davenport is pushing 40. what is he thinking? >> he's no longer wishing he could do something to make his family proud, his dad proud. he's actually doing it now. and for himself. >> reporter: trying, he says, to make afghan safer and so many miles from home it's still the best job he's ever had. jim maceda, nbc news, kandahar. >> we're happy to share that don davenport continues to rise through the ranks. shortly after we left him he was promoted to sergeant davenport, just two years since completing basic training. >>> up next tonight, making a difference for brides to be who have been otherwise engaged. >>> next at 6:00, the smoggy skies just won't go away. what's behind the unhealthy air quality? >> it's for the environment, but it's kind of a hassle. >> it's not the first in the bay t. tthbut it could be es pewt.gg n the detaonstla a new plastic bag ban. >>> finally tonight it's one of the most important details in one of the most important days in a woman's life -- that fairy tale dress on her wedding day. these days a lot

this is scott county where davenport is. let's get a sense of republican campaign and how democrats are feeling about this state. this has been a swing state in presidential politics. president obama carried it easily in 2008 buttal republicans here think it will be very much in play come next fall. let's talk with the former scott county democratic cheryl. steve grubbs, a republican, activist and the former cain campaign. i want to focus on where we are today. a big debate over the week. one more, three week away from the vote. arg come out with a new poll tonight and it confirms gingrich is leading. 22% for gingrich, 17% for ron paul. 17% for mitt romney. 13% for governor rick perry. this is your county. is there one candidate that you feel has upward momentum? those perry numbers are up. is there a bit of a surge? >> no. i think the voters are still deciding. they take this responsibility very seriously. they will not base their decisions based on poll numbers but on the accomplishments of even candidate. i was talk to ha

davenport is pushing 40. what is he thinking? >> he's no longer wishing he could do something to make his family proud, his dad proud. he's actually doing it now. and for himself. >> reporter: trying, he says, to make afghan safer and so many miles from home it's still the best job he's ever had. jim maceda, nbc news, kandahar. >> we're happy to share that don davenport continued to rise through the ranks. shortly after we left him he was promoted to sergeant. davenport, just two years since completing basic training. >>> up next tonight, making a difference for brides to be who have been otherwise engaged. difference for brides to be who have been otherwise engaged. laces? really? slip-on's the way to go. more people do that, security would be like -- there's no charge for the bag. thanks. i know a quiet little place where we can get some work done. there's a three-prong plug. i have club passes. [ male announcer ] now there's a mileage card that offers special perks on united, like a free checked bag, united club passes, and pr

davenport is pushing 40. what is he thinking? >> he's no longer wishing he could do something to make his family proud, his dad proud. he's actually doing it now. and for himself. >> reporter: trying, he says, to make afghan safer and so many miles from home it's still the best job he's ever had. jim maceda, nbc news, kandahar. >> we're happy to share that don davenport continued to rise through the ranks. shortly after we left him he was promoted to sergeant. davenport, just two years since completing basic training. >>> up next tonight, making a difference for brides to be who have been otherwise engaged. laces? really? slip-on's the way to go. more people do that, security would be like -- there's no charge for the bag. thanks. i know a quiet little place where we can get some work done. there's a three-prong plug. i have club passes. [ male announcer ] now there's a mileage card that offers special perks on united, like a free checked bag, united club passes, and priority boarding. thanks. ♪ okay. what's your secret? ♪ [

the hope and change candidate of davenport. gone is the candidate that would heal the nation. instead, the campaigner in chief divides americans. engages in class warfare, and resorts to distortion and demagoguery. once barack obama appealed to our better angels. now he demonizes our fellow americans. >>> romney got another endorsement on tuesday. the boston herald putting its support behind the former massachusetts governor calling him a stand-out in a republican clown car. the editorial went on to say it's been entertaining several months, but really does anyone see the remote possibility of any of those folks taking the oath of office on the capitol steps come january 20, 2013? there's only one candidate in the republican field with the integrity, experience, organizational strength and intelligence to beat barack obama, that mean is mitt romney. that's the endorsement from the boston herald. but romney is not staying above the fray, mocking newt gingrich for failing to qualify for the virginia ballot. the gingrich camp comp

