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To encourage as many to be a part of that process and the takeoff. to be there in the landing and fall. virginia could be one of the handful of states that actually decide the general election. >> so, really, what we thought of virginia so far, frankly, in are other candidates who can't get on the ballot. is this a bigger problem, than the candidates not on the ballied in virginia? >> one of the things that test you is your organizational mobility. one thing we've learned about rick perry's campaign and newt gingrich the campaign is that they can't organize their way out of a paper bag at this...

Better. there isn't a single one of them on the stage that hasn't improved because of this process. tested in a way they'll find useful. >> the candidates become more ready for primetime, but it sounds like, simon is saying it actually sort of added to the confusion certainly for people here in iowa who want to have a conversation? >> simon, one thing to remember is, we haven't had a vote yet. once somebody wins something, guess whats? they become bigger. they become the center of attention. these things do matter. but, look, campaigns don't pick candidates. they make candidates. that's what t...

This virginia process that is excluded two thirds of the republican candidates from the ballot in virginia, maybe the race will be decided by then, hard to say serving the voters of the state, if you have a process that not only newt gingrich and rick perry also rick santorum and jon huntsman didn't pass, who benefits from ex-cloouding that many candidates? the bigger issue, who controls the nominations? most state limit primaries. there's a cafor a case for broadening. you need to reach beyond your base to reach most states and the most you bring in at the front end, the more exposure you hav...

we'll look at big stories. give you interesting details and go inside information, only a worldwide news organization like cnn can bring to you every single day. we're going to talk to the leaders and newsmakers and also real folks and challenge some of the conventional looks and issues people are discussing today. the "starting point" this morning is about changing minds in iowa. just 36 hours before the caucuses begin, and it is a statistical dead heat for first place between presidential candidates mitt romney and ron paul, and that means the race for third is on between rick sant...

Collect the 10,000 signatures you need have to be either eligible or registered voters in virginia. the perry campaign doesn't think that is very fair to out-of-state candidates with out-of-state employees the candidate himself said late last night since only romney and paul are going to be on the ballot in virginia, some republicans there might get turned off. >> when there is only two people that were able to get on the ballot that tells you there may be a structural problem in the virginia process. so it is one of the reasons we filed suit bense them. i don't want hundreds of thousands of p...