if the people who put the time in there, like santorum, are going to do better or if romney has a support base that s not shows up in all the flash of these candidates who rise for two months then collapse. yeah. well, we haven t mentioned rick perry. he s down at 7%. he s got a lot of money. and we should point out that the evangelical christian vote in rural iowa is going to come out in full force. is his 7%, he s down in low numbers, but could that be misleading, with the amount of money that he s got? what do you think? not terribly, because remember, the thing that really brought him down more than any mistakes that we ve all focused on was his immigration position. this has been an issue in iowa. in 2007 it captivated iowa for a couple of months. the tom tan ccredo insert. george bush being too soft on it. perry is as unthinkable on that issue as anyone else, and there s just you ve really
polls. what a lot of us are waiting to see is if they re going to put the time in there. the support base is not showing up in the flash of these candidates who rise for two months and collapse. we haven t mentioned rick perry, he s down at 7%, he s got a lot of money, and we should point out that the evangelical christian vote in iowa is going to come out in full force. he s down low numbers. could that be misleading? not terribly, because remember the thing that really brought him down more than any mistakes we ve all focused often, was his immigration position. this has been an issue in iowa. in 2007 it captivated iowa for a couple months. the tom tancredo insurgency, immigration and republicans being too soft on it. perry is as unthinkable on that
heartless for saying immigrant children shouldn t be able to go to school in texas. sad where the candidates rise or fall based on howmhzñ much ty hate immigrants.ñnñ come on ryan that is preposterous. perry s immigration position did begin the beginning of the decline without a doubt he did not have a cogent response to what many republicans believe is a fair immigration policy the conservative base not necessarily. cain is not somebody you d dismiss as not serious because he doesn t have this organization. tapping into a real feeling, pap payable feeling among the prime palpable feeling the primary voters he speaks to them on the level they understand. romney, perry, even bachmann are too political, too establishment this is going to have implications for obama and the nominee in gaining support in the general election. surprising development mr. cain the lead we ll see if that stays when the caucus
bright colors and not pastels. what did you think of perry s strategy on that speech? listen, bill, rick perry by all accounts has had a really terrible debate season. now the campaign is transitioning from those kind of forums to more of his comfort zones where you are speaking to republican audiences mostly in conservative party settings. he can re-establish his position as a conservative. what has hurt perry the most with the conservatives is his immigration position. that is where this whole thing started going downward for him. using this issue of life and obviously pointing out a contrast with both cain and romney which he is doing gives him the opportunity to bring the conservative momentum back. wher back. bill: where else do you do it but in iowa. they showed us in 2008 that the evangelical vote is
undermined domestic energy production through their epa and heavy handed regulations. the plan on friday will be how to change that dynamic, how to create jobs, and create technology, energy, and a momentum for our economy going forward. i want to talk a bit about immigration. everywhere the governor went this weekend in iowa, it came up. it came up and the governor had the same answer he s given before. how concerned are you simply as a strategist trying to help governor perry get the nomination that conservatives are going to have a hard time accepting his immigration position. chuck, we ve got 90 days until the first votes are cast. the governor s been in the race about seven weeks, as you pointed out earlier. this is something the voters care deeply about. we plan on listening to their concerns, responding to their concerns and making sure they know that of anyone in this race