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Advertisements, his tv blitz, not only has it been sizable in the dollar amount, but chris, i've got to tell you, if you haven't seen him, his ads are incredibly edgy. screaming guitars. federal agencies that are blowing up. he's being very strong in what separates his campaign, his positions from everybody else that's in the race. and it's interesting. back in august whenever he finished second in the iowa straw poll in ames, i think it was jon stewart that said that the national media was treating ron paul like he was the 13th floor of a hotel. i will tell you from the front lines here in io...

Rewarding people in the middle class is broadly shared. we saw 75% of the american people saying they thought the economic system was out of balance in favor of people at the top. that provides an opening for president obama to make the case, hey, i'm the guy who's going to at least temper that trend, do something about it and try to put republicans on the wrong side, although mitt romney has taken care to include a lot of middle-class rhetoric in his policy proposals, his tax proposals as well. so there will be -- if mitt romney's the nominee, there will be a fight over the middle-class vote....

Ends. steven maganini wrote a piece on california's version of the dream act for the "sacramento bee." steven, thanks for joining us. i want to start out, what are we seeing -- obviously, dream act a huge debate nationally. what are we seeing as it begins to be implemented in california, the successes and the problems? >> well, california has what may be considered the most liberal dream act in the nation because the kids that call themselves dreamers can now compete for both private and public scholarship money. and we're talking about thousands of these students that if they complete high sc...

Okay, rick. you have one minute. answer the question. seriously, tell me, why is ron paul support in iowa higher than it is in other places? what is it about ron paul that appeals to iowans? >> you know, chris, his libertarian streak i think is really resonating with a lot of the conservative iowans out here. his pledge to trim the federal spending by a trillion dollars in the first year, to not only just dismantle but to literally imploez fide five federal agenc his unusual but well-calculated strategy as relates to foreign relations and reducing our military bases overseas, there's a large c...

Excuse me, in favor of abortion at the time. and that's one of the things going on today as many of these candidates really try to grab a hold of those conservative voters who will be heading to the polls exactly one week from today. chris? >> and you know, peter, i know he's been asked about this in debates quite regularly, in 2008 and in this race and has essentially said i've changed my mind. but obviously, this last week is when everything and the kitchen sink gets thrown. romney is making kind of an interesting play as it relates to iowa conservatives. his new ad in iowa focuses on his bu...