18-year-old with just days to live says good-bye to the world all on the internet. and the bottom line on the iowa and the bottom line on the iowa caucus it is the country s first contest and let s just say it s getting ugly. let s go out front captions let s go outfront. hi there, and good evening. i m brooke bolduan sitting outfront with erin burnett. five days, we re five days away in the contest for the gop nomination, and as i mentioned a moment ago, i know it s following. newt going after romney and perry going after santorum and everyone going after paul and bachmann is fighting very publicly with her now former iowa chief, but romney, he seems to be riding pretty high after a new cnn poll shows he has broken out of his dead heat and has first place pretty much all to himself. let s go straight to the ground there to our cnn political correspondent jim acosta. i know you spent the day following around mitt romney, his campaign, and you know, if i may, it lo
let s go out front captions by vitac www.vitac.com hi there, and good evening. i m brooke bolduan sitting out front with erin burnett. five days, we re five days away in the contest for the gop nomination, and as i mentioned a moment ago i know it s following. newt going after romney and perry going after santorum and everyone going after paul and bachmann is fighting very publicly with her now former iowa chief, but romney, he seems to be riding pretty high after a new cnn poll shows he hasec broen out of this dead heat and has first place pretty much all to himself. let s go straight to the ground there to our cnn political correspondent jim acosta. i know you spent the day following around mitt romney, his campaign, and you know, if i may, it looks like mitt romney has a little extra pep in his step. reporter: i would say so, brook. he has a spring in his step. he came to all places, the music man museum to talk to voters earlier today. he even threw out a refe
and the bottom line on the iowa and the bottom line on the iowa caucus it is the country s first contest and let s just say it s getting ugly. let s go outfront. hi there, and good evening. i m brooke bolduan sitting outfront with erin burnett. five days, we re five days away in the contest for the gop nomination, and as i mentioned a moment ago, i know it s following. newt going after romney and perry going after santorum and everyone going after paul and bachmann is fighting very publicly with her now former iowa chief, but romney, he seems to be riding pretty high after a new cnn poll shows he has broken out of his dead heat and has first place pretty much all to himself. let s go straight to the ground there to our cnn political correspondent jim acosta. i know you spent the day following around mitt romney, his campaign, and you know, if i may, it looks like mitt romney has a little extra pep in his step. reporter: i would say so, brooke. he has a spring in his
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