southerner one would think. reporter: sure, he s polling very well, depending on the polls you look at in mississippi and alabama. new ppp poll out in mississippi has him up 2. in alabama the real clear politics average i think has romney up 2. but it s very tight at the top. gingrich is making the sale that he is the one who represents the south, and he s had this southern strategy. whether he can transfer that into a winning strategy is really the test that tomorrow is. jon: let s take a look at the numbers as we see them, those three candidates that we ve been talking about, mitt romney, rick santorum, and newt gingrich all pretty much well gingrich a little farther back in this particular abc news washington news poll, the national poll. at least in alabama and mississippi all three of those guys are fairly close. if you look at the real clear politics average in alabama there is romney at 27.5.
so, you know, that is clever posturing by the republicans to try to bring it up. it doesn t mean much. bret: it means a lot you re in florida. you look tan and rested. have a good one. thank you for joining us. wish you were here. bret: european union officials are giving greece until wednesday to convince the e.u. finance ministers it will stick to terms of the us a centerty package. the latest round of cuts sparked violence in cities. germany says it will not give time approve for a second bail-out until next month. stocks began the week on a positive note. the dow was up 73. the s&p 500 gaped nine. the nasdaq finished ahead 27.5. mitt romney is coming off two victories over the weekend as he tries to reshame the momentum in the republican campaign. but carl cameron reports the latest numbers will not be easy. with wins disputed by the rival in saturday s non-binding maine caucus and the big straw poll at the con seventive political action
this is the point. you re making my point. the congress may want something else. the congress wanted something el. they got to have their say. they gave them what he wanted. they control the house. i don t know if this is a snapshot of what s going on on the hill. it is. it s the silliness of washington. i m going to talk about what s happening with the gop presidential race. we re not going to find consensus with what s taking place with the payroll tax cut. rolling over for the right wing. we re done with that. we re going to stand up to the right wing bullies and we re not going to let them take over the country. that s what this elections about. that s why barack obama is going to be re-elected. governor you know what it s like to go through the caucuses in iowa. 13 days to go before iowa. we look at this new iowa state university gazette poll. ron paul is leading the pack 27.5%. newt gingrich not far behind at 25.3%. mitt romney in third place. governor, what do
million homeowners wouldn t face foreclosure. who s behind that call remains a mystery. highly unlikely hillary clinton gets into the race, someone who could play spoiler ron paul. besides mitt romney and newt gingrich he is the only other candidate pulling double digits in three of the most recent polls mchl the last week he spent $600,000 on attack ads targeting newt gingrich and right now ron paul s concentrating his efforts in new hampshire and iowa where his organization is strongest. good morning to both of you. good morning. reed, let s start with you. there s a new iowa poll, you saw some of the data there showing that paul is leading. do we need to take ron paul seriously now or have we already? absolutely. not only does the new iowa state university poll show ron paul at 27%, 27.5%, you can t get into
right? yeah, that s right. you know, gingrich has been losing altitude both nationally and also in the critical state of iowa. his support there has been cut in half in the last week or so, and he s been subject to millions of dollars of negative advertising over the last 10 or 12 days from ron paul, rick perry, mitt romney s superpac, and it certainly has taken its toll. so i think with just a couple weeks until the first vote occurs, it is a wide open race in iowa. anything can happen. ron paul s leading there now, but it really is wide open. jon: when we look at that real clear politics average, newt gingrich comes in at 27.5%, i believe, 29%, i guess i m looking at the paper version that anyway, 29%, 25% for romney, 12% for paul. that would still suggest a fairly healthy lead for newt gingrich. not a tie as we saw in that cbs poll. can you explain that?