we are at the vine coffee shop in ottumwa, iowa. our crew will be covering another event with rick santorum later. you can hear it on c-span radio beginning at noon eastern time. at next, and we will be getting an overview on the history of what happens in the hawkeye state. he is a professor at southern illinois university. this is a portion from today's "washington journal." host: david has been a guest many times over the years. thank you for joining us again. we are hearing 40% or more of iowans or more are undecided with just three days to go. what is your sense of what they're looking for? guest: this is true in every caucus. it is frustrating to reporters. some of the caucus-goers are professionally undecided. they're looking for a lot of things. they know the decision to support and attention to i know it is important to their party. they want to bet the candidates well. they want to understand where they are on the issues. they also carry a lot about electability. they understand campaigns are important. they want to see ho

ottumwa. we will have live coverage. next is -- here in ottumwa. we will have live coverage.is richard. independent line. >> my name is terrance, and i'm calling from florida. i think mitt romney is a great candidate. i think he is going to really help bolster small business. i think you could make the case that any of these candidates, including even barack obama himself are for the middle class. you could make the case they are all for the middle class, but i think the person that will get things done in terms of business is the person with the most solid business experience, and that as mitt romney. i think he is presidential. i love his stance in terms of foreign policy. i think most importantly, given his past experience in the private sector, he will get things done, and i cannot wait to see him as president. thank you. >> thank you for the call. we are at the vine coffeehouse on jefferson street in ottumwa, iowa. ist romney's wife ann romney making the rounds. she will join her husband later today. we are also cover in newt gingrich over the weekend, including some sto

in fact, every time i have come here to ottumwa, we have had great crowd. it has not been the case everywhere. i will not point the finger at any particular place, but when we have had people really come out and really want to know and make the right decision. and yet, we have leaders like sam clovis, who joined on afterward, and religious leaders who joined on afterwards. and bob bender floss' joined on just last week. that gave us a lot of incentive to continue on because it was an affirmation of what we were doing. it will help draw attention to our race. people are starting to give a first look or a second look at us. then things began to change. this week, i doubt you would see all of the cameras here and the press corps here if it were not for the fact that our numbers are beginning to change. why? because iowans are beginning to lead. they're beginning to take their positions they are doing what -- take their positions. they are doing what's iowans do. i want to say to each and every one of you, i appreciate your support. i need your vote at the cauc

she's going to meet with voters in ottumwa, iowa. we will also stay in ottumwa, iowa, later in the day for a campaign rally by rick santorum, the pennsylvania senator. that rally will be at 6:00 p.m. three live events today, rick perry, ann romney, and senator santorum. sioux city, iowa. tom, good morning. caller: good morning. host: what are your observations there in the hawkeye state? caller: well, i had late year ending knee surgery and. and if somebody really wanted to do -- [indiscernible] all they have to do is play these negative ads and i think everybody down in guan guantanamo would have decided to go straight. just relentless. i was pretty much a lifelong republican. i dropped out of the republican party last may mostly because of what i see is the problem with the freshmen in the congressional house, whatever you want to call it. i think they're pretty much just trying to undo 50 or 60 years of what i considered to be social progress. that's one of the reasons i'm not going go to the caucuses, i'm not going to support any