iowa. welcome back to morning joe. we re live at java joes. mark haleprin is still with us. and joining the set, we have national affairs editor for new york magazine and jon heilemann. there s too much profanity in television, that s the problem. the national republican national committee michael steele is with us. michael, let s get your take as a republican. how do you see iowa shaping up right now? after the register poll, which is usually dead on. yeah, you still have a significant undecided vote out there. which means tomorrow s going to be anybody s bet who walks through the finish line. yeah, mitt romney s in the best position, but you have santorum and paul. i think really given the organization and the grass roots on the ground touch with the people can really pull through romney who hasn t campaigned hard here this year, what if mitt romney wins?
born and raised in iowa, only one candidate has been a consistent conservative fighter who fought obama care, fought increasing our debt ceiling, even as other republicans were cutting deals with obama. an expert in tax law who will fight for deep cuts in spending to reduce america s debt, restore our economy, and create real jobs, and she ll never back down. one of our own, michele bachmann for president. i m michele bachmann, and i approve this message. she wants to be the iron lady of america. that was michele bachmann s latest campaign ad hitting the iowa air waves today. and here with us now at java joes, congresswoman from minnesota representative michele bachmann. good to have you on the show.
tomorrow. i think romney has a good chance to win against obama, that ll weigh heavily in my decision. what s the one issue you ll be thinking about most tomorrow night? what they ll do for small businesses, i think. i think that s important for america. all right. all right, rob and tyler, thanks so much. we appreciate it. we ll be right back live from java joes, morning joe is brewed by starbucks. oh it s clearance time! yeah, our low prices are even lower. we need to teach her how to walk. she is taking up valuable cart space. aren t you, honey? [ male announcer ] it s our biggest clearance event of the year where our prices are even lower. save money. live better. walmart. when i lost weight in all the right places. you know what i mean! [ laughs ] when i tried to lose weight other ways,
so it separates you, howard fineman, from the average pundit, is the ability to step 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 vaerictory, that mean 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. [ male announcer ] to the 5:00 a.m. scholar.
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.