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Sioux city. people were very grateful. i think they saw in me someone who can take it to barack obama in the debate, hold him accountable and whistling particular when i was questioning ron paul on his dangerous policies on allowing a nuclear iran, that turned a light switch on for a lot of voters across iowa and people who weren't decided decided. and we have a lot of people who are going to come on tuesday night who are undecided and what they have seen in me is a champion who is stand up for them. in particular, they see that of all of the candidates in the race i'm the only one with curren...

Commercial since iowa in ames back in august until today when you will run commercials the last two days before the caucuses. isn't your campaign running on fumes? >> what we are doing is running on the power of meeting with iowans directly. we made a smart decision. we he put 6900 miles on the campaign bus and met with people across iowa. living rooms including the dinky cafe in. we have been iowa. people told us no other candidate that's come here here. you are the only candidate. that is not reflected in polls and that is what people are going to see on tuesday night. we saw a lot of enthus...

In iowa, newt gingrich and mitt romney are getting most of the attention. but the man to watch in the iowa caucuses just 19 days from now may be congressman ron paul. he's been drawing the biggest crowds in iowa and reportedly has the best organization there of any of the gop candidates. in the latest nbc news/marist poll in iowa, paul is statistically tied for second place with romney and his numbers have been rising. joining me now, mark murray. explain to all of us, why is ron paul doing so well and could emerge as an unlikely winner there? >> campaigns are actually mattering. ron pal is th...

it's great on talk radio, great in the print. it makes for fun reading. but in terms of a president, we need a leader. and a leader needs to be someone who can bring americans together. >> moments ago the iowa front-runner, now the national front-runner, newt gingrich, deflected governor romney's criticism directed at gingrich campaign. telling reporters at a press conference that just concluded in iowa city, iowa he will continue to focus on staying positive. positive was not the tone gingrich took during several exchanges during the news conference. jim acosta was at the news confe...

Calendar when you're going to go ahead and give your nod to somebody? >> you know, i think in the next couple three weeks, i think, clearly the debate and now as plans are coming forward and there's pressure on candidates to tell us, you know, how you want to govern, what your plans are, what your tax plans are, as that comes about, i look forward to making a decision. i certainly don't want to wait until the nomination happens and then support a candidate. >> when you make up your mind, let us know. we'd love to hear from you. bruce joining us from the beautiful campus of iowa state universit...