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Understand that everything doesn't have to be afight. legislations are made tobe together and compromise, and i hope theea party doesn't have the influence, and it had been really bad for this country, and i understand why the american people feel the way they do. >> you thought the tea part would die out as the economy got better, and you were not ready about that? >> i think the tea party is dying outs the economy is getting betr slowly. >> you believe that. >> duri the past year, i would hope the two republican leaders have learned what took place i the previous year. you know, what we have...

Hit me! [ female announcer ] live the regular life. phillips'. welcome back everybody. new poll numbers show how splintered the tea party is with two days before the iowa caucuses. nearly a fewer-way tie between rick santorum, romney and newt gingrich. amy cremor is the chair of the tea party ex tres. she joins me in des moines. this is the hot seat. we're rotating you guys in and out. i appreciate your time in joining me amy. in the last couple of years, the tea party has been tireless in promoting itself as a grassroots movement that's basically fed up with the politic as usual in washingt...

[ female announcer ] live the regular life. phillips'. welcome back everybody. new poll numbers show how splintered the tea party is with two days before the iowa caucuses. nearly a fewer-way tie between rick santorum, romney and newt gingrich. amy cremor is the chair of the tea party ex tres. she joins me in des moines. this is the hot seat. we're rotating you guys in and out. i appreciate your time in joining me amy. in the last couple of years, the tea party has been tireless in promoting itself as a grassroots movement that's basically fed up with the politic as usual in washington, d.c....

>> i think in part it is. although, i would add this caveat, chris. ron paul is kind of non-politician's politician. i think people recognize that. they think he's less likely to hedge his bets or, you know, to care with his words or do things like other politicians sometimes do. i think that voters, even republican voters, tend to see both romney and gingrich as more traditional politicians who are, you know, who are more likely to say what they think they need to say to try to win support. it's clear if you watch ron paul in these debates he's prepared to say whatever he wants to say because...

New numbers from the "washington post" and abc news show newt gingrich's surge has lost steam while romney has pulled even with the former speaker. inside the numbers there are still some stark differences. for instance, gingrich still holds a commanding lead among the most conservative republicans, 36% to 22%. dan balls is my colleague and the senior national political correspondent for "the washington post." dan, let's get right into it. the conservative number seems to be important because we know people who are self identified conservative tend to be the ones most likely to vote. does that...