In Iowa on television advertising there was estimated of the $5.8 million was only spent on the television advertising. Gingrich said that, “I can’t be a witness to America’s future while smearing my opponents and I would simply ask every Iowan before Tuesday night to ask yourself, ‘Do you really want to reward the consultants, the lies, the negativeness, or do you want to say to the country, ‘A brand new day has arrived”.
Romney said that, ”By the way, there’s nothing that any of these ads by any of the candidates are showing about Speaker Gingrich that President Obama wouldn’t put out with his billion- dollar money that he’s going to have down the road. So it’s probably a good time for people to see these things to make up their mind.”
Santorum explained that ”And our feeling was from the very beginning if we can pace ahead of Perry and/or Bachmann that we’d be in good shape and [we’re] moving in that direction, certainly, right now.”
