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The better iowa ground games on the republican side and if donald trump ends up winning in iowa, that ground game might be reason why. >> we heard this morning that the obama -- that theyre now -- democrats are raising money off of some of donald trumps latest comments of the theyre taking a playbook we have seen use ed often, using the words of the front-runner to get your base, to get your people fired up and ready. >> absolutely. if youre not trying to -- if youre a democrat and not trying to...

I might not know about this kind of thing. maybe true but it come off a little funny. >> let me split that one in two. tonight make another bush comparison but george w. bush used to say i never read the polls. sorry. thats like saying i dont like beer. they both studied the polls and theyre deemly involve in politics. his answer on joe biden, i believe 1,000%. it would have been campaign malpractice for the obama team not to research everything. thats what they. do remember when the reelection ...

Over god was going to be on the platform. clint eastwood got all the attention. >> there is a certain rule here. republicans to have learn it. if the whole essence is a tightly choreographed event, then you do that. you put things to help you better, rubio was terrific and videos of the families, those were moving and nobody saw them because they were in the wrong hour, in the middle of it. dont say to clint eastwood, dont go out and wing it. there has been considerable cottage industry of finge...

But they are supposed to be pivoting to independent voters. they are supposed to be pivoting to mainstream voters, that the value voters want to talk about and want to cheer about. to me this is almost campaign malpractice, to put your main surrogate, whos values are so divergent from mainstream america. >> let me go to you for a minute, frank. today he talked about big government. he talked about things that he may go to independent voters but he was talking at this kind of conference and these...

Campaign malpractice. it was crazy. >> it was a bad move. i wrote a piece earlier this afternoon that said what would have been so much better was to have -- was to get rid of clint eastwood altogether. have marco rubio give his fine speech and have the end set up the video. then have the video played which i agree with you was incredibly effective. i thought it was powerful and really did show you aspects of mitt romney that youve never seen before. could you imagine mitt romney coming on to th...

>> and telling about who he is and there was a reticence about him, about not kind of sharing that, which is quite striking to me. david brooks said, not having those mormon families as part of the campaign much earlier was campaign malpractice. you know. if they had them. >> im not so sure because i think theres an elegance to that sense of privacy, not being so show offy about what you do for people and to have it revealed like this, i will tell you i was moved. at first when those peopleam on...

Country? arent we proud of our leaders? it is just anything goes. and this larger narrative about, you know, not getting help and -- i -- it is hilarious and campaign malpractice. but they keep coming up with these guys, i think they are all guys, who have gotten government help. thats because so many people have. they may not know it. they may not admit it but this is the roy our government helps businesses. so this cant even stay on message within their own campaign. >> no doubt about it. joan...

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Over god was going to be on the platform. clint eastwood got all the attention. >> there is a certain rule here. republicans to have learn it. if the whole essence is a tightly choreographed event, then you do that. you put things to help you better, rubio was terrific and videos of the families, those were moving and nobody saw them because they were in the wrong hour, in the middle of it. dont say to clint eastwood, dont go out and wing it. there has been considerable cottage industry of finge...

Over god was going to be on the platform. clint eastwood got all the attention. >> there is a certain rule here. republicans to have learn it. if the whole essence is a tightly choreographed event, then you do that. you put things to help you better, rubio was terrific and videos of the families, those were moving and nobody saw them because they were in the wrong hour, in the middle of it. dont say to clint eastwood, dont go out and wing it. there has been considerable cottage industry of finge...