that right now. the south carolina electorate is going to look a lot like iowa. it s become a narrower and narrower slice making that decision. i don t think it s all impossible that a michele buckmbuc bachmann getting sacinating conversation. it s going to go on for a while. thank you for your time tonight. we appreciate it. now, someone has finally gone to jail for all that mortgage fraud in this country. but of course, it s definitely not anyone you would expect. the story how the government has gone after all the wrong people over and over again. and one guy in particular with a terrible story. and a big break through for marijuana.
politics in the campaign against obam that is irrelevant. they re not going to get the nomination unless they satisfy the religious conservatives. i want to come back to pawlenty later because he s one of my favorites. mitt romney didn t go, pawlenty didn t go. why didn t they go if these guys are the gatekeepers. you don t want think romney wanted to go and engage in prejudiced hiring like caine? he s the last sane guy standing. you let iowa go, let one of the early states go and maybe in a worst case scenario for the republican party, someone like michele bachmann comes ou the and wins iowa. if you re mitt romney you re hoping that still 50%, 60% of the republican party is sane enough to say absolutely not. no way. let s go make mitt romney the nominee now.
first off, let me go to you on this. can romney win without winning iowa? iowa is pretty damn important as we saw with barack obama s candidacy. and second of all, does michele bachmann had a real shot at iowa? certainly those of us in the journalistic party hope so. because she s been an endless source of amusement to us. but, you know, look, it has always been calculated. and john mccain was the real test, can you ignore iowa and get away with it. he ignored it in 2000 and didn t quite get away with it. so in theory, you can do that. in practice, it will be a very difficult to pull that off for him. so if bachmann bachmann gets wins iowa, okay, if that s a big if, but i think it s possible. she energizes the crowd like no other. from your lips to god s ears. if she does that, is she a real contender?
turn out crowds like this in the u.s.? plus, haley barbour says he would reinstate don t ask don t tell because a, quote, amorous mindset is dangerous on the battlefield. that s interesting. we ll hear from him, michele bachmann and others now shamelessly appealing to the extremists in their party. nobody in my family ever had a heart attack. if anything, i thought i d get hit by a bus, but not a heart. my doctor put me on an aspirin regimen to help protect my life. [ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. check with your doctor because it can happen to anybody.