Romney's Iowa campaign office making final push

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Andrew Adams and Richard Piatt reporting It's the day before the Iowa caucuses, and the Romney campaign isn't wasting any time. It's working to roll out its supporters.

Presidential candidates canvas Iowa before the caucuses that could help or hurt their chances for the White House. A long campaign and an early caucus have the presidential candidates scrambling. But the candidates are spending the final night before the Iowa caucuses in very different ways.

It's now the calm before the storm in this arena. But tomorrow is a big deal for Mitt Romney. The Iowa caucus is an event that's all about momentum.

Olympic gold medal speed skater Dan Jansen tapped into the Salt Lake Olympics on Mitt Romney's behalf. It came at a rally, as the clock ticked toward the 2008 Iowa caucuses.

Ann and Mitt Romney appeared relaxed, even after spending the day criss-crossing the state in a whirlwind plane trip to drum up votes.

Earlier in the day, Romney's campaign headquarters was buzzing with scores of volunteers: all on cell phones, calling voters. One of those volunteers drove from Salt Lake City.

Joe Neville said, "I'd like to be somewhere to make a difference, and I thought working for his campaign would really help."

"We don't do as well, perhaps, with single-issue voters. But with broadly conservative folks out in the middle of the Republican Party, we're doing quite well," explained Gentry Collins, Romney's Iowa campaign manager.

Collins says the key is getting out the people they know are locks. They're even knocking on their doors. Undecideds matter, he says, but surprisingly not so much in this close Republican race.