he's going to give a speech in davenport later this afternoon. this is part of kind of the closing argument, obviously, we're a week out. can you give us a preview of what he's going to say? >> you're exactly right, chris. he's headed to davenport this afternoon, where he's going to deliver his closing argument speech, much like he did last week when he was in new hampshire. and he's going to follow up the closing argument speech with a three-day bus tour around the state where he's going to meet voters and talk to them about why he is best suited to not only take on president obama but also get to the white house and turn this economy around. but i can tell you that there is some significance to the venue that the campaign chose for the speech tonight and that's that four years ago president obama was in iowa and he was in davenport, actually. it was almost four years ago to the day that he gave his closing argument speech in davenport. so governor romney is going to be at a location that's not far from where president obama spoke four years ago

let's bring in andrew in davenport, iowa. andrew, you've been following rick santorum for months now. he's made a late jump in the polls here, polling in about third place in most of the polls. what constitutes a win for him? how is the santorum campaign looking at iowa right now? >> earlier in the week, that was the question. how well did you need to do to punch your ticket on iowa? and what santorum was saying was exceeding expectations. what exactly expectations were for himç was a little unclear. but really throughout the week, the narrative has changed from what do you need to do to get out of iowa to why is it that you're going to presumably do well in iowa, exceed expectations? certainly from those polling numbers we saw as recently as earlier in the month. so a win for rick santorum is really -- what he said, he said he's competing in a very distinct caucus between himself, michele bachmann, and rick perry, that evangelical vote. so certainly beating those two candidates would be something he would constitute as a m

well, truth be told i've never been to davenport, this is my first time but it's something i want to do, you know. looks like something that would be fun to do, come out and sit on a log and drink old milwaukee. do a little hand fishing here in the mississippi. haven't caught a catfish but did catch this piece of america, old milwaukee, yeah, i know you remember davenport, i sure do. in fact, why don't you go try yourself one while i go look for some more. >> i'm going to start drinking old milwaukee. it's just that simple. much more of those. go online and check them out. >>> one more clip, bill o'reilly concerned about the war on christmas, he and jon stewart having a bill lack and forth on that. >> a couple nights ago i responded to the ginned up response when they are unable to celebrate christmas at all times in all places and i addressed our nation thusly. my fellow americans, tonight i humbly come before you to declare war on christmas. well, last night one of santa's unusually large elves fired back. >> our pal jon stewart is following the various christmas controversies very

dean reynolds is in davenport tonight. with a gallup poll suggesting his momentum is stalling and he's now in a virtual tie with rival mitt romney, newt gingrich is fighting back by stressing his conservative credentials and talking up an issue dear to the hearts of social conservatives. the idea, that elitist judges are undermining the country's values. >> are judges above the law? are judges in a position where they dictate to the president and they dictate to the congress? >> reporter: in a question-and-answer session in davenport, gingrich said some judges have an exaggerated view of their own importance. >> the court has said we are supreme. we are the last word. that's bologna. >> reporter: he cited examples of past presidents-- franklin roosevelt and abraham lincoln among them-- ignoring court rulings in the interest of the nation and suggested it might happen again under a gingrich presidency. the remarks furthered those he made on "face the nation" on sunday. >> we've had rulings that outlawed school prayer, rulin

the place where we just had this event, davenport, iowa. i talked to the two guys who set up the event. they got a call from the gingrich campaign at 10:30 last friday morning. they're not gingrich supporters. they're precinct cheryl in the state. they don't know who they'll support and they had to cobble it together over the weekend. gingrich doesn't have a lot of money. he raised $500,000 over the weekend. that's not a lot of money. he doesn't have an organization. he is trying to counter that. >> i want to show the national numbers to see if this is what you're getting in eye waffle you can feel the nigewt-mentum. what's most important? personal qualities or stands on the issues? 62% say personal qualities. programs because they don't disagree on that many issues. so who wins there? who represents the qualities? romney has 32% to gingrich, 21%. what else is it? if people say personal qualities is why they're more for romney there, what else are you picking up two days and one day until iowa votes? >> reporter: it's interesting. in talkin

>> bret: carl cameron live in davenport. thank you. while the republican field is still up in the air, president obama's re-election campaign is starting to take shape. chief white house correspondent ed henry spoke with axelrod today in chicago. >> he insists he is not salivating over the latest dust-up. >> don't you want to run against a do-nothing congress? >> i have choice of extenting tax cut for a year and energizing the economy and having an issue to run on, i'd rather energize the economy. >> you have to wonder if some folks think screwing up economy and throwing wrench in the works is a good political strategy. >> dozens work today in the headquarters for obama 2012. across town at his firm's offices lined with political memorabilia. axelrod mused this race is more exciting than 2008. >> the most peculiar race, unusual race i've seen. on both sides because of how unpredictable it's been. he is no longer sure that mitt romney will win war of attrition to capture nomination, he trained the buyer on him. he says i'm not a politic

