plus relieve your stuffy nose. [ deep breath ] thank you! [ male announcer ] you re welcome. that s the cold truth! [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus liquid gels. oh what a relief it is! megyn: fox news alert. we are now just hours away from the first votes of the 2012 presidential election and in iowa it could come down to likeability, versus electability. brand new hour here of america live , special edition. i m megyn kelly live from des moines, iowa. we re broadcasting to you live from the statehouse here in des moines. the iowa caucuses are tomorrow night. that is the bell from the uss iowa in case you missed our last segment. most potential caucusgoers are torn between voting for candidate they like the most or one they believe is in the best position to beat president obama. joining me iowa gop chairman, matt strong. iowa tends to be a
positions in the lead to the back of the race. what has been the most surprising thing to you, watching caucuses and watching process up to the caucuses tomorrow night? i think the most surprising thing is that large number of undecided voters. what we re seeing that winnow down and get smaller every day as the candidates go to make the closing arguments tomorrow night at 7:00 p.m. central time here in iowa that is where the organization will pay off. what i mean by that. we have 1774 precincts. at each of those candidates will have representatives or hopefully have representatives making the case directly to caucus-goers. those who have the strongest organizations those with the people in that room are those that will make the closing argument. i will say one thing about the iowa republican party when it comes to organization we have in the iowa under leadership of state party chairman, matt strong, 33 consecutive months since barack obama elected gop registration gains over democra
it s specially formulated to fight your worst cold symptoms, plus relieve your stuffy nose. [ deep breath ] thank you! [ male announcer ] you re welcome. that s the cold truth! [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus liquid gels. oh what a relief it is! megyn: fox news alert. we are now just hours away from the first votes of the 2012 presidential election and in iowa it could come down to likeability, versus electability. brand new hour here of america live , special edition. i m megyn kelly live from des moines, iowa. we re broadcasting to you live from the statehouse here in des moines. the iowa caucuses are tomorrow night. that is the bell from the uss iowa in case you missed our last segment. most potential caucusgoers are torn between voting for candidate they like the most or one they believe is in the best position to beat president obama. joining me iowa gop chairman,
matt strong. iowa tends to be a conservative electorate. they like people like rick santorum or michele bachmann. she won the ames straw poll even though she is polling poorly now. mitt romney is at the top of the polls and he is widely viewed as more moderate. is it because they re struggling i like him you about maybe he is not the most electable? what you see in iowa is the same debate with republicans nationwide. the idea to beat barack obama is in the bones of every republican. not only do we want to defeat him but we have a nominee that will stand up for the republican principles we know america needs. that is the debate within the republican party in iowa. i think it is healthy for the party. whoever becomes out of the process we need someone to prosecute the case of failed obama presidency. i m proud to get the first crack to start that. megyn: we ve seen in of the past couple weeks how important iowa is. yes there are other states of course but it is setting the terms of the
victory, first, second or third into anything more beyond iowa . what do you think iowans will do with regards to rick santorum. it is interesting. i will hit all six campaign events. i started with rick santorum in polk city. he is make being the argument on electability. he beat a sitting democrat from congress and sitting democrat senator. he is pivoting talking about the jobs plan and manufacturing and trying to bring some of those jobs back. he is understand sew closely aligned with the social conservative movement that he economic message is. megyn: what do you think record turnout, you think that will be true. i never disagree with my governor. megyn: may have not said it that way but more than last time. we have had 33 straight months of republican registration gains. first chance anyone in america gets to vote to replace barack obama. so i m confident we ll have a good night as iowa republicans tuesday. megyn: matt, thank you so much. always a pleasure, sir. we ll be wat