anymore. santorum seems like the guy who never did lead. i see him as franc finkle? . he s the only guy that survived the battle of little big horn. he survived because his horse couldn t get him there in time. santorum wasn t in the fire. he was too far back so nobody was shooting at him. god bless him, he s surging. i actually think he s going to win. do you sflael. do i. mary thought his surge had stopped. which means i m probably wrong. in polling i would say trust the trend. in ann seltzer s poll, he went from tenth to fourth. but mary is more she s more knowledgeable about her party. i trust that trend. i think he s going to win here. dana, how surprised are you by santorum s surge? does it have any life regardless of how he does, assuming he s in the top three here? does very a campaign beyond iowa?
the race. who is frank finkel? the only guy who survived the battle of little big horn. he survived on the white guys side. he survived because his horse couldn t get him there in time. santorum wasn t in the fire. hee was too far back. nobody was shooting at him. now he s surging. i think he s going to win. mary matalin suggests that his surge has stopped. which would say i m wrong. she knows her party better than i do. in ann seltzer s a poll taken over four days. no reason for me to believe he has crested. mary is more knowledgeable about her party, but i trust that trend. what do you think, how surprised are you by santorum s surge? does it have any life regardless of how he does, assuming he s in the top three here, does he have a campaign beyond iowa? no, i don t think that he
a proven track record, a christian conservative that has always stood for what s right. the chuck truck! reporter: santorum doesn t ride in the bus. does he his campaigning in a pickup truck. a better fit for santorum s down to earth pitch. jim acosta, cnn, boone, iowa. let s dig deeper into santorum s surge. joining me is dana lash, st. louis tea party organizer and editor and chief, ari fleischer and ball begala who joins me in des moines. the santorum surge, how surprising is it to? what do you make of? it s stunning. seven front-runners in iowa. three aren t in the race anymore. santorum seems like the guy who never did lead. i see him as franc finkle? he s the only guy that survived the battle of little big horn. he survived because his horse couldn t get him there in time.
caucuses it starts counting. republicans will start choosing candidates in a campaign after everyone you see here and a few you don t, have been the front-runner or the front-runner or may soon become the front-runner. some of these boxes may soon be empty. politico s roger simon said iowa caucuses don t pick winners, they eliminate losers. a lot of people could continue on from here even if they don t place well. a loser here may take new hampshire. someone else could win south carolina and yet another may win florida. it s just been that kind of a campaign. the polls here reflect it. take a look. the latest from the des moines register, mitt romney and ron paul in a statistical tie. rick santorum close behind. newt gingrich fourth and fading. rick perry fifth and climbing slowly. michele bachmann in single digits. that poll came out over the weekend. arg showed romney in front. paul, santorum and gingrich essentially tied for second. it won t be dull and every move matt