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Questions about what donald trump says. as long as he continues to say controversial things, they're going to have to face those questions, and it does distract, certainly, what they want to talk about. that's the reality of campaigning right now. >> you know, lauren, the nbc survey monkey age lis shows cary fiorina won that debate. >> there's no guarantees, of course. you have to start to do better in the polls. she certainly got a lot of attention. when we were talking to voters, people seem to be a little excited about her. she seems to be a candidate that can talk about hillary clinton, in...

family and said he would decide whether fund-raising is strong enough to stay in the race at least through the iowa caucuses 35 days from now. steve grubs is cain's chairman, on the conference call this morning and is with us live to start the program from davenport, iowa. tell me your gut. does your gut tell you yes or no you'll have a candidate come saturday or sunday? >> i think we'll definitely have a campaign and a candidate come this weekend and all the way to january 3rd. the real issue is, you know, the impact on the iowa cam. . we've got almost 900 precinct captains in place...

Candidate. newt gingrich is a debate candidate are they not? >> reporter: that's right and rick perry is not a debate candidate, that's why he has sung so low. he says he's in the a great debater. he better improve or he's not going to do real well in iowa. he's at 7% in the latest poll he's got to step it up in the next several weeks or his campaign is probably going to implode. he's going to do well in iowa. megyn: i want to leave the viewers with that, iowa is known of being the state that will weed out some of the weaker candidates. they believe that could include perhaps rick santorum, ba...

Older, whiter and fatter than the american average. why is herman cain leading newt gingrich in the caucus campaign. iowa is 92% white. it goes on from there. barack obama won there as well. does newt gingrich have a chance or what do you make you have the gingrich v cain drama in iowa. >> reporter: politics has changed dramatically over the last 10 or 15 years. herman cain, an african-american is doing so well. gingrich is very good in the debates. he's taken back an said list wean can't attack each other we have to attack president obama. that has resonate wed a lot of voters on the republic...