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There, seems to me. >> yeah, and if youre a democrat or someone who supports the democratic party, youre rubbing your hands together because she adds yet another wackidoodle element. howard hit it on the head here. that gives her a real shot, i think, you know, mike huckabee also. she could come in second place in iowa, and that improves your quota a lot. here for one or two minutes, howard. she has apparently a very compelling personal story. and when you go out and talk to the church people, i...

I feel like the moe green of this one. like the godfather. should i feel guilty about this, ron? >> in a word, yes. >> and now im watching my friend howard do a very subtle build-up of her. and im going, hes building up, he knows hes doing it for just sheer journalistic joy in getting to cover a more interesting debate. admit you want her in this field, howard. >> oh, yes, i do. >> listen, theres a difference -- theres a difference between what any journalist would have fun covering and what wou...

Gingrich, how does he match up against this woman? hes had more wives than shes had foster kids, just kidding. i cant say that. im just kidding. thats an overstatement. what do you make of this? >> no, youre absolutely right. the entire republican field is deeply flawed as a whole, and each of the candidates has a particular flaw that they bring to the table there. imagine if youre an independent voter. maybe you voted for obama last time, but now youre out of work, not quite satisfied with the ...

Through iowa this week. and today her advisers told reporters she may form a presidential exploratory committee in may and no later than june. hordfima a r rags thmy father" a great book about president reagan. lets go to this great question. i think, howard and ron, i think whats going on here, shes looking at the upcoming nbc debate thats going to be moderated by brian williams. and shes thinking, i dont want to miss this baby. theres four stiffs in that, i could be the exciting one. the only ...

Pizazz plus substance. pizazz and substance. >> no, -- very short supply ove on the sane wing of the party there. >> yeah, i know. >> the mitch daniels and the pawlenties and all. >> howard, great to have you. ron, take care. a top nuclear scientist says the crisis in japan is a reminder that here in the united states the nuclear industry has been taken over while the agency is supposed to be regulating the nuclear industry has been taken over by the industry. thats not a good sign with the fo...

Thats a question, howard, as a journalist, do you have a sense theyre looking at this field as sort of the spring list. but theres going to be a fall list. >> yeah, i think thats possible. and i think fred barnes is as good an authority on what is acceptable within the conservative, you know, establishment mainstream as there is. and fred doesnt like what he sees so far and he wants to look for other players later on. you know, the conservators are going to have to look for somebody they can sel...

He is right now, they have to have that meeting -- the white boys club or whatever they call those governors that meets somewhere in birmingham. and dont they, howard, theyre going to have one of those meetings in the mens room and pick another candidate. >> well, i wouldnt call the organization that, exactly. >> what would you call it? >> well -- what passes for the leadership of the party. somebody like haley barber is making the calculation that he -- even though hes the southern good olboy c...

Evangelical christians. and she is with them point by point by point by point. she could make a big play in iowa whether we, you know, inside the beltway take her seriously or not. >> you know, i think, ron, just in terms of television values. if you get four stiff guys up there, boring-looking guys. theyll either be looking at he themselves because of some sort of, i dont know, misery loving, or theyll look at her because she might say something really wild. she will be the wild cannon out ther...