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Jon: well the poll numbers in iowa changing from poll to poll and day-to-day. one new one out today has a new top spot, a new person i should say in the top spot. the iowa state university gazette, kcrg poll, shows congressman ron paul with about 27% of the iowa vote. newt gingrich comes in second with 25%, mitt romney, 17% and rick perry at 11%. compare that with the real clear politics average of iowa. it shows paul leading the pack with romney in second. followed by gingrich and then perry. so what are we to make of these numbers? michael barone is the senior political analyst for the "wash...

Rick reichmuth. martha: let's go back and take a look at the iowa polls this morning because presidential candidate mitt romney jumps into the lead according to one of brand new iowa polls, two weeks before the caucuses, folks. look at rasmussen number. romney beats ron paul by 5% according to this number. newt gingrich is in third on this particular poll but when you take a look at the average of all the recent state iowa polls, ron paul is still in first place at 23.8%. you've got romney in second, 20 and change and newt gingrich 17% from this one as well. joined by chris fer hahn, former ai...

Hoisting it on the car roof. thank you so much for joining us. first up, a brand-new poll. newt gingrich is way out in front in south carolina, and the winner there has captured the nomination in every race since 1980. gingrich has 42% likely support among voters to romney's 23%. and in october, it was a 38-point surge. romney in second with 29%. now these polls also show major problems for the republican party. in florida, president obama still wins over romney and gingrich in the hypothetical match-ups there. the president has 48% support to romney's 41, and 51% to gingrich's 39%.

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did you see what he did? so petty. take a look. >> loving that. "american morning" continues right now. all right. i'm ali velshi live in tampa for tonight's cnn tea party debate. brand new poll numbers are just out right now. it is rick perry and everyone else. i'm christine romans. today president obama presents his jobs plan to congress, but, first, find out what he has planned to help rally more support for that $447 billion plan. and i'm carol costello. bank of america reportedly planning to slash tens of thousands of jobs. the cutbacks create a leaner, more competitive ba...