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Lost to, i think, arguments about what were going do with taxes, grover norquist, all of that stuff. they just havent found the center of gravity for them yet. >> doris referred to republicans as looking for someone who is tried and true. and thats really so. but the irony here is newt and romney are very similar kinds of politicians in a lot of ways. theyre both center right. both smooth talking in their own ways. they both are prone to compromise. and they both have flip-flopped a lot over the...

"union leader" joe mcquaid talking this morning about the big players in new hampshire, newt gingrich, romney, and ron paul, as well, who also has a lot more support than he gets a lot of attention for in iowa. >> yeah. you know, one of the fascinating things in the base this time around is in 08, whenever ron paul would say something about foreign policy, he would get booed and every other candidate would gang up on him. now every time he talks about foreign policy, theres at least some applaus...

They perform. what are all the other news headlines about? incredible gaffes. i mean herman cain having too be reminded about the libya campaign, which happened about five minutes ago? so, i mean, this is whats dominating. and then romney is sort of steady as you go. steady as you go. >> and he may be nominated as a result of that, that steady performance at the debates. but the downside is, he gets to that convention, the delegates at this convention next summer are not likely to be mitt romney...

Now the interests around the defense have gone forward and said those automatic triggers, no, were not going to let those happen, but you want to let unemployment insurance expire. i mean, this is the lack of compassion. im out here in the streets of d.c., i see veterans who are homeless begging for money. this is the america we think we want? i dont think so. >> but you think the resurgent right could be explained differently. >> well, i think there are a couple things. one, i saw this rise of ...

>> that would be quite a coup for romney because pretty much everyone else on the stage in those debates in 08 hated romney. but no one hated him more than mike huckabee. clearly become some sort of personal grudge. so for huckabee to endorse him would be a pretty big deal. >> but it seems to me, this is actually ultimately perhaps good for romney, because every republican nominee has had some test early on in recent years. reagan lost iowa in 1980. george h.w. bush lost to bob dole in 1988. geo...

Battlegrounds? what do you think its going to take to make it into this corner? >> well, i think they can actually help the president. theres been such feedback or kickback on i think they have energized the working class movements in a way that we couldnt have ever done it ourselves. >> in this new report, they say that the president had a tough time in 08 with that white working class vote. he lost a lot of those votes. do you think its possible for the president to win the election without wi...

Hope you did too, alex. >> thank you very much. according to a new poll, president obama is going to have a tough time in 2012 in florida, oh high ohio, and pennsylvania. what do you think that the vice president can bring to those states that the president cannot? >> well, he can bring the economic message. if those voters listen to the economic message and put side by side republican votes in the congress and what the republican candidates are saying, versus what the president and democrats ar...

All-time low. congress has a 9% support rating right now, and were seeing not only the effect of the crisis in europe affecting the united states, but were seeing now the failure of the supercommittee and how that can effect the markets here and globally as well. i guess in the last ten days the market, as you noted, has gone down. its been the longest stretch of decline since 08 when we had the major beginnings of the recession. jon: some people say, you know, you look at greece, a country that...

You wouldnt want to say, i want to increase by $3.8 trillion. youd want to get into a position where republican observe stance did it for you. this would be exactly what anyone would tell him to do. put republicans in a position where they let them expire in order to protect the rich. >> yeah, that would be actually perfect way to do it. and im all for him doing this. i am wondering, though, at some point, does the administration need to start, at least some kind of sidewise education campaign t...

Order to protect the rich. >> yeah, that would be actually perfect way to do it. and im all for him doing this. i am wondering, though, at some point, does the administration need to start, at least some kind of sidewise education campaign that lets america know the rates were talking about here were the bill clinton rates of the 1990s, when everybody did very well. i mean, dont let the country get too terrified at the idea of all of these rates actually going up. >> you know, the problem is tha...