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If rick santorum comes in second maybe rick santorum is the story out of iowa. you don't know how these things play. who doesn't finish in the top three. if newt gingrich is fourth or fifth or michele bachmann is sixth, there is going to be questions about how and whether they should carry on. >> does it widdle the field down and narrow the selection? it seems in this landscape that most everybody will likely stay in. they have no reason to leave. >> i think if bachmann is in a distant sixth place, she is not going to win in new hampshire and south carolina, it depends who wins. she will proba...

You have to ask the question, who's got money left? i suspect perry does, but he's talking about going straight to south carolina. i don't know whether michele bachmann has any money to go and it's not clear to me where newt gingrich goes if he finishes and has a low and disappointing finish tonight either though i suspect he'll keep going. >> is it possible that south carolina, brit, then becomes this conservative super bowl, if you will, to kind of figure out if anybody can resurrect their campaign fat that point? >> that state has had a terrific record of picking the winner, but usually you...

He has a chance, if he does luck out, finish in the top three here, even if he doesn't, he'll stay in it in new hampshire in the debates and then it's all going to end up in south carolina with a final winnowing of the nonromney, non-ron paul candidate is going to occur. >> bret: charles, as always, thanks. >> a pleasure. >> bret: we'll talk more about the harsh rhetoric in the final hours of the campaign before the caucuses. the panel joins me live here in des moines when we come back. juice drink too watery? ♪ feel the power my young friend. mmm! [ male announcer ] for unsurpassed fru and ...

>> got the biggest downside, you think? >> spent the most money going after newt gingrich. he is the biggest name in the field. he has done a pretty good job the last couple of weeks in iowa, but if he doesn't finish, you know, first or second, i think the social conservatives are going to smell some blood, and they are going to say, hey, wait a minute, you know. i really believe that iowa is so different. it really is a crap shoot all the way down to the end. even the governor of iowa said that. it's a tough one to call. if you're polling in high double digits and if you're good on the ground...

Finish out of the top three, you have to ask the question, who's got money left? i suspect perry does, but he's talking about going straight to south carolina. i don't know whether michele bachmann has any money to go and it's not clear to me where newt gingrich goes if he finishes and has a low and disappointing finish tonight either though i suspect he'll keep going. >> is it possible that south carolina, brit, then becomes this conservative super bowl, if you will, to kind of figure out if anybody can resurrect their campaign fat that point? >> that state has had a terrific record of pickin...