good evening upon. i m ali velshi sitting in for erin burnett tonight. out in front, campaign is kicking into high gear. candidates are criss-crossing the state, trying to pick up last-minute support for the first con tefrt in the race for the gop nomination. let s go straight to the political correspondent. jim acosta is on the ground in iowa. good to see you. lots of campaign events and everybody is back in the game. a recent poll shows 12% of voters in iowa, still undecided. you spoke with the iowa gop chair about the race. what did he have to say? ali, basically he said this is a caucus race in iowa that he has never seen before. basically, this is the most unsettled field of candidates that a lot of republican operatives have seen in the state for a long time. if you look at the polling you have three candidates at the top right now. mitt romney, newt gingrich and ron paul and there is a medium tier of the other three candidates. rick santorum, michele bachmann and ric
this is important, because it s the last day before the iowa caucuses, just 19 days away. and while newt gingrich remains the national front-runner, he has been losing steam. take a look at the latest poll. this is a gallup poll that shows in the beginning of december, just ten days ago, 37% of republican voters say they will pick newt. 22% picked mitt romney. but here s how it looks now. newt s number has dropped to 29%. romney, as no doubt he s incredibly frustrated by, remains the same. but it doesn t go down, remains around the same, 24%. as we ve seen in this race, anything can happen in the next few weeks. the swings have been dramatic and certainly didn t require 19 days. so how did the candidates do at the debate tonight? game changers? joining us now, john avalon, contributor. david frum, former speechwriter for george w. bush, and ron christie, national republican editor for govote.com. good to have all of you with us. let s get straight to it. first, let s start wi
hello, everyone. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, the republican candidates for president have just finished debating in iowa. this is important, because it s the last day before the iowa caucuses, just 19 days away. and while newt gingrich remains the national front-runner, he has been losing steam. take a look at the latest poll. this is a gallup poll that shows in the beginning of december, just ten days ago, 37% of republican voters say they will pick newt. 22% picked mitt romney. but here s how it looks now. newt s number has dropped to 29%. romney, as no doubt he s incredibly frustrated by, remains the same. but it doesn t go down, remains around the same, 24%. as we ve seen in this race, anything can happen in the next few weeks. the swings have been dramatic and certainly didn t require 19 days. so how did the candidates do at the debate tonight? game changers? joining us now, john avalon, contributor. david frum, former speechwriter for george w. bush, and ron chr
people don t know it, has to do with the occupy wall street protests. the occupy wall street protests in new york that have just entered their fourth week. the protests gained enough national traction that individual candidates for president are now being asked about the protests as they campaign across the country. here for instance is republican presidential front-runner mitt romney denouncing the occupy wall street protests earlier today at a campaign stop in new hampshire. i think the idea of dividing our nation at a time of crisis is the wrong way to go. all the streets are connected. wall street s connected to main street. and so finding a scapegoat, finding someone to blame in my opinion isn t right way to go. all the streets are connected. wall street connected to main street. you know, that is actually a checkable thing. if you check it, it turns out not to be true. here s a map of manhattan. there s wall street at the very bottom of manhattan over there on the left. and t
york city, even though most people don t know it, has to do with the occupy wall street protests. the occupy wall street protests in new york that have just entered their fourth week. the protests gained enough national traction that individual candidates for president are now being asked about the protests as they campaign across the country. here for instance is republican presidential front-runner mitt romney denouncing the occupy wall street protests earlier today at a campaign stop in new hampshire. i think the idea of dividing our nation at a time of crisis is the wrong way to go. all the streets are connected. wall street s connected to main street. and so finding a scapegoat, finding someone to blame in my opinion isn t right way to go. all the streets are connected. wall street connected to main street. you know, that is actually a checkable thing. if you check it, it turns out not to be true. here s a map of manhattan. there s wall street at the very bottom of manhattan o