aren t statistics they are people in pain. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room . we begin this hour with what s happening in iowa. right now the state that holds the lead off presidential contest is gauging early support for the republican candidates. we re standing by for the results of the iowa straw poll. the winner could get an important boost heading in to the 2012 primary season. cnn don lemon is joining us from ames, iowa. don? all right. thank you very much for that, wolf. joining me here is cnn candy crowley to talk about all of this. are you hearing anything? back there at thtabulating. i mention we ll hear in the next 15, 20 minutes. we were talking about ron paul, herman cain, rick santorum, michelle bachmann. he said if he didn t place high enough he s is going to get out. the problem isn t so much oh, my gosh this person placed fifth it s that donors look at it and
the walker six held accountable. the next quarter is going to be when we protect the two democratic senators who stood up against scott walker and stood up for the people of wisconsin. and the fourth quarter, and you know, ed, that s where champions are made. that s when we recall scott walker, oust him from office, restore decency, fairness and common sense to the public policy in wisconsin. you don t think he can make up to the people of the state of wisconsin after reaching out to mark miller today, and saying, hey, let s work on jobs, i think it s an interesting point because this country is focused on creating jobs, and now walker s talking about it, now that they ve been through the recall. can you get 500,000 signatures needed to recall this guy? i think absolutely. the thing is, governor walker promised he was going to create 250,000 jobs here in the state of wisconsin, and he hasn t done that. as you pointed out, the
they re still doing it, still fighting two more recall elections next week. and out in washington, you had the president spending so much time trying to find a compromise with john boehner going golfing with john boehner. and then heading out for vacation this month. i don t there s a lot of wisconsinites that would like him to vacation in northern wisconsin and help jim get re-elected to the state senate. i m an obama fan, i believe in his policies, i believe in what he s doing. and i m not trying to take him to the twowood shed with this opening statement tonight. i hope the president is not missing it. i do believe he s underestimating his impact. this idea that he can t have an impact on these crucial issues. and senate bill five in ohio is coming up. he ought to be camping out that bus in ohio in my opinion. should he do that? ohio is a battleground state as is wisconsin, pennsylvania,
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and i have to believe that while this was a wisconsin fight, and wisconsin grassroots work hes and teachers really let it, that a visit from the president simply saying that he believed in fairness, he believed in collective bargaining, he believed that it is valuable to keep an open and free government, not one with late night meetings and violations of open meetings laws, i think a statement like that while seen as partisan by his critics would have been a rallying cry for people who respect and value his leadership. i can t help but think there s a disconnect between the white house and what s happening in the heartland. how could they miss it s terrible. do you think there s a disconnect? it s a terrible disconnect, ed. and it s not a disconnect purely of coming or going, and things like that, there s also an intensity factor. in wisconsin, you had people who literally couldn t sleep at night. they stayed up late, they made calls, wrote letters, knocked on doors, passed p