain forced other cities to cancel outdoor celebrations. in syria, huge crowds are turning out across the country again today, an activist network based in syria says at least nine protesters died today killed in clashing with security forces. two opposition groups there reached a deal a few hours ago making a plan that charts a course for democracy in case syria's president steps down. back i...

away from the first tests that count. the battle for iowa and the dramatic shift in the race as it goes down to the wire. newt gingrich is telling mitt romney he needs to man up about his negative attacks. romney is asking why gingrich is so angry. stand by for my interviews with gingrich and romney along with romney's wife ann. iowa's new rising star, rick santorum, and the surprising ron paul. welcome to our viewers from around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." we're just a few days from the voting of the republican campaign and as the iowa caucus looms, ...

To be showing up. are these voters swayed by caucus captains, bob? what do you think? >> i think pretty much by the time they go into the caucus they know what they're going to vote for. we've been talking about polls. wait and see what the "des moines register" poll which has a track record for accuracy says when it comes out this weekend. one of two things is going to happen here. either romney is going to win this thing, win new hampshire, do okay in south carolina, win florida, wrap this up early. or he's going to stumble a little bit. i think in the end he still wins the nomination. becau...

To satisfy the social conservatives. if you had to bet on someone, you'd bet on him. the other person who has momentum in my view is rick santorum. that's because conservatives, the religious right, who've gone shopping for a non-romney over and over and over are finally down to one guy. that's santorum. he's sitting there at least in the cnn poll at 16%. he could finish second. i think it would be hard for him to finish first. i think he could finish second. >> this is rick santorum on cnn talking about his caucus strategy. here it is. >> we have a thousand caucus captains. some cases we have...