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Reduced -- and that's going to happen naturally. there's a winnowing even before the first votes are cast in iowa. as you get fewer republican candidates, there will be more of a coalescing of support and i don't believe it's going to coalesce around donald trump. it's kind of donald trump versus most of the rest of the candidates. >> when do you think the winnowing process will start to happen? >> the winnowing? well, i think it's already happening behind the scenes. you know, if you can't get in the adult debates, your money's going to dry up, and that's happening to a couple of those candid...

>> well, the person who has the most buzz going into this is michelle backman. i was over at the iowa -- des moines register soapbox. people are crowded right before a speech she gave. it was a quick two-minute speech, but a lot of buzz, a lot of electricity. by the polls, she is the frontrunner here in iowa. the question is can she maintain it, and that's what today's ames straw poll is all about. look, the straw poll is isn't a predictor of the republican nomination, but it gives you a good indication about the organization someone has as well as it's almost a winnowing process. with all the...

There's a lot of people ahead of interestingly enough ron paul, because his supporter also be us. if we can crack the top five, here no matter what. that would be a great finish for it looks like a fairly big us. >> and mark murray is live for turnout and it looks like those ron paul supporters are very us in ames. another good day to you, mark. well organized. >> to what do you attribute the how high are the stakes today? larger number of people doing can you put it into perspective? well for michele bachmann? is it because she has done a >> the best way to look at this great job of energizin...

Straight on with congresswoman bachmann by tim pawlenty, and the interesting of the opinions of whether he is a winner or loser for the action, but several people have noted that the real winner from this chance that pawlenty took is mitt romney and the governor of texas rick perry who plans to an nuance he is r -- plns to an nne is running for president. >> and fairly or unfairly, the straw polls and the caucus in iowa next year is a winnowing process. you have all of the candidates and 8 to 10 depending upon who you count as a potential presidential candidate, and these processes in depth, y...

Detecting vibrations of weirdness emanating from people associated with the republican party. the most recent vibrator is mike huckabee who referred in a radio interview to president obama, quote, having grown up in kenya. he actually grew up in jakarta and honolulu, mostly hohn lou lie except for three years. a spokesman for huckabee dutifully lied. he said he simply misspoke. let's not mince words here. this is will speaking. there are five plausible republican presidents on the horizon right now, mitch daniels, hailey barber, john huntsman, and tim pawlenty. so the republican winnowing proc...