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virtual tie for the lead. what happened to newt gingrich nice guy? he vowed not to go negative in response to the other candidates' attack ads, but that didn't stop gingrich from blasting ron paul. in an interview with cnn's wolf blitzer he said he wouldn't vote for paul. gingrich pointed to incendiary newsletters distributed under paul's name in the '80s and '90s. >> you look at his newsletters and then you look at his ads, his ads are about as accurate as his newsletters. >> now if he were to get the republican nomination. >> he won't. >> let's say he were. could you vote for him...

rhetoric certainly is getting sharper. and there are seven major candidates now but after seven more days, will some of those candidates start falling by the wayside on the campaign trail? that's coming up in our strategy session this hour. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." we're here in dubuque. a bit chilly but no snow. it's getting ready, a week from today, the iowa caucuses. you're looking at live pictures from dubuque. this will be the first state to have an impact on the 2012 presidential campaign, and it's all happening here in iowa. the republican caucuses c...

confiscated this time because they thought it was a security risk. but first, with eight days to go until the iowa caucuses, it's a virtual dead heat and that ee's bad news for the previously soaring newt gingrich. some are wondering if ron paul might actually take the hawkeye state. hi, joe, so just how close is it now? >> well, you said it, it's very close, a statistical dead heat among the top three presidential contenders right now. the des moines register said it all this morning asking the question, could ron paul win? which would be quite a surprise for a lot of people here,...

From that one? >> there will be a time to navigate all that we will have presidential debates and it is a healthy debate. listen what's interesting about that, lawrence, what the president talked about in kansas yesterday what he wants to do strengthen education, invest in research and technology and infrastructure do that in the fiscally responsible way so we continue to put cut spending in a smart way, get rid of programs we don't need to fund those that we do, ask more of the wealthy, an economic policy center on the middle class this is something most republicans in american support. you k...

Listen -- >> he has put the challenge out there you are going to runaway from that one? >> there will be a time to navigate all that we will have presidential debates and it is a healthy debate. listen what's interesting about that, lawrence, what the president talked about in kansas yesterday what he wants to do strengthen education, invest in research and technology and infrastructure do that in the fiscally responsible way so we continue to put cut spending in a smart way, get rid of programs we don't need to fund those that we do, ask more of the wealthy, an economic policy center on the m...