that can tell you about what s going on in south carolina. the ground game is essential. the weather tomorrow, going to be cold. by iowa standards, very pleasant, no precipitation. it should help event candidates, which i think probably ge ne gaits the opportunity for ron paul to possibly move into the first position. all we know is it, it s going to be an incredibly intense next 30 hours or so. the focus will be on trying to get out their caucus captains, being able to spread their message, and, as governor romney was mentioning, just at the beginning of the hour, the electability, something we continue to hear throughout the entire campaign the past weekend here whoxt has the best opportunity to take back the white house frorred republican snz. rick green, thanks for your time. you bet. we want to show you what s taking place as we speak. right now, there s rick santorum continuing to campaign through iowa. really had a big boost over this weekend when he was greeted at two sep
we have coming up. live from java joes this morning, michele bachmann will join us live on the set here as well as iowa governor terry branstad, and up next, mike allen joins us with the top stories from the politico playbook here in the coffee shop. but first bill karins with a check on the forecast. happy new year to everyone there. great crowd. forecast wise for iowa today and tomorrow, it s cold. all the cold air in the middle of the country is heading east over the next two or three days. windchills in des moines right now is 8, and tomorrow morning will be similar. there s no rain, no snow heading that way. and here s the forecast for the caucus tomorrow. temperatures are on the cold side, but by iowa standards, no big deal and no one will have trouble getting to the polling sites because of the bad weather, that s good news. as far as the bad weather today, if you re near the lakes, it s snowing.
that can tell you about what s going on in south carolina. the ground game is essential. the weather tomorrow, going to be cold. by iowa standards, very pleasant, no precipitation. it should help event candidates, which i think probably ge ne gaits the opportunity for ron paul to possibly move into the first position. all we know is it, it s going to be an incredibly intense next 30 hours or so. the focus will be on trying to get out their caucus captains, being able to spread their message, and, as governor romney was mentioning, just at the beginning of the hour, the electability, something we continue to hear throughout the entire campaign the past weekend here whoxt has the best opportunity to take back the white house frorred republican snz. rick green, thanks for your time. you bet. we want to show you what s taking place as we speak. right now, there s rick santorum continuing to campaign through iowa. really had a big boost over this weekend when he was greeted at two sep
live from java joes this morning, michele bachmann will join us live on the set here as well as iowa governor terry branstad, and up next, mike allen joins us with the top stories from the politico playbook here in the coffee shop. but first bill karins with a check on the forecast. happy new year to everyone there. great crowd. forecast wise for iowa today and tomorrow, it s cold. all the cold air in the middle of the country is heading east over the next two or three days. windchills in des moines right now is 8, and tomorrow morning will be similar. there s no rain, no snow heading that way. and here s the forecast for the caucus tomorrow. temperatures are on the cold side, but by iowa standards, no big deal and no one will have trouble getting to the polling sites because of the bad weather, that s good news. as far as the bad weather today, if you re near the lakes, it s snowing. lake effect snow today and
that s right. one of the big questions in this day before the iowa caucuses is whether the man in the sweater vest can make mitt romney sweat. rick santorum is in the enviable position of being the final surging non-romney conservative to do well. before these iowa caucuses so we are chasing him from stop to stop to stop today. he is chasing the undecided caucus goers. and you get the sense looking at the poll that came out over the weekend that showed rick santorum in third place. if you look at the last two days that that poll was taken, he is surging into second place into a statistical tie with mitt romney. so it s no surprise that the former massachusetts governor went after rick santorum, talking about the fact that santorum was a senator in washington, trying to tie him to those other politicians, those other washington politicians, who are in the race. and rick santorum had a response for that. let s play that for you. senator santorum was kind enough to endorse m