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>> we begin tonight with presidential politics. new numbers that underscore just how important our big debate here is tomorrow night and a new twist in the campai campaign conversation. a new cnn times poll shows a statistical dead heat this arizona. 36% for mitt romney, 32% for the surging rick santorum. add in a small santorum lead in michigan which also votes next tuesday, and what you get is a tense, volatile gop race as the final four candidates prepare for their first debate in n...

Lets bring in comcast network washington bureau chief robert tranum who was a santorum aide in more than a deck kald. six months ago did you think rick santorum would still be part of the conversation going into new hampshire? >> no i did not. you know, as you know i worked for rick for ten years and so i have a personal friendship with him. i thought he was going to be perhaps maybe fourth or fifth in iowa and he himself said that if in fact he came in dead last in iowa just a couple weeks ago ...

This morning talking about the jobs number, the 8.5% unemployment rate, saying that despite the presidents policies that the economy seems to be improving and people are going back to work. but hes kicking off what he calls today this faith, family, and freedom tour, something he tried in iowa and to great success there and is trying to replicate here in new hampshire. the trouble is he has four days left. he is still well behind mitt romney, the front-runner here by about 29 points according to...

Race after super tuesday and i think rick santorum will have the momentum and conservatives will get behind him. >> well see how it all plays out. well know more by this time wednesday. iowa secretary of state matt schultz. thanks so much for your time. >> thank you. programming note, you can hear more of andrea mitchells interview with rick santorum this afternoon. 1:00 eastern only on msnbc. want to take a closer look at all of the players in this race now with our panel. alicia menendez i...

Race after super tuesday and i think rick santorum will have the momentum and conservatives will get behind him. >> well see how it all plays out. well know more by this time wednesday. iowa secretary of state matt schultz. thanks so much for your time. >> thank you. programming note, you can hear more of andrea mitchells interview with rick santorum this afternoon. 1:00 eastern only on msnbc. want to take a closer look at all of the players in this race now with our panel. alicia menendez i...

Its time for the first big three panel of the new year. three topic, three talkers. today, were looking at poll a palooza. results of the new poll. obama 2.0 campaign says its ready. new years resolutions. advice from the experts. im joined by former governor ted strickland, anne kornblut and robert trainham for the comcast network. this new poll showing mitt romney, ron paul basically neb and neck with rick santorum at third. in the final two days of polling, rick santorum moves past paul with ...

Not stopping and handling this from day one. the facts are i didnt get that kind of money and went to a consulting firm and had officers and the share i got was relatively small. >> he is washington bureau chief for the comcast network and staff writer covering national politics. the author of the take. welcome all. listening to newt there talk about his consulting firm. >> it was his. >> now we know why haley barber didnt run. it is tough to be able to make that argument. my name is on the firm...

Finney and robert train for the comcast network. hello to you. >> good morning. karen, ill begin with you. the influential union leader newspaper endorses newt gingrich. is this a game change sner. >> its a very big deal. its a coveted endorsement. no question. certainly, today the romney campaign is not happy. this definitely put a kink in their strategy, no question. it remains to be seen whether or not its really a game changer. again, the conversation weve been having about newt is that th...

Because when you add verizon to your company, you dont just add, you multiply. ♪ discover something new... verizon. welcome back to "weekends with alex witt." its time for the big three in politics. president obama, 2.0? . pepper spray in politics? and the super committee not so super. im joined by chris la han, worked in the clinton white house and for al gores presidential campaign. jackie kucinich and robert train a&m the comcast network. thanks for joining us. >> good morning. chris, i...

Requiring an insurance policy. democratic strategist and comcast network and reporter from the "wall street journal." lets start off with this report. it sounds like rick perry said first you were for it and now you are against it. with newt gingrich, if mitt romney is say flip flopper, what is he? >> that will abe big issue. if nude will be the anti-romney, he has to present himself as something different. if mitt romneys problems are these accusations of flip flopping. he doesnt make a good st...