dean reynolds is in davenport tonight. with a gallup poll suggesting his momentum is stalling and he's now in a virtual tie with rival mitt romney, newt gingrich is fighting back by stressing his conservative credentials and talking up an issue dear to the hearts of social conservatives. the idea, that elitist judges are undermining the country's values. >> are judges above the law? are judges in a position where they dictate to the president and they dictate to the congress? >> reporter: in a question-and-answer session in davenport, gingrich said some judges have an exaggerated view of their own importance. >> the court has said we are supreme. we are the last word. that's bologna. >> reporter: he cited examples of past presidents-- franklin roosevelt and abraham lincoln among them-- ignoring court rulings in the interest of the nation and suggested it might happen again under a gingrich presidency. the remarks furthered those he made on "face the nation" on sunday. >> we've had rulings that outlawed school prayer, rulin

tonight when i'm in davenport we are just halfway mark. we are doing retail campaigning. we're on the ground. we're doing a 99 county tour all across iowa. we're doing all 99 counties in a ten-day period. we're going to ten counties a day and speaking with real iowans person to person and we're just at the halfway point right now. we have another five days to go with our tour. this is the way to campaign, speak directly with the american people. in our case here in iowa, it's been a great joy. my faith is renewed. i heard the comments that rush limbaugh said. i echo his comments. the american people i is see here in iowa, they have without a shadow of a doubt made up their mind. barack obama will be a one-term president. a lot of democrats and independents will be voting for me. >> greta: two questions, yes or no, because we don't have a lot of time. first one, whether or not anyone in iowa has asked you a question on foreign policy or economics and number two, since you have served on the intelligence committee in the house, i'm curious with your presence you would be sp

road closures, power outages one small school in davenport is closed. in the santa cruz mountains weather events are like clockwork. >> when it rains the mountains come down. when the wind blows the trees come down. when the trees come down, powerlines come down. >> reporter: that is what happened. by 10:00 this morning there were 80 calls to the dispatch center. they started coming in last night and did include dramatic stories. >> we just rescued a gal and her young son from a house up the hill. trying to get ourselves down the mountainside -- [ inaudible ] >> reporter: that account is why when the winds starting gusting heather left her felton home. >> we came home last night i can't handle it i'm shaking. we went -- don't have the money for a hotel but we stayed there instead. so i could get some sleep. >> reporter: 20,000 in santa cruz county are without power. many businesses are closed, including the felton safeway which closed last night at 11 the owners of the doughnut shop without power but hanging tough. >> i'm doing fine. we are still in bus

road closures, power outages one small school in davenport is closed. in the santa cruz mountains weather events are like clockwork. >> when it rains the mountains come down. when the wind blows the trees come down. when the trees come down, powerlines come down. >> reporter: that is what happened. by 10:00 this morning there were 80 calls to the dispatch center. they started coming in last night and did include dramatic stories. >> we just rescued a gal and her young son from a house up the hill. trying to get ourselves down the mountainside -- [ inaudible ] >> reporter: that account is why when the winds starting gusting heather left her felton home. >> we came home last night i can't handle it i'm shaking. we went -- don't have the money for a hotel but we stayed there instead. so i could get some sleep. >> reporter: 20,000 in santa cruz county are without power. many businesses are closed, including the felton safeway which closed last night at 11 the owners of the doughnut shop without power but hanging tough. >> i'm doing fine. we are still in bus

mitt romney will concentrate on davenport and ron paul will campaign on wednesday, an abc political consultant says those three have the best chance to win. >> i think this race also somebody the dynamic in iowa is between ron paul, mitt romney and newt gingrich, all of whom have tremendous baggage and all of whom, a majority of republicans have worries about. >> ron paul's surge in iowa is being threatened now questions have been raised about news news letters from the 80s and 90s. >>> president obama is enjoying the holidays with his family in hawaii. he is and the first lady met with u.s. service members stationed at a base yesterday. the obamas posed for photos, signed autographs and chatted with the families and got extra face time from one of the children there. the president also called service members stationed around the world on christmas receive to thank them for their dead case and sacrifice. the first family is expected back at the white house next week. >> i saw a little picture of that baby grabs the president's mouth, so cute. >> that's what i was referring to, got a little fac

