going door-to-door in some cases and trying to get the face time they hope will make all of the difference. steve brown is live for us in irvin dale, iowa. how hard is it to motivate folks for caucus night? it is really difficult, and when it is new year s day and you are trying to get uh hold of folks and trying to get volunteers to come in, it is double difficult the only the most dedicated people will come in after church or on a holiday. santorum wants to gets thinks percolating pretty quickly at the headquarters. it is new year s day and often people invite friends over. governor perry has invited a few hundred friends into iowa to help him out with his campaign. a strike force described by him is as 350 texans. i sat by a guy earlier this week from florida, and we know they are coming in from other portions of the country as well. what essentially they are doing is assisting in mobilizing the ground game. you can see door knocking and
he put every effort on the table not once, not twice, but many times with this congress. it was basically hostile against this president in the face of actually breaking government and being okay with weakening our country to make him look bad. he made a good faith effort, and it is very clear they have no interest in protecting the middle class and in creating a fair share and equal opportunity for people to achieve the american dream. and so why would he work with these guys? angela, jump in there. you mean to tell me the members of congress on the right are going to destroy our country to embarass barack obama? i think that s absolutely been a part of their agenda as the american people have seen, and they reacted to it in the polls. that s why congress has the lowest approval rating ever. last i checked harry reid is the democrat leader in the senate, and he voted against the president s jobs bill.
national campaign they will falter. that is a very important message from rick perry. he is making the argument that when it comes to the long race and will clinch the nomination in several months he will be standing there opposite mitt romney and santorum can t go the distance. watch that unfold for the next few weeks. and carl, do you have a prediction? yes, iowa caucus goers will surprise the country, and the turnout will be low. it is a fraction of what happens. by the time the nomination is clinched, iowa will have put its voice down. nobody does it better than the folks here. they are sophisticated. they take a lot of time. there aren t a lot of them, but they put in a lot of work. the first in the state deserve to be honored because they do a lot for the country. they are special and will make their choices in the next couple days and then will set the trajectory of the race. you know it so well, carl. on to new hampshire.
past from opposite sides of the aisle. and that has not been possible in this administration because from the tea party and them holding john boehner hostage, but because they think there has been a focus on defeating the president versus advancing the country and strengthening the economy. that s what president obama is focused on. others are focused on politics. here is a quote that is astounding. he is a white house spokesman. the president has been on vacation. quote, the president is no longer tied to washington, d.c. that s like saying you guys aren t on our tv right now. how could the white house say the president is no longer tied to washington, d.c.? i think this goes back to a couple weeks ago when he asked the american people to talk to him and share their stories about what $40 means to them. he will be in a conversation with the american people, with the middle class. and he is not going to continue to just beat his head
there are about 40,000 across the country ranging from how you can drive your golf cart to the way folks learn about sexuality. i assume they are talking about kids of the julie banderas will tell us, and she is live in our newsroom. tens of thousands, 40,000 new laws changing the laws about things from like getting abortions and public schools adding gays and lesbians to the curriculum and safety requirements for golf car and banning happy hour in one state. stay tuned for that one. but many of the laws reflect the nation s concerns over immigration and worker verification. alabama was the toughest immigration laws. it requires all employees who do business with public entity to use a system known as e verify. it makes sure all employees are in the country legally. california is addressing illegal immigration. the california dream act expands eligibility for private scholarships to students brought to the