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john, but that is a new one. people up watching our show because they were awoken by alligators mauling raccoons. "morning joe" starts right now. ladies and gentlemen, are you excited? because now its time for a brand new segment. this is great moments from the campaign trail. take a look. >> for those who have abandoned hope, well restore hope and well welcome them into a great national crusade to make america great again. >> let it be our cause to see that child grow up strong and ...

because they were awoken by alligators mauling raccoons. "morning joe" starts right now. ladies and gentlemen, are you excited? because now its time for a brand new segment. this is great moments from the campaign trail. take a look. >> for those who have abandoned hope, well restore hope and well welcome them into a great national crusade to make america great again. >> let it be our cause to see that child grow up strong and secure graced by her challenges, but never struggling alo...

Conservative, huntsman is a conservative who has been running as a moderate. >> put the question aside of jon huntsman. bob dole, not beloved by the conservative base. john mccain? not beloved by the conservative base. those people won the nomination in the party. so my question -- i agree. i agree. my question is, joe, to you, because you know more about this than i do, is it different in the nomination fight, forget about the general election, is the dynamic different this time? mitt romney on...

Be as happy as he can be that all the air time for the last week or so in american politics, none of it has been about jobs, the economy, obamas policies, the record that hes made. because obama cant run on his record. but if all the press coverage is about herman cain did this, said that, then thats to obamas benefit. >> and just circling back briefly to mitt romney, eric erickson wrote about romney. mitt romney is not the george w. bush of 2012. hes the harriet miers of 2012. only conservative...

Okay. what are you doing? >> everybodys angry arent they? with us now the editor of "the new yorker" david remnick and in washington, d.c. nbc news chief white house correspondent and political director and host of "the daily rundown" chuck todd. we were just talking about eric erickson and his scathing takedown of mitt romney today. i was talking last week. we had the discussion about how conservatives were telling me offline i cant support romney. i would rather obama win than mitt romney win....

Destroying conservativism, you turn around at the end of eight years and weve got wilsonian foreign policy all across the board trying to, quote, end tyranny across the world forever. and youve got record deficits, record debts, recklessness as far as the eye can see. and, gene, there are conservatives out there like eric erickson that are saying, no. hey, wait. you know what? we defended this type of politician for eight years under bush. were not going to do it any longer. >> among those who h...

Pizza? >> yeah. lets get a pizza. how does -- somebody tell me how this huntsman just kind of sling shots through south carolina. this is one of my concerns. im not sure i see his appeal there. even if he was in new hampshire. but, you know. >> and youre a south carolina guy so you know. listen, lets not bury the lead here. the lead is that mitt romney is not acceptable to the conservative base of the republican party according to eric erickson. and i would suggest that if anybody knew more than...

Money. >> herman cain going to hold that press conference today. going heavy into the third person last night. more and more into it. >> always a bad sign. when you start talking about yourself like youre bob dole. >> weve got some fascinating things coming up. we have bill clinton coming up. >> yes. >> joe scarborough will be interviewing bill clinton. joe scarborough in the third person. well also have tina brown and eugene robinson. on the other side, john brought this up, a remarkable red st...

For them. so it clearly is, could be an opportunity for huntsman. it really could be. i mean, it is -- if he could just get his act together in some kind of way, i mean, it isnt really too late for huntsman if he could just suddenly have this -- >> its one thing for people around the table in manhattan to say huntsmans got a shot, which we have said before. >> not the way he is running now. its quite another when eric erickson in macon, georgia, the epicenter of the conservative movement, says t...

Joining the table the editor-in-chief of "newsweek" magazine and the daily beast tina brown. >> hello. >> and in washington pulitzer prize winning columnist and associate editor of "the washington post" and msnbc political analyst eugene robinson. great group at the table this hour. good to have you all. should we launch right into the news? >> weve got so many fascinating things going on. im actually looking at some things coming in, red state, eric erickson. >> yes. >> fascinating critique of ...