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Aren't happy with this field. do you share that concern? >> no. i mean, we heard the same thing last time. as you were laying out the opening for the program, there was talk four years ago that mike huckabee was unelectable. he could not be elected, so the party went with a more moderate candidate that lost. it's interesting now in polls that if mike huckabee were in the race he would lead president obama. so that idea that someone's unelectable because they're conservative is not held up by the facts. >> is your organization going to support one of these candidates in the near future? >> not ...

Primary voters are social conservatives. so if you look at the field of candidates, every one of them, pro-life and every one supports traditional marriage, there are some marginal on the issues. they all embrace social conservative positions to one degree or another. it's important for the republican primary. >> there seems to be a narrative out there that there are some traditional republicans that aren't happy with this field. do you share that concern? >> no. i mean, we heard the same thing last time. as you were laying out the opening for the program, there was talk four years ago that mi...

>> having mitt's record on healthcare is really hard to distinguish between the two. >> reporter: romney is a strong character performance to combat the reputation for changing positions over the years. secondly, to further scuff up perry as too far right and unelectable. >> we have to have a leader who understands what it takes to balance if books of a business, sign the front of a payroll check, to help build jobs. i spent my life in the private sector. i'm a business guy. >> reporter: perry leads the latest poll in florida. 31% over romney at 22%. president obama's numbers abysmal in the su...

to you today as a candidate for president of the united states. >> cnn political correspondent jim acosta is at the red state conference in charleston. he joins us live now. jim, the impact that perry may have on this presidential playing field. any guesses? [ inaudible ] >> we'll have to work out the audio because you're not the only one who is not hearing jim acosta. we'll try to re-establish that in a moment. there is another major political story going on right now in iowa. the nation's first caucus state is holding its famous ames straw poll. it is a critical test of a candidate...

Establishment looked and said, you know, the economy was terrible, the democrats controlled everything in washington, voters wanted, you know, to throw the opposition party -- you know, give them some power. so republicans were necessarily going to win. yet there were big races, like the senate race in delaware with christine o'donnell, in nevada with sharron angle, where a republican base insisted on nominating candidates that were unelectable, even in 2010. i think the republican establishment took the lesson from that that, hey, the key to 2012 is if the economy is still bad and voters want...