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Nonrandom draw from the box. and yet the kind of notions of us sitting around a table at this point saying are you running, are you not running, can make ordinary people trying to make sense out of life feeling like what is washington doing. up next were going to talk about the colbert effect. but first, we need to report a tragic story out of brooklyn. a home fire killed seven children, left two people in critical condition. all of the victims are believed to be from the same family. more tha...

Comes back on tv, now youre an advocate for mitt romney, but before when you thought you had a chance, you thought he couldnt win. theres an embarrassment factor moving forward here and if wrou dont end these things right, that sticks with you. >> peter, i understand that you actually had a chance to talk to huntsman about the colbert effect. it would completely diminish any efforts hes gained so far coming out of iowa and then going through new hampshire. >> thats absolutely right. with we had ...

His future depends on that. >> politico is reporting that huntsman could come in behind steve colbert. what is the colbert effect in this? >> i think the colbert effect is to make fun of the entire process in a way thats probably humbling and useful for people on both sides, both politicians and press. hes lampooning the process and i think the raw material the process is giving him. >> obviously, the huntsman campaign will try to sanitize some of the things it said against romney. take a hisen ...