and the santorum surge, i was not in davenport last night. i've seen a couple -- another event where he had a good crowd. in davenport he had about 250 people. that's not always a great area for republicans. he clearly is getting some of the vote from people who had chosen perry before, chosen ç bachmann before. we don't have time for the litany of people who've surged and then collapsed. but i do get a sense they're taking a fifth or sixth look at him. >> here's my question about ron paul. you, mr. weigel, probably have written more articles under your by line about ron paul than any reporter in america. that might actually be the case from your time at "reason" magazine. you've been covering ron paul for a long time. >> if you count blog posts, yeah. >> exactly. if you count blog posts, yeah. so there's sort of an interesting dynamic at play insofar as ron paul is starting to poll at number 2 and possibly threatening to come in number 1 and this occasioned a serious look at his past and the sort of opposition research files on him, which

mitt romney will concentrate on davenport and ron paul will campaign on wednesday, an abc political consultant says those three have the best chance to win. >> i think this race also somebody the dynamic in iowa is between ron paul, mitt romney and newt gingrich, all of whom have tremendous baggage and all of whom, a majority of republicans have worries about. >> ron paul's surge in iowa is being threatened now questions have been raised about news news letters from the 80s and 90s. >>> president obama is enjoying the holidays with his family in hawaii. he is and the first lady met with u.s. service members stationed at a base yesterday. the obamas posed for photos, signed autographs and chatted with the families and got extra face time from one of the children there. the president also called service members stationed around the world on christmas receive to thank them for their dead case and sacrifice. the first family is expected back at the white house next week. >> i saw a little picture of that baby grabs the president's mouth, so cute. >> that's what i was referring to, got a little fac

. >>> mitt romney began his day in new hampshire before heading to davenport, iowa for a final week of campaigning for the state's first caucuses in the nation. the latest polls show the former massachusetts governor is locked into three-way race with ron paul and newt gingrich. but many voters say they are still undecided and that's giving hope to michele bachmann who was born in iowa and rick santorum who visited the state more than any other candidate. >> i'm also considering myself a resident here. >> reporter: the former pennsylvania senator was hunting monday and hit the campaign trail. he i have had have all 99 counties and looking for -- he visited all 99 counties and is looking for a late surge. michele bachmann will continue her bus tore. rick perry is on a campaign in iowa. he is running a new ad that takes aim at washington lawmakers, his rivals bachmann and paul. >> if washington is the problem, why trust a congressman to fix it? >> if we replace a democratic incider with a republican insider, all -- you think we're really going to change washington, d.c.? >> reporter: man

and the santorum surge, i was not in davenport last night. i've seen a couple -- another event where he had a good crowd. in davenport he had about 250 people. that's not always a great area for republicans. he clearly is getting some of the vote from people who had ç chosen perry before, chosen bachmann before. we don't have time for the litany of people who've surged and then collapsed. but i do get a sense they're taking a fifth or sixth look at him. >> here's my question about ron paul. you, mr. weigel, probably have written more articles under your by line about ron paul than any reporter in america. that might actually be the case from your time at "reason" magazine. you've been covering ron paul for a long time. >> if you count blog posts, yeah. >> exactly. if you count blog posts, yeah. so there's sort of an interesting dynamic at play insofar as ron paul is starting to poll at number 2 and possibly threatening to come in number 1 and this occasioned a serious look at his past and the sort of opposition research files on him, which

our chief political analyst is joining us now from davenport iowa. newt gingrich just held an event there. what is his message gloria? maybe coming out of that. >> exactly wolf. >> i just asked newt gingrich about that a few minutes guy here in davenport. i it was interesting because he didn't deny that his numbers are heading in the wrong direction. but he had very clear explanation about why. can you tell us why -- >> watch tv here for two days. you had all sorts of people and all sorts of these super facts. who have consistently been running negative ads. you run enough negative ads, it goes down. >> so he says i have no money, i will go positive. he has no choice but to go positive. he raised about $500,000 over the weekend. he told us today that he is going to start something called ask newt. which will essentially be town halls that people can call in, talk to newt gingrich, he will answer all of the negative ads, he says. so it is kind of campaigning in a cheaper way. but it allows him to answer his critics. >> he was also confronted with more

