who is driving this santorum bus across iowa. he backed huckabee in 08. he s urging evangelical voterers to get behind santorum now. he has a proven track record, a conservative that s always stood for what s right. reporter: t the chuck truck. reporter: santorum doesn t ride in the bus. he rides in pickup truck. better for his pitch. jim acosta, boon, iowa. joining me is dana lash, st. louis tea party organizer, political contributor ari fleischer and democratic strategist paul begala who joins me here in des moines. the santorum surge, how surprising is it to you? it s stunning. seven front-runners in iowa. three are not even in the race any more. santorum seemed like the only guy who never did lead. i see him as the frank finkel of
christian conservative reality tv star jim bob duggar who s driving the bus across iowa. he backed huckabee in 08. he s urging evangelical voters to back santorum now. a proven track record, a christian conservative that has always stood for what s right. the chuck truck! reporter: santorum doesn t ride in the bus. does he his campaigning in a pickup truck. a better fit for santorum s down to earth pitch. jim acosta, cnn, boone, iowa. let s dig deeper into santorum s surge. joining me is dana lash, st. louis tea party organizer and editor and chief, ari fleischer and ball begala who joins me in des moines. the santorum surge, how surprising is it to? what do you make of? it s stunning. seven front-runners in iowa. three aren t in the race
a proven track record, a christian conservative that has always stood for what s right. the chuck truck! reporter: santorum doesn t ride in the bus. does he his campaigning in a pickup truck. a better fit for santorum s down to earth pitch. jim acosta, cnn, boone, iowa. let s dig deeper into santorum s surge. joining me is dana lash, st. louis tea party organizer and editor and chief, ari fleischer and ball begala who joins me in des moines. the santorum surge, how surprising is it to? what do you make of? it s stunning. seven front-runners in iowa. three aren t in the race anymore. santorum seems like the guy who never did lead. i see him as franc finkle? he s the only guy that survived the battle of little big horn. he survived because his horse couldn t get him there in time.
caucuses it starts counting. republicans will start choosing candidates in a campaign after everyone you see here and a few you don t, have been the front-runner or the front-runner or may soon become the front-runner. some of these boxes may soon be empty. politico s roger simon said iowa caucuses don t pick winners, they eliminate losers. a lot of people could continue on from here even if they don t place well. a loser here may take new hampshire. someone else could win south carolina and yet another may win florida. it s just been that kind of a campaign. the polls here reflect it. take a look. the latest from the des moines register, mitt romney and ron paul in a statistical tie. rick santorum close behind. newt gingrich fourth and fading. rick perry fifth and climbing slowly. michele bachmann in single digits. that poll came out over the weekend. arg showed romney in front. paul, santorum and gingrich essentially tied for second. it won t be dull and every move matt