is they re independent-minded voters. look back to 2008, president obama winning in iowa but they didn t necessarily believe here that that that s something they should rubber stamp. so the president did not win when he came here to new hampshire. they don t like people here don t like being told who to vote for. they want to be able to see the candidates and events like this one or even when a candidate may show up to their home or a neighboring restaurant. they want to meet them one-on-one before they make their decision, wolf. all right. dan, thanks very much. let s go back to jack. he s got the cafferty file. jack? the probing question of the hour is, what do the iowa caucuses really mean? to me, jack, the iowa caucuses mean 6 to 8 months of news breaking edge of your seat, fingernail biting electoral incision. though for the gop boys and girls it s apparently a combination, caucus, book tour, and fox news anchor audition. conner in chicago writes, it means iowans, news pun
this is decision day in iowa. just four hours from now, republicans will gather in caucuses across the state and cast the first votes in the 2012 campaign. the candidates have spent months of the trial paving the way with millions in campaign cash. much of that money has gone towards a barrage of negative advertising. now, in a final flurry of appearances, the rhetoric has reached a new peak or maybe a new low. you said mitt romney, somebody who will lie to you to get to be president will lie to you when they are president. i have to ask you, are you calling mitt romney a liar? yes. you re calling mitt romney a liar? you seem shocked by it. yes. why are you saying he s a liar? this is a man who s staff created the pack. his millionaire friends fund the pack. he pretends he has nothing to do with the pack. it s balogna. it s like his pretense that he s a conservative. wow. let s go live to our chief political correspondent, candy crowley. she s in des moines. you
feet from a swimming pool. its fall broken by a tree him. a neighbor who witnessed the crash along with her grandson, says the pilot climbed out the plane on his own. according to the hampton fire and rescue the plane was homemade the engine was from a snowmobile. the federal aviation is investigating. homemade, 85 and still flying. jon: that is my kind of pilot. this christmas is coming at a difficult time for pakistan. they are the minority in that muslim country of course. about three million of them call it home. right now they are facing even more discrimination and alien nation for their perceived connection to us in the united states. conner powell is streaming live from islamabad, pakistan. conner in? reporter: jon with a struggling economy and worsening security situation here in pakistan it is becoming increasingly difficult for all pakistanis of all walks of live but
islamabad with more. conner in? reporter: gregg, pakistan is increasing becoming a difficult place to live for all of its citizens but particularly the christian community. in one of pakistan s poorest neighborhoods christmas lights are going up. decorations are being hung. santa is coming to town. this is the season to celebrate. it is about the kids and a way to show love. reporter: but this christmas comes at the end of a very difficult year for the nearly three million christians living in pakistan. mostly the fear because there are so many jobless people. reporter: christians have long been one of pakistan s most marginalized communities, living in poverty, without running water or electricity. discrimination long kept them out of the best jobs, making christians second class citizens. they are facing more challenges as compared to