Video: Romney on Iowa: ?I?m not predicting a win?

>> mitt romney on the eve of the caucuses, savannah, good morning.

>> good morning to you, ann. even romney advisers did not expect to be here six months ago at the top of the polls, in fact, after disappointment four years ago they didn't spend nearly the time or resources. but with iowa social conservatives split over all the other choices it's romney who is benefiting. spending a fraction of the time and money he did four years ago, mitt romney is poised to finish strong in the state that once rejected him. does it strike you as ironic?

>> we built a lot of strength last time around, built a lot of friendships that have been helpful to me this time and i'm pleased we'll probably do pretty well and have the send-off we need for a long campaign season.

>> reporter: a late-surging rick santorum is trying to convince conserbives he not romney is the real thing. he said don't settle for anything less than true conserve of it. i'm bold colors. not pale pastel.

>> i congratulate rick, he's worked hard in iowa , good guy, i appreciated the fact he supported me for my last campaign for the presidency.

>> he said that was a political decision.

>> i'm not sure what that means if we're talking about bold and pastels, what a political decision is, but i appreciated his support nonetheless.

>> former speaker gingrich claimed a new term that he'd been romney boated, third water groups not connected to you in any way have run a barrage of ads in iowa . do you approve of what you're doing?

>> there's a lot of heat in the campaign kitchen. i know the speaker's angry. i don't know why but myager is focused on president obama 's failures of putting people back to work.

>> reporter: romney 's top spot is unexpected. social conservatives spent the summer and fall searching for any alternative to romney . here you are in the waning days of the caucus, and you're polling 25%. you got 25% in 2008 so it's as though people do know you, they're getting to know you and yet you can't break that threshold.

>> if i get 25%, if that turns out to be the case that will most likely be the highest number so win something just fine. i'm not predicting a win. maybe i get 20%, someone else gets 25%.

>> the large e point, do you really not see any problem in your campaign? you're a form her consultant so you can diagnose problems. do you know there's not a problem in connecting with a certain part of the electorate?

>> if i'm able to do well and perhaps better than anybody else that's success to me. this president has not been a success. it's failure.

>> reporter: romney has ever sharper attack lines on the president. talking about president obama seems the primary argument you make against him is that he lacked experience when he took office, in terms of national security experience, what would you cite to say that you are prepared to be commander in chief.

>> i've worked in multiple countries around the world competing in american businesses to make them successful.

>> how is that national security experience?

>> let me continue. in addition i worked in the olympics and at the olympics i negotiated with people around the world. i have not led the department of defense . no one is commander in chief until they're commander in chief. president obama wasn't commander in chief until he had that experience.

>> on the one hand you're saying president obama fails because he lacked experience, yet you acknowledge okay i don't have the exact national security requirements to be commander in chief but that's okay because i'll get it once i'm on the job.

>> president obama failed because he'd never been a leader anywhere. he never led in the state senate . he never led in the u.s. senate . never led an enterprise of any kind. his lack of experience is not just a lack of experience in foreign policy , it's a lack of experience as a leader.

>> you're certainly running on your business experience, a life in business but what is the last significant business accomplishment you could point to, something recent?

>> i can tell you the things i've done throughout my business career.

>> but something recent.

>> now why would i only have to do something in the last year to make it significant? i reject the premise of the question. my business career has included helping lead a consulting firm as its chief executive at a time of great difficulty, turning that around.

>> one thing you said recently about santorum and gingrich , they're career politicians but some people say mitt romney , he's been running for president for about the last five years or so.

>> and i think the others that you mentioned have been in politics for what, 30 years, 40 years. there's five years versus 40 years.

>> ever present on the trail, members of romney 's family who help to humanize the candidate. who here calls him cheap in.

>> all of us. i think it's a character we need in the white house to be honest, the kind of guy knocking on my shower taking a ten-minute shower, time to get out. that's the guy i want in the white house right now.

>> your sons say that you're cheap, most people don't take as a compliment.

>> i grew up in a family where if you were wise with the dollar that was a good thing.

>> there are people that don't know you. here is an opportunity to tell us something that most people don't know about you.

>> i'm just an ordinary guy . i never thought i'd be doing this. i spent my life in business, raised a family but found myself backing into a setting where i could run for the presidency of the united states .

>> it's clear romney advisers feel good not just about where they are on the polls but who is at the top of the polls with them. the fact is they don't really fear santorum, they don't fear ron paul . the real threat would have been gingrich or perry for the moment they feel have been

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