Everyone has their eyes set on Iowa. Many conservative voters are looking to see which Republican hopeful will come out the winner in tomorrow's caucuses. Final polls leading up tomorrow's votes indicate that Mitt Romney and Ron Paul are at a statistical dead heat. With younger voters leaning towards Paul, this race is clearly anyone's game.
CNN reports that Rick Santorum, who was all but counted out, has recently surged in the polls and might even come out on top. According to the latest polls, he's tracking 3rd place.
But how will Iowa vote? Why is Iowa so important?
The person who takes home the win in Iowa will have plenty of momentum going into the next battleground state, New Hampshire.
Newt Gingrich's campaign was on life support back in the summer after several staffers quit because they didn't agree with how he was running the show.
However, Gingrich gained much needed momentum after sexual harassment allegations surfaced on former front-runner Herman Cain. Cain's alleged past came
to haunt him - which eventually caused Cain to suspend his campaign.
Gingrich, who was once ahead in the polls, has already claimed defeat in Iowa due to the increased attack ads that are airing in the state by his opponents. They are using his past infidelities and two divorces to their advantage. One of
Gingrich's separation is rumored to have occurred while his former wife
was hospitalized, recovering from surgery; although her daughter has
refuted this.
Gingrich, who originally planned to take a more positive spin on the other contenders is quickly learning that in politics anything is fair game (although he's no newbie to politics). So he and his staff would be wise to rethink their positive strategy going into New Hampshire against those who are fighting to become their parties' next nominee.
This race has been really interesting, and needless to say, I'll have my popcorn and remote control in hand tomorrow waiting to see how Iowans cast their votes!
