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Three other caucus procedures start. within an hour results could trickle in. bonus number, 37. the temperature when caucuses kick off. for iowans ending a heated caucus season with a balmy day. in iowa terms, 37 is balmy. it is. in a couple of moments michele bachmann is expected to take the stage at rock the caucus, designed to get young people pumped up about tonight. ron paul will speak, too. i m joined by iowa s secretary of state, matt schultz, in west des moines. good morning to you. we all know huge numbers of young people turned out for the president back in 2008, really all across the country. what happens your sense of the level of enthusiasm among young voters this year realistically? oh, i think they re very enthusiastic and that s what we re doing this event, to keep that enthusiasm going. you know, young voters generally don t turn out and we re hoping that with this event we can kind of start bringing light to that ....
isn t that cool? and that s pretty cool. you re putting me in front of pizza, a dangerous thing for me. especially pizza red pizza. this is 35 pizza branchs that i ve been to in the state of iowa. rick santorum isn t kidding. a little slice of life from the campaign trail. the republican hopefuls have held 46 campaign events at iowa s iconic pizza ranch chain. santorum had 13 events, one location, named their chicken salad sandwich after him. or did he say 35? i think he said 35. ....
It it. they ll hear more speeches between now and november from everybody. i ve got some pictures up. he s good at that, good at giving speeches. newt gingrich is talking. i think it s hard to see who else is there. rick perry. and jon huntsman s in new hampshire. let me ask you about today s caucus. we ve seen iowa a place that winnows the field. do you think there will be pressure for conservatives to get out of the race, get to a nomination quicker so there can be someone who can focus his attention solely on president obama? this is a typical situation. a crowded field four years ago and you know, barack obama and hillary went on for a long time. but it comes down to, i think in the end, money and whether or not candidates and continue. and in that sense, i think there s validity to your point. i think in the end what this will come down to, for us the republican national kcommittee ....
thank you. we are hours away from start of the nation s first official presidential contest. to give you an idea of how wild this has been, for example, in late october, right around halloween, rick santorum had 5% in the the des moines register poll dead last. now he s poised to score an upset. this morning, he is feeling energized. i would say we strung this on shoestring but that s been ensuling shoestrings. money is coming in better than it s ever come in. we suspect we ll have resources to be able not to keep just in new hampshire but all the way through. ed schultz join me now. you think santorum s going to win. i think he s got it. why? one of most important people in iowa is the weatherman. anywhere in rural america where it s not a storm it s an older, high conservative turnout, that s good for santorum. low turnout is good for ron paul. enthusiasm is important. i understand all of that. ....
Process and get more young voters involved. nbc s entrance polling from 2008 showed 11% of republican caucusgoers were under the age of 30. can you do better than that tonight? oh, i i m telling you, there s a lot of energy in the state and a lot of energy in the room. i think that we could. i mean, it s hard to say. it s all speculation. but there s a lot of energy in iowa right now. i think we could really do much better than last time. i think you may even see numbers above 120,000 caucusgoers this time. if that s the case, i think a lot of young people are getting involve zbrd let s hope they do. matt schultz, thank you so much. i want to bring in politico s mike allen and former rnc chairman and msnbc analyst michael steele. gentlemen, good morning to you. good morning. happy caucus. happy caucus day. mitt romney said something interesting this morning on morning joe. i think you were both there. let s listen. the reason i m running for ....