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Place to go to the right of. >> and here is what i would say, all candidates, all candidates have things that really animate them, and things they kind of just do because they know they have to do it. in '08, mccain didn't care much about the economy. he was animated by national security and foreign policy. he said the economy is strong, he didn't have a core set of beliefs to say that doesn't make sense. what animates mitt romney is business sensibility. the economy, the private sector, that's what he believes in, that's when he talks, that's where we're getting the genuine article mitt romne...

Pragmatism, a lot of evangelical voters moved by a core set of issues look athleticability, leadership issue and leaning in that direction. that's what romney wants more than anything because that's his main pitch. >> romney is the head candidate. >> if you look at the various attributes, the only one where he really shines is electability. he's way ahead of everybody else on that. on all other attributes he doesn't. if mitt romney wins these caucuses, it will be because iowa voters decided electability above all is what they wanted. >> in a crowd that really, really wants president obama to b...

Biggest problem is people look and go, yeah, that's nice but rick santorum just doesn't have the wherewithal. does this -- i asked both our iowa politicians, do you think this race comes down -- this race in iowa right now comes down to caucusgoers wanting the most electable or caucusgoers wanting the person that most defines who they are. >> that's the big struggle. for the moment the polls suggested there's a sort of pragmatism out there, a lot of evangelical voters moved by a core set of issues look at electability issue, the leadership issue and leaning in that direction. that's what romne...

today, ron paul on the perils and promise of the efforts here and rick santorum on the sudden spotlight over his booming campaign, then the lay of the land from two influential iowan republicans, governor terry branstad and congressman steve king. fresh off the campaign trail "the washington post" dan balz "the wall street journal's" neil king give us their perspective. i'm candy crowley in des moines. and this is "state of the union". it's been a rough couple of weeks for ron paul. his top-tier seeding hs brought new scrutiny to some of his old writings. now big enough threat to dra...

and this is "state of the union". it's been a rough couple of weeks for ron paul. his top tier seating hs brought new scrutiny to some of his old writings. now big enough threat to draw unanimous dismissals from opponents. >> unelectable. >> you need to think long and hard about in casting your vote for congressman paul. >> one of the people run for president thinks it's okay for iran to have a nuclear weapon. i don't. >> ron paul is not getting the nominati nomination. >> someone that is so out of sync with the american people that they don't need to be the president of the united s...