Mitt Romney is now repeatedly saying that he created a net 100,000 jobs in his tenure at Bain Capital. But there seems to be no evidence to substantiate this claim. In fact, in previous campaigns the Romney campaign has been pressed on this number and to the best of my knowledge never been able to offer any evidence.

Eric Kleefeld walks us through the actual caucus process in Iowa.

Gingrich calls Romney a “liar”. Watch.

Image of the Day: Time for a cold one.

Mitt Romney hosted his rousing campaign finish in Clive, Iowa last night with a speech that repeated the China-bashing mantra that has become a staple of his campaign speeches. Only problem: the company that hosted Romney’s speech specializes in outsourcing work to China.

But don’t be confused: the host and business owner tells Evan McMorris-Santoro: Romney’s China-bashing is just hot air.

Mitt Romney is just finishing up a speech bashing China — inter alia — at a factory in Iowa that openly prides itself on its ability to outsource work to China.

Benjy Sarlin explores one of the odder dynamics of the GOP primary cycle: The more the candidates vied to be the anti-Romney, the more shots they took at each other and the fewer they took at Mitt, leaving him largely untouched in some of the most bruising campaign battles leading up to the Iowa caucus.

Our ace video editor Michael Lester compiled this blooper reel from outtakes of TPM’s Campaign In 100 Seconds series: Read More

Pizza Ranch manager in Boone, Iowa debuts “Santorum Salad“.

With all the polls entered and one day before the election, the TPM Poll Average of Iowa is:

Romney, 21.3%
Paul, 20%
Santorum, 17.3%
Gingrich, 15%
Perry, 9.6%
Bachmann, 7.2%

Here’s the latest look at the chart: Read More