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Him as competent. i think some of the flip flop stuff and moderate stuff may be actually helping him in a general election that hes not perceived as being too ideological. i do think that youre going to see a billion dollars worth of tv ads spent by barack obama casting him as gordon geko, as this creature of wall street. that will be the attack, make no mistake about it. at the end of the day i think it will be very close. my question is not a national race but if you look at the states, can ba...

Looking at this as who would be my candidate, im looking at this awesome organization that barack obama demonstrated in 08 and im looking at people that cant make the ballot, that dont read the newsletter. im thinking im going to compete with this? >> right. >> so forget getting into the federal government. how did they compete with president obama? and i dont know if its about coming home to romney. it might be coming to romney. i dont know of a lot who feel thats home. >> so thats the question...

I had a heavily democratic legislature and i got things done. >> and he flip flopped on every major issue and he got a lot of people laid off when bain was moving from job to job. >> im not arguing for him. all im saying is that is the proposition he will put forward. im the guy who can make it work. im the guy who can bring this together. >> but on tuesday i might disagree with what i said on monday. >> there is that kind of do you want to hang out with mitt romney for the next four years, amer...

Dodd/frank had something to do with that. when we talk about things that have changed in the last couple years dodd/frank has a big impact on the way wall street does business. what they will complain about is regulation and dodd/frank and the inability to make as much money as they used to make. you dont hear them saying these guys are crazy. get them out of the way. so there is some sensitivity to it. whether that indicates a kind of change of behavior, you know, well have to see. >> what next...

Enthusiasm. >> reverend sharpton is right. sometimes hate or fear is the greatest motivator to get people to the polls. thats where mitt romney is strong. he doesnt have the same fear factor among democrats as some of the wacko conservatives have. i mean, a lot of democrats say, well, boy, hes pretty bland or this or that but they dont think he is going to come in and -- >> but you have two candidates, neither one of whom is going to get their marginal people coming out to vote. this is going to...

Clear on who to love. there has been a lot of infighting back and forth, sort of a flavor of the month mentality throughout this caucus. here specifically in iowa, throughout the republican campaign, so far. and a lot of people who had said initially that they had liked someone more conservative now have acknowledged theres some need to find a candidate they believe who can compete with barack obama. its worth noting today as we stand out in 34-degree temperatures this is the forecast high for t...

Vote for her on social security and medicare. mr. koch, one of them, expects you to vote with him on energy, etcetera, taxes. there is no difference. its just the zeroes. >> willie, as somebody has raised a lot of money, i raised $42 million for my first gubernatorial campaign and $42 million for my second because i didnt have a primary, hes absolutely right. the failure of the occupy movement to embrace this issue, to change the constitution, that is the only way you do it given the court inter...

Making it up when he is saying all these crazy things. itll be fine later on. both parties would have to do a whole lot better if youre going to get real change. >> we wont hold our breath for that. josh, what else are you looking at? i know home ownership was a big one with you guys this year. the housing hangover sort of. >> and really when are we going to find the bottom? so much of the american, of the domestic economy problem is based in the fact that peoples money is invested in their home...

Speech tonight in the state of iowa. joining us from des moines nbc correspondent peter alexander. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, willie. welcome back. sorry not to see you with joe and mikas slippers on this morning. >> that was a sight. well fill people in on that later. "way too early" joe and mika jamies and slippers on national television. were a week out now. where do we stand and who are you following? >> reporter: well, you know, i think whats interesting is that all of ...

Except you have to pick your hill to die on. and i think that the danger we just saw with this -- this extension, the two-month extension, is that they almost put us in a position where the republican party is no longer the party of tax cuts. so i think that there was a real danger. at the end of the day, look, were better off because the tea party won. there is no doubt about it. but hopefully as we move forward things will be a little bit smoother. >> willie, i would disagree. i dont think the...