you re in the situation room . the first republican presidential contest is two weeks away and a top obama adviser says the democrats are counting on a long primary season slugfest between newt gingrich and mitt romney. every word from the candidates could make a difference. jim acosta is covering the final sprint of the caucuses. jim, we re seeing a possible shift in the romney campaign strategy. what are you seeing? what are you hearing? reporter: well, there may be a big momentum shift for mitt romney out here in iowa, wolf. he had a pretty good debate on thursday night against the gop field. he merged pretty much unscathed. he was not the subject of the attacks from the other candidates. that was really newt gingrich s role. he was beat up pretty good during that contest. and so mitt romney came into a city and he said he plans to take over the voters in the coming weeks. what concerns me is that we have in washington a class of people who spent their whole time i
ready to head to the olympics two weeks from now and republican convention in late august he is taking fire over his days at bain capital from the president. but today, mr. romney is raising some more questions about the president and his campaign. back and forth we go. chief political correspondent carl cameron is live in washington with more. so, carl, what s going on here? reporter: best defense is a good often is the romney campaign strategy. they have been taking a pounding. outspent in the ad war by calm campaign in battleground states in big, big numbers. attacks on mitt romney s career at bain capital is taking a toll. he will attack president obama for quote, crony capitalism. the allegation that the president and administration, democrats, have been rewarding obama allies and donors with big government contracts. think solyndra and the like. this was romney earlier today. this is a tough time for the people of america but if you re a campaign contributor to barack obama,