a big part of romney s rise in iowa, bringing gingrich down. iowa is going to be over with tuesday night. what happens beyond iowa? it s a fascinating question. most of the focus here. as you know, governor huntsman is not playing. he s up in new hampshire. you see some spending up here in new hampshire. that will intensify intramatically right after iowa. i want to focus on this. south carolina comes next. a little spending down there. that s not surprising. but what s this? florida s fourth. what s all that spending here? the pro-romney restore our future pact. think back a couple of months when gingrich was surging, he jumped to a big lead in florida. what happened? governor romney s friends suddenly start spending on all those attack ads against newt gingrich. pro-m romney ads in florida. mitt romney very well remembers what happens in 2008. he stumbled in iowa. he stumbled in new hampshire. he was gone after south carolina. they are already, wolf, preparing florida as a fallba
iowa, bringing gingrich down. iowa is going to be over with tuesday night. what happens beyond iowa? it s a fascinating question. most of the focus here. as you know, governor huntsman is not playing. he s up in new hampshire. you see some spending up here in new hampshire. that will intensify intramatically right after iowa. i want to focus on this. south carolina comes next. a little spending down there. that s not surprising. but what s this? florida s fourth. what s all that spending here? the pro-romney restore our future pact. think back a couple of months when gingrich was surging, he jumped to a big lead in florida. what happened? governor romney s friends suddenly start spending on all those attack ads against newt gingrich. pro-m romney ads in florida. mitt romney very well remembers what happens in 2008. he stumbled in iowa. he stumbled in new hampshire. he was gone after south carolina. they are already, wolf, preparing florida as a fallback. it votes fourth. the romney
polling station with the final numbers from iowa to show us who s on top right now and why everything could change on tuesday. and our ali velshi is over at the social media screen keeping tabs on what americans are saying online about the candidates. it s been a very busy new year s day out on the campaign trail in iowa. cnn s jim acosta is covering the last big push for votes. jim, set the scene for us. a very important day today. reporter: that s right, wolf. and newt gingrich is not crying anymore after weeks of taking abuse from mitt romney. the former speaker sent a clear message he is ready to return the favor. making his way through an iowa sports bar, newt gingrich signaled it s getting close to last call before the caucuses. what better time and place to start a brawl with his nemesis, mitt romney. frankly, if you re willing to be dishonest to try to get to be president, why would we think you d be honest once you are president? reporter: abandoning his clinch