side. let s see if that goes higher. that will be an indication how republicans are really, really ready to try to beat president barack obama in november. remember, this is a battleground state, kyra. yes, it is. you ll be there battling it out. christine, we re going to get right to it. usually you are our money gal with your best-selling books and advice on what to do with our financials but you re my sweet iowan as well. paul wants you to tell us about the weather. we ll do that last. weather girl, too. she does it all. but when you were home you were telling me, and it s interesting, it played right off what we just heard from paul, everybody was talking about ron paul. even your 18-month-old. my niece has seen him so much she goo-goos and ga-gas. they are inundated by all the advertising spending, all of this hoopla around these candidates. and what s interesting this time is they re not settled. iowans aren t settled. usually by now i m seeing yard signs everywhere. i al
christine romans will show you why iowa voters may not be asking the same questions as you. let s go ahead and begin with jim in west des moines. you ve been with rick santorum almost 24/7. you do let the guy sleep. what s that been like? reporter: it has been amazing to watch, kyra. who would have thought when all of this got start that had we would be chasing rick santorum around in the final 24 hours before the iowa caucuses that the international press, he had the japanese, the german and the french, the british press all tailing him yesterday and testifies drawing some very big crowds partly because he is sort of the last alternative to mitt romney to emerge in this process because a lot of evangelical voters in the state have finally said, you know what, let s go with rick santorum inside this high school gymnasium later on this morning along with michele bachmann and ron paul to make some final arguments as a rock the caucus forum here in west des moines. so we re go