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Folks, the front group basically for him are basically doing the job of destroying newt gingrich. what i think is fascinating and comes out of what ed says and what steve said. what happens if the whole result of the next several events here, caucuses tonight and in new hampshire and then down to south carolina and on through florida is that romney never really gets beyond about 25%. do people basically say they dont like him, but he beats his main opponent which is newt gingrich, so, in other w...

Playbook and all the comments that president obama made and the promises. is he just going to blame it on the congress? is that it? >> well, look, the congress has been an impediment, ed, as you know, over the course of the past year. i mean, republicans in congress, especially in the house, set out on a strategy of tanking the economy, if that meant they could win an election. so we cant let them get away with that. i would say in terms of strategy, i would say three things. id say, one, the pr...

This state. to send a message on which way were going, for the status kqu. believe me, you dont have to worry about the choice if you choose another candidate, because the others represent the status quo. >> last week in newton, iowa, i didnt see him ask the way he did right there. by the way, another candidate once used caucus to his advantage. his name is president barack obama. lets turn to joan walsh, editor at large, salon.com. msnbc political analyst, richard wolffe. great to have both of ...

This state. to send a message on which way were going, for the status quo. believe me, you dont have to worry about the choice if you choose another candidate, because the others represent the status quo. >> last week in newton, iowa, i didnt see him ask the way he did right there. by the way, another candidate once used caucus to his advantage. his name is president barack obama. lets turn to joan walsh, editor at large, salon.com. msnbc political analyst, richard wolffe. great to have both of ...

>> i think the other candidates, frankly, have been trigger happy. the way they are talking about military action against iran. the bar is so low that they think, you know, just saying boo to america when it came to the drone getting captured, that was enough to trigger military action. thats what most of the candidates said in that last debate. so for all of this wackiness, for all the isolationism and the anti-war sentiment, which wont fly with the republican elites, i think actually mainstrea...

Of it can build and i think that he can win iowa and he can do extremely well in south carolina. i just think that in the long haul romney has more resources right now. i think that ron paul has done good leg work in the caucus states, paralleling that of what barack obama dez inid in 2008. >> newt gingrich? >> people in congress, of course are talking about him, i dont see newt as a major player in the long haul. >> you talked about big egos. do you see anybody dropping out, say, before south c...

Congress do the right thing for millions of working americans but it was only possible because you added your voices to the debate. as i said before, were at a make or break moment for the middle class. as president, i promise to do everything i can to make america a place where hard work and responsibility are rewarded. one where everyone has a fair shot and everyone does their fair share. >> for more, lets turn to jonathan alter, msnbc political analyst, and "bloomberg view" columnist and msnb...

Of our polling last week. only after some of the initial polls came out that we started seeing a big rise from him on thursday night and a bigger spike going into friday night. we got together on saturday morning and saw the final numbers. his numbers have rocketed. here is something thats really important to remember, ed. his electability numbers where republicans are saying who offers the best shot at toppling the president are nowhere near mitt romney at 47%. gingrich, despite his incredible ...

>> i think the other candidates, frankly, have been trigger happy. the way they are talking about military action against iran. the bar is so low that they think, you know, just saying boo to america when it came to the drone getting captured, that was enough to trigger military action. thats what most of the candidates said in that last debate. so for all of this wackiness, for all the isolationism and the anti-war sentiment, which wont fly with the republican elites, i think actually mainstrea...

Something that the republican party would never go along with. what do you think? >> i think the other candidates, frankly, have been trigger happy. the way they are talking about military action against iran. the bar is so low that they think, you know, just saying boo to america when it came to the drone getting captured, that was enough to trigger military action. thats what most of the candidates said in that last debate. so for all of his wackiness, for all the isolationism and the anti-war...