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>> turntable. welcome back to j.d.s tavern in manchester, the morning after mitt romneys big win. mike allen, hes the best in the business. >> oh, yes. >> he gets every scoop there is. >> always puts it right at the top. >> yes. >> the lead story. you have some breaking news, and ill let you deliver it this morning, mike. >> siren. >> sources close to "morning joe," a birthday boy, mark haleprin. happy birthday, young man. >> thank you so much. ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ happy birthday to you...

Hampshire is scarborough country, but today its tebow country. and also theres one freak over here that thinks its lsu country. >> hello. >> im deeply disturbed, mika. >> live at j.d.s tavern in manchester, new hampshire, where besides the fact that tim tebow is the hero of the day, the primaries. we have msnbc and time magazine senior political analyst mark haleprin and national affairs editor john heilemann. >> this is exciting. >> we were at an event. >> we celebrate democracy every time we c...

Newt gingrich who are all in a statistical tie for third place. >> and, you know, there are other polls that came out yesterday that showed, mark, showed mitt romney going down in the daily tracking poll, and i think it was american research poll that showed an even bigger surge from jon huntsman. so you are seeing two things happen. a little more subtle on mitt romneys part. youre seeing romney lose a point or two a day. and as we said in iowa, it is all about trend lines. and youre seeing jon ...

Joe mcquad. conventional main street republican wisdom holds that mitt romney has the best chance to defeat president obama. on the contrary, romney may be the worst candidate for one thing his claimed record of a fiscally conservative governor is as much of a sham as his flip-flops. and thats always bad when that happens. lights go out in the tavern and we cant read the must reads. but here we go. i can read it up on the monitor. lets see -- >> lets go ahead and go right now, though over to mar...

Carolina, ill say it, game over. south carolina wouldve done again what they do every four years, they pick the winner. >> and we hear from people in the national press that while his faith is going to be a problem in south carolina, if you look at those numbers where hes up 18 points doesnt look like its a problem at the moment anyway for a lot of these voters. i guess the problem is, the press has been talking about this coales this. it seems to me, though, mark, its too late. >> it is too lat...

Opinion pages. were going to take this from joe mcquad. conventional main street republican wisdom holds that mitt romney has the best chance to defeat president obama. on the contrary, romney may be the worst candidate for one thing his claimed record of a fiscally conservative governor is as much of a sham as his flip-flops. and thats always bad when that happens. lights go out in the tavern and we cant read the must reads. but here we go. i can read it up on the monitor. lets see -- >> lets g...

Numbers, and it would happen again, if mitt romney wins here and goes down and wins south carolina, ill say it, game over. south carolina wouldve done again what they do every four years, they pick the winner. >> and we hear from people in the national press that while his faith is going to be a problem in south carolina, if you look at those numbers where hes up 18 points doesnt look like its a problem at the moment anyway for a lot of these voters. i guess the problem is, the press has been ta...

Points behind romney followed by jon huntsman, rick santorum, and newt gingrich who are all in a statistical tie for third place. >> and, you know, there are other polls that came out yesterday that showed, mark, showed mitt romney going down in the daily tracking poll, and i think it was american research poll that showed an even bigger surge from jon huntsman. so you are seeing two things happen. a little more subtle on mitt romneys part. youre seeing romney lose a point or two a day. and as w...

>> its almost egregious. >> as you can see donny deutsch is still with us along with richard haas, also mark haleprin in manchester, new hampshire. and joining us from washington, columnist from the "washington post," ezra klein joining the conversation. good to see you. >> good morning. >> good to have all i dont have you guys here. voters in new hampshire are not voters in iowa, but rick santorum is going to -- hes going to say what he believes. hes not poll tested, hes not market driven. and ...

Huntsman campaign is praying to get a podium spot next to romney so huntsman can go after romney. i think for all of these reasons, mitt romneys going to have a difficult time at these debates. and the question is, will he get testy as hes known to do. >> mark haleprin, in the end, it all comes down to math and these moderates are going to vote for mitt romney. and if you want to get from 8% to 11% or 11% to 15%, you are fighting for the same conservative votes in the same pot. thats -- people h...