Republican presidential candidates are campaigning heavily in towns all around Iowa in the days leading up to the first presidential caucus on January 3.
Scenes from Iowa
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign stop at the Music Man Square in Mason City, Iowa, Dec. 29, 2011. (AP)
Candidate Michele Bachmann meets with patrons at the Nodaway Diner in Greenfield, Iowa. (AP)
Candidate Ron Paul receives makeup prior to an interview at a campaign stop in Sioux Center, Iowa, Dec. 30, 2011. (AP)
Supporters huddle against the early morning cold waiting to hear Mitt Romney speak at a Hy-Vee grocery store in West Des Moines, Iowa. (AP)
Candidate Rick Santorum points to a television showing his campaign stop on live at the Daily Grind coffee shop, Jan. 1, 2012, in Sioux City, Iowa. (AP)
Mitt Romney is interviewed as he campaigns at the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds in Davenport, Iowa, Jan. 2, 2012. (AP)
Candidate Newt Gingrich and his wife Callista on his campaign bus after a stop in Waterloo, Iowa, January 1, 2012. (Reuters)
Candidate Rick Perry waits to campaign at The Sports Page restaurant in Indianola, Iowa, December 28, 2011. (Reuters)
Candidate Michele Bachmann and her husband Marcus attend services at Jubilee Family Church in Oskaloosa, Iowa, Sunday, Jan, 1, 2012. (AP)
Ron Paul poses with fan Jon Hathaway at the Iowa State Fair Grounds in Des Moines, Iowa, Dec. 28, 2011. (AP)