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Perspective. >> i think, bret, it is remarkable achievement and testament to his determination and his ability as a candidate. you know, it also raises this issue. the knock on rick santorum and you see it reflected to some extent in entrance polls where he doesn't do well on the electability question and that of course, dates from his loss in 2006 in his senate re-election campaign by, what, 17 points or 18 points to democrat bob casey. i think that has been a burden for him to carry and it will continue to be a burden to some extent. this achievement in iowa where he basically went around th...

Perspective. >> i think, bret, it is remarkable achievement and testament to his determination and his ability as a candidate. you know, it also raises this issue. the knock on rick santorum and you see it reflected to some extent in entrance polls where he doesn't do well on the electability question and that of course, dates from his loss in 2006 in his senate re-election campaign by, what, 17 points or 18 points to democrat bob casey. i think that has been a burden for him to carry and it will continue to be a burden to some extent. this achievement in iowa where he basically went around th...

Looking at tomorrow, the electability question. and, so let's take a look at that. this is "the des moines register" poll. what does this tell you about what iowa voters are thinking? >> well, it tells you that this is really good news for mitt romney. mitt romney has been selling himself on somebody who can beat barack obama. one thing that unites all republicans this election season they want to beat barack obama. you look at this number for mitt romney. 48% say he is the most electable. gingrich is trying to sell himself that way. ron paul says he can go the distance. but, down the line. th...

Electability question. this is "the des moines register" poll. what does this tell about you what iowa voters are thinking? >> well, it tells you that this is really good news for mitt romney. mitt romney has been selling himself on somebody who can beat barack obama. one thing that unites all republicans this election season is they want to beat barack obama. you look at this number for mitt romney. 48% say he is the most electable. gingrich is trying to sell himself that way. ron paul says he can go the distance. but, down the line. this -- so if romney were to win tomorrow, this would be a ...

Partly because of the state's ethanol and farm-based economy. now the economy is still not doing great. there are a lot of issues there. voters may be less concerned about it than say florida, or south carolina where unemployment its 10%. how big a role the economy played in deciding who to support tomorrow is something we'll be watching as results come in and we'll do that with the help of our magic wall. gloria borger will be with us. >> write down a new name for this. john king has a magic wall. i don't know. we have to -- >> gloria and i can do cool things but we can fling things into our ...