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fanning out across iowa. the only exception, jon huntsman. he is putting his chips in new hampshire where first in the nation primary comes one week after iowa. iowa has all the attention and some of the negative political ads are popping up there now. steve brown live for us in des moines. political ads, negative ads a fact of life, steve but are they having an impact there? >> reporter: you have to say yes. as a matter of fact campaigns will point to them. they like to say only the positive ads are working but quite in fact the negative ads are working as well. the rule of thumb ne...

huntsman. he is putting his chips in new hampshire where first in the nation primary comes one week after iowa. iowa has all the attention and some of the negative political ads are popping up there now. steve brown live for us in des moines. political ads, negative ads a fact of life, steve but are they having an impact there? >> reporter: you have to say yes. as a matter of fact campaigns will point to them. they like to say only the positive ads are working but quite in fact the negative ads are working as well. the rule of thumb negative ads help soften your opponent's support. >...