kind of a difference does that make in terms of turnout tonight? thanks, megyn. the weather makes a huge difference here not only on caucus day, but in the month leading up to the caucuses when all of these candidates were doing their bus tours, stopping on town squares, going into local pizza ranches. a lot of people turned out to see these candidates because iowans gather their information right from the candidate, and that s been beneficial because when a candidate s in front of an iowan, they ask for their support, and if an iowan gives you their word they re going to support you at the caucus, you better believe they ll follow through on caucus night. megyn: and yet 41% of them continue to say they are undecided in terms of who they will cast their vote for, so the actual caucus process tonight, how critical is it, how important is the exchange of information and the conversations that iowans will have with their neighbors when they show up tonight at 7 p.m. central ti
the capitol building on many occasions. we try to get involved down there as much as possible. i ve been down there several times myself. i plan on being down there again. i think it s our responsibility to be engaged in that process. reporter: exit polls in 08 and 2010 suggest that born again christians, selfidentified make about 60% then of the vote, martha. martha: that s a huge dynamic obviously in iowa. the candidates who are viewed as more socially conservative, you would think would have an advantage there. it s also interesting that newt gingrich is bringing up all of this. don t shoot within the tent stuff when you head into iowa as well. reporter: well, yeah, traditionally negative campaigning doesn t go over well in iowa. social conservatives might get squeezed a little bit if turn out is high. a sharp operative by the name of tim albrecht thinks the turn out
just things about other people that i don t believe in order to win political points. where are we do? steven hayes, fox news contributor. senior writer, weekly standard. what is your take? good morning, bill. i think mitt romney is actually right. newt gingrich is the frontrunner. if you look at polling over past several weeks. look at the enthusiasm. he is winning the momentum primary at this point. mitt romney still has the advantage on organization and long term infrastructure of a campaign that you would want to have going into the actual voting period we re seeing a contest between organization and enthusiasm. bill: romney says he has a foundation in place to take him all the way to california which would be june 5th of next year. you say it is to romney s advantage, that it is a smart tactic to put gingrich as the front runner. how so? well, absolutely. i think he is trying to raise expectations for newt gingrich calling him the front runner and by terms lower ex
i don t tend to say outrage just things about other people that i don t believe in order to win political points. where are we do? steven hayes, fox news contributor. senior writer, weekly standard. what is your take? good morning, bill. i think mitt romney is actually right. newt gingrich is the frontrunner. if you look at polling over past several weeks. look at the enthusiasm. he is winning the momentum primary at this point. mitt romney still has the advantage on organization and long term infrastructure of a campaign that you would want to have going into the actual voting period we re seeing a contest between organization and enthusiasm. bill: romney says he has a foundation in place to take him all the way to california which would be june 5th of next year. you say it is to romney s advantage, that it is a smart tactic to put gingrich as the front runner. how so? well, absolutely. i think he is trying to raise expectations for newt gingrich calling him the front
this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. pelley: good evening. today the supreme court said it will decide whether states may enforce their own strict immigration laws even when the federal government says they ve gone too far. last year, arizona said it had to take matters into its own hands because illegal immigration was a crisis that the federal government refused to fix. one provision of arizona s law gives the police broad powers to check a person s immigration satus. arizona s example has encouraged courr states, including alabama, abamo much the same. jan crawford has been looking into this today. cr? reporter: well, scott, the justices have stepped into one ef the most controversial issues esviding america and will decide whether states like arizona can aass tough laws designed to get illegal immigrants out of their sits. arizona officials say they passed the law out of gasperation. the federal government wasn t doing enough about the problem of illegal