it's a campaign event for
republican congressman ron paul
of texas who you see speak
there.
the two latest polls out of iowa
show congressman paul in first
place in the ppp poll and second
place in the cnn poll.
more on that in a moment.
the breaking news tonight is ron
paul appears to have scored a
bit of a coup in his effort to
win iowa.
shortly before dr. paul took the
stage there, in des moines
tonight, an iowa republican
state senator who's named kent
sorensen was introduced to the
ron paul supporting crowd.
up until tonight mr. sorensen
had been serving as an iowa
state co-chair for the michele
bachmann campaign.
the reason he was being
introduced at a ron paul roll
was to announce he's switching
sides.
>> tonight's been tough for me.
i've been serving as michele
bachmann's state chair over the
lastç year.
and while michele has fought
tremendously for my conservative
values, i believe we're at a
turning point in this campaign.
i believe we have an opportunity