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View as a moderate and not a conservative win a primary? mitt romney is testing that theory. finally, in one demonstration of ron paul's surprising strength, he leads by 15 points among young voters in iowa, with 28% of that vote. paul has been an interesting character in this campaign and don't think he's going to like somehow get out early if he's not winning some of these early stage. now, newt gingrich has become the field's frontrunner without spending a penny on tv ads. a 60-second spot which will air this week in iowa. here's a taste of it. >> some people say the america we know and l...

Finally today gingrich becomes the latest american hopeful to me with donald trump. trump will moderate a debate in des moines. so far gingrich is the only candidate to commit. in our new nbc news/marist polling less likely to vote for a candidate endorsed by trump. some conservatives aren't happy about his involvement and even the rnc chairman appears to be distancing himself. >> surely it is time for these candidates to do something presidential, stand up and say we're not going to be hijacked. >> it's up to the candidates. i mean, i don't make those decisions. >> this morning on "today" tru...

It is going to be educating our kids, it's going to be research and development and innovation. there are a lot of things that go into it, but that is the goal and that is the north star that will drive him, that drives him today and drive him tomorrow and drive him until the end of his presidency. >> iowa and new hampshire both swing states. always interesting when we do general election matchups. florida coming next week. interesting to see those results. interesting matchups with the republican candidates. the only candidate that the president does not lead in iowa is ron paul. why? ron pau...

Candidates to come. so far the obama campaign has focused its efforts on mitt romney. will gingrich's surge change its tune? david axelrod joins us live this morning on set. it's monday, december 5th, 2011. this is "daily rundown." crunchtime, folks. i'm chuck todd. my first read of the morning, with just four weeks until the first votes are cast and one last candidate in the republican race, we're unveiling new polls in iowa and new hampshire. the three headlines. newt surge. mitt romney's decline and ron paul's surprising strength. gingrich has been the biggest beneficiary of the cain coll...

It's hard to talk about this and a lot of people don't want to bring it up. i did an online column in 2007, the first time romney ran, in which i said there should be no religious test for a public office in this country. it is a travesty to attack romney on the basis of his religion. i got an enormous amount of hate mail off of that. from evangelicals that don't like the mormon church. i think that is still out there. >> this is a southern issue and the primary calendar is weighted towards the south. >> still an issue. >> i think what you need to have, this thing could go on for several month...