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our latest polls on the republican race, they are just coming out this minute andy sho stunning change in fortune for two of the republican hopefuls. mitt romney still plead leads in iowa with 21%. ron paul is right behind at 22%. but look at this. rick santorum has jumped into third place with 16%. tripling his shows just three weeks ago. meantime, newt gingrich has fallen off a cliff. at least it seems like it now. hes at only 14% down from 33% in our last poll. rick perry is at 11%....

rhetoric certainly is getting sharper. and there are seven major candidates now but after seven more days, will some of those candidates start falling by the wayside on the campaign trail? thats coming up in our strategy session this hour. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." were here in dubuque. a bit chilly but no snow. its getting ready, a week from today, the iowa caucuses. youre looking at live pictures from dubuque. this will be the first state to have an impact on ...

Who have already decided that president obama doesnt deserve a second term, this is not going to change their minds. and for those who are maybe on the fence, something like this on an attack ad, do you -- if whoever the republican nominee is can make hay out of it, so be it. i dont think it will be a deciding factor. if i were him, i probably would not have said that. >> id love to hear from the hawaiians this morning. they have the slogan hang loose, i wonder if its offensive or not. >> well s...

Him say im a little lazy? >> imagine if he applied himself, the things he could do. hes already said hes the fourth best president ever. if he worked a little harder. >> why would he say that, dana? >> i think sometimes youre searching for something to say and i think its true. did you see mrs. obamas face, shes like -- >> exactly what youre talking about. >> he works probably 18 hours a day, seven days a week. >> and plays golf the rest of the time. i think that he -- hes probably looking for s...

And theyve taken measures to keep the banking industry and the financial markets moving. they have not solved the sovereign debt crisis. you have a lot of these countries still way indebted and that is very, very troubling. so there is a growing chorus right now of people expecting the euro region to actually break up and the euro as a currency itself go bye-bye. i think you might see in terms of like inflo of foreign investors might turn and invest in the u.s. jamie: come on over, folks. >> tha...

And the nice from the campaign trail. >> tu candidates know -- the candidates know most voters will be distracted in the upcoming three-day christmas and new year weekend. >> thank you for coming out two days before christmas. >> the holidays will slash productive campaign time in half in the last 11 days before iowa lead-off ku cusss. political ads can turn off voters now more than ever. >> i hoch all ads come down over the christmas weekend. its probably a time people would rather watch footba...

Country, because it is more than about just serving that nominee, it is about serving the country. it was a heart felt answer. it was more in the line of service to the country than anything else. in terms of the money race, a lot of what you see are people used to having a lot of influence, a lot of money being raised currently, and the reality is in the end the american people get to decide. were having a great response in terms of fund-raising as well. we have a great response in terms of vol...

If you cant stand the heat in this little kitchen, wait until obamas hells kitchen turns up the heat. >> eric: effective. >> bob: i wonder what political consultant wrote that line. >> eric: is newt trying to keep republicans shooting each other or protecting them? who has the most to lose with the negative attack ad? >> bob: clearly, gingrich. in the last week this iowa, gingrich subjected to a massive negative campaign, the last two weeks. its worked. that is the point. fallen down in a tie wi...

Uploaded on october 19th and comes in at number nine. just ahead of republican attack ad aimed at president obama which came in at ten. and the president makes the list twice. number four is the death of osama bin laden and number two, his remarks at the white house correspondents dinner. >> in an etch soed of episode, they did not impress the judges from omaha steaks. there was a lot of blame to go around. you, mr. trump, recognized that the real problem was a lack of leadership. so ultimately ...

Is this a generous move or is this a strategic move to not flood the airwaves with negative rhetoric? >> i think its a strategic move. i mean, the folks in iowa dont want to be bombarded with negative messages over the christmas holidays. remember, the iowa caucuses are january 3rd. so theyre all coming into the home stretch. and theyre trying to use every, i think, advantage that they possibly can to get people to caucus for them. whether it works, well find out on january 3rd. but i dont think...