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Hes followed by pau by ron paul at 12% up from 8. jon huntsman and rick perry are at the bottom with 4% each. compare all that to the rear clear politics average of polls conducted in the weeks before iowa it showed romney and gingrich nearly tied followed by paul and perry. lets talk with independent pollster scott rasmussen, president of rasmussen reports.com. does it suggest that first of all iowa still matters in a big way because a lot of national perceptions, especially about someone like ...

Polling. that santorums move is unprecedented according to the register. >> that is indicative of this entire race where weve seen candidates catch fire and ride the huge waves of momentum and support only to fall down. santorum is the last man standing catching the wave at the right time there is momentum. these polls, perceptions become reality. a lot of these voters will entir the caucuses undecided and may want to go with the candidate who has momentum and seems to be winner and that could p...

So theres no question its bad timing. martha: it makes it fascinating, because you can never control whats going on in the rest of the world, and it does impact peoples perceptions. matt and kirsten, thank you. bill: kirstens inside. martha: she is. shes warm and toasty. bill: jon scott standing by, "happening now" standing by. happy new year to you. its going to be an amazing 2012. jon: it is going to be a wild one, bill, good morning to you. the first voting of the 2012 election starts tomorro...

Candidate in final days of polling. that santorums move is unprecedented according to the register. >> that is indicative of this entire race where weve seen candidates catch fire and ride the huge waves of momentum and support only to fall down. santorum is the last man standing catching the wave at the right time there is momentum. these polls, perceptions become reality. a lot of these voters will entir the caucuses undecided and may want to go with the candidate who has momentum and seems to...

♪ hello, there. its not quite 2012 yet. we still have some news to get to before the new year. im hala garani in washington. kyra phillips has the day off and we begin with the latest out of the united states in terms of politics this morning. lets get you straight to iowa and expecting any minute now, by the way, the new jersey governor chris christie will join mitt romney in iowa. christie is a rising star and many republicans wanted in this presidential race. he endorsed romney ...

Because of his organization could and thats where mitt is really at a disadvantage. he doesnt have the devotion. if the weather is good, mitt romney is in better shape. if the weather is bad, and its real tough to get out, ron paul will win. >> that is really interesting. all right, youve given us a lot to chew on. lets break it down a little bit. you have said, you said today and youve said for some period of time, you think that rick santorum is going to surprise people even if he doesnt win, ...

bipartisan support and house republicans rejected earlier this week. that opened up a divide between house hard-liners and the gop establishment. leading republican voices were openly calling on john baner to back down to agree to a two-month extension or risk ruining the bran. tonight, looking pretty grim. >> doing the right thing for the right reasons is always the right thing to do. and while everyone asks for a full-year extension of these programs, a lot of people wrn willing to p...

between house hard liners and the gop establishment. by yesterday leading republican voices were openly calling on house speaker john boehner to back down, to agree to a two-month extension or risk ruining the brand. tonight looking pretty grim he did. >> doing the right thing for the right reasons is always the right thing to do. while everyone asked for a full year extension of these programs, a lot of people werent willing to put the effort in as the holidays were approaching to get...

back down, to agree to a two-month extension or risk ruining the brand. tonight looking pretty grim he did. >> doing the right thing for the right reasons is always the right thing to do. while everyone asked for a full year extension of these programs, a lot of people werent willing to put the effort in as the holidays were approaching to get it done. our members were. so im proud of the efforts that they put into this. >> dana is going to join us to explain the mechanics of the deal,...

Is at 49 and congress is delaying, thats approval. thats a 38-point differential. forecast people dont even win by 38 points. so people like the president, and they think congress sninks and theyre doing this? its like teachers, blah blah blah, no one cares. >> im going to say that i think the numbers really do matter here. the payroll tax cut would put over $1,000 into the pockets of most middle class americans. >> per year. >> thats not nothing. >> and three million people are going to lose th...