that is not true. i took an ear mark pledgemy first year in office and i have been ear mark free. chris: you haven t gotten almost $4 million in ear marks. the first year i came in i put the request in and then i found out what the ear mark system is about and took a pledge in the first term i never requested another ear mark since and i want. the bigger issue is are we going to continue to increase the credit card limit in washington and i m the only voice in washington that has said no to increasing the credit card limit. chris: several, iowa pastors appealed to you and to governor perry and to rick santorum one or two of you to drop out so that all of the social conservative vote could coalesce around one candidate. now, you all have your rights and you all decided no, you wanted to pursue your campaigns. will it be a big defeat for social conservatives and their issues on tuesday if as a result of the splintering of this vote a mitt romney or ron
candidate will have a big night tuesday and cap tour intensity of the fight for iowa when we go on the trail, all right now on fox news sunday. chris: hello again and happy new year from the iowa state capitol in des moines. we are broadcasting today from the or nate house chamber inside the capitol building and joining us live are three candidates who have a lot at stake in the caucuses here tuesday night. congressman ron paul, congresswoman michele bachmann and governor rick perry. with just two days until we hear from the voters the race here in iowa is still up for grabs. take a look at the final poll out today from the des moines register. over four days of polling, mitt romney leads with 24% with ron paul close behind and rick santorum in third with 15%. newt gingrich, rick perry and michele bachmann round out the field.
they could change their mind. the fact that you have a surge in the back end of the polling for rick santorum where he is basically second and the fact that you have so many people out there that are now first-time caucus goers. according to this poll, 27%. how does that play? perhapses it is a benefit for ron paul. perhaps, though, it is a benefit because there is a bigger caucus turnout and it is a benefit for mitt romney. chris: let me ask you about that, jeff. are you surprised. romney had a tentative relationship with iowa. first was going to be involved and then not going to be involved. are you surprised that the romney people finally decided to commit to heavily to iowa. in. not surprised at all. i think the history of this will show that the romney campaign was engaged from the beginning in iowa. they had the biggest
but gee, i can t get past whoops. tell them to look at the debates in sioux city and i think our debate performance has been not only excellent but i look forward to debating barack obama. i will come early. i want to talk about this president and his failure economically and foreign policy wise and we will take it to barack obama. chris: governor, perry, we want to thank you. thank all of your candidates for making time for us. happy new year to all of you. thanks so much. up next, independent analysis of what is going to happen in the caucuses and what it means in the race for president. our special iowa edition of the sunday panel including governor terry branstad as we break it down and we continue from the
if there is nivea lens any p. e involved you still don t knee a federal law against harassment, you need to call a policeman and say there has been an assault or attempted rape. because people are are insulted by, you know, rude behavior i don t think we should make a federal case out of it. i don t think we need federal laws to deal with that and people should deal with that at home. chris: congressman, you have an ambitious agenda. you say you could cut $1 trillion in spending in the first year. you would shut down five cabinet level departments. i want to look at your record of effectiveness as a member of congress for more than 20 years. the washington post found you have sponsored 620 measures over your 20 years in congress. just four made it to the house floor for a vote and only one of the 620 measures only one was signed into law to sell the