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Gingrich, prior to that mccain and prior to that perry. when we talk about frenzied chase for caucus goers in iowa. last year and a half republicans have been playing about their field saying they want a stronger christian conservative to mid romney. that lack of conservative, division among conservatives in the caucus process is part of why the enthusiasm is tempered here. republicans desperately want to beat barack obama but they are still not entirely thrilled by their choices. as we head into the last week, that's part of the reason some are undecided. this really don't know who is best to...

He he has said legitimate question to ask. i repented for that. i think voters so far have seemed in large part to accept that. he has kind of navigated that mine field better than i've seen another candidate do. >> ron paul has devoted following in iowa to say the least in a very sturdy and deliberate organization that is vital to that unique caucus process. did he suffer a setback or maybe a near debilitating setback during the thursday night debate. what do you think? >> i think ron paul's performance in the thursday night debate was the only notable performance where he hurt himself. all t...

To give the party's rank and file more power. >> the caucus process came out of democratic party reforms in light of the 1968 convention. the idea was we don't want to see any more smokeilled rooms. >> bret: iowans caucus historian said it led to big changes in the state. >> in 1972, they decided to elongate the process and pick delegate at prestinct level, county and the state and national convention so there was input from the start. >> bret: that new elongated process required iowa democrats to hold their first round of caucuses. in 2,000 or so precincts earlier than before. they scheduled ...

The caucus process came out of democratic party reforms in light of the 1968 convention. the idea was, we don't want to sigh any smoke-filled rooms. >> iowa caucus historian, jeff stein, said that led to big changes in his state. >> for 1972, they decided to elongate the process, start picking delegates at precinct level, then the county and then the state and to the national connection. -- national convention. so there was citizen input from the start itch the new, elongated process, required iowa democrats to hold their first round of caucuses in 20,000 or so precincts, much earlier than bef...

Rank and file more power itch the caucus process came out of democratic party reforms in light of the 1968 convention. the idea was, we don't want to sigh any smoke-filled rooms. >> iowa caucus historian, jeff stein, said that led to big changes in his state. >> for 1972, they decided to elongate the process, start picking delegates at precinct level, then the county and then the state and to the national connection. -- national convention. so there was citizen input from the start itch the new, elongated process, required iowa democrats to hold their first round of caucuses in 20,000 or so pr...