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Political clout. well be back from java joes in des moines. first, i caught up with some voters at that romney rally today, lets watch. >> tell me about your vote and how you see your vote next day in the caucuses. >> i feel like i dont need my president to be my moral compass or my religious compass, i need him to take care of my paycheck and thats why im out here supporting romney. what is it about taking a first step that we find so compelling? is it because taking a step represents hope? or ...

In new hampshire about president obama. during a campaign event for his father friday, matt romney was asked about whether mitt romney would release his tax returns. here was his answer. >> hes certainly not afraid of anything. hes not hiding anything. but, you know, i heard someone suggest the other day that as soon as president obama releases his grades and birth certificate and sort of a long list of things, then maybe hed do it. >> he later apologized on twitter saying, quote, i repeated a b...

The stop was an unplanned meet and greet. >> and this was something that was spontaneous where we dropped in. these werent planned events the way it was for the 99 economy tour. this was very different. >> im joined by erin mcpike who is at java joes in des moines. >> good morning. >> what is the mood like there in iowa? are the iowans excited? >> you know, they arent as excited as they were three years ago. its not the same excitement that there was in 2008. >> do you get a sense of who is conf...

Still vote for gingrich on january 3rd. >> thank you for taking time to talk with us this morning. >> thanks. >> rick santorum is hitting a stride in iowa. todays new poll shows him surging with only four days to go. santorum had three events planned for later today. ames, marshalltown, and johnston. very popular place is java joes. thank you for joining us here this morning. over the last 24 hours, the santorum camp has been battling against rick perrys ad campaign labeling santorum a prolific ...

Everybody here whos said hillary clinton, raise your hand. all the women raise your hand and keep it up. the men who said hillary clinton -- >> see, way back there are there hillary clinton supporters. how about biden, both genders. hillary clinton, two or three to one. do you think its goingu@s happen? yell "yes" if you think it will happen? here we are, another irrelevant debate. anyway, here we are at java joes. well be right back. but we speculate here. more "hardball" coming up. [ male ann...

Hand. all the women raise your hand and keep it up. the men who said hillary clinton -- >> see, way back there are there hillary clinton supporters. how about biden, both genders. hillary clinton, two or three to one. do you think its going to happen? yell "yes" if you think it will happen? here we are, another irrelevant debate. anyway, here we are at java joes. well be right back. but we speculate here. more "hardball" coming up.

Overcoat. i said buck up. >> pizza in delaware cora. and the coffee here at java joes is great. >> good to have you. thats it.ç this edition of "the daily rundown." thank you to our friends here at java joes for hosting us. well be back here on monday. next is chris jansing. our home away from home. she has mitt romney now. bye-bye. what is it about taking a first step that we find so compelling?

>> clinton. >> clinton. >> hillary! >> joe biden to secretary of state, and jennifer granholm, former governor of michigan as his running mate. >> boy, youre original. >> who do you think, biden or hillary. >> im sorry, i didnt hear? >> biden or clinton for vice president this time running as president. >> i like them both. >> youre tough. >> aarp is a nonpartisan -- >> okay! you got your name in there! aarp, i have never heard of the organization in my life! ive never -- im just kidding. >> you...

Anti-establishment, in this era of the tea party, heres mr. establishment now poised to possibly win iowa. those of us who thought republican politics in 2012 were going to mirror republican politics of 2010 now look i think about as prescient as those who were saying hillary clinton had it all locked up four years ago today. joining us now from java joes in des moines, iowa, a coffee shop you may be familiar with from such guests as our priest defense, is karen tumulty, national political corre...

We will have to see if caucus goers are willing to allow them to go forward and see how he does in the early states. >> alex, thank you so much from java joes. do mennico joins us now. lets talk more about that poll and we were just discussing newt gingrich and the huge plunge of 15 points from last month. is there a way back for him? does he have the money to fight to fire with fire when it comes to romney? >> probably not on both of those counts. he doesnt have the money and the campaign was s...