family and manwe re expected to carry on the momentum in south carolina. i just wanted to ask you why is michele bachmann a better candidate than rick santorum and what are you telling voters in iowa to that point? well, they re very similar on many of the issues but there s a stark contrast on some key issues that people that of, i guess you would call them the faith community and the strong social conservatives. first and foremost, mr. santorum has supported pro abortion candidate in arlen specter. that s something that michelle would certainly never consider doing. he is pro union and he s supported many ear marks when he was a member of congress. that s something that tea party members and people that want to see government be fiscally responsible, they won t put up with that. what michelle in contrast to that, she has stood up to washington as usual and stood up
street shaping up in 2012? this is a question we ve bandied about a lot on the show. we know in the iowa 10, iowa caucus protests are were arrested and in 68 protesters were arrested in zuccotti park on new year s eve. in california, there are protests planned for the rose bowl parade in pasadena. what is your prognosis for this movement? you know, somewhere in the ocean a shark is being jumped. i have to say. i think the movement did a really great service by bringing the issues of inequality back, but i had i they are so disorganized and refuse to organize into a coherent narrative. after awhile, you re like okay, you re marching, getting arrested. what s your point? i thought they were doing interesting stuff around the foreclosure crisis with something that has been sorely underreported and got very little discussion in the national dialogue. but this seems to me a little bit skits phrenic at best. i think there s something they ve got to do.
strong as you would like, if michele bachmann is in the same position tomorrow as she is today which is at the very bottom if not last, what is your game plan for going forward in new hampshire and south carolina and florida? we are optimistic how we will finish tomorrow. keep in mind john mccain came out of iowa in fourth place. i was with governor huckabee. we shot out of here like a rocket ship. the governor is fantastic. what we had in south carolina wasn t enough to keep the momentum going. michele bachmann has a strong ground game in south carolina. we have great volunteers, a fantastic staff in south carolina. wednesday morning we head straight to the south carolina and begin campaigning for a few days there. that s key because the people of south carolina share many of the similar views the people of iowa do. they re concerned with the issues like life and faith and
spending in washington. she is a vong supporter, obviously, of the tea party. she brought 40,000 people to washington to fight against obama care. and while santorum lost his last election, she s been in washington fighting against big government spending. those are some key contrasts she has with mr. santorum and people as they begin to peel back the layers are starting to notice that. this is roy reid from the grio.com. one of the images that stands out for me of michele bachmann was her pouring water for the other candidates during one of the debates. the vote that s available to her is evangelical christians. iowa has never elected a woman statewide. how much do you feel that her being a woman is holding her back with the evangelical votes. i want to piggy back on that. this is alex wagner. you have a new campaign comparing her to margaret thatcher, the iron lady. i wonder to joy s point how successful you think that tact
id voters that support michele and drive them to the caucus and speak for her at the caucus tomorrow night. so we re encouraged that you know, the one true test there has been to date, she came out on top. we re encouraged how the next true test, the caucuses tomorrow night will turn out. alice, surely you guys must be looking at this polling and i would assume in some wayses have refashioned your strategy. i m just wondering in what ways you have sort of recalibrated. well, what s key in this race is to remember that you need a broad spectrum of support and michele from the beginning mentioned the three-legged stool, the fiscal conservatives, tea partiers and brings in the independents. as we ve traveled across the state, we just completed a 99-county tour, we solidified support from folks that have already supported michele but also independents said they certainly stood for michele. the key thing to note here with the people of iowa, they take