support him. he s followed by ron paul at 22%. rick santorum is now third with 16%. newt gingrich is at 14%. michele bachmann is on the campaign trail in des moines right now, a day after one of her high profile advisers defected. bachmann is likely to face questions about the decision by state senator ken sorenson to jump ship and throw his support behind ron paul. we re keying an eye on bachmann s media event and we ll take you there live for some of the q and a session. he may be the front-runner but mitt romney isn t predicting how he will do in the iowa caucuses. he started the day in cedar falls talking about the job and the economy. speaking with wolf blitzer he responded to kplats from newt gingrich about attack ads. i don t know why he s so angry. look, this is a campaign about the things we believe in. i believe the country s being led in a very unfortunate and destructive way by a president that doesn t really understand our economy or america. i can get amer
cain s catchy 9-9-9 tax reform plan. what 9-9-9 does, is he compromises in the worst way, he gives you a sales tax and a flat tax, and opens up the door to a value added tax. i think it s very, very dangerous. and even the front-runner, mitt romney, now gently taking aim, warning republicans who might like mr. cain s lack of political experience to think again. you know we have a guy who s president we didn t know very well as a country when he got elected and wondered what would happen if we elected someone who had no experience. now we know. now the perry challenge, to me, just as critical. tonight maybe even more so. his debate performances have been weak and views on immigration and other issues are giving some conservatives pause. a strong night for governor perry is mandatory if he s to stop a stunning slide from atop the pack to the crowded middle. i m looking in that camera talking to the young man or the lady out there without a job, somebody that s hanging