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Be seen as on the fringe of the party. but tonight thats not the way that anybody has been talking about this. nobody has been really talking about it as a huckabee-type win or a pat robertson-type win but talking about what it means in terps of trouble for mitt romney. >> we are talking about that way about the ron paul part of it. that is the part that were kind of ignoring and looking at these other two front-runners which i think makes sense. iowa has not been good at picking presidential wi...

Which is why youre seeing the candidates themselves, michelle bachmann and newt gingrich speaking, including high-profile surrogates. nbcs ron mott is in johnston just outside des moines, another large caucus site and they just told me where ron moth, is they have just seen candidate rick santorum arrive at that caucus site. at some of these larger caucus sites youre seeing the candidates themself, famous and/or big name surrogates appear on their behalf. im here with al sharpton and lawrence od...

Coming out of here. ive been saying all the time now that mitt romney is still setting the tone for this. if he were to be able to win here tonight thats very important. to go into new hampshire, a state where he is favored, no republican has won both iowa then gone on to win new hampshire. its tough to do. if he does and if there is some blood in the water you might have a legitimate number to a socially conservative alternative to romney. its been a constellation. not one candidate yet. as you...

Good as president obama. i mean, hes good retail politic guy. he gets in that crowd and those people are believing what he is saying. he has got a very unique quality and he connects with people he is not a bus stop kind of candidate. he gets in their face, answers their question, gets away from the bullet points and gets very explanatory. there are qualities about him that i think conner is vat i have two really gravitate to >> i think the idea of ed schultz as rick santorums surrogate is great...

>> why dont you say the democratic party? >> the democratic party. however you define it. >> thank you. lets go back to rachel. >> the democrat party sounds good because it puts the emphasis on "rat." those dirty rats. still too close to call in iowa. well get more from our panel from steve schmidt, ed schultz, lawrence odonnell, al sharpton when we come back. these are the standings right now. too close to call. 23, 23 at the time and then gingrich, perry, and bachmann at fourth, fifth, and six...

They call it, and certainly michele bachmann said trying to defeat what she calls obama care is one of the top priorities of this election season. so theres an easy alliance to see on that issue between the two of them. and as ed pointed out, he can remain a vocal, prominent voice for these issues and can serve to try to coalesce part of the tea party interest, part of the christian conservative vote, to try to be the anti-romney voice. and at the same time again, building her own profile and tr...

>> why dont you say the democratic party? >> the democratic party. however you define it. >> thank you. lets go back to rachel. >> the democrat party sounds good because it puts the emphasis on "rat." those dirty rats. still too close to call in iowa. well get more from our panel from steve schmidt, ed schultz, lawrence odonnell, al sharpton when we come back. these are the standings right now. too close to call. 23, 23 at the time and then gingrich, perry, and bachmann at fourth, fifth, and six...

Person in the tea party movement, in the anti-president obama movement. and shes got to set that stage today. and so last night, she gave a lot of remarks that were very much talking about the broader fight and suggesting that that is what needs to happen, kind of that coalescing that ed was talking about. today she gets to make that again. shes had a chance to sort of take it in, be with hermann family. she called of the candidates. shes been with hermann family. aides expect shell take questio...

The days ahead. but he may well emerge after tonight as the chief alternative to governor romney. if you look back four years ago, in south carolina, the single most important thing that happened to john mccain in terms of winning the nomination was the fact that fred thompson didnt get out of the race after a disappointing finnish iowa. he took enough energy out of mike huckabee that allowed john mccain to squeak by in south carolina. it will be very interesting to see after tonight. i dont thi...

Out who she is going to support. that will be a press conference for another day, which she is very good at gaming the cameras and always has. >> no reason not to stretch this out, right? starred march 21, 2010 when decided obama care was not for her. >> a lot of strategy being plays out now behind closed doors, phone calls being made and shes calculated in her next move and what the best move will be for the conservative movement. she said that she would not waiver in her principles, you know, ...