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How different is the republican party in 2012 than from 2008 when you were running john mccains campaign? >> i think that weve gone through a transition that this campaign is now taking place in a total reality show culture where, you know, on any given day this more approximates "american idol" or the other dozen reality shows than the traditional republican primary. >> why is that? >> i think its the convergence of media, the reality show culture, the cable news cycle, the fact that theres no ...

>> i like his work. >> he talked about how newt like michele bachmann, actually michele bachmann is a consistent conservative unlike newt, but herman cain, rick perry, donald trump, sarah palin, that it was all about catharsis. it wasnt about policy. it was about a mccartcatharsis t obamaism. >> can i just say i do think as well that the old thing which has always worked recently about being not of washington in this case people are feeling you need to know how to work washington and actually it...

Economy going again not just one more time workers. one more time middle class. one more time senior citizens. folks in my state have paid enough. and they want everybody to be participating. >> lets talk about your state where obviously unemployment numbers are not good even in comparison to the entire country. >> right. >> what about the auto industry? are we looking at a complete turn-around or is it slow and steady and specific only to some of the auto makers? >> you know, mika, this is real...

Talking to the base, where mika says that, how could anybody -- asks, how could anybody look at newt gingrich as a credible candidate? all im saying is, a lot of republicans and a lot of hillary supporters were saying the same thing four years ago about barack obama. >> well, yeah. look, we dont know who is a credible candidate until people start voting. right? you know, and obama wasnt credible until really the iowa caucuses. and then he was suddenly extremely credible. so maybe newt will be af...

When every vote is important in that particular body. and he does so little apparently to woo his party members, democrats in the house and the senate, and yet he is so great on the big stage. >> its like he dwindles down almost. he becomes isolated. >> strange. >> it is very interesting. >> yes. >> coming up we have former campaign managers and mccain palin campaign steve schmidt will be here. also "the washington post"s eugene robinson will weigh in on what could be an extended fight for the r...

>> the super bowl ring story. >> whats that? >> several years ago robert kraft owner of the patriots in moscow took off his super bowl ring to show it to putin who took the ring, looked at it, a huge ring, and turned to robert kraft and said, you could kill a man with this. and kept the ring. thought it was a gift. >> its a good thing kraft took it off his finger because he would have cut it off. >> okay. >> with us now lets bring in chief white house correspondent from politico mike alan here w...

Passionate, you know, self-motivated, you know, i guess hes tired. the man is tired. but, you know, i just think this is a guy who has never really grasped the ability to be political in the way that were talking about. i think that is in a strange way what is -- people are finding quite attractive about newt gingrich at the moment. he is willing to get into the down and dirty entrails of politics which usually isnt something very impede bing but this instance is. were longing for barack obama t...

Stabenow and senator mike lee. also former campaign manager steve schmidt will be here and "the washington post" eugene robinson. next politicos top stories of the morning. first, lets go to bill karins with a check on the forecast. >> mika, i fully agree with mark. joe is definitely the darth vader of the show. >> oh, no. >> not what i said. >> fully agree. >> i disagree. i think thats funny coming from you. >> and kept away and locked away. yes. you can find good in me i guess. good morning, e...

We saw the nbc maris poll out of south carolina. a huge disparity. here it looks like barack obama is losing to both candidates in the most important states. >> thats fascinating. and its good news for mitt romney potentially. but i think theres stale lill of time. >> impossible to reconcile those two polls. >> it is impossible. one is dead wrong. i would guess that -- and chuck todd was sort of backing away from the nbc south carolina poll when i brought it up. basically saying, dont pay attent...

And confront the president intellectually on the premise of his redistribution of policies. >> dont you want someone credible? >> they want someone who will fight the president. and whether that person is, you know, totally dissident from what he said and does, i think, is beside the point. if you look at the polls right now. >> but mika, credible by whose standards? >> credible in that he cant, you know, i mean look. newt gingrich can be questioned on literally every step he has made during his...