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In schmitt, a chief strategist with the mccain/palin campaign and also the host of "the ed show" on msnbc, ed schultz, lawrence odonnell, the host of "last word" and the host of msnbcs "politics nation," the reverend al sharpton who himself has been a presidential candidate and knows what it is to compete in iowa. gentlemen, thank you all very much for being here. this is going to be a fun night already. let me start with getting some first thoughts from you about what you think the stakes are t...

Them. we put together an exchange. the president is copying that idea. im glad to hear that. obama-care is bad news. >> joining me now, brad woodhouse, communications director for the democratic national committee. brad, good to have you with us tonight. >> thanks, ed. >> that comment from president obama, could it come back to hau haunt him? 8.6% unemployment. it is true the number is trending upwards. the arrow is going in the right direction. is that going to be enough? could that comment com...

Because its not in his nature to act that way. part of 2012, ed, is going to be whether barack obama wants to get re-elected enough that he can do some political things that dont come naturally to him. >> joy-ann reid, jonathan alter, great to have you with us. thanks so much. you have to see what happens when eric cantor is confronted with the truth about ronald reagan. thats next. stay with us. ♪

>> 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...

>> richard, let me ask you. if he gets 400 delegates are more going the caucus states and gets a big speech position at the national convention, what effect would that have on the republican party? >> youre going to see things like closing down whole departments in the federal government will become mainstream. were already seeing steve forbes crazy idea of flat tax go mainstream. for republicans. again, not for americans, but for republicans, ron paul is having that effect right now. he can tak...

>> thank you. we are hours away from start of the nations first official presidential contest. to give you an idea of how wild this has been, for example, in late october, right around halloween, rick santorum had 5% in the "the des moines register" poll dead last. now hes poised to score an upset. this morning, he is feeling energized. >> i would say we strung this on shoestring but thats been ensuling shoestrings. money is coming in better than its ever come in. we suspect well have resources ...

Im glad to hear that. obama-care is bad news. >> joining me now, brad woodhouse, communications director for the democratic national committee. brad, good to have you with us tonight. >> thanks, ed. >> that comment from president obama, could it come back to haunt him? 8.6% unemployment. it is true the number is trending upwards. the arrow is going in the right direction. is that going to be enough? could that comment come back to hurt him? >> well, look, ed, it was no surprise the rnc has a vid...

Thats a big word for this president. >> its a big challenge for him because its not in his nature to act that way. part of 2012, ed, is going to be whether barack obama wants to get re-elected enough that he can do some political things that dont come naturally to him. >> joy-ann reid, jonathan alter, great to have you with us. thanks so much. you have to see what happens when eric cantor is confronted with the truth about ronald reagan. thats next. stay with us. i had enough of feeling embarr...

Else? >> no, the ads by the romney 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 whi...

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...