and the santorum surge, i was not in davenport last night. i've seen a couple -- another event where he had a good crowd. in davenport he had about 250 people. that's not always a great area for republicans. he clearly is getting some of the vote from people who had chosen perry before, chosen bachmann before. we don't have time for the litany of people who've surged and then collapsed. but i do get a sense they're taking a fifth or sixth look at him. >> here's my question about ron paul. you, mr. weigel, probably have written more articles under your by line about ron paul than any reporter in america. that might actually be the case from your time at "reason" magazine. you've been covering ron paul for a long time. >> if you count blog posts, yeah. >> exactly. if you count blog posts, yeah. so there's sort of an interesting dynamic at play insofar as ron paul is starting to poll at number 2 and possibly threatening to come in number 1 and this occasioned a serious look at his past and the sort of opposition research files on him, which incl

in terre haute, davenport. and they are getting picked up on youtube all over the place. because it's will ferrell and apparently he did these for free. >> really? >> yeah. although you wonder why. >> yeah. >> and old milwaukee is kind of maybe a hipster beer. it's kind of not that great and he is making fun of that. yeah. so they redesigned their website apparently a couple of articles have said and he has funnier website that does his viral videos all the time. >> i imagine if it was free he got at least a six-pack out of it, you would think. scott stein, thanks for joining us. >>> coming up, one of the world's hottest chefs, david bouley will dish about the changes in the culinary world since he first started as a 15-year-old dishwasher. >>> and hot chelle rae performs their new single and blockbuster "tonight, tonight." >>>ware back with dick cavett who was showing us how to do the moonwalk. >> if i'm lying, i'm dying. i do teach the moonwalk for a slight fee. it's the mimes walking in place. maybe i can show you. >> you got to see this. >> give us the drum roll. >> t

. >> reporter: stumping in davenport, iowa, today, newt gingrich began where he's been for the last week -- on the defensive. >> candidly, very disappointing to see some of my friends who are running put out so much negative junk. >> reporter: the alleged junk, a slew of negative tv ads, mostly from a so-called super pac supportive of mitt romney. >> newt has a ton of baggage. >> reporter: there is anecdotal evidence the attack ads are taking a toll in iowa, but gingrich is tied with romney at 28% nationally. romney spent most of today in tv studios. he was asked why he struggled to break out. >> but actually being at the top of the pack, either number one or number two for an entire year, i'm the only guy that's been able to do that. >> reporter: others struggling to catch up with romney, gingrich and ron paul were on the attack. michele bachmann used the news of north korea to go over paul's isolationism. >> i never want to see kids wake up to turn on the tv and see a city in the united states wiped out from a nuclear weapon. ron paul would wait until after that horrific tragedy to do

. >> and davenport and other cities in iowa. >> i saw her early this morning at a country club. >> all right. >> with a rotary club crowd that was a pre-made crowd. it wasn't his crowd. it was the rotary crowd. >> they let in non-members. >> yeah, and when newt started to speak, it sounded to me like a valedictory, it sounded to me like he'd beginning to explain why he failed. he said in front of this rotary club meeting and i quote it had on "huffington post," he said i can't do modern politics, meaning that there's something about the way a big national industrialized presidential campaign works that he just never filligured out, and if he ever does figure it out it will be too late. that's what's happening to him here. >> who is the african-american guy in mythic history, the piledriver. >> john henry. >> and he would pound the piles in until he finally had to run against the machine and he beat it and then beat mat sheen and died. >> that's how newt views himself, a self-serving analysis saying i'm the honest guy who wanted a positive campaign. >> i won the debates. >> won the deba

a special notice for donna young who wrote from davenport, iowa. >> we're a company that's been around for 60 years. the previous owners at one point made a decision to outsource to china. now that decision has completely been reversed. >> she said she and her two co-workers refinanced their homes and secured a small business loan, because they wanted to buy the company to keep 70 employees working right here at home. >> now it's back in the hands of employees who are going to take good care of it and keep it made locally right here in iowa. >> we are made in america. whoo! >> and keep the ideas coming at abcnews.com. "nightline" will be here later. and some christmas lights now. these are from downtown raleigh, income in and we thank our affiliate wtvd-abc 11. we'll see you here again tomorrow night. . [ female announcer ] more people are using wireless devices... in more ways than ever. and our networks are getting crowded. but if congress frees up more wireless spectrum... we can empower more people to innovate... putting momentum behind our economy. and we can reduce the deficit...

a special notice for donna young who wrote from davenport, iowa. >> we're a company that's been around for 60 years. the previous owners at one point made a decision to outsource to china. now that decision has completely been reversed. >> she said she and her two co-workers refinanced their homes and secured a small business loan, because they wanted to buy the company to keep 70 employees working right here at home. >> now it's back in the hands of employees who are going to take good care of it and keep it made locally right here in iowa. >> we are made in america. whoo! >> and keep the ideas coming at abcnews.com. "nightline" will be here later. and some christmas lights now. these are from downtown raleigh, income in and we thank our affiliate wtvd-abc 11. we'll see you here again tomorrow night. . captioned by closed captioning services, inc.

