i'm amber fisher reporting from grapevine, texas. >>> let's talk politics everyone.look at this. look who is back from maternity leave. oh, yes, our one and only dana bash, here to tell us what's hot on the political ticker including who is getting ahead start in iowa, just days away from the caucuses there. >>> the iowa caucuses mark the first votes in the 2012 race just one week from tomorrow. we want to welcome back dana bash in washington with our america's choice 2012 politics update. great to have you back, i should say. really excited to see you're here with us for this big race. what is your sense as you look at the data, as you speak to people? is there a clear front-runner in iowa. >> certainly looks like there isn't. a statistical dead heat between gingrich, romney and paul. what's interesting is four years ago at this time i was actually in iowa and spent a lot of time with a little known former arkansas governor who came out of nowhere and won the iowa caucuses, that man is mike huckabee. he now has a job on another network. he's not a weather man, but m