focus on until today, basically. all those things together, will that kill him among the evangelical south, the baptist south? he could still win south carolina, but, you know, with the others dividing their vote. the other thing is that newt could come back there. all the polls have showed him pretty strong. it s almost a home game for him. that s his advantage. i think a lot of freddy krueger in this guy. i think newt gingrich can come back and back and back, friday the 13th. thank you very much, joe klein. thank you, jonathan martin. up next, the invisible campaign. president obama s team has quietly slipped into iowa. president obama s here. and they ve been hitting hard at mitt romney. that s ahead. this is hardball at java joe s in des moines. how do you pronounce that? it s french. only on msnbc. hi.
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branstad. also chris matthews and david gregory will be here. a day before voters head to the polls. but first, willie geist standing by here at java joes. who do you have? standing by right next to mike barnicle pretending he s a man of the people, talking to the regular folks. we ve been listening to you new york, d.c. types tell us what s going to happen, we re going to talk to iowa republicans. rob s an attorney from des moines, tyler a money man from des moines. who are you causing tomorrow night? romney. why? he seems like he s been there on a political front and the business front. he s got practical solutions. i think he s the guy that could take republican party forward into the presidency this fall. and you also told me you like him because you think he can win, which is important. winning is important ultimately. isn t that the goal? does that mean the other candidates you think cannot win? i think he has the best chance at winning let s put it that way. ty