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Person said governor romney isn't strengthening his case to on conservatives by toting endorsements by two moderate republican presidential nominees who both lost their elections. senator mccain and senator dole. ow! that hurts. it's true. right. bob dole and john mccain both lost. they are both big endorsements by mitt romney. there are two main things going on in the republican press shall nominating process. there is a question of when rick santorum will get out of the race, the question of why ron paul is amazing delegates and what he wants to do with the delegates, there are sideline issu...

middle-class families pay. we'll explain what's going on. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." dramatic new developments today in the cruise ship disaster off the coast of italy after blasting holes in the capsized "costa philosopconcord" the massive liner hits rocks and ripped open the hull friday night. it shows the dramatic escape as people clamor off the sinks vessel. the ship's captain is under house arrest, and he may face charges of manslaughter and abandoning ship. now a stunning -- the transcript between outrages authorities on shore and the captain. matthew c...

Ken? >> ron paul certainly has more of an isolationist foreign policy and economic policy. so to the extent that that's what we're talking about, we're talking about free trade and, you know, sort of isolationism, more generally. you'll hear a little bit of an economic populist message from ron paul. that's not really very consistent with the gop orthodox. in fact, that's one of the many ways in which he is outside of the gop mainstream, and probably one of the things that will hurt him, if not in iowa, then certainly as we go forward here in the nominating process. >> it's interesting, ned, o...

Third. that's because this state occupies a unique place in the nominating process. in iowa, a win can thrust a candidate into the national spotlight. >> thank you, iowa! >> reporter: while a loss can kill a campaign's momentum. just ask phil graham. >> i want to congratulate the other candidates. >> reporter: or howard dean. >> and then we're going to washington, d.c., to take back the white house! yeah! >> reporter: but in terms of picking a winner, whether it's the president or a party's nominee, the record for the iowa caucuses is mixed. on the republican side, ronald reagan lost here in 1...

Occupies a unique place in the nominating process. in iowa, a win can thrust a candidate into the national spotlight. >> thank you, iowa! >> reporter: while a loss can kill a campaign's momentum. just ask phil graham. >> i want to congratulate the other candidates. >> reporter: or howard dean. >> and then we're going to washington, d.c., to take back the white house! yeah! >> reporter: but in terms of picking a winner, whether it's the president or a party's nominee, the record for the iowa caucuses is mixed. on the republican side, ronald reagan lost here in 1980. so did george h.w. bush in 1...