i liked what i heard. i came in here undecided, and now i m really leaning heavily toward rick santorum.ç that impressive? yes. is a social conservative very important to you in this race? yes, it is. and where do you think iowa is going to fall in this caucus? oh, i don t know. it s too tough to call? right. what did you think? i like rick santorum. i will be supporting him in the iowa caucus on january 3rd. were you of that mindset before you came in? i was leaning towards him. i hadn t quite made my mind up yet because there are other candidates very similar to him. but from what i ve seen that was enough to put me solidly in his corner. so he closed the deal today? yes. just a flavor of the crowd in iowa. musketine, iowa. a city with a rich, progressive history. congressman steve king. everybody wants his endorsement. the iowa congressman good friends with michele bachmann. he says today that ron paul is dangerous and rick santorum will
oh, i don t know. it s too tough to call? right. what did you think? i like rick santorum. i will be supporting him in the iowa caucus on january 3rd. were you of that mindset before you came in?ç i was leaning towards him. i hadn t quite made my mind up yet because there are other candidates very similar to him. but from what i ve seen that was enough to put me solidly in his corner. so he closed the deal today? yes. just a flavor of the crowd in iowa. musketine, iowa. a city with a rich, progressive history. congressman steve king. everybody wants his endorsement. the iowa congressman good friends with michele bachmann. he says today that ron paul is dangerous and rick santorum will surprise. but when you go to these meetings, they re not rallies. these folks are serious. they show up. they re curious. they re looking for information. they want to be sold.
yes, it is. and where do you think iowa is going to fall in this caucus? oh, i don t know. it s too tough to call? right. what did you think? i like rick santorum. i will be supporting him in the iowa caucus on january 3rd. were you of that mindset before you came in? i was leaning towards him. i hadn t quite made my mind up yet because there are other candidates very similar to him. but from what i ve seen that was enough to put me solidly in his corner. so he closed the deal today? yes. just a flavor of the crowd in iowa. musketine, iowa. a city with a rich, progressive history. congressman steve king. everybody wants his endorsement. the iowa congressman good friends with michele bachmann. he says today that ron paul is dangerous and rick santorum will surprise. but when you go to these meetings, they re not rallies. these folks are serious. they show up. they re curious. they re looking for information. they want to be sold.
jenna: exactly two weeks from today we re going to be through christmas, through the new year on to 2012 and voting will be underway in the nation s first primary contest, the iowa caucus on january 3rd. week later we turn to the new hampshire primary. today presidential candidates, mitt romney, john paul and jon huntsman at one point are campaigning across the granite state. rick perry, michele bachmann and ron paul focus on iowa today. we ll try to get a round up of all that is happening with politics, no easy task. start first, james with gingrich and romney. there is a dynamic at work. both are trying to court conservatives and both are trying to court independents. how is that working out for either of them? reporter: well, with middling results would say. they partner jenna in another kibuki dance for each man to polish, discard and reclaim the fiction
and you have these beautiful tunnels and christmas trees and they say if you re really into this, you actually rotate the surrounding so when winter leaves, you bring in the spring. some enthusiasts spend all year long building their train villages. that s a lot of elmer s glue! no kidding. fantastic. we ll continue to show you it to bring you christmas spirit. wasn t it the adams family when they used to blow up the tracks? we should do that. you have explosives? no, no. wouldn t that be exciting? when we re done with it today? yes, just blow it up. i don t know that the guy from lionel train would appreciate that. might have a problem with that. let s talk about the debate last night. did you watch it because it was the last one before the iowa caucus on january 3rd . the frontrunners decided to focus on president obama. many thought mitt romney would come out and attack newt gingrich as he has in the last week in the press calling him zany and unelectable but tha