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Rick Santorum on Iowa Chances

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We're back -- -- twelve presidential candidate.

And former senator of Pennsylvania Rick Santorum has some reasons to smile this morning.

To be exact that presidential candidate about to get some big endorsements will be -- -- to give them a jump in the polls said Rick Santorum joins us right now senator.

Welcome.

You feeling optimistic that they can -- -- to be with Soledad predicament -- an optimistic within twelve days now into Iowa and it looks -- you start to make a move.

I feel very get I mean we've had a lot of energy on the ground bigger crowds.

You know it gives you work in the supermarkets people coming up -- -- island.

And saying yeah you know we've been here a lot more about you we you know that people had to start to focus their attention on not who they're gonna make the decision how -- make the decision to vote in these caucuses and as I've always believed that you know if you invest and I -- you put the time and you can't by highly got to work Iowa.

We've by the end of this week who -- on 349.

Town hall meetings in in the state of Iowa and people are responding to it now it is just a cumulative effect and a good message and hopefully -- good messenger gets interesting because I think he visited every county in my correct.

Yeah -- actually most of the more than once but yeah we've we get all 99 counties we we locked out away a couple months ago so until endorsements today.

Well I -- I we had to endorsement yesterday I know there is a big endorsement being announced in in about an hour cell here and here and not Iowa.

-- we're very hopeful that we get that endorsement that we had died in two endorsement yesterday that where.

You know we're very very very important to us we had a a radio talk show her sort of the Rush Limbaugh -- northwest dial -- -- kobasew.

Was just terrific spent the entire show talking about how you know we're the best candidate and it's going to be doing that and -- we have pastor who's who's stepped forward also yesterday to help us out who's.

Who is for Michelle Bachmann and -- in the straw poll and then came over to us in the in here in the in the caucus self we're building up but we're building up momentum then we have the secretary of state the only statewide elected official.

To endorse in this race who is Matt Schultz these in our corner Terry aim and another -- -- -- guy Carrie Gordon.

All of these these folks who have been you know scrub and these candidates for months now have decided to come down on our side as the conservative alternative.

To Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich well that's great it and there's AM a brand new Washington Post poll out -- like your reaction to it.

It shows that at the top of the heap you've got -- you get new.

At they've got about at this point ten times more support amongst Republican voters then you do.

But you're gonna keep on keeping on -- All those those national polls don't mean anything that I pay the ten people are paying that close of attention to to what's going on here -- did.

The people and I were the -- fan attention if you look at that the polls here.

We have had steady movement and we're now up into the double digits where were then you know a dozen points of first place and and those folks in first place or are are not -- -- up but we are and and we believe in these next two weeks.

The solid message of having a consistent conservative who's from a swing state is actually wanna swing state actually -- democratic incumbents.

Run against the best you know consultants and folks that the national Democrats have I mean I.

One of my races that we took -- Paul Paul the gallon James Carville and and was one of two Republicans to defeated democratic incumbent day here.

We've got the track record we've got the tracker of winning elections and being a consistent conservative standing up to the -- to the tough.

Buffett's that come when you're in now Washington DC and getting good things done for for American for the concern -- caught.

It was interesting because Rudy Giuliani the former mayor of New York is on a cuts last week and he also said while I don't know why Rick Santorum hasn't.

Gained more steam in the polls because he likes what he's hearing coming out of your mouth now one of the things that you want to happen today.

For the candidates vying for Bob Vander Platz endorsement the family leader leader right you Perry Gingrich and Bachmann.

You're gonna hear that in about an hour what would that endorsement mean to you.

Well -- be a great boost for us because that's a the -- of pro family organization here.

Again they've been there they've been deliberating on fondness for relief for months and you know whoever gets this endorsement clearly is gonna have an edge I mean we obviously hope it's us.

They've been pretty tight mouth about it but and we feel we feel that -- the kid on the move they're looking for that conservative candidate is get a chance to win and I think people here and I with a -- is that this is our moment this is our chance two to rise in the polls and and once we rise as we have very slowly very steadily.

Based upon people not -- being buzzed by the media.

Are -- by debate performances I mean it was -- a survey out from the university of Minnesota the other day.

The -- we got -- the -- -- time that Mitt Romney -- were tied for last with Herman -- And her McCain missed two of the ten debates they survey -- -- -- is definitely time and in the debates earlier media -- we realize we have got to get key player in Iowa and -- -- all right let me get a question tea while we still have some time.

Vice president Biden's comment.

Quote the Taliban per say is not our enemy that's critical when he went on to expand on that the Daily Beast and Newsweek is the Taliban are enemy.

Well of course there are enemy ask not what it dubbed the -- stones are not our enemy and of course they did Taliban has -- positives and not all posh -- are our Taliban.

And so I -- tight the hopefully.

Hopefully Joe's guys just wrong again and and is try to is mixing up.

Who with the Taliban is as opposed to the posh tunes aren't and we we've had difficulty in trying to bring the -- into into the into.

Into the you know try to work together and Afghanistan but please mr.

mr.

vice president identify the enemy correctly the Taliban is our enemy.

All right Rick Santorum during his today from -- -- good luck with that potential endorsement later today.

Thanks so much they appreciate it to you.

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