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It like a loss. but the reality is hes the front-runner. hes held a fairly commanding lead for the entirety of this race. so i think expectations will be high. >> its one thing to say that about iowa. its another thing to say it about new hampshire and the other early states. and just back on new hampshire since everybody was there last night, you mentioned you were there that warren got rousing applause. sanders actually won there in 2016. both warren and sanders are from neighboring states. th...

2 cents, 2 cents for her wealth speech. >> she got a two-minute standing ovati ovation. >> exactly. she had that at the end as well. do these enthusiastic votes translate to number of votes. joe biden at the beginning of the night had a relatively tame response, part of that might have been his speaking slot. but the polls in iowa and new hampshire are much tighter than they are nationally. joe biden leads comfortably by double digits but its narrower in new hampshire and iowa. if he doesnt do w...

Pressure to prove his accomplishments so far? >> i think its a case where there is both reality and a little bit of down playing expectations. i think inside the white house they understand that some of the items on the to-do list which they would like to accomplish before the 100 day mark are probably out of reach simply because of the mechanisms of twriing to get another shot at repeal and replace for obamacare or just beginning the tax reform ideas. its just not reasonable to expect they can ...

Together. he got here a few hours ago, meetings with finance, and a couple of key delegations. on the way, his senior strategist talked about down playing expectations. 2 1/2 weeks ago they said, between putting paul ryan on the ticket and the bounce has been 11 points. now any are down playing that. (inaudible) >>carl: mrs. romney visited with reporters on on the plane d brought home baked cookies and said she is putting finishing touches on the speech. she will talk about her husband, the kind...

Plans for how that will help create jobs and help the economy in that area and across the country. and not only that, it will certainly help our national security. so he has resonated with the people in the south. governor romney said playing in the south is an away game for hill, but its not just geographically. hes wrong on the issues in the south. hes not strong on guns and marriage issues, so hes playing an away game just on the fact of hes wrong on the issues in the bible belt. jon: henry, ...