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Lose that we are very risk averse. and what happens is that when somebody gets out in front of the field, either a non-candidate like trump, daniels or christie or a candidate like bachmann, perry, cain and now gingrich, everybody closes in and hits them with negatives and they take quite a toll. the interesting thing about ron paul and mitt romney and rick santorum, the three candidates moving up sthr is they are the three that havent been hit -- mitt romney advanced and everybodys shadow. he p...

Lose that we are very risk averse. and what happens is that when somebody gets out in front of the field, either a non-candidate like trump, daniels or christie or a candidate like bachmann, perry, cain and now gingrich, everybody closes in and hits them with negatives and they take quite a toll. the interesting thing about ron paul and mitt romney and rick santorum, the three candidates moving up sthr is they are the three that havent been hit -- mitt romney advanced and everybodys shadow. he p...

Beneficial to mike huckabee in 2008. he got the endorsement of vander plaat, the other day. controversial though it was. you can take the discreet points and suggest that rick santorum is beginning to see a little momentum. if not seeing it yet, he set the stage so that in the coming days he could catch fire. >> bret: is there another primary going on here with the conservative wing here? the bachmann, santorum, rick perry, who comes out out of that as the winner of that group? >> yeah. there is...

>> reporter: while over in iowa newt slid in the polls as negative ads took over control. >> the heat thats going to come from obamas kitchen is going to be a heck of a lot hotter. >> if he wants to test the heat ill meet him anywhere in iowa next week. >> reporter: with gop in the field so lively and quick, who knows will stick. >> he is the guy you want to bring home to mom and dad. >> my numbers have always been above senator santorum so it makes no sense for me to drop out. >> reporter: on h...

And suddenly, youre the cool guy. and i know that sounds a little glib but thats what this race needs. perception and the psychological impact of a victory is going to be huge for the media, for the candidates, for their supporters, i really think its time for voters to start looking at how polls translate into actual votes in iowa and new hampshire, its crucial. >> congratulations on that win, by the way, in third grade. i hope you get a lot of fruit rollups. very healthy. >> ron paul who is nu...

Doubling his support from 6% up to 12%, meaning hes in winning territory all of a sudden. bachmann, the black line had a small surge but right about where she started the month. shes not going anywhere. 8%. rick santorum who has visited all 99 counties in iowa is doubling his support from 4% only up to 7%. as i said, this is crunch time. how do the candidates pull off a win? i mean really a win. or a surprise finish to get the big second headline on january 3rd. and thats a question for the expe...

keep your taxes from going up on january 1st. the president also made a point of thanking voters for telling congressional republicans to block the payroll tax cut extension. >> you reminded people in this town what our debates and all of our debates should be about. its about you, its about your lives. its about your families. >> jessica yellin was right there when the president said aloha and walked out of the briefing room is few hours ago. the president won this fight. the question...

Within one race against any of the other candidates prevailing, that are running in this field. jon: so in your view its likely going to be a romney victory in iowa? >> i dont know that any victory is likely in iowa at this point. i think that none of the candidates has a chance that approaches 50%. far less. youve got michele bachmann on her 99-county tour. youve got rick santorum with an endorsement by an influential christian conservative. youve got rick perry running lots of ads. so youve go...

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...

Reports.com. this seems to support the stories in the press the last week or so that newt gingrichs surge has seemed to peak an has dropped back. >> absolutely, newt gingrich showed at 32% a month ago, he slipped a little bit further. in iowa at the moment its become a race between romney and paul for the top. then youve got four other candidates. gingrich, rick perry, rick santorum and michelle bachmann who are all expecting to finish fourth, but romney is at the top of the heat. jon: one of th...