i m erin burnett. out front tonight, romney on a roll. mitt romney squeaking out a win in iowa and immediately hitting the new hampshire air waves. it s time for this pessimistic president to step aside and let american optimism that built this greatest nation on earth build a great future for our children. but are people buying what mitt s selling? conventional wisdom says the former ceo will be the republican nominee and that the quote, unquote establishment is behind him. well, we wanted to know if that is really true. so we reached out to the out front strike team, our exclusive group of the best and brightest minds in the business world in this country and asked them which gop candidate is best for the kun successfully here are the results. it turns out most do support romney. 12 of 15. two preferred gingrich over all other candidates and one person said ron paul and i ll get to that. that s really important. another thing. in a head-to-head matchup the strike te
would support rick santorum over obama, that s right. this is important because a lot of bun tips and washington insiders maybe surprised to hear what they consider long shot contenders. santorum and paul. not being dismissed by mainstream and major entrepreneurs, business leaders and ceos and donors in this country, but in fact one of the most influential of them all, a man who manages the largest bond fund in the world, says the man with the best economic vision for america is ron paul. bill gross is the founder and chief investment officer of pimco. ron paul is coming off a third place finish, very strong in iowa, and before i ask you why you like ron paul, let me just one through a couple of things here that people may know him for. wants to cut $1 trillion from the budget in the first year, wants to get rid of the federal reserve. what do you think about those policies? well, i responded to you and said that ron paul was the best republican. i didn t say he was the best candidat