then we have the problem, he signed a bill which basically has funding of abortion as part of it, which nobody seemed to 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.
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.
back and see the common patterns of evil. i m just telling you to see the malevolent i m not saying it s malevolence, it s a strategy. that s why you re the best. eugene robinson, sir, you animal have a pulitzer prize. and i just have the suit. still ahead, mitt romney has a path to victory, that means republicans may elect another moderate to president, something that terrifies the right wing. you re watching hardball a lot java joes in des moines on the eve of the caucuses, only on msnbc. round, round, get around, i get around
for us to come to java joes. historic, coffee s amazing, people are amazing, this is history. four years ago at this time, t.j. took off. yeah. we always credit tim russert with launching this show, which he did, but it really was all the stars were lined up. not only did we have tim, but we also had t.j. on vacation. that made a big difference. i m back. the saving christmas. we peaked four years ago. hs back. obviously you can tell t.j. s back. we love you, t.j. thanks a lot, appreciate that. hey, let s take a quick break for a little football. yeah. big game. giants and cowboys last night at the meadowlands, here were the stakes. winner goes to the playoffs, loser season over. victor cruise of patterson, new jersey, free down the sideline,
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