this volatile republican nominating contest. since the last debate nearly a month ago, rick santorum has surged into the lead in the national polls. but it s a mitt romney-santorum dead heat in one of the states that votes next, that s michigan. and the polls here in arizona suggest a late shift here perhaps in governor romney s favor. our chief political analyst gloria borger is here to get us started. gloria let s focus on the poll here today. we had a poll out yesterday that showed a relatively close rates here. but if you look at the nbc marist poll they show governor romney with a pretty big lead, a healthy lead here. a lot of debates within the campaigns about the number. but why arizona apparently shifting in romney s favor? well, first of all, very very fluid as you know. and there s been a lot of changes in the last four or five days. and the shift has been to romney. you can t say it s because he s got a lot of ads on the air. you could also say perhaps and this
and good morning, everybody. this is your wake-up call for monday, december 5th. i m christine romans, carol has the morning off. newt gingrich, the one to watch in the gop race in a new nbc marist pole leading the pack in iowa but mitt romney is still ahead in new hampshire. although his support has dropped from only a month ago, less than 30 days from the first gop nominating contest in january. he s taking some time off. atlanta megachurch pastor eddie long made that announcement yesterday. he says he needs time to work on family issues. long s wife of 21 years vanessa filed for divorce on thursday. last spring long settled a lawsuit piled by four young men who accused him of sexual coercion. the u.s. and pakistan mending diplomatic fences after that nato air strike that killed two dozen pakistani troops. president obama called pakistan s president yesterday making clear the incident was not a deliberate attack on pakistan. both presidents agreed to stay in touch. le