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Polls and then it becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy. so yes, its happening. its happening. >> well -- >> you know -- >> go ahead, mark. >> sorry, i was going to say, you showed santorum before saying it was a tie, whats the big deal whether i won or not? i totally disagree. if he wouldve won by a single vote, more of that earned media would have been a bigger slingshot out of iowa. there is a bit of an unfairness in the sense of we dont really know who won iowa. >> newt gingrich continues to ma...

Saw themselves reflected in that narrative, and it came out last night -- and certainly over the last few days to the point where, you know, he was fighting tooth and nail. i kind of tweeted last night, you know, newt gingrich may be lucy, but charlie brown was definitely mitt romney. and guess who has the football? thats rick santorum. and thats a very, very interesting situation for both -- all three of those gentlemen. mitt romney cannot seem to break that 25% -- >> lets ask about that, becau...

About this constantly on this show. he comes from a region specific region that has seen since the mid 1970s the decline of wages, the loss of jobs, the shuttering of factories, the obliteration of industries. rick santorum, whether he is a candidate of the 99% or not, rick santorum is from ground zero of the gutting of the american industrial machine of western pennsylvania. >> again, hes the only one in that field who has a valid, a very legitimate narrative to tell that connects. the only one...

Decided we dont need these anymore, and then, mark, mitt romney came out and gave his standard stump speech. >> theres irony here. he said at the top of the speech, i actually have some notes with me today. to speak from the heart he had to have notes because one of the ways hes failed as a candidate with a lot of success to do so well here, hes not been a disciplined speaker. he has great stories to tell, but on the stump he basically talks about -- >> he goes on for a long time. >> yes. he bro...

Santorum suddenly at the top of the pack. romney and santorum each getting, joe, 25% of the vote. >> unbelievable. unbelievable. >> good morning, everyone, its wednesday, january 4th, were live from java joes in des moines. and with us onset, msnbc senior political analyst mark haleprin. we have national affairs editor for "new york" magazine john heilemann, as well. but first, joe, are you surprised? and what do you think happened? >> well, were here in java joes to find the eight people that p...

Fund of over $2 billion, made sure that we had our state police enforce immigration laws, we have english emersion in our schools. im sure were going to get a chance to talk about records, but my vision for the country is one which is connecting with the people who are conservative as well as americans broadly. well have to make sure we have a 50.1% or better vote come november of 2012. >> mark haleprin? >> governor, congratulations on your win. i want to not ask you to be negative, but comparat...

Guy? >> yes. >> by the way, mike, we talk about this constantly on this show. he comes from a region specific region that has seen since the mid 1970s the decline of wages, the loss of jobs, the shuttering of factories, the obliteration of industries. rick santorum, whether he is a candidate of the 99% or not, rick santorum is from ground zero of the gutting of the american industrial machine of western pennsylvania. >> again, hes the only one in that field who has a valid, a very legitimate nar...

Cant afford polling. >> another thing with santorum too is, lets just say it. because everybody thats followed him around has said it. its not that he ran a great campaign. its just -- and im sure they probably dont have woody allen quotes up in santorums headquarters, but mark haleprin, i think about the woody allen quote, 99% is just showing up. and thats what he did in iowa. day in and day out and he fought hard for the win. >> ill tell you another place he showed up. after every debate i do ...

And they said, i dont know, we cant afford polling. >> another thing with santorum too is, lets just say it. because everybody thats followed him around has said it. its not that he ran a great campaign. its just -- and im sure they probably dont have woody allen quotes up in santorums headquarters, but mark haleprin, i think about the woody allen quote, 99% is just showing up. and thats what he did in iowa. day in and day out and he fought hard for the win. >> ill tell you another place he show...

Come with a late surging rick santorum suddenly at the top of the pack. romney and santorum each getting, joe, 25% of the vote. >> unbelievable. unbelievable. >> good morning, everyone, its wednesday, january 4th, were live from java joes in des moines. and with us onset, msnbc senior political analyst mark haleprin. we have national affairs editor for "new york" magazine john heilemann, as well. but first, joe, are you surprised? and what do you think happened? >> well, were here in java joes t...