people who like rick santorum because he s not a real competitor. it is likely the reason rick santorum was able to do so well in iowa is because he hasn t really been vetted in this process. nobody s had reason to. nobody s had much of a negative word to say about rick santorum this whole time. there s been no reason to bother. it is still not clear whether anybody will bother. whether anybody will find it useful to say a negative word about him. what is clear, interestingly, is after mr. san ttorum and mr. romney virtually tied in iowa, we know we re going to see new attacks against mitt romney. i mean, for a purported front-runner all this time, mitt romney has thus far really avoided the searing spotlight of front-runner status. everybody else who has challenged him one by one has drawn all the negative attention. it was assumed the bad things about mitt romney and his record was already known and focus on the other people and whether or not they d make a suitable challenger to him
electricity. volunteer crews from other states are helping utility workers clear frozen limbs from power lines. and we have a clearer picture today of that deadly attack in kabul. military officials in afghanistan now say five nato troops were killed yesterday when a suicide bomber rammed his vehicle into their armored bus. four of them were american. one a canadian. the taliban claims responsibility. australia s qantas airways says it could be again flying again tomorrow afternoon. all of the flights were grounded yesterday worldwide during a labor dispute. 70,000 passengers were stranded. earlier today a labor board ordered the airline to end its dispute. all right. now to the 2012 contenders. this next hour we focus on them and the race for the white house. the iowa caucus is the first in the nation and we re hearing from republican voters already there which candidate they like. a new poll from the des moines register shows herman cain and mitt romney statisticall
santorum was able to do so well in iowa is because he hasn t really been vetted in this process. nobody s had reason to. nobody s had much of a negative word to say about rick santorum this whole time. there s been no reason to bother. it is still not clear whether anybody will bother. whether anybody will find it useful to say a negative word about him. what is clear, interestingly, is after mr. san ttorum and mr. romney virtually tied in iowa, we know we re going to see new attacks against mitt romney. i mean, for a purported front-runner all this time, mitt romney has thus far really avoided the searing spotlight of front-runner status. everybody else who has challenged him one by one has drawn all the negative attention. it was assumed the bad things about mitt romney and his record was already known and focus on the other people and whether or not they d make a suitable challenger to him. we know newt gingrich may not himself be a top tier contender for the nomination anymore, but