you did four years ago? i think what i m telling you to do is pick the more conservative of the candidates. and it s not to settle for something less than what you believe is the best. and sometimes the best isn t that great but it s the best. and as i ve said, i m not a perfect candidate. but i would make the argument that i believe that we re the best alternative out there. in the case of governor romney and john mccain, i settled for what i thought was the best alternative out there. all right. welcome back to morning joe live from java joe s. it is here, joe. it s caucus day. it is caucus day. and joining us now, prize winning columnist and associate editor of the washington post and msnbc analyst, eugene robinson. also, msnbc political analyst and former chairman of the republican national committee michael steele. i was noting a lot of republicans yesterday at the
iowa has the sixth lowest unemployment in the nation. des moinesers rank the richest in the country and second happiest. guess you can have it all. the next time you fly over, give us a wave. we ll wave back. we re nice. that s right. we re nice. [ bleep ]. he s got your iowa nice right here. check out that video online. that is about half of it. coming up next mitt romney the man expected by many people to win the iowa caucuses tonight joins us live at java joe s in des moines. we ll be right back on morning joe. he was a 21st century global nomad
and the republican candidates have conducted more than 900 events in iowa, meeting with thousands of voters. how is it possible more than 40% say they re undecided or could still change their mind? i just don t think we have an extremely strong candidate we can fully endorse at this point. i can t anyway. there s not one that stands out above the rest. there s a bunch several i like. if you could combine several of them. they make me nervous. to be honest, you just have to just believe that whoever gets in office, that their intentions are for the people and not just for themselves and everything will work out. with us from java joe s, morning joe s joe scarborough and mika. you had mitt romney. it was fascinating. last night mitt romney stepped out of his comfort zone and predicted he was going to win the iowa caucus. surprised a lot of people
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play-off. andrew luck and stanford go to overtime against oklahoma state in luck s final game before he becomes peyton manning s backup in indianapolis. and this one came down to the kicker. highlights ahead in sports. it s the video that s burning up the web here in iowa. the man who tries to undo every iowa stereotype in one two-minute masterpiece. that clip and a check on weather when way too early come right back to java joe s in des moines, iowa on caucus day, 2012. on this january night, at this defining moment in history, you have done what the cynics