away from the first tests that count. the battle for iowa and the dramatic shift in the race as it goes down to the wire. newt gingrich is telling mitt romney he needs to man up about his negative attacks. romney is asking why gingrich is so angry. stand by for my interviews with gingrich and romney along with romney s wife ann. iowa s new rising star, rick santorum, and the surprising ron paul. welcome to our viewers from around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we re just a few days from the voting of the republican campaign and as the iowa caucus looms, mitt romney still leads in iowa with 25% and ron paul is right behind at 22%. but look at this. rick santorum has jumped into third place at 16%. meanwhile, gingrich plummeted to 14% down from 33% only a few weeks ago. rick perry, michele bachmann, and jon huntsman are all at the bottom. i sat down with gingrich has he was being barraged by attack ads. if you watch commercials, they are hitting
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Coming up, chuck todd joins me from iowa to give us the state of play on the ground and to share with us some of the surprising responses he got on his interview with newt gingrich. and on the rewrite there will be a measure on the california ballot during the republican presidential primary that will test the republican candidates belief in their anti-regulation, anti-tax rhetoric. that s coming up. [ male announcer ] it s easy to see what subaru owners care about. that s why we created the share the love event. get a great deal on a new subaru and 250 dollars goes to your choice of five charities. with your help, we can reach 20 million dollars
Anyone. that s interesting. i still have to put my money on barack obama at this point. thank you so much. so good to see you. happy new year. happy new year. add up all the blizzards, the tornadoes, the wildfires and hurricanes that hit us in 2011 and you have a record-breaking year for natural disasters. why? and will it happen again next year? rick is here to explain all of this. then kids caught miss behaving at school? that will go on their permanent record. what? and we aren t just saying that, the feds new move to track your children. yep. [ male announcer ] it s easy to see what subaru owners care about.
Chameleon. they want somebody who has been the real deal. i am that real deal and i am getting their support. sean: coming up, you will hear from former pennsylvania senator rick santorum as the special hannity caucus countdown continues. [ male announcer ] it s easy to see what subaru owners care about. that s why we created the share the love event. get a great deal on a new subaru and 250 dollars goes to your choice of five charities. with your help, we can reach 20 million dollars by the end of this, our fourth year. [ female announcer ] get 0 percent apr financing on select models for thirty-six months and we ll donate two-hundred and fifty dollars to your choice of five charities. now through january 3rd.