acrobatic wall and it is very, very cool. let s turn to james carville, democratic strategist and cnn contributor. from the wall to me. i can t compete with that wall. that wall, i mean it s something. all right. what do you think about kevin madden s point? he tries to make the point, he doesn t go below, doesn t drop, so he s stable, resilient. don t worry he doesn t ever go above. you know, it s a good point for them to make, i guess. it s kind of steady. i know they are banging their heads against walls. last thing is for romney to say we re going to win tomorrow and talk about how he s going to build momentum across the united states and talk campaign strategy. i m sure they d much rather him talk about message and we ll do fine. i thought that was he doesn t make many mistakes. that wasn t a major mistake but one of those sound bites that comes back. letmy ask you something interesting about this caucus or iowa caucuses.
i think that if you look at governor romney s support, he s had a very strong resilient number all the way through this entire campaign. that was the plan, which is to make sure we re competing very hard so that when you get to these contests, where we re here in january, going to iowa and new hampshire, this is where you get those voters, who have yet to be persuaded, undecided to come into your fold and you try to win those you compete very strongly in those contests and then win the nomination through the long part of the calendar. all those other campaigns have gone up and down very quickly. governor romney has stayed right there competitive the entire way. kevin, thank you, talk to you soon. tomorrow night at 7:00 our special coverage of the iowa caucuses, wolf blitzer, anderson cooper, the rest of our political team analyzing results on cnn starting at 7 p.m. eastern. i have to tell you, we got the acrobatic wall and it is very, very cool. let s turn to james carville, de
good evening, from cnn s election center because, yes, it has begun and it s an episode of survivor. at least that s how republican presidential candidate rick santorum described the iowa caucuses. here is the thing about iowa. no offense, iowa, you re really important but you re also small. only 2 million registered voters. 640,000 of them republicans. and if the 2008 caucuses were an indication of what s ahead for tomorrow, only about 100,000 of those republicans will actually go out on a cold january night to cast their votes. those who do, it only is a 50% success rate when it actually comes to picking the eventual nominee. so, what s all the hype about iowa? the bottom line is, it has a huge influence in who stays and doesn t stay in a presidential race. it may be small but it packs one big punch. listen to the candidates today. they know what s really at stake tomorrow. we are not looking for a chief executive officer. for this country. we re looking for a commander i
good evening, from cnn s election center because, yes, it has begun and it s an episode of survivor. at least that s how republican presidential candidate rick santorum described the iowa caucuses. here is the thing about iowa. no offense, iowa, you re really important but you re also small. only 2 million registered voters. 640,000 of them republicans. and if the 2008 caucuses were an indication of what s ahead for tomorrow, only about 100,000 of those republicans will actually go out on a cold january night to cast their votes. those who do, it only is a 50% success rate when it actually comes to picking the eventual nominee. so, what s all the hype about iowa? the bottom line is, it has a huge influence in who stays and doesn t stay in a presidential race. it may be small but it packs one big punch. listen to the candidates today. they know what s really at stake tomorrow. we are not looking for a chief executive officer. for this country. we re looking for a commander i