what happens tonight. yes, we ll be watching closely as well. jim acosta, thank you. appreciate it. right to our panel. ron bownstein, senior political analy analyst, jamal simmons, dnc communications adviser. david fromme is with us and a cnn contributor, appreciate you join us. right to it. the tone is so interesting. like, i can t believe i m chasing santorum, who did not even win his re-election bid. 1,000 votes in 2006. a big number. what feels even more rick perry. we got in the race, looked like he was the co-front-runner with mitt romney and here in the final days of the caucus attacking rick santorum, which is kind of a measure how far his star has fallen. someone has to win this caucus. what the surge is a last-minute standing element. did you see the science fiction movie, everyone on the planet die, one guy wakes up and
kids to tell us why in a starting point exclusive. plus, get real. we have not found any skeletons in rick santorum s closets. a lot of sweater vests. like a lot. facebook twit irpicked up on his wardrobe. if you don t believe me, we re going to show you the music video of the sweater vest. not kidding. a very busy two hours. besides michele bachmann and family, newt gingrich and his two daughters joining us. senator rand paul pitching for his father, and members of occupy iowa will be occupying the diner right here. so starting point begins right now. captions by vitac www.vitac.com a lot of heavy rockmusic this morning. good morning, everybody. you re looking at the waveland cafe. inside is where we are in iowa. the caucuses finally here, first ever the nation s caucuses. this is a horse race it s mitt romney leading by a nose. ron paul trying to mike it a photo finish. it s rick santorum surging from the rear and newt gingrich hedging his bets, admitting he may