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That is tough medicine in iowa where retail politics matters. gingrich is running a campaign debt and hasnt been able to compete on the air very much. the barrage of attack ads needed to be responded to and he didnt have the money in order to do that. there is a battle for the back of the pack. were less than almost 52 hours away, iowa caucuses will have a turnout of somewhere in the neighborhood of 120,000. so remember heather, 40,000 or 50,000 votes could make a difference that will not make y...

There a serial arsonist under ort loose. and to help the new housing industry. critics say it benefits the banks. >> heather: at first, we are 48 hours away from the first big test of the 2012 presidential elections. the iowa caucuses and "des moines register" poll those shows mitt romney is a virtual tie with congressman ron paul. other candidates are surging and there is a remarkable number of undecided voters that could change the race. here is how the contest looks. this new poll landed mi...

Rather than focus on the donors you have to focus on the overall message, that is certainly fair game. >> gregg: and that was the ad, we were playing, that contains -- actually an attack ad containing an ad which newt gingrich ran with nancy pelosi and look, his former press secretary, who is now a top advisor to the pro gingrich super pac, he has one of those, said the following and ill put that up on the screen. it is ridiculous that we have the ability to raise unlimited money and direct the ...

Since the supreme court decision the first amendment allowing for unlimited advertising by individuals, corporations, and unions, but, you know, john, isnt it important or relevant for voters to know who is behind the ads? arguably the information would allow voters to discount the negative ads that slandered or biased or untruthful in some cases? >> well, of course the ads are slanted and biased, that is why they are on the air. more importantly than the donors we should look at the ads and say...

>> heather: steve, in terms of boots on the ground, who has them in iowa? >> reporter: the most impressive display of just numbers, on the ground, boots on the ground, has been the rick perry campaign. i flew in with a gentleman on monday, and he identified himself from florida and talked about a strike force of 200, since then, rick perry talked about 350 folks coming up from texas and there were other accounts and we havent been able to confirm, suggesting as many as 500 volunteers, have come ...

The first amendment allowing for unlimited advertising by individuals, corporations, and unions, but, you know, john, isnt it important or relevant for voters to know who is behind the ads? arguably the information would allow voters to discount the negative ads that slandered or biased or untruthful in some cases? >> well, of course the ads are slanted and biased, that is why they are on the air. more importantly than the donors we should look at the ads and say, is it truthful? the ads you hav...

People who may not like the ads. rather than focus on the donors you have to focus on the overall message, that is certainly fair game. >> gregg: and that was the ad, we were playing, that contains -- actually an attack ad containing an ad which newt gingrich ran with nancy pelosi and look, his former press secretary, who is now a top advisor to the pro gingrich super pac, he has one of those, said the following and ill put that up on the screen. it is ridiculous that we have the ability to rais...

Candidates for president making a big push between now and tuesday, going after those undecided voters. rick santorum, picking up support in the polls, in the northwest, michelle bachmann, newt gingrich, rick perry, all near the center of the state. and, mitt romney is stumping in the southwest. steve brown is live for us in iowa. steve, can he turn the momentum into caucus votes? >> reporter: that is the key question and it appears to be beginning to come his way, santorum is in over 370 events...

Campaign in relative obscurity. then the last few minutes, last two days of the campaign, social conservatives flex their muscles in iowa and it looks like they are beefing up for rick santorum. it suggests it will be very interesting race in three days. rick perry the texas governor that did lead the polls at one point back in august is now scrambling to hang on to fourth. he is talking about bringing his campaign to south carolina which would skip ahead of new hampshire. he says he has the inf...

>> gregg: newt gingrichs poll numbers taking a plunge in iowa, many point to an onslaught of recent attack ads like this one: >> hi, im nancy pelosi. >> we do agree, our country must take action to address climate change. if enough of us demand action from our leaders. >> together we can do this. >> gregg: thanks to loopholes in the campaign finance law it is anybodys guess who is actually behind the ads, super pacs can remain anonymous until after the votes are cast in the first four primary an...