in terre haute, davenport. and they are getting picked up on youtube all over the place. because it's will ferrell and apparently he did these for free. >> really? >> yeah. although you wonder why. >> yeah. >> and old milwaukee is kind of maybe a hipster beer. it's kind of not that great and he is making fun of that. yeah. so they redesigned their website apparently a couple of articles have said and he has funnier website that does his viral videos all the time. >> i imagine if it was free he got at least a six-pack out of it, you would think. scott stein, thanks for joining us. >>> coming up, one of the world's hottest chefs, david bouley will dish about the changes in the culinary world since he first started as a 15-year-old ,,,,,,,,,,,, [ male announcer ] are you paying more and more for cable and enjoying it less and less? stop paying for second best. upgrade to verizon fios and get tv, internet and phone for our best price online -- just $79.99 a month for two years with a 2 year agreement. it's an amazing holiday deal. but don't wait. it's only available for a lim

mitt romney will campaign in davenport. michele bachmann resumes her 99- county bus to wur. ron paul will hit the trail on wednesday. >> paul has the authenticity and the passion. >> but he also has some baggage. questions have arisen about his newsletters in the 1980's and 1990's. >> some pretty nasty stuff. >> lending in iowa became more important for the gingrich campaign. after he failed to qualify for the ballot in virginia, the state where he lives. only romney and paul will be on the ballot in the virginia. >> jon huntsman is the only gop candidate who is not going to be and i love. he is banking his entire campaign on a strong showing in new hampshire. mitt romney currently holds a double-digit lead. >> legal have much more on the countdown to iowa. -- we will have much more on the countdown to iowa at 6:00. >>> coming up next, what a maryland man has been in prison in cuba for two years. what is now being done to get him free. >> a family celebration turns into a murder scene. >> the country's newest millionaire could be a maryland tour after the winning ticket was

i know you remember it, davenport. i sure do. in fact, why don't you go try yourself one while i go look for some more? >> got to love that man. he's going to bring old milwaukee back. >> bring iing it back. >>> one more thing on friday. we usually do the week in review but we're going to dedicate the entire thing to a man we lost, so to speak, last saturday. >> good call. >> herman cain. he left us. left the race anyway. a heartfelt good-bye to the h hermanator. >> i am herman cain and i am running for the president of the united states of america. ♪ i will remember you zblncht will you remember me ♪ >> my 9-9-9 plan. 9-9-9 doing fine. deep dish. ♪ ♪ imagine there's no pizza a real fence with barbed wiring, electrifying. >> i'm their brer from another mother. >> there's not a pizza deal. ♪ amazing grace will always be >> oh, shucky ducky, i feel pretty good today. ♪ imagine eating pizza ♪ america one voice united we stand ♪ let herman be herman, let mark be mark. let people be people. there's a difference between

i was asked the other day in davenport, a guy looked out the window from the quad city times and he said, where is your boss? i said, the only bus i can afford is the greyhound. [laughter] i have the chaka truck. -- chuck truck. he endorsed me even longer ago than that and has been helping me travel around the state of iowa and giving me the wise counsel of a good solid iowan. i can tell you that we have worked hard to earn your trust. i have always believed that the people of iowa would vote for a consistent conservative who was authentic, that they could trust. [applause] and so, i will ask you again as i did previously, please, help us out. sign up. to grab your yard signs. get your lapel stickers, put them on your coat. when you go to church tomorrow people see who you are for. and when you go to the grocery store, whenever you go wherever you go to celebrate new year's, where it -- wear it and over the next few days people will be talking about the caucus. you will get a chance to talk brought to you are for. go to the caucus on tuesday night. the son of to be a captain so you can g

romney in davenport. rick perry, council bluffs, and michele bachmann resumes her 99-county bus tour. texas congressman ron paul will hit the trail again on wednesday. some analysts believe the race comes down to mitt romney, newt gingrich, and ron paul. >> paul has the authenticity even if some people don't like where he stands and he has got the passion. >> reporter: paul also has some baggage. questions arisen about news letters in the '80s and '90s that included racist, anti-semitic and anti-gay remarks. >> some pretty nasty stuff in there. certainly disqualified for him to be president of the united states. >> reporter: winning in iowa became even more important for the gingrich campaign. after he failed to quali