chris but overall, more than $10 million spent in the month of december alone by all of these candidates, blastering the air waves. what is important to note about mitt romney, four years ago, he really attacked this state, 77 days he spent post the straw poll, getting out and glad handing with everybody across this area. th time around, spent ten days here so far, next convenient in calf.port, iowa, later this evening, in new hampshire for two events today the significance there is obvious, he doesn t believe he needs meet and greet individuals, accomplish the same goal perhaps more feicktively over the airwaves in time around. chris? the polk county republican party chairman, polk county, des moines, area, big county, essentially said we need a moratorium on negative ads, too many of these it is bad for the party. i tend to be skeptical of those things, a week before the caucuses. do we have a sense any of the candidates, other than newt gingrich will buy into this plea