generally for the establishment candidates in the past. what happens is, as joe said, as iowa begins to whittle the field it puts forth people that have a clear frontrunner or chaos. then you go to new hampshire and something will happen probably fairly decisive and probably romney will win. south carolina for the republicans has been the make-or-break state. it is what allowed john mccain to capitalize on his victory in last time after new hampshire. and it s important, it has been important for every republican. no republican in recent years has been nominated that has not won south carolina. just remember that. jon: here s a question, matt, for you. jim writes about ron paul. he says, i ve heard discussion about his ability to get independents and democrats to register as republicans yet i keep hearing about his inability to be elected. what other current candidate has this sort of appeal and isn t that is what needed to win an election? matt? he raises a good point,
fresh out of the hospital, principle lip, were at the estate new year s day the same day this woman s body was found. as we learn more we ll keep you postedded. jon: keep an eye on it for us. thanks. jenna: extreme weather causing problems across this country today. in kentucky a massive 41-vehicle pileup leaving eight people injured there. also shutting down parts of interstate 75 in grant county. emergency crews say snow was a factor in this crash. 23 cars were towed before the busy highway could reopen there. jon: driving conditions also hazardous in eastern tennessee. icy roads blamed for several accidents and at least one death there interstates in several counties temporarily closed stranding hundreds of drivers. the red cross opening two shelters for those needing help. jenna: here s a sht you don t see every day. workers at butterfly world, jon, in florida, gathering thousands of butterflies, bringing them indoors as the temperatures dropped down south. they re fearing the that
solutions to problems. that s the operative word, that is the key word for what i m going to talk about on shaun hannity s program tomorrow night. as far as a cabinet position, i m open depending upon who gets to become president, and what it is that they would ask me to do. i do not want a ceremonial position in anybody s cabinet. jenna: how young are you again? i am 66 years young. jenna: you have a lot of good years left in you. i know, i m probably only going to work actively nine more years. i didn t say 9-9-9, i said i m going to work nine more years. jenna: i knew it was coming. i just new it. it s nice to have you back with us mr. cain. it s my pleasure. jenna: we look forward to your conversation with shaun hannity tomorrow night. jon: will social security be there for him is the question. a manhunt underway for two people accused in deadly crime spree. they last saw them getting away
are going to go to these church basements and homes and so forth and really set a course for the election that helps determine the next president of this country. let s put it in context. this is a state with over 3 million people. we re talking about 4% of the state s population. this is a state with over 650,000 registered republicans. we re talking about one out of every six of them showing up at the caucus. probably less than that. this is same-day registration. we ll have tonight i suspect particularly in the college county as lot of one-day republicans. democrats and independents who come in order to vote for ron paul because of his antiwar views. i wondered about that, carl? are you seeing apparently democrats can register on day of, is there any kind of organized push to spoil the results for one candidate or another there in iowa? reporter: hi, jon, carl with a c and hey, karl with a k. no, we don t see a lot of that. there is lot of hype.
staffers and hundreds of volunteers. his webcast address to democratic caucus-goers tonight, as you say, intended to make sure republicans don t get all of the attention. he will say virtual all of the republican candidates, all who have led one time or another have been trying to appeal to the far right. it will be his first real attack on the republican field. he is not likely to single out any of the candidates individually though some of his aides have taken shots at mitt romney who they think is likely to emerge as the republican nominee. the president has been really campaigning against republicans in congress. he will keep that up in cleveland tomorrow, unveiling another economic issue he feels can t wait for congress to approve. jon? jon: all right. wendell goler, live at the white house for us as the president gets ready to try to re, get reelected. we ve been getting so many gait questions from our viewers today. we are bringing back our