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Iowa GOP caucus 2012: Negative attacks drag down Newt Gingrich
Mitt Romney rides high in Iowa while Newt Gingrich slumps in the final days before GOP presidential caucuses
By Richard Adams
With four days to go: the latest opinion polls show a dramatic slump in Newt Gingrich's popularity among Iowa's Republican voters as the avalanche of ads attacking the former Speaker of the House's track record dominate the state's airwaves.
The latest poll shows Gingrich falling to fifth place – and confirms Mitt Romney as the front runner, just ahead of Ron Paul's outsider campaign.
Elsewhere, the campaign of Michele Bachmann struggles with falling ratings, no money and few resources, having been surpassed by Rick Santorum among social conservatives.
And in a sign that some Republicans are still not happy with the current field: a group of "rogue voters" are funding radio ads calling for Iowans to caucus for Sarah Palin.
The candidates themselves continue their high octane campaigning across Iowa, with today in some respects the last full day of campaigning available, with the New Year looming and Monday a federal holiday, before the caucuses themselves take place on Tuesday evening.
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