The new Republican leader in Iowa is ... (drum roll) ... Ron Paul

The new Republican leader in Iowa is ... (drum roll) ... Ron Paul

Gingrich has gone from 27% to 22% to 14% in the last three weekly polls, as the Republicans continue to cannibalize their brethren.

Get this - after his brief moment in the spotlight, Newt is now running only 4 points ahead of Santorum.

For fun: the video below shows Ron Paul on the Morton Downey Jr. program during his 1988 campaign for the presidency on the Libertarian Party ticket.

Paul was on the ballot in 46 states and got about 400,000 votes, about half of one percent of the total cast. He made his best showing in Alaska, where he got nearly 3% if the votes.