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>> your point is well taken. now theyve all spent effectively weeks helping mitt romney. every time they do something it tends to make mitt romney look more and more like the one contender in the republican field who is actually a potential president. he now has the money to spend. hes on the air. its to waz in and it be poised for a victory in iowa. should he achieve that and its awfully hard to see how they get any traction going forward. >> you point out in your piece in vanity fair that in a...

And with regards to my tax returns, why, time will tell. thats not something im planning today, but never say never. >> but, if you were president, its not that hard to make a commitment that if youre elected president of the united states, that you would release the tax returns, every president does. >> know, if i become president, why then ill consider that. its a little premature for me to be talking about that at this stage. >> is there some secret? people know youre wealthy. >> yeah, i unde...

that its krun f time? and were digging deeper into ron pauls writings and finding -- sexual harassment victims. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." were here in the new cnn election center counting down to the final few days and hours before the first contest of 2012. the new iowa poll out today reenforcing mitt romneys place at the top of the pack, running neck and neck with ron paul. it drives home the bombshell findings of our poll this week, sh showing rick santorum has...

A time not for split ticketing but for straight party voting. so now i think the republican candidate will be clearly favored. it may be that the democrats cant even come up with a first-class nominee. jon: they have been talking about senator bob kerrey who used to represent that state. he has been in new york for a long time but would he be a possibility, a strong contender? >> if he runs. ill be surprised if he does. you know he hasnt been back to nebraska for a long time and he was there and...

>> i think the reason why i still think that newt gingrich is not to be discarded, we have seen the flavor of the month. his bubble has not burst as drastically as the folks we have seen come in. if you look at the polls in south carolina and florida, he does very well despite the fact that iowa and new hampshire, he is a bit lagging and attracts a lot of media attention. i think he cannot be written off. >> ron paul has been seen as this french candidate and a little bit crazy who was a funny c...

support him. hes followed by ron paul at 22%. rick santorum is now third with 16%. newt gingrich is at 14%. michele bachmann is on the campaign trail in des moines right now, a day after one of her high profile advisers defected. bachmann is likely to face questions about the decision by state senator ken sorenson to jump ship and throw his support behind ron paul. were keying an eye on bachmanns media event and well take you there live for some of the q and a session. he may be th...

Hes going to try to use as much political power as he can to put the protests down and military power. today four more people were killed, gregg. gregg: can the observers do any good? >> reporter: its an excellent question. they are unarmed and have no power to stop the violence. another piece of video coming out of syria showing that other than using automatic weapons they are using teargas. that is a minor, minor improvement. weve heard from a number of syrian residents that they are terrified...

Him very well, and the fact that hes a contender, and a player, and is going to win the nomination, its a moot point. the ppp poll you referred to last night showed a remarkable thing, it showed ron paul leading among evangelical christians in iowa, over perry, bachmann and gingrich. it bodes well for him in south carolina and him winning the nomination and the presidency. "the washington post" poll three days ago showed him doing better than newt gingrich against barack obama and a statistical ...

Necessary to appear. this past weekend the former speakers campaign put out a statement. on on knowledge a failed system excludes four out of six candidates. they should have the right to vote for any top contender. >> in new hampshire, according to a new boston globe ball, mitt romney leads the pack with a wide margin, 79%. jon huntsman is in fourth place with 11%. and whoever is whom nate goes against president obama has their work cut out for them. for the first time since the summer more ame...

If you want to do it the right way you better get started early. >> reporter: and santorum has been to all 99 counties in iowa and did so earlier this year. michele bachmann currently on a bus tour will accomplish that goal. santorum did it a little bit earlier. those sorts of things do count quite a bit out here, heather. heather: who has the caucus campaigns that are working in iowa? >> reporter: i think you have to put santorum in that group. most certainly michele bachmann based on how she d...