chris, good morning. thanks for having me. i think people will be surprised because senator santorum s got a good ground game. he s got talented people on board and working the ground game hard. in south carolina, our republican primary voters expect to see him on the ground here. do you think santorum needs romney to make a mistake to really have a good chance, dick? i don t think so. i agree with chad. we ve seen rick santorum here time and time again over last several months. it s important to understand, look at numbers last night, new york times did some exit polling, the conservative republicans went with santorum. the evangelical republicans went with santorum. and mitt romney came in to iowa 25%, came out with 25%, got less votes this time than he did four years ago and the most exciting thing for democrats is, only 122,000 republicans voted yesterday or went to the caucuses yesterday. that s half of what turned out
successful, small strategies used in iowa disappear. no small thing. again, not too much of that door-to-door we see on newt gingrich in concord, new hampshire, already. he s making his case and as always, we see ka listta, his wife by his side. retail politics and heavy tv advertise, moving south, south carolina, florida, newt gingrich predicts a huge stumble for mitt romney. by the time he gets to south carolina and florida, it will be obvious, this is not a conservative republican. he is not going to win the nomination. and he is not the most electable candidate. well, let s start with south carolina. chad conley, chairman of the south carolina republican party, and the chairman of the south carolina democratic party. gentlemen, welcome back. chad, 17 days to going, mitt romney flooding the airwaves, newt gingrich is refining his message for south carolina. but here s my question. given last night, can rick santorum get an organization together in south carolina in time to do
clinton in the race in 08. there s a tepid effort on the part of the republicans and rick santorum surging. so, you know, in this this state is going to boil down to that dichotomy between the republican party between the tea partiers and the conservative right wingnuts and the mainstream folks. the republican party is becoming the al monday joy party, some days they feel like a nut, some days they don t. it s a good line. it s a good line, i ll grant you that. let me ask you this, chad, it wasn t that long ago people thought rick perry was the one to beat. looks like he s gone, officially reassessing. where does his support go in where does michele bachmann s support go? certainly a lot of decisions have to be made after a state like iowa votes. it s a coupling out state and they move on to new hampshire. bottom line, this race will be decided in south carolina. history shows us that this is the state that s the fire wall
for barack obama in and hillary clinton in the race in 08. there s a tepid effort on the part of the republicans and rick santorum surging. so, you know, in this this state is going to boil down to that dichotomy between the republican party between the tea partiers and the conservative right wingnuts and the mainstream folks. the republican party is becoming the al monday joy party, some days they feel like a nut, some days they don t. it s a good line. it s a good line, i ll grant you that. let me ask you this, chad, it wasn t that long ago people thought rick perry was the one to beat. looks like he s gone, officially reassessing. where does his support go in where does michele bachmann s support go? certainly a lot of decisions have to be made after a state like iowa votes. it s a coupling out state and they move on to new hampshire. bottom line, this race will be decided in south carolina. history shows us that this is
no small thing. again, not too much of that door-to-door we see on newt gingrich in concord, new hampshire, already. he s making his case and as always, we see ka listta, his wife by his side. retail politics and heavy tv advertise, moving south, south carolina, florida, newt gingrich predicts a huge stumble for mitt romney. by the time he gets to south carolina and florida, it will be obvious, this is not a conservative republican. he is not going to win the nomination. and he is not the most electable candidate. well, let s start with south carolina. chad conley, chairman of the south carolina republican party, and the chairman of the south carolina democratic party. gentlemen, welcome back. chad, 17 days to going, mitt romney flooding the airwaves, newt gingrich is refining his message for south carolina. but here s my question. given last night, can rick santorum get an organization together in south carolina in time to do something?