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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 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 you didnt blame little john or meatloaf. y...

The up and down battle for the republican presidential nomination that according to one new poll there is a new front-runner in that state. nbcs michelle franzen has more. >> reporter: republican presidential candidates continue to make the rounds before the holidays, taking jabs at their opponents and taking some heat on the campaign trail. in des moines, iowa, protesters interrupted newt gingrich during a speech at the statehouse. meanwhile the rift between gingrich and mitt romney is getting ...

bill, if you can get this fixed, why not -- why not do the right thing for the american people even though its not exactly what we want. >> full details of the deal, the compromise and reaction. president obama said, for the past several weeks ive stated consistently it was critical congress not go home without preventing a tax increase on 160 mill americans. an agreement meet thats test. more reaction coming as well. latest on the details and the political fallout. dana bash is with u...

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...

romney romney, now tied nationally among republicans. each with 28% support. congressman ron paul runs a distant third with 14%. the other candidates all trail in single digits. moments ago, gingrich at a media event as he struggle to reverse the slide. >> the only person who profits from republican ads attacking other republicans is barack obama and i think thats a pretty reprehensible behavior on the part of some of the candidates. so im going to be honest. we did this saturday morni...

reiterated his pledge saying, please, republicans should all be nice. heres mr. gingrich, in his own words. >> i only have one opponent, thats barack obama. i have a number of friends running and one opponent. and im going to run this campaign on a positive basis because i believe the people of iowa are smart enough that they can see the difference between somebody trying to help the country and somebody who simply is running a negative campaign. >> can he stay positive is the big ques...

Which he said he may. newt gingerich sent a letters to staffers saying he will not run negative attack ads and urged his staff to remain positive. the gloves will come off when the attack ads hits. gingrich says he will not run them. >> shepard: rick perry, who has fallen off the planet in texas, launched an attack ad of his own today. >> he has. rick perry has been running a lot of ads in iowa. there is a super pac supporting him thats run ads. the latest is the second critical ad where he goes...

Its not like the difference we see between gingrich and romney in the primary polls. but its other a significant difference and we see it repeated in poll after poll. we see it in the national polls when they are matched up against obama and we see it in the breakout of other polls where you see the independents slightly preferring romney. thats where he gets the edge. >> and its like the margin of error when you compare the two. governor romney and speaker gingrich are slightly the same, except...

Ohio. >> its not a huge difference. its not like the difference we see between gingrich and romney in the primary polls. but its other a significant difference and we see it repeated in poll after poll. we see it in the national polls when they are matched up against obama and we see it in the breakout of other polls where you see the independents slightly preferring romney. thats where he gets the edge. >> and its like the margin of error when you compare the two. governor romney and speaker gi...

but one eu member, the uk, is refusing to give up any of its budget powers. well get details from our own richard quest just moments from now. and still no agreement in washington on the future of payroll tax cuts. both parties say they want to prevent what amounts to a tabs hike on 160 million americans come january 1st. but they differ on how to pay for it. democrats want a surtax on millionaires. republicans want spending cuts. well, now republicans in the house want to tie a ta...