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Debate. its down to technically, four-person race. i think its a mistake for him to skip that race. its inconsistent with his strategy. i thought with the money he is spending in georgia with advertising that he wanted to try and take you into the gingrich down. that is not the way to do it. newt is going to be very strong. >> ive just heard cnn cancelled the debate. they cancelled the debate. >> wow! given that, given that, it was going to be good for newt if they didnt cancel the debate. its s...

Conservatism and in order to beat the president, no longer cover political story the entire primary season is the fact the presidents approval numbers, not skyrocketing up are on a very clear ascent. he hovered around 40% approval from july to december. he is up in the high 40s. he is not somebody who is going to have a cake walk to re-election but he is clearly in the range where he is starting to look a lot more like where george w. bush was in 2004, you know, as opposed to, you know, as oppos...

Hitting gingrich, the real question for romney is can he project a positive reason for conservatives to vote for him. sand on far at least, i dont hear anything coming out of the romney campaign that is that. hes got to find a message that connects can conservative voters at the same time as he takes gingrich down. he has to get the positive half right if hes going to be able to win in florida and beyond. >> all right. john heilemann, phase two of your birthday president comes in about 20 minute...

Would increase their taxes by 8 7,000. romney down by 82,000. and gingrich down by 340,000. and if you go to the very last chart and you see what this does to federal revenues, obama would increase them by $154 billion, and romney cuts them by, and it would pay for your part d medicare and then some. >> seven years. wow. >> john heilemann, how -- how much do people pay attention to this on the campaign trail? i know, obviously "the wall street journal" editorial page, a lot of other conservative...

arkansas. and tornado watches still up in a number of places. cnn meteorologist rob marciano, i heard you back there. cant keep up with the board and everything else going on. whats the latest? >> whats eerie about this situation is that theres a path of the tornado took is a similar path to the one that hit them in april. north of tuscaloosa and northern birmingham. not similar results but still two fatalities. and i want to show you the latest on where this is all going. the most dam...

Campaign. that pack spending, wolf, has been spent overwhelmingly on attack ads against newt gingrich. a big part of romneys rise in iowa, bringing gingrich down. >> iowa is going to be over with tuesday night. what happens beyond iowa? >> its a fascinating question. most of the focus is here. as you know, governor huntsman is not playing. hes up in new hampshire. you see some spending up here in new hampshire. that will intensify dram matt particularly right after iowa. i want to focus on this....

A big part of romneys rise in iowa, bringing gingrich down. >> iowa is going to be over with tuesday night. what happens beyond iowa? >> its a fascinating question. most of the focus here. as you know, governor huntsman is not playing. hes up in new hampshire. you see some spending up here in new hampshire. that will intensify intramatically right after iowa. i want to focus on this. south carolina comes next. a little spending down there. thats not surprising. but whats this? floridas fourth. w...

Iowa, bringing gingrich down. >> iowa is going to be over with tuesday night. what happens beyond iowa? >> its a fascinating question. most of the focus here. as you know, governor huntsman is not playing. hes up in new hampshire. you see some spending up here in new hampshire. that will intensify intramatically right after iowa. i want to focus on this. south carolina comes next. a little spending down there. thats not surprising. but whats this? floridas fourth. whats all that spending here? t...

polling station with the final numbers from iowa to show us whos on top right now and why everything could change on tuesday. and our ali velshi is over at the social media screen keeping tabs on what americans are saying online about the candidates. its been a very busy new years day out on the campaign trail in iowa. cnns jim acosta is covering the last big push for votes. jim, set the scene for us. a very important day today. >> reporter: thats right, wolf. and newt gingrich is not ...

Forth here. but the bottom line is, any time mitt romney is talking about his trustee and his blind trust that is not a good moment. >> it ns not a good moment. but it was the ability to neutralize that moment and for him to turn and csay, have yoch your own investments, you are doing the same thing? he showed fight and he looked like he was in good shape to do it. he shut gingrich down, gingrich is asking for a truce and romney is saying no, maybe you should have the guts to say in front of me ...