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That ship has sailed. its too late in the calendar. >> we talked about this yesterday. mark haleprin, john heilemann said the same thing. if we woke up this morning with a win in michigan, perhaps not arizona, but michigan for rick santorum, the white knight conversation would have been white hot. that would have been all weve been talking about. the other thing thats clear, though, from last night is that these guys arent going away. santorum if anything is emboldened by a three-point loss in h...

A symbolic fight. hes tried to sneak it in. >> its hard for mitt romney because people dont know -- there is a narrative where people dont know what he really believes. >> i would say, mark, also, there were a lot of conservatives -- read the "wall street journal" editorial page basically saying that mitt romneys only chance would be to distance himself from his health care plan in massachusetts. and he hasnt, hes defended it. he says its not the one size fit all model for the country, but he sa...

Own and we have a car that we have in california, weve got a car we have back in boston where our other home is. thats the way it is. if people think theres something wrong with being successful in america, then they better vote for the other guy because ive been extraordinarily successful and i want to use that success and know-how to help the american people. >> well, here we go, it is 6:00 on the east coast. welcome to "morning joe." good morning, everyone. its monday, february 27th, and weve...

Presidency, do you continue to push a policy that seems inherently unworkable, which is to get these people to buy into the notion that u.s.-sponsored state building can work? and i just dont know how anyone ten years out can really argue that one way or the other with serious conviction at this point. >> mark haleprin, i would think the republicans would do mightily well strategically by urging the president to get out of there because getting out is going to be hard. get it done on his watch. ...

Enormous issues. and i guess id like to hear from sam stein, mark haleprin, and ed rendell. take it one at a time here. we are hearing from the republican candidates, criticizing the president for apologizing. seems like such a small sliver of the issue, and id really like to hear from the candidates thoughtful ideas, exchange as to what to do with these countries, with each potential scenario that could lay out and how exactly we can sort of extricate ourselves from this situation without leavi...

Of myself conservative and i dont think ive changed, but maybe the partys changing around me. and i think thats the sense people get watching this past couple of weeks debate. whether its on contraception or the snobbery of trying to get a college education or immigration reform. this republican primary politics has done what every process does, pulls people toward the base. but in the case of this republican primary, its gone further than it seems in the past. and, you know, i think the columni...

Numbers, romneys numbers are about the same, but looks like hes going to eke out a win there, in large part because of early voting. a lot of michigan voters have voted. the issue is huge. in arizona, its going to be more of a blowout, which is more consequential because its a winner take all state with respect to delegates. i think that nascar comment gets at the predominant theme, which is mitt romney continues to have these weird problems connecting with people. and i know its sort of trivial...

>> theres a scary middle ground to that opinion. andrea mitchell, thank you very much. >> we have a great show today, susan rice with everything thats happening and debbie dingell talking about the open primary there. union voters, union members being encouraged to vote for santorum to try to mess up the results. david walker, and mark haleprin. >> wow, all in that one-half hour? >> thats one of those -- >> one of those -- how can i say no now? >> thank you, andrea. were going to talk to puerto ...

And what is it telling us? >> i think its more the light shining on him. santorum in the senate was much more akin to this type of person were seeing now than the santorum on the campaign trail previously. and i think governor rendells right, when he was focusing on manufacturing issues, jobs, the need to rebuild the economy, thats when he was at his best. and you know, whether its because he himself is talking about the social issues and religion or the medias pressing him on it or a combinatio...

♪ with regards to the apology, i think for a lot of people this sticks in their throat. the idea that were there having lost thousands of individuals to casualty and death. weve made an enormous contribution to help the people there achieve freedom, and for us to be apologizing at a time like this is something which is very difficult for the american people to count -- >> i think you highlight when you apologize for it. you make it sound like there was something that you should apologize for...