captions paid for by nbc-universal television good evening. i m harry smith, in for brian tonight. five days to go and iowans can t blink without seeing or hearing or bumping into a republican presidential candidate. the candidates are making final arguments before tuesday s caucus claiming they have the record, the values and the right stuff to win the nomination and win next november. chuck todd and peter alexander are in iowa tonight. we begin with peter in mason city. peter, good evening. reporter: harry, good evening to you. one sign that mitt romney s campaign is gaining confidence and looking forward to the opportunity to win here in iowa next week is the fact that today they announced they will host a party after next tuesday night s caucuses and then stay overnight to do tv interviews before heading to new hampshire where romney is heavily favored. before a large crowd in this iowa city that inspired the broadway play the music man i feel like breaking into
18-year-old with just days to live says good-bye to the world all on the internet. and the bottom line on the iowa and the bottom line on the iowa caucus it is the country s first contest and let s just say it s getting ugly. let s go out front captions let s go outfront. hi there, and good evening. i m brooke bolduan sitting outfront with erin burnett. five days, we re five days away in the contest for the gop nomination, and as i mentioned a moment ago, i know it s following. newt going after romney and perry going after santorum and everyone going after paul and bachmann is fighting very publicly with her now former iowa chief, but romney, he seems to be riding pretty high after a new cnn poll shows he has broken out of his dead heat and has first place pretty much all to himself. let s go straight to the ground there to our cnn political correspondent jim acosta. i know you spent the day following around mitt romney, his campaign, and you know, if i may, it lo
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let s go out front captions by vitac www.vitac.com hi there, and good evening. i m brooke bolduan sitting out front with erin burnett. five days, we re five days away in the contest for the gop nomination, and as i mentioned a moment ago i know it s following. newt going after romney and perry going after santorum and everyone going after paul and bachmann is fighting very publicly with her now former iowa chief, but romney, he seems to be riding pretty high after a new cnn poll shows he hasec broen out of this dead heat and has first place pretty much all to himself. let s go straight to the ground there to our cnn political correspondent jim acosta. i know you spent the day following around mitt romney, his campaign, and you know, if i may, it looks like mitt romney has a little extra pep in his step. reporter: i would say so, brook. he has a spring in his step. he came to all places, the music man museum to talk to voters earlier today. he even threw out a refe
and the bottom line on the iowa and the bottom line on the iowa caucus it is the country s first contest and let s just say it s getting ugly. let s go outfront. hi there, and good evening. i m brooke bolduan sitting outfront with erin burnett. five days, we re five days away in the contest for the gop nomination, and as i mentioned a moment ago, i know it s following. newt going after romney and perry going after santorum and everyone going after paul and bachmann is fighting very publicly with her now former iowa chief, but romney, he seems to be riding pretty high after a new cnn poll shows he has broken out of his dead heat and has first place pretty much all to himself. let s go straight to the ground there to our cnn political correspondent jim acosta. i know you spent the day following around mitt romney, his campaign, and you know, if i may, it looks like mitt romney has a little extra pep in his step. reporter: i would say so, brooke. he has a spring in his