turned to newt in florida. there s that possibility. let me piggyback that means chaos ensues. right. so who would be your father s second choice? describe him. i think my dad it s the voter i was talking about my dad for those that don t know the back story, my dad always at the end went for solid establishment type figures from gerald ford through john mccain. right. when i was saying john mccain, he s not conservative! and he s a war hero. i don t know who my dad would vote for second. three people you can rule out you know what? and probably not jon huntsman because he couldn t relate to jon huntsman either. i don t think we can rule out perry, gingrich, or huntsman at this point. you know what? you say perry. he d say, i kind of like that perry guy. i kind of like him. definitely. you re right.
group and universe of voters that, you know, it s always difficult to ascertain what the results actually mean. it s interesting, we always hear all of the talk about money and politics, there s too much money in politics. i think the number one story of this campaign right now is as the political armies line up for the big battle, they re all broke. nobody has bullets. i m serious. newt, no money, bachmann, no money, santorum, no money. perry, diminishing money, the only person with any money, and it s not really an impressive amount, mitt romney. where is all this money that i hear about? you think about four years ago how much obama, and clinton, and edwards were spending in iowa. gigantic, tens of millions compared to this. why is that? part of it is the bad economy. there s not as many people willing to give and part of it is a lack of enthusiasm for
doesn t have the money. there s been two complex things that are very difficult to understand things, why romney hasn t been able to and and also, why bachmann fell off the face of the earth after the straw poll. she had all the momentum. why did that happen? let s talk about that. well, probably rick perry. michele bachmann was at the top. perry came in and remember, pawlenty got out. ironically she drove pawlenty out of the race, but his getting out overshadowed along with the perry entry her victory there. and she won that straw poll. but remember, romney didn t committee there, perry didn t compete there, newt didn t compete there. she had the thing somewhat to herself. could iowa be so muddled that the results don t matter if they re that s been the question. iowa on the republican side hasn t been a good predictor in i don t know how many cycles. on the democratic side, it s a good one, but it s a complex and weird process and it s a small
that s actually perry finishes second in iowa. i don t think he will. could. forget the third. maybe he wins south carolina. he s a good south carolina candidate on paper. perry could perry could if perry surprises in south carolina with a strong second place finish forget iowa, i think he goes into florida. he s the only one who has well, beside romney, he s got that super pac money waiting in the wing. you re talking about my dad. you know what my dad would say? after looking at everything, he would say you know what? he was governor of one of the biggest states of america for a decade, he created a lot of jobs there, he may say some kooky things, but in the end, maybe he s the guy. and you nailed why we re having this conversation because your dad could relate with someone like perry and the mitt situation, i think he s not relatable to folks like george. up next, an exclusive with