because at the end, you know, you saw him smiling and having fun. as wolf said working hard. i wanted to show you this. bho best relates to iowans in the latest poll. this is where you see that hard work coming through. rick santorum, 20%. michele bachmann very high. michele bachmann has traveled to all 99 counties in the state. so has rick santorum. i bet ron paul is pretty close. these are the people who spent the most time in the state. iowans feel like they know them. you saw rick sar tor um. he s been traveling around in a truck with his chief of staff and they re kind of hanging out in every county. you look at the person, though, the question, who best relates, mitt romney only 10% to iowans. a, he hasn t been there a lot. b, even when he s there, they know him from 2008. he didn t do so well in 2008, so there are still these reservations about him. this is going to be interesting here as we go through these questions. the next one i want to show
not a whole lot of others, joe, did. but it s been quite amazing over these past few days how well he s done. reporter: that s true, wolf. you know, more than half of the republicans who participated in this process the last time around viewed themselves as evangelical christians. born again christians. so it might be a little risque to compare this process to a seduction, but rick santorum has gone a long way. he says the other candidates in the race are speed dating, and he says what he s been doing is a courtship. i have done literally 358 or 359 town hall meetings in the state of iowa. we ve been to all 99 counties, and we weren t speed dating. reporter: rick santorum s polling numbers, his surge in the race for iowa, is starting to look like love. though the question is, what took so long for a staunch conservative who s been courting the state for months to finally get some traction? the crowds are bigger. but i think they d be bigger in any surge because people
right now. he s joining us from des moines. i think rick santorum believed in himself. not a whole lot of others, joe, did. but it s been quite amazing over these past few days how well he s done. reporter: that s true, wolf. you know, more than half of the republicans who participated in this process the last time around viewed themselves as evangelical christians. born again christians. so it might be a little risque to compare this process to a seduction, but rick santorum has gone a long way. he says the other candidates in the race are speed dating, and he says what he s been doing is a courtship. i have done literally 358 or 359 town hall meetings in the state of iowa. we ve been to all 99 counties, and we weren t speed dating. reporter: rick santorum s polling numbers, his surge in the race for iowa, is starting to look like love. though the question is, what took so long for a staunch conservative who s been courting the state for months to finally get some trac
senator rick santorum. let s go to cnn s joe johns right now. he s joining us from des moines. i think rick santorum believed in himself. not a whole lot of others, joe, did. but it s been quite amazing over these past few days how well he s done. reporter: that s true, wolf. you know, more than half of the republicans who participated in this process the last time around viewed themselves as evangelical christians. born again christians. so it might be a little risque to compare this process to a seduction, but rick santorum has gone a long way. he says the other candidates in the race are speed dating, and he says what he s been doing is a courtship. i have done literally 358 or 359 town hall meetings in the state of iowa. we ve been to all 99 counties, and we weren t speed dating. reporter: rick santorum s polling numbers, his surge in the race for iowa, is starting to look like love. though the question is, what took so long for a staunch conservative who s been cou
blend people together that, perhaps, don t always deserve it. however, there is one politician who stands out from all of them on these issues. take a listen. you re not forgetting, i don t know, anyone say an ytologic ytologically-term isn t anyone giving that gentleman. rick santorum who did surprisingly well for the amount of money and resources he had. rick sar torehsantorum didn half of what ron paul got. he lost so bad to the guy who lost so bad he dropped out of the race. what s wrong with, he is tea party vere oh, all that small government grass roots business herbs plantsed that grass. these other folks are moral majorities in a tricornered hat. ron paul is the real deal. he is the real deal. he s been the only honest