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In competing with obama in the parts of the campaign that talk about the future." which i think is republican for newt gingrich is going to sink this ship. talking points memo also reporting on a new anti-scott brown fund-raising letter from the massachusetts democratic party. their killer pitch against scott brown, "newt and scott brown are birds of a feather." which is also sort of a comment on evolution if you think about it. joining us now to help us wiplu the depths of the republican politi...

In competing with obama in the parts of the campaign that talk about the future." which i think is republican for newt gingrich is going to sink this ship. talking points memo also reporting on a new anti-scott brown fund-raising letter from the massachusetts democratic party. their killer pitch against scott brown, "newt and scott brown are birds of a feather." which is also sort of a comment on evolution if you think about it. joining us now to help us with plum the depths of the republican po...

The capitol building on many occasions. we try to get involved down there as much as possible. ive been down there several times myself. i plan on being down there again. i think its our responsibility to be engaged in that process. >> reporter: exit polls in 08 and 2010 suggest that born again christians, selfidentified make about 60% then of the vote, martha. martha: thats a huge dynamic obviously in iowa. the candidates who are viewed as more socially conservative, you would think would have ...

In terms of your focus and the angle that you take on putting together this book? >> it was the impetus. >> i ran as a democrat in wyoming. you have to have quite a bit of heart to do that in the first place. i did lose. you spand lot of money, a lot of time. a lot of effort. a lot of people who become involved in your campaigns. you wonder, what was this all about? did i make a difference? it started me thinking about, what is the role of the losing candidates in our politics. is it an importan...

>> which political story will make headlines in the next 24 hours. contributor and managing editor chris joins us now. hey, chris, we understand newt gingrich will talk about brain science research on wednesday at the university of iowa. >> yeah. i will touch on it quickly, but its fascinating. he was the iowa and international front-runner. he is doing a brain science research panel and attending mike huckabees movie in des moines in the evening. its a non-traditional schedule for a non-traditi...

Where the democratic party was in 07/08, they were looking for something new. they were looking for change, not continuity. where the republican party is today, i would say, rhetorically, theyre looking for somebody whos going to be confrontational, whos really going to take it to president obama. and even again today, we saw it in saturdays debate, where i think the most clarifying answer and difference between newt and romney had to do with their answer about israel and this issue of the pales...

Representatives with a republican majority. so i wouldnt underestimate him. >> new polling points to a shifting dynamic in several key battleground states where eroding support for democrats could spell trouble for president obama. "usa today" and gallup surveyed voters in 12 key swing states around the country, all of which were carried by the president in 08. since then, the number of republican leaning voters in those places has jumped by five points while the democratic ranks have thinned by...

Surely this week theyre not going to turn it around and win. and ten points in the final 2:08 of regulation. and the running back runs out of bounds when the bears couldve killed the clock in regulation, fumbled the ball in overtime. >> fumbles the ball a split second after it looks like a break for the end zone and finish the game. >> theres something magical going on with the broncos team. they get the ultimate test when the patriots come to town. they keep finding a way to win. >> they do fig...

Hes picking up herman cain support. >> the president is right, hes been at this a longtime, he ran back in 08. everybody thought he was going to be the frontrunner in this case and he simply is not. do you sense there is desperation and panic in the romney camp right now? >> im not sure. i dont think there should be desperation in the romney count. weve seen different candidates, donald trump, michelle perry, herman cain take the lead at different times. we are within weeks of the first caucuses...

Hillary clinton. it was how the big money donors felt about the campaign that hillary and bill ultimately were running. i think this is a little bit closer to that in the sense that the base has already said for quite some time that mitt romney is a 22%, 25% candidate for them. 75% of the polls -- 75% of those voters are undecided or are willing to change to someone else if given an opportunity. so theres a great deal more fluidity here than maybe 2008. but i think its a little bit closer to tha...