you. i want to show everybody live pictures from des moines from a rock the caucus event. a chance to teach young iowa voters about how it all works. the iowa caucus process. they re going to hear from rick santorum coming up later in this hour, after it gets going. plus, the former senator is all the craze in iowa right now. so are his now famous v-neck sweaters. you see one right there. we ll talk more about it. [ male announcer ] cranberry juice? wake up!
isn t that cool? and that s pretty cool. good morning, everybody. welcome back. one thing missing from this edition of the iowa caucuses, big-time endorsements from big figures in iowa politics. conservative leaders from inside and outside of the beltway haven t settled on a single candidate, hoping the best bet to beat barack obama emerges from the precincts. i spoke with one of the kingmakers earlier. iowa congressman steve king, a member of tea party caucus, someone who has spent quality time with candidates in the caucus this season but he joins other hawkeye state lawmakers in staying on the 2012 sidelines. congressman king, thanks for making time. thanks a lot for having me on this morning. thanks for covering this in iowa. just to remain everybody, last time around you endorses
building a caucus team. he thinks he could surprise and take fourth of the that would be a very big deal, and today he went to church. the church is a huge part of the iowa caucus process. more than half of the turnout is self-described evangelical christian. all of the candidates are going to a parish in iowa, and many of the pastors are talking about the civic duty iowans have participating in the caucuses and they are advocating for specific candidates. that s part of the reason perry and santorum expect to do well on tuesday. and what happened to newt gingrich who was the front-runner a couple weeks ago and michele bachmann who was the historic first ever woman to win the ames straw poll last summer. she is expected to come in last and newt gingrich is looking yand iowa and new hampshire and says he will rebound. rick perry as well says no matter what happens in iowa he is already looking to the primaries and caucuss that come later as an opportunity to sort of restore a little
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across the country and talking about republican and conservative issues, there s a question whether or not she ll run and if she could win and perhaps a measure of the sort of sentiment of a lot of republicans, is that there are as many as a dozen other republicans around the country who are already in various different stages of organizing their presidential candidacies. which is to say, they think that sarah palin either won t run or if she does, they can beater had. good point, carl. many candidates already begin having structure in the state of iowa and iowa is different. you can t as they say, parachute in and get out. they have denver expectations there, don t they? the iowa caucus process, the first test of presidential timber in the country is kind of odd, not like going into a voting booth and hitting a button or pulling a lever or filling out a ballot, you have to give up an entire evening in a process where you stand up amongst your neighbors and talk about politics and