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The race who has the campaign, message and vision to go the distance and that is mitt romney. >> i'm reluctant for anybody to compare this year's missouri results to any previous missouri results because of the big difference there this year, i do feel like in 2008 and 2012 in minnesota it sort of apples and apples, it was a caucus then, too, not technically binding, like it was this time, why do you think some fewer minnesota people turned up? >> rachel, three million or so registered voters in my state, 40,000 showed up, a 5000 vote changes the outcome, basically. i think you have a caucus s...

It, which left folks scratching their heads. what exactly was he running for in those states? we still have some odd numbers that have come out of iowa over the weeks, they seem to change. what is the problem with the caucus system and will it be changed by 2016? >> in the summer every four years the iowa republican party holds this big annual straw poll. they get two bites at the apple. these caucus processes and results we are talking about so much are just a second straw poll. they are not -- they don't award delegates right away. the delegates elected there have to go through a couple of o...

The race who has the campaign, message and vision to go the distance and that is mitt romney. >> i'm reluctant for anybody to compare this year's missouri results to any previous missouri results because of the big difference there this year, i do feel like in 2008 and 2012 in minnesota it sort of apples and apples, it was a caucus then, too, not technically binding, like it was this time, why do you think some fewer minnesota people turned up? >> rachel, three million or so registered voters in my state, 40,000 showed up, a 5000 vote swing this way or that way changes the outcome, basically. ...

>> i'm reluctant for anybody to compare this year's missouri results to any previous missouri results because of the big difference there this year, i do feel like in 2008 and 2012 in minnesota it sort of apples and apples, it was a caucus then, too, not technically binding, like it was this time, why do you think some fewer minnesota people turned up? >> rachel, three million or so registered voters in my state, 40,000 showed up, a 5000 vote swing this way or that way changes the outcome, basically. i think you have a caucus system where the people who attend the caucuses in my state and many...

That israel is finding a terrorist wo terrorist group. there is not exactly romney mania right now. that's how republican senator jon kyl is describing the climate going into that annual conservative conference in washington, d.c. we'll have the latest on romney's hard-pressed courting of conservatives. the convoluted process for selecting a republican nominee appears overdue for reform. does that mean caucuses should be on the chopping block? that story is in the new issue of the "national journal." we got an exclusive look at the cover. reed wilson is editor in chief. thanks for being on t...