mitt romney begins a battle in south carolina am it s five days until the primary in new hampshire, right? that s where the massachusetts governor has a solid lead. so where he decided to spend most of the day was south carolina. i want to restore to the america the principles that have made us the power house morally, economically, and militarily in the entire world. romney, his pal john mishg ca mccain and nicky hayley were there. the primary is january 21st. the palmetto state has the highest concentration of he van gellic all voters in america. nearly half the population identifies themselves as evangelical. in iowa, 44% of ivevangelicals voted for rick santorum. but here s what s amazing. we don t know if romney made end roads with the christian right in south carolina because the last polls are about a month old. and while even a week ago convention wisdom would that romney didn t need to win south carolina, a lot has changed and many see it as a must-win state if h
hampshire, right? that s where the massachusetts governor has a solid lead. so where he decided to spend most of the day was south carolina. i want to restore to the america the principles that have made us the power house morally, economically, and militarily in the entire world. romney, his pal john mishg mccain and nicky hayley were there. the primary is january 21st. the palmetto state has the highest concentration of he van gellic all voters in america. nearly half the population identifies themselves as evangelical. in iowa, 44% of evangelicals voted for rick santorum. but here s what s amazing. we don t know if romney made end roads with the christian right in south carolina because the last polls are about a month old. and while even a week ago convention wisdom would that romney didn t need to win south carolina, a lot has changed and many see it as a must-win state if he is to be the presumptive nominee. john avalon joins us. gloria is also us with. first of all
away from the first tests that count. the battle for iowa and the dramatic shift in the race as it goes down to the wire. newt gingrich is telling mitt romney he needs to man up about his negative attacks. romney is asking why gingrich is so angry. stand by for my interviews with gingrich and romney along with romney s wife ann. iowa s new rising star, rick santorum, and the surprising ron paul. welcome to our viewers from around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we re just a few days from the voting of the republican campaign and as the iowa caucus looms, mitt romney still leads in iowa with 25% and ron paul is right behind at 22%. but look at this. rick santorum has jumped into third place at 16%. meanwhile, gingrich plummeted to 14% down from 33% only a few weeks ago. rick perry, michele bachmann, and jon huntsman are all at the bottom. i sat down with gingrich has he was being barraged by attack ads. if you watch commercials, they are hitting