outfront tonight. newt sinking and santorum surging a brand-new poll out of iowa and it has stunning, new numbers. the former front-runner, newt gingrich, plunging from his top slot, down to fourth place. former pennsylvania senator rick santorum doing the opposite, he surged from single digits into third place. mitt romney now leads the pack with 25%, and there s another new poll out of new hampshire where the nation s second contest in the race for the gop nominee will be held one week later on january the 10th. mitt romney dominating his opposition there. he s at 44%. rivals ron paul and newt gingrich trailing 17% and 16%, respectively. let s go right to political correspondent joe johns. he s on the ground in iowa. joe, this is a bit of a shocker. santorum rising as much as he has. he was out there with representative steve king on the hunting trip. king did not endorse him on that trip. it made people wonder, we re so close, this is a guy to every county in the state.
gingrich is down. let s go outfront. good evening, i m ali velshi sitting in for erin burnett outfront tonight. newt sinking and santorum rising. newt gingrich plunging from his top spot down to fourth place. former governor rick santorum doing just the open sits. he surged from single digits into third place. mitt romney now leads the pack with 25% and there s another new poll out of new hampshire where the nation s second contest in the race for the gop nominee will be held one week later on january the 10th. mitt romney dominating his opposition there. he s at 44%. rivals ron paul and newt gingrich trailing 17% and 16% respectively. let s go right to political correspondent joe johns. he s on the ground in iowa. joe, this is a bit of a shocker. santorumizi santorumize santorum rising as much as he has. this is a guy that s been to every county in the state and he still couldn t get that endorsement. what has done that this for rick santorum? reporter: ali, i ve got to
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cred for the winner. three major contenders running bus towards, all with the exception of jon huntsman are there. ron paul, mitt romney, michele bachmann and rick santorum have events this hour. we ll dip into the events and delve into the latest campaign intrigues in our fair game segment just about a half an hour or so from now. remember all that fuss about raising the nation s debt ceiling? well, guess what? it is time to ask for the final installment in a series of debt hikes authorized back in august. when we came within just days of a government default. this one is worth about $1.2 trillion, pushing the legal debt limit to $16.4 trillion, and this time the fuss should be less, but not non-existent. the increase can only be blocked if both houses of congress pass a resolution against it, and president obama, for reasons unknown, signs it. none of that, of course, will happen. rick perry s not giving up on virginia. one of several gop candidates who failed to qualif
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