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this is important, because it s the last day before the iowa caucuses, just 19 days away. and while newt gingrich remains the national front-runner, he has been losing steam. take a look at the latest poll. this is a gallup poll that shows in the beginning of december, just ten days ago, 37% of republican voters say they will pick newt. 22% picked mitt romney. but here s how it looks now. newt s number has dropped to 29%. romney, as no doubt he s incredibly frustrated by, remains the same. but it doesn t go down, remains around the same, 24%. as we ve seen in this race, anything can happen in the next few weeks. the swings have been dramatic and certainly didn t require 19 days. so how did the candidates do at the debate tonight? game changers? joining us now, john avalon, contributor. david frum, former speechwriter for george w. bush, and ron christie, national republican editor for govote.com. good to have all of you with us. let s get straight to it. first, let s st ....
once it was hijacked? and the federal government fails us time and time again. let s go, outfront. i m erin burnett. countdown to shutdown. 28 hours to go. feel like deja vu? me too. i feel like bill murray in the ground hog day. put your hand in mine the government is due to shut down tomorrow. then put your little hand in mine we re now less than 30 hours away from the government shutting down. only this isn t ground hog day. this is our reality. this is the eighth time this year that the united states of america has been flirting with a shutdown. remember august when the misguided debt ceiling debacle costed the entire country the top credit rating in the world? these shutdowns aren t about politics, they re about money. democrats and republicans never passed the full budget. this time the government will run out of money tomorrow at midnight unless a bill is passed. what s strange about this shutdown is democrats and republicans have mostly ....
hello, everyone. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, the republican candidates for president have just finished debating in iowa. this is important, because it s the last day before the iowa caucuses, just 19 days away. and while newt gingrich remains the national front-runner, he has been losing steam. take a look at the latest poll. this is a gallup poll that shows in the beginning of december, just ten days ago, 37% of republican voters say they will pick newt. 22% picked mitt romney. but here s how it looks now. newt s number has dropped to 29%. romney, as no doubt he s incredibly frustrated by, remains the same. but it doesn t go down, remains around the same, 24%. as we ve seen in this race, anything can happen in the next few weeks. the swings have been dramatic and certainly didn t require 19 days. so how did the candidates do at the debate tonight? game changers? joining us now, john avalon, contributor. david frum, former speechwriter for george w. bush, and r ....