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Rather than earned annual income. i got a little bit of income from my book, but i gave that all away. and then i get speakers fees from time to time, but not very much. >> 15% capital gains tax rate. >> yeah, this is -- this is a problem on a lot of levels. mark haleprin, campaigns are sometimes defined in a moment that the candidate doesnt realize. we can go back -- i dont overstate this, but we can go back to michael dukakis and the tank. we can go back to 1980 and ronald reagan saying, mr. g...

Gusher of cash that might change this race. >> quickly before we go, i asked mark haleprin on "way too early," if youre writing the obitua obituary to the huntsman campaign, what happened? >> well, he was way too early. he probably would have been better in 2016. one of the big reasons he ran was to be strong in 2016. now hes probably diminished. itll depend in what he does the next four years. what he did wrong this time, no clear message. started out as the moderate, tried to become the conser...

Discussions came up. a lot of people are talking about joe biden already planning to run for president four years from now. is that right? >> and why shouldnt he? why shouldnt he? hes been a successful vice president. of the fact hell be 73 in four years, vigorous guy like joe, 73, i dont thinks an issue anymore. >> mark, have you heard this? >> i think he wants to keep the option open. hed be well-positioned whether they win reelection or not. i think its one of the big obstacles to even think ...

Biden as a running mate in 2012 is something else. one, it does more to guarantee obamas reelection more than anything else democrats can do. it improves the chances that next january he will not be a lame duck with a gridlocked congress but a rejuvenated president with a mandate and a congress less forbidding. three, makes hillary the partys heir apparent for 2016. if she sits out for the next four years, other democrats, yes, cuomo, we see your hand up, will fill the void. >> as you know, mark...

>> blow it out. >> very good. happy birthday, mark. >> thanks. >> now you have to eat that. >> ill share that with joe. >> by the way, if its not your birthday, dont tell us. >> its next week, well do it all again. weve come too far. mike, lets talk about what happened last night. any surprises for you? >> yes, the surprise was the strength of the mitt romney win. he won evangelicals, nonevangelicals, conservatives, all across the board moderates, women, men, cleared the very high 38-point halep...

With about 17%. newt gingrich and rick santorum went back and forth all night for fourth and fifth place. welcome back, everybody, to "morning joe." were at j.d.s tavern in manchester. we have mark haleprin, and national affairs editor for "new york" magazine john heilemann, and many more to come today. but first of all, take us off, joe, this morning in terms of what happened last night. you saw it coming. >> well, new hampshire is the land of romney. you come into j.d.s tavern, you talk to eve...

Much more blue collar base of the republican party than we have in a couple of the states weve been in so far. the tone of it and vulture capitalism is an extreme version. we had newt gingrich on the show yesterday making a more careful version of that argument, which i think you acknowledged yesterday was more -- was still criticizing the bain element of romneys background but was a little bit more -- not quite as occupy wall street. and there may -- he may find a more fertile ground in south c...

And a lot of those votes were votes of rebellion against big spending republicans over the past decade. >> usually these primaries weed out the candidates. so far, though, theyre holding on. despite his third-place finish, jon huntsman appeared optimistic vowing to compete in south carolina where hes currently trailing in the polls. >> ladies and gentlemen, i think were in the hunt. id say third place is a ticket to ride, ladies and gentlemen. we proved the point that this state wants its candid...

But the other thing is the country has changed. this is -- traveling around and talking to people, they are frightened about the economy. in spite of the fact theres still a lot of wealth in this country, they realize its based on debt. and they know its very, very unsteady. and also, theyre just tired of these deficits, tired of the wars going on. theyre tired of the president going starting new wars and sending more troops around. were adding country. today he announced that he was going into ...

Years are a detour not a destiny, then im asking for your vote, this election lets go on to fight for the america we love because we believe in america. thank you so much. god bless america. thank you, guys. youre the best! >> mark haleprin, we were talking about this earlier, that sounded like a nomination speech. on the one hand talking a lot about president obama, but on the other hand flicking away newt gingrich and saying, really? you want to attack me on the bain capital thing? youre makin...