and you want this to drag on a good long time. absolutely. look on the democratic side, it really helped president obama to have a long process. because throughout the entire season, of course, democrats did a lot of work and registered new voters so it really helped us in the fall. thank you for your insights. they ll be part of the big team tomorrow night and be sure to join us for the country s first real votes. it takes place 24 hours from now. the caucuses will be live at 6:00 p.m. eastern tomorrow. then join us at 7:00 p.m. for live coverage. coming up here, is santorum the latest gop flash in the pan or is he the one? we ll dig deeper. plus a routine traffic stop turns deadly. rie sweetener is sweet. and more. if you replace 3 tablespoons of sugar a day with splenda®, you ll save 100 calories a day. that could help you lose up to 10 pounds in a year.
we begin with rick santorum. momentum is with the pennsylvania senator and he is sticking to his conservative guns. candidate santorum this afternoon. i would suggest if you look at the history of republican nominees, that moderate voters, moderate candidates who were there to appeal to more moderates ended up losing. but is that tough enough? listen to what congressman ron paul had to say about santorum earlier to cnn s dana bash. why would not he be a good republican nominee? he is very liberal. santorum is liberal? have you looked at his record? uh-huh. go look at his record. cnn political correspondent jim acosta is in boone, iowa. he spent the day with jim santorum. i understand he got some interesting last-minute help. reporter: that s right. don t tell jim bob dug per rick santorum is too liberal. the reality show tv show star, he is the star of the reality tv show 19 kids and counting. he backed mike huckabee. he s been in support of the former pen
we re glad you are right here. let s start at the top of the hour with republican presidential candidate mitt romney. he s facing criticism and questions for being a mormon. this time it s coming from the pastor of a mega church in dallas. his name is reverend robert jeffress. you may recognize that name and face. jeffress introduced governor rick perry at the conservative values voter summit in washington, d.c. he was critical of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints and told our jim acosta and others that morm ononism is cult. you created a stir because in talking to reporters, you said in pretty strong plain language what you think of mormonism. you describe it as a cult. and you say that if a republican votes for mitt romney, they re giving credibility to a cult. to you stand fwby that comment? absolutely. that is the historic position of evangelical christianity. we have officially labelled mormonism as a couple. i think those born again followers of christ