inside four weeks until iowa. a brand new poll showing newt gingrich as running away with it. now his past used by conservative critics. more disturbing allegations against jerry sandusky. another man saying he abused him and gave him alcohol as a boy. i have been excused of being a tramt traitor to both sides. a woman goes from wall street protester to wall street professional on this american morning. captions by vitac www.vitac.com all right. good morning, everyone. it s wednesday, december 7th. ali is off today. i m christine romans along with carol costello on this american morning. welcome, everyone. welcome and good morning. up first this morning, newt gingrich threatening to run away with the republican race. his bid for the gop nomination going gang busters. it s beginning to look like a gingrich juggernaut. look at the latest gallup poll. among republican voters nationwide, 37% now say gingrich is their choice. he leads mitt romney by a whopping 15
gingrich is now 15 points ahead of romney in a new gallup poll and mr. paul steinhauser joins us right now from washington. hello, paul. how does romney plan to handle what is shaping up to be a two-man race at this point? it really is shaping up. that was the national poll, don. take a look at this, state poll. iowa. two new polls in iowa. one of them, cbs/ new york times. you adjust showed the national poll. newt gingrich ahead by double digits. the frontrunner, we re less than four weeks away from the iowa caucuses. what is mitt romney doing about all this? romney was speaking to reporters yesterday on the campaign trail and said he would be more forceful in going after newt gingrich and pointing out the differences where they stand on certain things and he also said, you ll see more of me. more interviews and more time on the campaign trail. he says after about a week from now when he finishes up some fund-raising, you ll see a lot more of mitt romney. four weeks to go
for wednesday, december 7th. from the time warner center in new york, i m carol costello. here are this morning s top stories. a new accuser saying former penn state coach jerry sandusky sexually assaulted him when he was just 12 and gave him booze. these demonstrators attempting to take back the capital. they re staging sit-ins in front of congressional offices and camping out on the national mall. it s decision day for seniors. it s the last time you can change your medicare part d prescription drug plan. let s get a check of today s weather. rob marciano with a seat in atlanta. good morning. we re looking at an active weather pattern, topsy-turvy, that seems to be the theme of the early season winter that s been crazy so far. rain stretching into the northeast. the heaviest stuff is across the ohio river valley. look at memphis, arkansas, little rock included. seeing some accumulation snow overnight, even as far south as louisiana. that s what we re watching care
i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, newt on top. the former speak of the house dominating polls nationally and in crucial primary states. brand-new numbers out today, let s show you this, this started a week ago and has gotten stronger and more consistent. nationwide, this is what you re looking at here, gingrich holding a 15-point advantage over his competitors as you see, 37-22 for mitt romney. in iowa, caucus goers there rival mitt romney at 17%. ron paul s at 16%. as we all know, mitt romney needs to come in 1 or 2 there. down in south carolina, gingrich 38%. versus 22 for mitt romney. despite the double digit leads gingrich still has a lot of critics inside his own party. one of them outspoken among them, congressman peter king. he came outfront a few moments ago and i asked him whether he s happy to see the polls. i m really not. to give newt credit, republicans took back the house of representatives for the first time in 40 years because of newt. he s a very good
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