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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 and caucus contests, so, how is this impacting the voting process...

>> 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...

>> chuck todd and peter alexander are in iowa tonight. >> abcs john carl in iowa for us tonight. >> well turn our critical edge on reporters in iowa and washington and especially the surge in negative reporting about ron paul. >> this the skeleton in ron pauls closet. this is from the ron paul newsletter. >> so you read them but you didnt do anything about it at the time. >> i never read this stuff. >> why did the press take so long to start examining the congressmans sometimes inflamm...

Just stick to social issues and say thats going to catapult me to victory. >> when you look at the polling, our new poll, 59% of voters polled say that they are committed to rick santorum. he has the highest number of committed voters. ron paul has 54%. mitt romney has 51%. the fewest are committed to him. enthusiasm and commitment matters when youre in a caucus state. >> it matters a great deal. theres some classic elements. passion is an element. an organization is another element. the questio...

Actually what is going on on the ground there in syria. we are far from this being over. to give you a little example of the kind of things that are going on there, the syrian intelligence agency and also the syrian police, according to a number of arab league television stations. the syrian intelligence agency and syrian police are dressing up as observers going into the town. as soon as anyone tells them about the alleged atrocities or things that are going on they arrest the people that are r...

San francisco santas. >> is that crazy or what? >> bill: caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone, the factor begins right now. captions by closed captioning services >> bill: hi, im bill oreilly. thanks for watching us tonight. suppressing the presidential vote. that is the subject of this evenings talking points memo. this year eight state have passed new laws that require voters to show photo identification at the polls. that makes 15 states which require a photo id to vote. some libe...

Right now the polling in south carolina looks like this. insider advantage this week has newt gingrich in first, mitt romney in second and herman cain in third. earlier this month the polling company also had gingrich in first, but cain in second and romney in third. then the last one for january, the very end of january on the 31st, thats florida. in florida, the insider advantage poll this week has newt gingrich in first, mitt romney in second and cain in third place. thats how it stacks up th...

First, goiingrich in second and ron paul in third. on saturday is the south carolina primary. right now the polling in south carolina looks like this. insider advantage this week has newt gingrich in first, mitt romney in second and herman cain in third. earlier this month the polling company also had gingrich in first, but cain in second and romney in third. then the last one for january, the very end of january on the 31st, thats florida. in florida, the insider advantage poll this week has ne...

Sunday. so when you pass a law that very carefully cuts that final sunday out of the voting process, thats not a question about how we vote. thats a question about who is voting. we talked about students just a moment ago, and the work that heather and rock the vote is doing. in the state of texas, if you have a student i. dishes, you can no longer use that student i.d. in order to vote. however, however, you can use a gun license in order to vote in the state of texas. so, again, its a question...

Where it comes down. newt will say im more conservative and more electable and romney will say do you really want a career politician back in the oval office? >> what do you think of these arguments? >> look, its going to stretch on a lot longer than we might appreciate. because when the voting starts in january, youve got iowa, new hampshire, and florida. its not winner take all. its not first -- >> this is first time for us. >> i believe so. >> that makes an enormous difference. that means the...