and with all of romney s problems with the base, he s been endorsed by president bush 41, by a lot of conservatives, not a majority, but a lot. as weak of a front-runner the calendar, the republican calendar, we re talking about not having the winner take all primaries. there s really back loaded this year. if you look at super tuesday, it s not that super. there s not there s it s really the delegate output thing goes on for a long time and spread out in a way it s never been spread out before. even on the days with a lot of primaries. there s only a few on the days there used to be 10 or 12, now there s five or six. thank you very much. the thinking was exactly to your point. we don t want this thing over at the end of january. we want to give these guys a chance to fight this thing out and see who comes out the strongest. still ahead, michele bachmann will join us live here at java joes as well as terry
through the front door and goes, hey, you mind if i come in and hang out? of course, tim s a god and they re like come in, come in, and made all the difference. hep launched the show. there s no surprise to that. tim was there at the launch of a lot of things, and everyone knows everything starts in iowa. it does. everything starts in iowa. including us. exactly. exactly. we ve got big news to report this morning. some polls showing really well, there he is. i was hanging out with my public the good people of iowa. it s become more than a little show, mika. i had mark haleprin on this morning. are you kidding? it s happening now. four years from now you re going to say this is where it all began. exactly. birthplace of greatness, java joes. did you have a great holiday? great holiday. spent new year s eve in memphis watching my commodores lose,
focused on the loss. santorum has a good story to tell. we were talking a couple of days ago about story telling and the importance of story telling. i think he has a better story to tell than he s been out there about his own background and manufacturing ask tieing up his record and resume with the vision for the country. he s not really nailed it. matt, thank you very much, we ll be right back with much more morning joe live from java joes. i believe in dreams again oh, yeah cause i believe in you and me oh, boy i believe in miracles and i believe in you and me see, i was lost now i m free cause i believe in you and me so i used my citi thank you card to pick up some accessories.
welcome back to java joes in des moines. we re going to ask them who they re caucusing for tomorrow night and why ask and what issues are top of mind for the people here in the state of iowa. also we ll talk to presidential candidate michele bachmann. she ll join us live here at java joes. also the governor of iowa terry branstad. all that ahead on morning joe. i wouldn t do that. pay the check? no, i wouldn t use that single miles credit card. hey, aren t you. shhh. i m researching a role. today s special. the capital one venture card. you earn double miles on every purchase. impressive. chalk is a lost medium. if you re not earning double miles. you re settling for half. was that really necessary? [ male announcer ] get the venture card at capitalone.com and earn double miles on every purchase every day. what s in your wallet?
live from java joes this morning, michele bachmann will join us live on the set here as well as iowa governor terry branstad, and up next, mike allen joins us with the top stories from the politico playbook here in the coffee shop. but first bill karins with a check on the forecast. happy new year to everyone there. great crowd. forecast wise for iowa today and tomorrow, it s cold. all the cold air in the middle of the country is heading east over the next two or three days. windchills in des moines right now is 8, and tomorrow morning will be similar. there s no rain, no snow heading that way. and here s the forecast for the caucus tomorrow. temperatures are on the cold side, but by iowa standards, no big deal and no one will have trouble getting to the polling sites because of the bad weather, that s good news. as far as the bad weather today, if you re near the lakes, it s snowing. lake effect snow today and