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This isnt the, you know, the national press talking. these are local main street influential republicans in these three states. thats terrible news for rick perry. you know, they had a more favorable view of mitt romney, but, again, its just compared with rick perry. what these numbers show to me, lawrence, is that the republicans are still out there yearning for somebody whos really going to satisfy them on all fronts. mitt romney now does well by comparison to rick perry, but only because rick...

Comparison to rick perry, but only because rick perry screwed up so roy>>alnd you asked them electability question, howard. 63% saying romney has the best chance to defeat obama. 24% says perry has the best chance to defeat the president. that could turn out to be the decisive issue as the campaign ripens. >> keep in mind, thats given the choice between perry and romney. so what romney has done as sort of unpopular as he is natively, if you will, is he keeps beating people back who try to challe...

Will be able to circumvent the law and deny implementation in their states," referring to sanders bill that would create national universal health care. on a campaign stop in iowa today sanders himself offered an explanation for clintons criticism. >> secretary clinton and her campaign now know that she is in serious trouble. so obviously, in that scenario what people do is start attacking. suddenly bernie sanders is no longer a nice guy and hes wrong on this and hes wrong on that and hes wrong ...

>> secretary clinton and her campaign now know that she is in serious trouble. so obviously, in that scenario what people do is start attacking. suddenly bernie sanders is no longer a nice guy and hes wrong on this and hes wrong on that and hes wrong on that. that is not surprising when you have a clinton campaign that is now in trouble and now understands that they can lose. >> hillary clinton is expanding her efforts to challenge bernie sanders on his signature issue. that would be economic in...

But look at this poll, joe. i dont know if youve seen this yet this morning. >> yeah. >> which candidate has the best shot at beating president obama? mitt romney, 65%. this is among likely primary voters in the state of new hampshire, 65% say he has the best shot. number two on that list, joe, newt gingrich at 9%. the number two guy is at 9%. so a 56-point split between on the electability question in new hampshire. >> yeah, you know right now, willie, everything looks like its going mitt romne...

Could be facts in there that both you and president obama would use against him? >> i dont know. if there are things that can be used against him, we better know it before the nomination. the last thing republicans want to do is nominate somebody that collapses in september. beating barack obama has to be the number one mission of the republican party. a second term for barack obama will be a disaster for this country, and i am committed to beating him and i think i proved in the debates i could...

To do is nominate somebody that collapses in september. beating barack obama has to be the number one mission of the republican party. a second term for barack obama will be a disaster for this country, and i am committed to beating him and i think i proved in the debates i could take him on in a series of debates and i think its important that we have a candidate strong enough and tough enough to be able to take on president obama in a series of debates. >> to give you your due on the electabil...

They will embolden, i think, a candidate like newt gingrich to just become so negative as well as the others. so negative toward romney in the hopes of closing those numbers, that the entertainment value of those debates has only increased tenfold since iowa i would think. >> what have you seen coming out of iowa? we havent talked to you yet since that result came out. romney won by eight votes over rick santorum. but hes moving into new hampshire where hes expected to win big. >> i dont like di...

The key to romneys success will be the electability question. since we just saw rick santorum, 7% electability. this is a man who lost his last senate race as erik erikson pointed out. there are clearly questions about that. same for newt gingrich. and, of course, for ron paul and perry. so, again, this is romneys ticket if, when people go to the caucuses, they actually think about electability or somebody they like. we just dont know until we see that entrance poll on tuesday. >> all right. wel...

Really going to satisfy them on all fronts. mitt romney now does well by comparison to rick perry, but only because rick perry screwed up so royally over the last couple weeks. >> and you asked them the electability question, howard. 63% saying romney has the best chance to defeat obama. 24% says perry has the best chance to defeat the president. that could turn out to be the decisive issue as the campaign ripens. >> keep in mind, thats given the choice between perry and romney. so what romney h...