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Youre also talking about how, through this debate between conservatives and progress sifs, how is government going to effectively move forward in providing to those that are part of the 99%, the services that they need to be able to kind of bridge the wealth gap to be able to have opportunity, to be able to have the dream of home ownership, to be able to go on to college. even if you look at the unemployment rates, the unemployment rates have been double digit for african-americans. not in the l...

>> tonight we celebrate. tomorrow we go back to work. >> dana bash is in manchester. christine romans is in the election center digging into who voted and why. peter ham by is in south carolina, the next stop in this grueling presidential primary. lets begin with dana there. romneys two for two. he won iowa, he won new hampshire. this victory wasnt a surprise, not to most. he was expected to win. its the size of his win thats really grabbing attention, however. is it enough to get the ...

Campaign because there was not a big enough win. >> at the end of the day a win is a win, whether its a double digit or what it is. looking forward and into south carolina and florida, he has a ten-point lead in south carolina and about six or seven point lead. and that is helpful. the timing of the poll is critical too. people in new hampshire wait to the last minute to make up their mind. the timing of to poll is critical, the people in new hampshire have heard the bain information. its not ma...

it started at midnight. mississippi governor, he pardoned four convicted killers on his way out from office. they were all serving life sentences in murder cases. all of them had also worked in a special program at the governors mansion. >> and im not sure if you saw these pictures, but awesome. check this out. this is a tanker with ice cutters trying to plow through the alaskan ice because its got a critical shipment of fuel. and its headed towards an alaskan city that really, really ...

Somebodys going to be the anti-romney. i think theyd rather it be santorum than, say, a rick perry or gingrich or guys who think -- identify talked to some romney people, people they think had higher potential. >> in an actual campaign they thought -- >> greater ability to organize the way dana talked about, the greater ability to fund raise. also, more range. you know, this thing is not a marathon. its a decathlon. one day you run the mile, next day you do the frisbee thing, and they not speary...

National race, rick santorum cant do as many -- cant appeal to as many people? >> rick santorum is a good politician. he didnt win re-election in his own state. he lost by double digit. thats quite a lot. hes the wrong candidate for this election. he seems to be campaigning more on social issues. thats not to say anything bad about social issues but this isnt a social issues election. this is an election where the two most major concerns with conservatives are the economy and immigration. while ...

Going to think im nuts, but, no -- >> yes. >> looking after an election when youre on the hope/change upswing at the beginning of a presidency, youre looking at a very different situation. and were not just talking on the leavitt, and were not just talking for the president. congress is, what, a 16% approval rating among -- megyn: if that. i think youre being generous. >> yeah, yeah, youre right. i gave a double digit there, right, megyn? [laughter] the bottom line is this is a very different ti...

Going to think im nuts, but, no -- >> yes. >> looking after an election when youre on the hope/change upswing at the beginning of a presidency, youre looking at a very different situation. and were not just talking on the leavitt, and were not just talking for the president. congress is, what, a 16% approval rating among -- megyn: if that. i think youre being generous. >> yeah, yeah, youre right. i gave a double digit there, right, megyn? [laughter] the bottom line is this is a very different ti...

caucuses it starts counting. republicans will start choosing candidates in a campaign after everyone you see here and a few you dont, have been the front-runner or the front-runner -- or may soon become the front-runner. some of these boxes may soon be empty. politicos roger simon said iowa caucuses dont pick winners, they eliminate losers. a lot of people could continue on from here even if they dont place well. a loser here may take new hampshire. someone else could win south carolin...

hampshire. someone else could win south carolina and yet another may win florida. its just been that kind of a campaign. the polls here reflect it. take a look. the latest from the "des moines register," mitt romney and ron paul in a statistical tie. rick santorum close behind. newt gingrich fourth and fading. rick perry fifth and climbing slowly. michele bachmann in single digits. that poll came out over the weekend. arg showed romney in front. paul, santorum and gingrich essentially ...