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That is what i was publicly stating. because i thought he would not be a strong candidate for us in the general election. i didn't think he'd be the best candidate for us to do the things that were necessary for this country. and so my principal purpose, i said this from the very beginning, i was going to wait and see who was the person who was the best able to defeat john mccain when the time came. i waited. it became a two person race after florida right before super tuesday and i chose the person who i thought was better, a more conservative alternative than john mccain. you know, i made a ...

senator rick santorum. let's go to cnn's joe johns right now. he's joining us from des moines. i think rick santorum believed in himself. not a whole lot of others, joe, did. but it's been quite amazing over these past few days how well he's done. >> reporter: that's true, wolf. you know, more than half of the republicans who participated in this process the last time around viewed themselves as evangelical christians. born again christians. so it might be a little risque to compare this process to a seduction, but rick santorum has gone a long way. he says the other candidates in th...

-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good morning. it is wednesday, october 19th. welcome to "american morning." craziest story ever. this thing you just said about wild animals on the prowl. >> just spoke to an affiliate reporter in zanesville, ohio. there are some 24 animal, things like tigers, cheetahs, cougars, giraffe, on the loose right now in ohio. they've closed schools. they have highway signs saying, if you see wild animal, please, stay in your car and call 911. they found the owner of this wild animal preserve dead, a hole in the fengs ace and cages open. >> unbelievabl...

Whatever views and beliefs that they want to give him, but it also is the truth that he is talking the talk that conservatives want to hear. the tea party is looking for a more conservative alternative to mitt romney, and right now rick perry is looking like the guy. he's building a lot of momentum, he's building a strong campaign. it's happening for him. once it comes into contact with reality, who knows what happens. but for now things are stacking up exactly the way governor perry would probably want. jon: all right. chris -- [laughter] thanks very much. we're going to be -- >> you bet. jon...

And self-professed conservative alternative. cornell boettcher is a cnn contributor and democratic pollster and pete dominick. we're trying something new this morning to keep things moving. 20 seconds on the clock for each of you. i'm going to pose a series of questions. here's the first one. let's go. so obama's first message, it begins with us from yes, we can, to it begins with us. dana, thoughts? >> i'm curious as to what begins with us. i thought it was supposed to have begun after he was elected the first time. i don't know. as far as campaign slogans go, it seems really just mysterious....