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Definitely a race to the finish in iowa this morning. the republican candidates are blitzing the state, racing the clock and we're just ten hours away from iowa's presidential caucuses now, heartland voters will crush some dreams and they'll fuel some others. and the six candidates campaigning in the state are hoping for the most elusive iowa export. political momentum pushing them toward the big white house. now the race too close to call according to "the des moines register," but mitt romney in a dead heat with ron paul, and rick santorum still surging and in third place today the candidate...

Attacks, he's the political answer to wes craven. and you can all google his name. he's the author of the freddy kruger and "scream" movies. bottom line is you have to have -- newt gingrich doesn't have the character or the credibility or the positive approval ratings to be able to convince anyone of anything. so, no, he can't convince anyone that mitt romney is dishonest. >> i don't know why i knew that name because i hate scary movies, but i did. will? >> i tried to help. >> i don't think he can convince people that romney is dishonest and i think he should probably stop trying. soledad on h...

Popularity plunge and he's trying to make up the ground with the bus tour that is blanketing the state right now. we're waiting for him to arrive at this hour's stop, ellie's tea and coffeehouse. that's in muscatine, am i saying that right? >> yes. >> we'll take a closer look at the gingrich campaign and others, and paul steinhauser is in des moines. he's saying he'll score an upset win. what's with the shift of confidence? >> reporter: yeah, lowering expectations. i love it, christine is keeping you and me and everyone honest. she's an iowa native and she's great on the pronouncers. kyra, thr...

You wouldn't know it by all the media attention and the candidates haven't had much time to spend, but the one thing that's the same is most of the ads out there are negative, big surprise. kyra? >> so, who is spending the most? >> texas governor rick perry is spending the most. his campaign, kyra, shells out almost $2 million on spots in iowa and another half a million came from the independent superpac working on his behalf. and second is mitt romfully and his superpac spent $1.6 million and rounding out the top three ron paul of texas spent $900,000. gingrich, santorum, bachmann are followi...

christine romans will show you why iowa voters may not be asking the same questions as you. let's go ahead and begin with jim in west des moines. you've been with rick santorum almost 24/7. you do let the guy sleep. what's that been like? >> reporter: it has been amazing to watch, kyra. who would have thought when all of this got start that had we would be chasing rick santorum around in the final 24 hours before the iowa caucuses that the international press, he had the japanese, the german and the french, the british press all tailing him yesterday and testifies drawing some very b...