marie antoinette. cnn s jim acosta at romney s early stops in iowa today. jim? reporter: candy, there are several reasons for mitt romney s growing confidence, one is the fact that we ve been talking about this for several days, newt gingrich has been staying positive, not going after mitt romney. ron paul, romney s chief rival in the state is leaving the state and going back to texas to spend new year s eve with his wife and family. michele bachmann, a former campaign manager, ed rollins, tell me via e-mail today, that michele bachmann has basically been laying off of mitt romney in the hopes of being his vice presidential running mate. no surprise romney on the campaign earlier with chris christie going after president obama, comparing him, as you said, to french royalty. the other day president obama said that you know it could be worse. that was his line it could be worse. can you imagine hearing that from a pessimistic president? it could be worse. that goes down wit
tonight and tomorrow morning elsewhere. in new hampshire. he s also back to attacking president obama. this time, comparing him to marie antoinette. cnn s jim acosta at romney s early stops in iowa today. jim? reporter: candy, there are several reasons for mitt romney s growing confidence, one is the fact that we ve been talking about this for several days, newt gingrich has been staying positive, not going after mitt romney. ron paul, romney s chief rival in the state is leaving the state and going back to texas to spend new year s eve with his wife and family. michele bachmann, a former campaign manager, ed rollins, tell me via e-mail today, that michele bachmann has basically been laying off of mitt romney in the hopes of being his vice presidential running mate. no surprise romney on the campaign earlier with chris christie going after president obama, comparing him, as you said, to french royalty. the other day president obama said that you know it could be worse. th