he's better than obama or will amy cramer and a lot of tea partiers say maybe sit it out?epends on what happens. i mean, i think this is going to be a very long drawn-out process. i don't think we're going to know who the nominee is by south carolina, which is next week. but look, at the end of the day, i want to defeat barack obama barack obama. we can't afford another elena kagan or sotomayor on the supreme court. we can't. the power grab last week with the recess appointments, we can't go there. that's what i'm focused on. >> amy creer. >> up next, the truth behind mitt romney's claim he helped create 100,000 jobs. later, a high bridge, an alligator infested river and a very lucky bungee jumper. [ male announcer ] how can power consumption in china, impact wool exports from new zealand, textile production in spain, and the use of medical technology in the u.s.? at t. rowe price, we understand the connections of a complex, global economy. it's just one reason over 75% of our mutual funds beat their 10-year lipper average. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. request a

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. >> i've talked to amy cramer, tea party express, other tea party activists who say they have not endorsed problems is, they like ron paul's economic message. they don't like his foreign policy. each of the candidates has some drawback that is not getting that kind of support to coalesce. >> i think it's fascinating. i mean, iowa is the ee petmy of the problem barack obama has going into the general election. one of ten iowa democrats have fled the president's own party since 2009. when you see someone like ron paul whose message is focused on the debt, when you see those independents making a decision to register as republicans, they're doing so as an indictment of the spending we've seen out of washington. iowa's going to be one of six or seven states that will swing the election next november. the fact people are leaving the president's own party tells me just how competitive iowa is going to be and just how frustrated people are with the leadership they were promised four years ago tonight by president, then senator obama in the iowa kuk cusses. >> has something changed in iowa? we not

amy cramer, chairman of the tea party express with us out of atlanta. ning, to you, amy. >> thanks, bill. thanks for having me. bill: led over by the cliff of extremism. what do you think of that? >> harry reid shows out of touch with reality he is. there is nothing extreme about the constitution. there is nothing extreme about a balanced budget and washington living within their means. that is exactly what the tea party movement's about. we'll continue to fight this. bill: he is suggesting that the party is losing influence. this is also what he said on nbc. roll this. >> i hope that tea party doesn't have the influence in this next year they had in the previous year. that because it has been really bad for this country and i understand, i repeat, why the american people feel the way they do. i think the tea party is dying out as economy is getting better. bill: what about that last comment, dying out, amy? >> he couldn't be more wrong bill. look, this is a man that, he is the leader of the united states senate and under this democratic-controlled senat