Monday, January 2, 2012

Video: GOP hopefuls make final push before caucuses



>>> we begin this friday morning with the gop presidential candidates in iowa . peter alexander , good morning.

>> reporter: good morning to you and happy birthday. the front-runner mitt romney is showing new confidence he's now beginning this aggressive and ambitious final sprint. he begins today in iowa , heads to new hampshire, then returns here tomorrow to iowa . his camp is really hopeful this field will pretty much freeze in place with things neck and neck between he and ron paul and a jumble of everybody else . with four days to go until the iowa caucuses , front-runner mitt romney before another large crowd wednesday night aimed to nail down his support, focusing his closing argument on patriotic values.

>> we want to instill in our kids a confidence in the future. if i become your president, i will do everything in my power to restore those principles, not to transform america into something new.

>> reporter: romney was defeated in iowa four years ago by former arkansas governor mike huckabee who united conservatives behind his campaign but romney is benefiting from a sharply divided conservative field . the latest republican to emerge, rick santorum , who spent more time in iowa than anyone else believes his success here can make up for the lack of resources.

>> i will provide the spark. there's plenty of detinder on the ground in other states.

>> trying to stop santorum, texas governor rick perry .

>> i'm wink taxandspend. which republican running for president voted for the bridge to nowhere earmark?

>> rick santorum ?

>> correct.

>> reporter: newt gingrich whose support plummeted in iowa is struggling to keep his campaign alive.

>> do you really want to be president?

>> i think it's my duty to be citizen and as a grandfather to help serve my country at a time where i think we're in trouble.

>> reporter: gingrich is promoting his wife kacalista as a campaign asset, drawing on her own experience in music.

>> music is a vital part of today's education. today many schools are threatening to cut or eliminate envir music programs.

>> reporter: michele bachmann 's political director left her campaign late thursday, just after her state chairman defected to ron paul . last night mitt romney took another jab at the president, comparing him to marie antoinette who once said " let them eat cake ." new jersey governor chris christie

Source: http://video.today.msnbc.msn.com/today/45824314/

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