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