romney romney, now tied nationally among republicans. each with 28% support. congressman ron paul runs a distant third with 14%. the other candidates all trail in single digits. moments ago, gingrich at a media event as he struggle to reverse the slide. the only person who profits from republican ads attacking other republicans is barack obama and i think that s a pretty reprehensible behavior on the part of some of the candidates. so i m going to be honest. we did this saturday morning and we had some 14,000 people join us, 14,000 iowans join us. we ll have an ask newt every day and have people calling. in if you get junk mail furcal see a negative attack ad, whatever, you ll be able to call me and ask what the facts are. gloria borger was there at that event and joins us from davenport, iowa. let s start with the former speaker. telephone conferences with supporters or potential supporters. he said he won t go negative. the rule of politics tell you, that won t work. ho
it s great on talk radio, great in the print. it makes for fun reading. but in terms of a president, we need a leader. and a leader needs to be someone who can bring americans together. moments ago the iowa front-runner, now the national front-runner, newt gingrich, deflected governor romney s criticism directed at gingrich campaign. telling reporters at a press conference that just concluded in iowa city, iowa he will continue to focus on staying positive. positive was not the tone gingrich took during several exchanges during the news conference. jim acosta was at the news conference and joins us from iowa city. take us inside the press conference. the speaker questioned not only about the romney attack but was other things as well. you could see he was a tad testy. reporter: he was. you know, i think what newt gingrich was trying to say in this room, just a few moments ago, is that he is, as you said, a few moments ago, trying to stick to a positive campaign. there was