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Stand those punches. if he falters maybe for santorum. >> gregg: what about ron paul. santorum has hosted 19 or 20 events in the last several days. ron paul has reportedly done just a couple. could paul drop to third place and be eclipsed by santorum? >> reporter: there is no question that is a possibility. right now paul is a strong lead over santorum. as you mentioned paul is doing very few events, only two by the time of the saturday night debate tonight. compared to 19 events for santorum which is big disparity. i think ron paul has a feeling. a lot of people coming to support him are from...

Shows. we've had to go out and do it the old-fashioned way. get out and meet with people and try to get you energized so you can go into the community and help us out and spread the word. >> reporter: santorum promises not to predict victory here, but he is talking about surprising people. he plans to win the south carolina primary on the 12th of this week. he is in a tough battle for second place with ron paul, texas congressman who is polling in second place and draws big crowds here. a lot of those crowds are college kids, even out of staters. people are from out of stated so it's unclear w...

Election is going to end up being about bread and butter, about the economy and about voters looking at the two candidates and saying, who do i trust more to help me and my family more? not what did their grandfather do or how much money this they have in the bank or any of that. it's going to be about who is going to help me. >> heather: yeah. really how they feel at that moment, as we zero in op the election. i want you to tell me what, do you think will happen in new hampshire? >> romney. >> heather: romney. without a doubt? what about second? seems to be a bottle for second right now. >> i...

Ads against him on abortion. none of those criticisms will be negatively. tonight he is going back to the relentlessly positive newt that was successful in debates earlier in the year. so we'll see if mr. gingrich and all the candidates can keep their cool tonight. they are tired. some of them battling head colds. they have been shaking hands like crazy in iowa and new hampshire for weeks now. one of the things that happens is fatigue. can the would be commander hack it when the bright lights come and standing shoulder to shoulder with their rivals four days before the first primary? >> heathe...

Party has made them unwelcome. i think it's very important right now to bring all these new young people into the fold and make them part of a new republican majority. >> gregg: i understand that ron paul wants to and expects to be perhaps the republican nominee. but if he's not, would he prefer barak obama or any of the other remaining gop candidates? >> i don't think he'd prefer barak obama. but there is concern because barak obama's number one donor is goldman sachs. mitt romney's number one donor is goldman sachs. they both supported the bailout. they both won't audit the federal reserve. ...