it s about sitting here every time and being told, no. we don t think he can do that. he ll never accomplish that. he can t win that. it won t be the biggest. it s not going to be that good. the crowds aren t that big. he s not that successful. the narrative and default narrative is always negative. and it s demoralizing. and i think that when you sits here and you realize the sacrifice the guy made of leaving a very, very successful business, because he really cares about this country, and he wants to despite your partisan differences, he cares about making this country better for everybody. he wants to make it safer for everybody. so, when you wake up every day and that s what you re seeing over and over again and you re not seeing stories about the cabinet folks that he s putting or the success he s having trying to keep american jobs here, yeah, it is a little disappointing. so i just you know. can t always be positive. no, it s not. sotimes we ll make mistakes, i promise y
last couple days, he s held events at 10:00 atnd at 9:00 in the morning. the crowds aren t trump-sized, but people are coming out to support him. you ask them are you for ted cruz, or are you kicking the tires? that s something people will do in iowa. and you re seeing people who are out here, they like his message. for many of them, especially in small towns like sibly, iowa, rural iowa, these aren t folks who get a chance to see candidates speak all the time. so they re coming out to check it out. i spoke with one mom today. she had her little girl with her. and she said, it gives us something to do on a wednesday. that s a good point. it s the entertainment of the season for iowa. i ve been there myself. it s a big deal. reporter: and he brings listen, right now, ted cruz is in the national spotlight because of the fact that he s leading donald trump in iowa. he s surging here, connecting
with stimulus money, services a brand-new fleet of powered trucks. that is liquefied powered trucks. one facility allows ups to move packages purely on alternative energy. the president is due to speak at any moment now and we ll listen in when he comes to the microphone. to make sure natural gas stays plentiful, the last unclaimed drillable parts off the gulf of mexico, 38 million acres, ranging from 3 to 230 miles offshore. the interior department says there could be a billion barrels of oil and natural gas under there. bids for drilling starts at $100 an acre. newt gingrich is fighting for the veteran vote in jacksonville. the biggest republican presidential contest to date is just five days away and still a two-man race. a new cnn time orc poll shows romney and gingrich neck-and-neck and ron paul way behind. our numbers from sunday give a 6-point lead to gingrich. on monday and tuesday, there s a nine-point lead for romney. one thing s for sure, the final florida de
the day before. an exiter when he had kelly ayott, the senator here and chris christie, who was campaigning with him yesterday. so the crowds aren t as big as you d expect for newt gingrich. for mitt romney and ron paul, they re still pretty big. even if his support is dropping in this state he still has a sizable base of support to count on. let me show you this. a lot of this will be decided, erin and dana, by undecided. according to this last poll, there are still 12% undecided, 24% saying they might change their mind. now with this whole negative attack on willard, if a sizable portion of the undecided and some people change their mind, it could at least make it close and a little embarrassing for willard, couldn t you think, dana? yes, it could be.
i ve seen for gingrich but it was probably about one-third of the crowd that mitt romney had the day before. an exiter when he had kelly ayott, the senator here and chris christie, who was campaigning with him yesterday. so the crowds aren t as big as you d expect for newt gingrich. for mitt romney and ron paul, they re still pretty big. even if his support is dropping in this state he still has a sizable base of support to count on. let me show you this. a lot of this will be decided, erin and dana, by undecided. according to this last poll, there are still 12% undecided, 24% saying they might change their mind. now with this whole negative attack on willard, if a sizable portion of the undecided and some people change their mind, it could at least make it close and a little embarrassing for