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Back when he first entered the race. rick santorum has never caught on as of yet. this is the expectations game. if one of these lower tier candidates manages to surprise people and overperform and finish third that could be the story coming out of iowa. gregg: got to go. tom bevin, "real clear politics". thanks very much. >> thanks, gregg. gregg: fox news is america's election headquarters. tune in for complete coverage of iowa caucuses january 3rd, 6:00 p.m. fox news, your front row seat for politics. heather: we're not done with it yet. more on mitt romney and his chances in iowa. a member ...

Campaign hasn't been built for the long haul. newt gingrich's rise we saw about a month ago, they actually have been runging this campaign by the site of their pants. to their credit, they qualified for an ohio ballot deadline not too long ago, but were unable to make the virginia ballot. virginia is one of the hardest states in the country. you need some 10 those suggests. other key numbers you needed to meet there. only two republicans did, ron paul and mitt romney. no one else got on the ballot. it is annika indication that newt gingrich's campaign isn't built no the long haul. >> mark murr...

Hollywood screen writers and actors and so forth to start to organize on the left. >> sort of the birth of what would you say is the modern democratic party in california. >> and the birth of modern hollywood, liberal politics. >> that was greg mitchell, author of "campaign of the century," now available as an e-book. under pressure, with just one week go until iowa, it's looking like a three-way race. our postholiday panel will be here to play the expectations game. you're watching "the daily rundown," only on msnbc. this new at&t 4g lte is fast. did you hear sam... ...got promoted to direc...

Shows gingrich with a ten-point lead over romney an adviser to the poll says the results show gingrich's support may be starting to slide as it has with previous front-runners. the poll adviser says gingrich has minimal staff and grass roots organization in iowa and may be unable to turn out as many supporters as other candidates did, will on january 3rd. and there was that issue. >> you look, mark, at this poll, a ten-point gingrich lead. the other poll shows a five-point gingrich lead. and in iowa and you say that some of the romney people get a sense that some of the numbers may be slipping...

Surprise there as well. never know. >> it shows how hard is it to play the expectations game. romney has been cagey about iowa, didn't want to try too hard so if he didn't win there it wouldn't look like a defeat. now he faces possibility of coming in third there, which is bad for him. in terms of new hampshire, they do have a record of surprising -- surprises. he has a deep, deep organization there. for him to not do as well as expected in new hampshire, which is the equivalent of his home state would be devastating. >> bret: last word, jon huntsman. >> jon huntsman is not going to win new ha...