>>> the republicans are descending on their stake for pitching to voters in iowa . peter alexander is there. good morning.
>> reporter: good morning. mitt romney the former governor of massachusetts will begin his day with a breakfast meet and greet. consider this statistic. a recent poll shows nearly 40% of likely republican caucus goers in iowa are not firmly set on a candidate which is why what happens here next tuesday is largely unpredictable and why the presidential candidates are once again crisscrossing the state. arriving in iowa late tuesday before a standing room only crowd, mitt romney ignored his republican rivals. instead launching a fierce attack on president barack obama .
>> gone is the hope and change candidate of davenport. gone is the candidate who would heal the nation.
>> reporter: earlier tuesday in new hampshire, romney mocked newt gingrich for his failure to get on the ballot in gingrich 's home state of vrnl.
>> virginia.
>> i think he compared that to what, pearl harbor ? it's more like lucille ball at the chocolate factory . i mean, you got to get it organized. despite romney 's efforts to act like the presumptive nominee the race in iowa remains wide open .
>> what the people of iowa want is an inspiring candidate. they want somebody who can get them enthusiastic, who can get them engaged.
>> reporter: since this summer, seven different republicans have led in the polls here. one of the recent gop front-runners, gingrich , the former house speaker , now appears to be losing momentum, in part due to a bare-fisted blitz of negative ads targeting his congressional record . to combat that assault, gingrich 's supporters launched their own new ad tuesday.
>> when a principal conservative took the lead they attacked him with falsehoods.
>> reporter: still another sign of trouble, conflicting stories with the end of his first marriage. on his campaign website gingrich claims his first wife asked for the divorce but court documents suggest gingrich himself requested the split. romney was also on the defensive tuesday trying to shake his moderate record, as conservatives attacked him on the issue of abortion, launching a new text message campaign, citing his past pro-choice views. and with ron paul demonstrating steady support, the biggest battle here may be over which candidate comes the conservative choice.
>> of all of the candidates that are running i am the one with the unassailable proven track record of a clear 100% consistent conservative.
>> reporter: michele bachmann , rick santorum and rick perry , stumping tuesday with controversial sher imjoe arpaio are all vying to earn that title. the slugfest continued into the night with mitt romney being attacked by newt gingrich who called him a big government moderate. newt gingrich also attacked ron paul saying he couldn't vote for paul if he became the romney . "his views totally outside the main stream of every decent american."
>> exander in iowa , thank you very much.
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