responsibility, and then come the iowa caucuses. actual election night. the iowa caucuses are run by the parties and not by the state government, and this past year on election night in the all-important first in the nation iowa caucuses to choose a republican nominee to run against president obama, the chairman of the iowa republican party made the announcement late after midnight on the night of the caucuses that mitt romney had won. wow, romney wins iowa. seriously? no, actually a couple weeks later same guy issued a statement saying that mitt romney hadn t actually won. maybe they were like a tie, and a couple days later, okay, ran santorum won maybe they think, and when it came time to pick delegates, they gave most of their delegates to ron paul, so, iowa, wow, why are they first? you tell me, but they are first, and iowa politicos have always been ready to fight to the death to defend that because it makes
the straw poll is the first sign of how they handle that great power and that great responsibility, and then come the iowa caucuses. actual election night. the iowa caucuses are run by the parties and not by the state government, and this past year on election night in the all-important first in the nation iowa caucuses to choose a republican nominee to run against president obama, the chairman of the iowa republican party made the announcement late after midnight on the night of the caucuses that mitt romney had won. wow, romney wins iowa. seriously? no, actually a couple weeks later same guy issued a statement saying that mitt romney hadn t actually won. maybe they were like a tie, and a couple days later, okay, ran santorum won maybe they think, and when it came time to pick delegates, they gave most of their delegates to ron paul, so, iowa, wow, why are they first? you tell me, but they are first, and iowa politicos have always
coalition that s been thrown around to describe it, white voters, young voters are not coming out in mid-term elections. if you re up for election in a swing state in a nonpresidential year. your plan is to go after older voters, republican leaning voters because they are the runs more likely to turn out. mark pryor said last year he didn t care whether obama or romney wins. that s a guy clearly thinking about this. it s interesting, he is looking for cover clearly from groups like the nra. to appeal to voters in arkansas. he s not getting it. when kelly ott started putting out ads. there s no add from the nra in alaska. you went after the democratic congressman in california last year. the nra wasn t there for him.
see the populated county. if they win bucks county suburban vote that obama won in 2008, he is in good shape. axelrod said he might have to shave his mustache from romney wins. boil a tub of hot wax and get ready for full-on body wax. eric: romney did win the first debate and he got a boost from that. bob: this is a state in the western, it s pittsburgh and philadelphia, big areas. question of turn-out there. eric: for me, 8:00 p.m., in another state if it goes long, long it s bad for president obama. that means the state he should have won and won handily may go to romney.
significant but the white voters may be most pivotal. let me introduce the crowded table. jeff greenfield, the guru. i should have had you write the trivia question today. you usually have an odd question or two and that was major garrett. jeff, you ll like this one. if romney wins today, what will he have done that hasn t happened since 1928? i have no idea. a republican will win the white house without a bush. steve schmidt? those are those in-depth, unknown facts. if we assume this is all about white vote versus nonwhite vote then why wasn t mitt romney