but if going forward, i personally believe that should be the rule. because look at president reagan. he was 70 years old when he became president, john mccain was older than that when he ran for president and clearly had all his capacity. people are living longer, they re developing greater capacity. so i ve always thought that should be the rule, not to affect me orb anyone who served, but going forward. former president bill clinton on morning joe a couple of months ago. on monday, morning joe heads to iowa to cover the republican caucuses there. we ll be live from java joes in des moines, way too early and morning joe monday, tuesday, and wednesday of next year, next week i should say, and next year. capital one s new cash rewards card gives you a 50 percent annual bonus. so you earn 50 percent more cash. if you re not satisfied with 50% more cash, send it back! i ll be right here, waiting for it. who wouldn t want more cash?
java joes. chuck, you ve got those polls hot off the presses. i do. let s i m going to walk you through and you can guide us a little bit. okay. likely iowa voters, the field, the snapshot at this moment, mitt romney and ron paul tied for the lead, what do you see? reporter: well, look, let s just highlight santorum and gingrich here. there s a chance that we could be catching these numbers sort of where you re watching them move, they re still moving and santorum could still be moving up and gingrich could still be moving down. when you look at how dramatic both movements are, you see and there are other numbers to back this up on santorum versus gingrich. it is easy to picture how gingrich could end up in single digits come tuesday night and how santorum could be for first or second come tuesday night. that s the type of trajectory
almost feel sorry for michele. i can see that. you feel terrible. she s actually a very nice person. she s very nice. and we re going to talk to her on tuesday at java joes. another one, chuck, you pointed number. commitment t santorum leads that 59%. how committed are you to your candidate? ron paul, 54%, perry, 52%, and romney, 51%. the rules are different between the democrats and republicans, there isn t a threshold you have to meet at each one, but you have to show up in a small window in the evening on tuesday evening. this isn t a primary where you vote all day. that s why the intensity of support number matters to me and looking at where this is going. santorum and paul, those folks are coming and perry even higher a little bit than romney and
what would you do as president? well, i ve already laid out a five-point plan of what i would do with iran in this particular case, what would you do? i would follow through with the sanctions, i would follow through, and then be prepared o to, you know, confront the consequences from iran. but closing the straits however temporarily is much less of a threat to the united states than a nuclear iran will be for years to come. senator rick santorum, we ll get you and reverend sharpton together on politics nation at 6:00. if you do it tonight, you might win the caucus. i think it s good strategy, senator. good luck out there. we ll be seeing you in iowa. thank you so much. beginning monday, morning joe will be live from iowa at java joes covering the caucuses. we ll see you there. coming up next, our morning joe rewind, regis ponders life after tv. he hasn t been on tv for a
war with iran scares me. anyway, thank you, erin. not you, erin, and thank you, matt strawn. up next, we ll see what voters here at java joes are thinking days before the caucus. i ll talk to the folks here. you re watching hardball from des moines, iowa. when bp made a commitment to the gulf,