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Will be the party of angry white men. i think this is as much a problem for the republican party as it is for ron paul. ron paul, his support is if newt gingrich is a mile wide and an inch deep, ron paul support is an inch wide and a mile deep. the libertarian sentiment and philosophy is catnip for many of the iowa primary voters. its going to be very difficult for him to take that if he does well in iowa to take that to the bank. it doesnt translate in many states. he is a secret agent for mitt...

Seven days ago, candidates are planning what to do the day after and possibly moving on. hours ago on an iowa radio show, rick santorum said if he comes in last, he will be bowing out. >> if i finish dead last behind the back, i will pack up and go home, but i dont think thats going to happen. i think we will be very much in the mix and i feel good that we will surprise a lot of team in how we finish. >> who is the weakest link here? perhaps even perry. lets bring back james peterson. i forgot y...

>> to some. newt gingrich has been getting a lot of headlines as well. he didnt qualify for his own home state. thats pretty embarrassing if you are a virginian. as rivals are starting to take shots, i want to play the clip played earlier that we alluded to. romney on the campaign trail is talking. >> compare that to -- i think its pearl harbor? its more like lucille ball at the chocolate factory. you have to get it organized. >> we broke out the lucille ball video just for you, professor. did r...

Campaign and the original idea was to sell books and increase the brand recognition that he has done successfully. when they found themselves at the top, it was oh, shoot, i guess we better try to get on the ballot. >> how strange is that? running for president, but thinking we were going to start with a book tour and not being ready when i spike up in the polls? >> i actually think that the stranger part of that is the fact that despite the fact that newt gingrichs campaign was clearly disorgan...

Top prize because he has the organization and the money and hes got the name recognition. still if he comes out on top, its not so bad for mitt romney. if rick santorum can pull out a finish, that means he is still in the game. he mentioned that and if he finishes lower than 30, hes out. not only do you have people trying to manage the expectations of where they come in, you have them trying to build an infrastructure from the next time around. >> if he comes in last, hes not going to go on. he ...

>> in order to be able to afford the campaigns and the trend you have seen in the investigation, do you see that getting larger and larger? it seems like the data indicates that and we will see more of this. >> in fact the new crop of tea party members who came in last time, we saw the number i think 13 or 14 of the 50 richest members of congress are new members from the crop. tea partiers. because again they have to be wealth to run the campaign to get into office. both parties are recruiting w...

Ron paul at 10% and rick perry tied with michele bachmann at 5%. right now, our nbc political reporter domenico montanaro joins us live from washington. look at nose numbers here, domenico. if gingrich does win south carolina, is it enough to ride to the nomination here? >> well, look, a whole lot of things can change. first, that poll, understand, while its the latest poll that we have, a lot has changed for newt gingrich in that time period. probably not for the better. mitt romneys campaign a...

Other. so every time they fight with each other, they give a new opening for a group that really should have no place in iraq. al qaeda should be dead. it is only because of the continuing quarreling between iraqs leaders that this organization still exists. >> evan, a lot of concerns there. a lot of opportunities for these groups that youre talking about. evan kohlmann, as always, thank you. >> thank you very much. next, will south carolina save newt gingrich? plus, weve got some live pictu...

with you and that question. candidates are going to be crisscrossing the state today. talk to us about this day a week before the caucuses, joe. >> oh, yeah, you can call this crunchtime for sure, hala. a time when the candidates really bear down and iowa truly gets focuses on the caucuses. mitt romney starts out his day in inp. the. however, he like many of the other candidates will end up here in iowa. hes going out on a bus tour and so is newt gingrich, in fact. he is another guy we...

Strategist, karen worked on arnold schwarzeneggers we eastbound -- arnold schwarzeneggers gubernatorial campaign. carl mentioned that the moment you will of gingrich is backing up. what do you make of that? >>guest: that is actually right. he is losing momentum. in iowa. and he is losing momentum in a couple of states, actually. while you are actually seeing romney gain some momentum, which no one, really, thought that romney would, well, maybe he would place third because he wasnt spending much...