Romney leads in Iowa as Gingrich falters

MITT ROMNEY has seized the lead in Iowa days before the unpredictable heartland state’s caucus kicks off voting to decide the Republican presidential nominee, a new poll showed.

The CNN/Time/ORC survey also confirmed the 64-year-old former Massachusetts governor’s dominance in New Hampshire, the second state to vote, boosting his chances of a possible fast-track romp to the nomination.

“This is going to be so much fun! Why don’t we just caucus right now?” an upbeat Romney told a cheering crowd packed into the warehouse space of a top plastic parts manufacturer.