aren t statistics they are people in pain. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room . we begin this hour with what s happening in iowa. right now the state that holds the lead off presidential contest is gauging early support for the republican candidates. we re standing by for the results of the iowa straw poll. the winner could get an important boost heading in to the 2012 primary season. cnn don lemon is joining us from ames, iowa. don? all right. thank you very much for that, wolf. joining me here is cnn candy crowley to talk about all of this. are you hearing anything? back there at thtabulating. i mention we ll hear in the next 15, 20 minutes. we were talking about ron paul, herman cain, rick santorum, michelle bachmann. he said if he didn t place high enough he s is going to get out. the problem isn t so much oh, my gosh this person placed fifth it s that donors look at it and