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Against those. my friends, earmarks are gateway to corruption. >> im joined now by daily beast columnist and msnbc contributor megan mccain. also well point out the daughter of senator john mccain. megan, it is great to have you here. also i want to talk to you about coming off the heels of the governors interview. your father has really been vocal in the support of mitt romney at least in support of him now. so how do you think thats going to carry in the state of south carolina especially gett...

Sort of changed and it sword of came out and people said i said black. i didnt. >> shep: hmm. rick santorum says hes concerned about all americans becoming too dependent on our government. so why is new hampshire so important already? its the first primary of the season. idealcally it tends to be polar opposite of iowa. since 1952, only three candidates lost new hampshire and still gone on to win the presidency. bill clinton was one in 92. george w. bush in 2000. and president obama in 2008. the...

Say that. if you look at it, what i started to say is a word and sort of changed and it sword of came out and people said i said black. i didnt. >> shep: hmm. rick santorum says hes concerned about all americans becoming too dependent on our government. so why is new hampshire so important already? its the first primary of the season. idealcally it tends to be polar opposite of iowa. since 1952, only three candidates lost new hampshire and still gone on to win the presidency. bill clinton was on...

To corruption. >> im joined now by daily beast columnist and msnbc contributor megan mccain. also well point out the daughter of senator john mccain. megan, it is great to have you here. also i want to talk to you about coming off the heels of the governors interview. your father has really been vocal in the support of mitt romney at least in support of him now. so how do you think thats going to carry in the state of south carolina especially getting the endorsement of nikki haley who is a tea ...

Who won south carolina in 08. nbcs ron mott now joins me from keene, new hampshire where rick santorum campaigned earlier this morning. ron, what kind of reception is rick santorum getting in keene today after the controversial comment the moment that he had yesterday at new england college? >> well, good morning, thomas. he had a group of serenading protesters out here. im not sure whether the former senator was able to hear what they were singing about. some of his positions. i think they got ...

13 sailors being held captive by somali pirates in the straigts f hormuz and draws the fury of the iranian military. up first tonight, the enormous stakes of new hampshires presidential primary. remember, it was in this state, the hillary clinton come back four years ago, sent the democratic race into the historic obama/clinton marathon. tonight, starkly new numbers suggests former massachusetts governor mitt romney could all but lock up this cycles republican race this month with a ...

Mike huckabee won almost half of them last time. rick santorum only won a third of them. if rick perry continues in south carolina and newt gingrich, as well, a risk for conservatives that more conservative vote will fragment, again, and potentially allow romney to do in south carolina what john mccain did last time. which is win a plurality victory with very limited support from the most conservative parts of the party. 60% of the vote in south carolina was evangelical in 08 and same as in iowa...

Organization is weak, fellow texan ron paul needs a breakthrough win and newt gingrich is licking his wounds. the one person he help, romney, who is fourth in south carolina in 08. for romney, splikt the opposition by four is better than by three, unless this happens again. >> live free or die, victory or death, bring it. >> i cant, the third one, i cant. sorry. oops. >> and then a comparison of him being the tim tebow of the elections, ie, tebow the wildcard game this weekend was their plan? we...

Discussions about issues and poll numbers but it comes down to the math of the electoral college. they point out while they polled voters in 12 different swing states and they favor mitt romney by 5 points. back in 08 swing state party identification favored democrats by 11 points. and now the edge is down to 2 points. they still have an edge. but it narrowed significantly. what does it tell you? >> it will be a challenge. he knows that. thats why they are preparing for it. but romney has not be...

College. they point out while they polled voters in 12 different swing states and they favor mitt romney by 5 points. back in 08 swing state party identification favored democrats by 11 points. and now the edge is down to 2 points. they still have an edge. but it narrowed significantly. what does it tell you? >> it will be a challenge. he knows that. thats why they are preparing for it. but romney has not been tested. we are about to see things get really ugly in new hampshire. south carolina. b...