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interesting night. i didnt expect what happened. what happened was we saw in this case senator santorum explain most of the night why he did or voted for things he disagreed with. and he talked about this as being taking one for the team. i wonder which team he was taking it for. all right. my team is the american people. not the insiders in washington. and ill fight for the people of america, not special interests. >> you said at the debate last night, im going to take one for the tea...

what happened was we saw in this case senator santorum explain most of the night why he did or voted for things he disagreed with. and he talked about this as being taking one for the team. i wonder which team he was taking it for. all right. my team is the american people. not the insiders in washington. and ill fight for the people of america, not special interests. >> you said at the debate last night, im going to take one for the team. how can we be sure you wont take one for the t...

how much longer until the state of the union. >> now under 15 hours. youll see that clock all day. 15 hours until the state of the union. "morning joe" starts write now. mr. speaker, you are on this stage at a prior debate, you said you were paid $300,000 by freddie mac. for an historian. they dont pay $25,000 a month for six years, as historians. >> did bain do any work, with any work with the government like medicare or medicaid. >> we didnt do any work with government. i didnt hav...

mr. speaker, you are on this stage at a prior debate, you said you were paid $300,000 by freddie mac. for an historian. they dont pay $25,000 a month for six years, as historians. >> did bain do any work, with any work with the government like medicare or medicaid. >> we didnt do any work with government. i didnt have an office on k street, i was never a lobbyist. i never worked in washington. we have congressmen who say they you lobbied them, we have congressmen who say that you lobbi...

>> okay. good morning. it is friday. >> whats that? >> its friday. >> february 24th. welcome to "morning joe." >> things are going to get better because its miserable. im okay. look at jonathan. lets get a shot of jonathan. look at how good john ratner looks. >> and then look at joe. >> good morning, everybody. >> and then look at me. so can you teach me how to put one of those -- i know i have to have a pocket first. >> it wouldnt work for you. >> would that not work for me? >> no. >> it would ...

I understand this technique, you used on cain and huckabee, you used consistly. its unfortunate and its not going to work very well because the american people see through it. >> tampa, i think romney did well, but well see. on the day of the state of the union, tuesday, january 24th, welcome to "morning joe," were going to talk about the big debate last night. with us on set, we have national affairs editor for "new york magazine" john heilemann and new york economic analyst. john ratner. hi, w...