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Minds, that john this morning brought this -- you said it was the most incredible post you've read from eric erickson. >> yes. i read eric erickson every morning. >> and eric does speak for true blue conservative -- >> he does and in a very articulate and passionate way. whenever you think about his views, he is a very good representative of a certain part of the republican party. this is a demolition job on mitt romney that basically says, he says he's been sitting, reading 200 pages of opo from the campaign on romney and you come to the conclusion that mitt romney is a man without any core c...

He's got to pull them over to his side if he's going to win. the question is, is he going to be able to do that without alienating this really agitated, intense republican base out there and is looking for a candidate who reflects their values? >> i think his big problem people wonder if he has any core convictions? >> you have to wonder. and you look at all of these issues, global warming, abortion, things that a lot of people have passionate needs about and he's all over the map. >> if i might suggest that core convictions are exactly what the president currently in the white house has, wher...

could affect all of us, including our own mail delivery. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." jtsdzer. it all begins in iowa. right now many of the republican presidential candidates are in that state, a state that holds the lead-off contest in 2012. they're working the crowds at the state fair before tomorrow's pivotal iowa straw poll. and they're taking direct aim at president obama's handling of the debt crisis and the u.s. economy. listen to some of the republican hopefuls, including sarah palin, who insists she still hasn't decided whether to run. >> i think the q...

Then all of a sudden these promises and pledges and no matter how heartfelt and absolutely emphatic and pounding the table he was. they all of a sudden don't seem so important a little later when the key audience has changed and there's no someone in his ear, someone saying you need to keep your word on this. >> i think i have a slightly more cynical theory. i think any liberal or left wing candidate running pore president of the united states in the center right country, inherently is forced into making statements and representations he's not going to follow through on if he's true to his cor...

Then all of a sudden these promises and pledges and no matter how heartfelt and absolutely emphatic and pounding the table he was. they all of a sudden don't seem so important a little later when the key audience has changed and there's no someone in his ear, someone saying you need to keep your word on this. >> i think i have a slightly more cynical theory. i think any liberal or left wing candidate running pore president of the united states in the center right country, inherently is forced into making statements and representations he's not going to follow through on if he's true to his cor...