universal right of freedom of religion and we call on the iranian authorities to release mr. abedini. as you know the state department is in close contact with the abedini family. is actively engaged on this case. martha: interesting. that is not what we ve heard when we ve spoken with the family but the pastor s wife says the statent do, as i said is really not doing everything they can. she said every day counts. he is being tortured. they could do so much more. i have been so heart-broken. as low we re letting the iranian government lead with their interpretation what he has done wrong instead of protecting our american ideals. at the very least secretary clinton should publicly call for the unequivocal release of saeed abedini. in her opinion, obviously she wants her husband back. she feels that her country can do more to help. joined by christian whitten, a former state department senior advisor. welcome. good to have you here this morning. great to be here, martha,
pastor saeed even from prison in iran every wednesday and they re allowed to voice i am in jail every other thursday. two days ago there was no call. when she showed up yesterday the guards told them that pastor saeed was not there. they should come back saturday when the main office is open. the pastor s whereabouts are unknown and his wife in idaho is very worried. every day is a big deal. every day counts. every day my hope is that we can get the word out and we can get him home, get him back to the u.s. soon, and, it been too long since he has been gone from our family and we re desperately wanting him back. reporter: pastor saeed has been in prison since september 26th. tomorrow makes 4:00 months behind bars in iran, bill. bill: we ll talk to his wife next hour too. what are the hopes for a release? what are you hearing, peter? reporter: it is impossible to tell, bill.
you can t buy an election, can you, i guess? no, and i think that, god, that s been proven over and over again. ask meg whitman in california in 2010. she spent $160 million and still lost. you know what? for a state as blue as connecticut is, it s probably closer than it ought to be. i think that murphy did turn around a pretty disastrous performance in august and september is now, in fact, a couple of points ahead. this is not a big early voting absentee ballot state, so every day counts. a race that s three points is one worth watching. she has spent $82 million of her own money. we see a lot of linda mcmahon ads in new york and almost no chris murphy ads at all. on the dylan radigan shows, 84% of candidates that outspend their opponents win the election. when you self-finance, the
behind mitt romney. ainsley: possibly number one, we don t know. clayton: true, it s sunday now and you see the momentum and everyone calling it rick santorum momentum because of what s happening now. it s telling and momentum is everything. ainsley: they say every vote counts. well, every day counts. he came from down here to up here in a matter of a few days. mike: remind me the history. you did a great interview with the iowa caucuses. has a republican ever won iowa and then became our president? oh, yeah, george w. bush and going back even further than that, so, george w. bush of course won iowa and went on to win. he lost though in new hampshire and went 0en to win. mike: nobody s ever won iowa and new hampshire, no republican. clayton: and then gotten the nomination, exactly. this could be the first if mitt romney pulls it off and manages to get iowa and new hampshire.
on friday, then he would be number one. clayton: he d be number two behind mitt romney. ainsley: possibly number one, we don t know. clayton: true, it s sunday now and you see the momentum and everyone calling it rick santorum momentum because of what s happening now. it s telling and momentum is everything. ainsley: they say every vote counts. well, every day counts. he came from down here to up here in a matter of a few days. mike: remind me the history. you did a great interview with the iowa caucuses. has a republican ever won iowa and then became our president? oh, yeah, george w. bush and going back even further than that, so, george w. bush of course won iowa and went on to win. he lost though in new hampshire and went 0en to win. mike: nobody s ever won iowa and new hampshire, no republican. clayton: and then gotten the nomination, exactly. this could be the first if mitt romney pulls it off and manages to get iowa and new