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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...

Washington. iowa isn't talking about this. this is a real problem for him here, that we are talking about. in iowa, not consuming them this way. they worry about the day-to-day stuff. going to holiday period in a week people take it off. and not paying attention. i don't know that it does damage to him. >> bret: we talk about the electability issue. one would argue that gets to that question and opponents bring it up. >> ron paul has a high floor. but a low ceiling. the independent voter start to look at this. get into it. part of paul's problem he has defended the tenements in it in the past,...

Washington. iowa isn't talking about this. this is a real problem for him here, that we are talking about. in iowa, not consuming them this way. they worry about the day-to-day stuff. going to holiday period in a week people take it off. and not paying attention. i don't know that it does damage to him. >> bret: we talk about the electability issue. one would argue that gets to that question and opponents bring it up. >> ron paul has a high floor. but a low ceiling. the independent voter start to look at this. get into it. part of paul's problem he has defended the tenements in it in the past,...

This week we were talking about our poll, "the wall street journal", nbc news poll and it showed the negatives for gingrich among his electability issue, independent voters, all of that. i thought that kind of recast how even conservatives were starting to talk about him. and conservatives attacking gingrich as a big government conservative. the ann coulters and glenn becks said they couldn't support him. i think that does matter and represents an important part of the party. >> one other big story i think we are seeing play itself out, we all knew it was coming, is the role of the super pacs....