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In the case of gingrich, hes always been seen as someone stern and harsh and firm. so this might serve to humanize him a little bit, to show that he has a compassionate side. it will serve to at least show a side of him that most folks have not had an opportunity to see. >> a new poll shows that a head to head match between president obama, mitt romney among hispanic voters, but comparing that to the past elections, george bush managed to increase the voters in 04 then it dropped from the campai...

From dealing with -- see, im very emotional. from dealing with the real problems of real people in my family. >> joining me now for strategy talk. nbc political analyst, ed rendell and republican national hispanic assembly, danny vargas who has not yet endorsed a gop candidate for president. gentlemen, thank you so much for joining me. >> good morning. >> governor, lets go ahead and start with you. in the 70s, edmond cried after his wife was attacked and then his campaign was damaged afterwards....

>> "the des moines register" poll is coming out saturday, right? >> right. >> what time? >> 7:00 p.m. >> the whole world will know whos going to win, right? >> its going to predict it. >> i hear youre good. its great to meet you. good to have you on. >> thank you. up next, weve got the most revealing moment of the presidential race so far. the one that said more about the candidates than they ever intended. this is very fun, coming up here. very fun. if that means anything. "hardball" from jav...

Thats important to iowa, thats really what it has been speaking to iowans and taking a hard look at him. >> even more surprising in romney in 08, anything change in the polling? >> no, nothing has changed my 3450i7b mind. hes a good person. ive evaluated these candidates one by one. rick santorum this year in this environment is the person that i want to see be our next president. >> what do you make of romneys success in iowa? hes running a completely different campaign there than he did in 08....

and good evening to you, im brooke baldwin sitting in for erin burnett. out front, crunch time in iowa. you know the clock is ticking away. and candidates four days left to pick up support for the nations first contest in the gop nomination. first up is mitt romney bringing out the big guns and look at this, the very popular chris christie stumping on his behalf and the new jersey governor had what we will call a stern warning for the voters of iowa. take a look. >> im in a good mood t...

ron paul not too far behind. lets go "out front." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com and a good evening to you. im brooke bolduan sitting in for erin burnett. you know that clock, it is ticking away. candidates have four days left to pick up support for the nations first contest in the race for the gop nomination. first up, mitt romney bringing out the big guns and the very popular chris christie stumping on his behalf and the new jersey governor had what well call a bit of a ster...

lets go. and good evening to you, im brooke baldwin sitting in for erin burnett. out front, crunch time in iowa. you know the clock is ticking away. and candidates four days left to pick up support for the nations first contest in the gop nomination. first up is mitt romney bringing out the big guns and look at this, the very popular chris christie stumping on his behalf and the new jersey governor had what we will call a stern warning for the voters of iowa. take a look. >> im in a ...

for something called gasgasohol. it then became known as ethanol and we renewed it. big oil tried to kill it and chuck grassley said i was the one person that saved ethanol from big oil. why do i believe in ethanol? pretty simple. if i have to choose between the next billion dollars going to saudi arabia or south dakota, i pick south dakota. if i have to pick between iran and iowa, i pick iowa. and the fact is, if we could make sure we retain the renewable fuel standards, go to e-15 as...

Its anybodys game, really. iowa known to be conservative. that helped former arkansas governor mike huckabee take it in 2008. who will conservatives choose this time around? steve brown is live in des moines with more. steve, iowa citizens seem split among several republican candidates. is there not one that they can get behind? >> reporter: certainly. you just mentioned his name. mike huckabee. he was the guy in 08 who brought together the social community in iowa and rode that tied to victory ...

But anyhow -- so that just tells you manage. the other part of the mud comes from a different -- its in a sense, the reverse side of what you tried to tell all of us in 07-08. obama cant get re-elected in a clean, honest, campaign. chicago politicians say, okay, kidestroy my opponent with whatever it takes and win. or i can be a good citizen and lose. i pick destroy my opponent. they are not raising $1 billion with the power of the white house in order to run positive ads. >> sean: coming up nex...