an agenda before his re-election took place. this president has stayed in campaign mode from day one, so i don t expect him to do anything different today, tomorrow or for the rest of the year. terry makes a good point. they called it triangulation in 96, moving to the center, moving away from the democratic base from the republican base and that seemed to have worked for bill clinton. here s the question. do you see president obama doing anything close to triangulation this time around? well, what he s doing i think is what he has been doing since day one. and that is focusing his fight and focusing his ferver on helping the middle class and working class on the ones who have been so hard hit by this recession caused by the policies republicans put in place and every single candidate on the gop side, including mitt romney, wants to put in place again.
by our election team and around the country and the world. stand by to learn more about edith and carolyn, who solved the case of the missing votes. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. so long, iowa, hello, new hampshire. the republican presidential candidates are zeroing in on the next battlefield and a big primary coming up on tuesday. the front-runner, mitt romney, is following up his squeaker win in iowa with a new endorsement from senator john mccain who beat him in the new hampshire primary four years ago. several of romney s opponents also are in new hampshire right now. but rick perry says he s heading south. he sent out a tweet today saying here we come, south carolina. and a photo from his morning run confirming he s staying in the race despite his poor showing in iowa. michele bachmann made a very different decision, ending her presidential bid today after a crushing defeat in the state where she was born. rick santorum lands in new hampshire later
litmus test for the gop candidates. the results will be telling and may very well steer the direction of this republican race. here are five key things to keep your eye on. turnout. every election depends on it. it can determine who will win the republican nomination. looking at the bigger picture, the sheer number of people who gather at the caucus can give us a glimpse. it was conservative ferver that put the ball back in the hands of the republicans. what will president obama be up against? the evangelical vote will be key tonight. especially for rick santorum. according to the new york times, 60% of the people who attended republican caucuses four years ago identified themselves as eve haven t gel cals.
and rick santorum are running neck and neck and neck. while perry and bachmann are struggling to stay in the race. huntsman is passing on iowa and doubling down in new hampshire. for gingrich tonight s caucuses come several weeks after he peaked in the polls. but he said he is still in position to win. there s 41% who are undeci d undecided, it s very possible to win. we ve talked we ve had 18,000 people in a telephone conversation call yesterday afternoon. we reached 89,000 eye juans and telephone conference calls and one more yet today. we have precinct leaders who believe that the caucus those are going to walk in, have a discussion and a substantial number of going to switch. 41% newt gingrich mentioned are voter s who say they could change their minds. whatever happens in iowa, romney says he s going to face president obama in november. by the way the president is running in iowa too. he ll speak to the caucusing democrats live via satellite this evening and mitt
activists also made clear they expect senators to deliver. we re here to hold them accountable. what is to prevent us from putting forth $1.5 trillion worth of cuts. i would balance it this year if i could. rand paul said they re trying to keep activists involved for the next election. we re going to say, here s what our plan is. we want a balanced budget amendment. can you help us? write your congressmen, your senators. call them. jam the phone lines. still, despite tea party f ferver, only a handful joins the caucus. marco rubio says he s worried. the tea party becomes some sort of movement runs by toll tigss it s going to lose the effectiveness. and i m concerned about it. jim demint di misses that. we want to create a forum for people to come in and unload on us, and for us to tell you what we re doing. still, some gop senators