back, wolf. jessica, thanks, very, very much. let s dig deeper right now on our strategy session. joining us, a pair of cnn contributors, republican strategist and democratic strategist. first to you, alex. are the iowa republicans really being energized in the process the way the iowa democrats right now aren t? i think the republicans are certainly energized. i was talking to a campaign operative today who had a rally for his candidate and he said, look, my relatives were there. my parents were there. they are undecided but they are still going to all these rallies. trying to get him to vote for his candidate. the point is, wolf, sometimes you look at surveys and say an undecided 49%. still making up their minds. sometimes it means uninterested. i m being told, no, they are
son, it is much closer to being closed than it is when he s not. actual lit opposite. his son was standing next to him. i ve seen him be more expansive. this won t come down to what his son thinks. this comes down to what congress thinks. no one knows the answer. well continue this conversation. stay right here. how do you like our new cnn election center. back to the roots here. a part of cnn. we have a lot more to discuss, guys. a new missile test by iran. we are watching mitt romney s campaign event. we will go there live. stay with us. that s john thune introducing him right now. the senator.
certainly will. here is a look at some of the other headlines making news on the cnn political ticker. almost two out of three iowa rub insiders see mitt romney winning tomorrow s caucuses. cnn saw several activists and insiders. 63% are predicting a romney victory. 27% think ron paul will win. 6% of the political pros say the race in iowa is just too close to call. jon huntsman is pumping more of his own money into the white house bid. the former governor says he will match his campaign dollar for dollar until midnight wednesday. he already loaned his campaign more than $2 million and is banking it all on next aek new hampshire primary. senior adviser tells cnn daily contributions to santorum s campaign are up as much as 400% from only ten days ago. a cnn poll shows santorum coming
unaffiliated with the campaigns. however in reality, they are very much an extension of the campaigns. run by former senior advisers. gingrich called restore our future a phony super pac, saying that to romney. that s your staff and your organization. those are your millionaire friends paying for it. we called and e-mailed romney s campaign for response. we didn t hear back. contacted by cnn an official at restore our future, which is run out of this building in washington, wouldn t comment on gingrich s criticism, wouldn t discuss strategy. but at least two people on the board of that super pac are former romney supervisors. records show hotel magnates jw and richard mariott each gave at least $45u7b,000 to restore our future this election cycle. paulson gave a million dollars. we tried to contact them but possibly due to the federal holiday, we didn t hear back.
in third among likely iowa caucus goers. be sure to go to cnn.com/ticker. good place to go. a check of the day s other top stories is next. then, not just republicans taking iowa by storm. obama campaign is up and running there as well. we are going inside their game plan. plus mitt romney s wife, ann. is she his secret weapon? well talk about that and more on our strategy session. nyquil (stuffy): hey, tylenol. you know we re kinda like twins. tylenol: we are? nyquil (stuffy): yeah, we both relieve coughs, sneezing, aches, fevers. tylenol: and i relieve nasal congestion. nyquil (stuffy): overachiever. anncr vo: tylenol cold multi-symptom nighttime relieves nasal congestion. nyquil cold & flu doesn t. takes everything you ve got wouldn t you like to get away?