platform for a movement that is critically important to you? why can t i do both? some people take it out of context because i emphasize the movement and the philosophy in what i ve done for all these years. at the same time, i run, i started off that way and was elected 12 times and we are having fairly good success right now. so yes, it is a path to victory. how easy it is going to be? obviously, not going to be easy. but to say it is one or the other and therefore, i m discredited because i believe in something. this is why i m getting support, especially from young percentage i do believe in something that is one of the main reasons yes get a lot of votes. i would say believing in something shouldn t shouldn t be a distraction as much as a compliment running for office. you ran four years ago, you know the rules are different, even if you don t win, ron paul, 20% in iowa, see what new hampshire and south carolina do used to be winner take all, don t get that many delegate, if a
13 sailors being held captive by somali pirates in the straigts f hormuz and draws the fury of the iranian military. up first tonight, the enormous stakes of new hampshire s presidential primary. remember, it was in this state, the hillary clinton come back four years ago, sent the democratic race into the historic obama/clinton marathon. tonight, starkly new numbers suggests former massachusetts governor mitt romney could all but lock up this cycle s republican race this month with a one, two, three punch. his iowa victory was by a mere eight points, but consider this, a new wmur poll just out tonight in new hampshire has romney leading with 44%, ron paul a distant second at 20%, rick santorum, gingrich, tied third at 8%, governor huntsman one point behind them at 7%. the race moves next to south carolina and this is eye-popping. new cnn/ time /orc polling shows governor romney leading 37%, a two to one lead over the second place rick santorum. governor romney is in the dr