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>> reporter: a classic iowa piece of shenanigans at the very last minute. we were talking just yesterday about when would the type of thing happen that traditionally and historically does in iowa that sort of scrambles the race for a moment or more, and last night it was iowa state senator kent sorenson who walked out at ron pauls event and endorsed the texas congressman. endorsements are a dime of dozen, but not when youre talking about the chairman of the michele bachmann campaign in iowa. he ...

[inaudible] >> yes. >> this is not come as surprise to them? they knew before you came? >> i have had numerous conversations with them over the last few days. gregg: bachmann is now hitting back saying sorenson defected after the paul camp offered him money to do so. ron pauls people denying that charge. patti ann: meanwhile bachmann continued her criticism of ron paul on the factor with bill oreilly. the minnesota congresswoman says paul is too dangerous to president. >> it will not be ron paul...

Setback for michele bachmann. patti ann: carl cameron, thank you. gregg: the leaders of iowas conservative evangelical movement now saying east michele bachmann or rick santorum needs to bow out. two influential pastors have asked both candidates to consider stepping aside in order to avoid splintering the evangelical vote. pastor kerry gordon telling "fox & friends" hed like to see the two join forces. >> there does need to be a coalescing of these campaigns, and i think it would be easier for ...

"the daily caller". santorum has jumped 11 points in one week alone. vaulting him within third place, striking distance from the top. do you think his strategy going to all 99 counties the last year-and-a-half, good old-fashioned retail politics is beginning to pay off and can he win iowa? >> if the latest polls are any indication looks like that strategy was pretty good. it was just a few weeks ago that santorums lone toil in the iowa wilderness didnt seem to pay any dividends. the republican v...

Were moving upward though. thats a good sign. patti ann: there are of course two critical contests in the next 12 days, iowa and new hampshire. if romney wins both he will be the first nonincumbent republican candidate in history to win the states back-to-back. romney is holding three campaign meet and gets with voters today in iowa -- greets. gregg: big surprise. michele bachmann iowa chairman suddenly switching team. republican state senator throwing behind ron paul. sorenson making the switch...

Here, we have one. who knows how to explain this? we have explaining on fox news earlier someone still working for michele bachmann essentially get his back saying there is no money involved here. i dont know where the claims are coming from. >> chris: a guy working for michele bachmann? >> yes. >> no longer working for michele bachmann. he was fired. >> right. not surprising. >> a little offmessage. >> this doesnt help anybody. i mean its one of the process stories. when you have candidates who...

Better life. i believe in that america and in the campaign to come, the america ideals of economic freedom need a clear and unapologetic defense and i intend to make it because i have lived it. >> yes, that was a tim pawlenty cameo in that ad. the campaign has approximately 7 75,000 on the air. theyre planning to spend the night in iowa on caucus night, do all of their morning show interviews from des moines. not from manchester. talk about confidence. theyre going to doxz morning show interview...

Ship and joined ronç pauls campaign later that day. bachmann made a surprise appearance in des moines last night. >> i believe were in a turning point in this campaign, i believe that we have an opportunity to elect a consecutive, someone who holds our values dear, were going to take ron paul of the way to the white house, 2012. >> now, in iowa, bachmann was quick to lash out in a statement. heres what she said. >> kent sorenson personally told me that he was offered a large sum of money to go...

A lot of people are still undecided. they look to trend toward santorum. michele bachmanns way what chair left and went to pauls campaign. that shows you are watching bachmann lose somebody, which is good for santorum. the more you see people moving away from bachmann, the more you can expect maybe the people to start moving toward santorum. >> chris: i am surprised that gingrich spent final days talking about the process and negative ads, the old newt, the new newt. not talking about message. >...

Father. meant to end speculation about the power struggle in the wake of kim jong-ils death. the tiny nation of samoa will make an unusual leap into the future as it crosses the international deadline tonight. theyll skip from december 29th to directly december 31st to align its time with trading partners throughout the region. it also means for all intents and purposes, december 30th, 2011, has been canceled. lot of days i would like to skip over. good work, samoa. as chuck has reported. iowa...