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I guess the president, the current president doesnt have to obey citizens united now. he can send somebody to arrest people who disobey the -- >> bob schieffer brought that up. what happens, if, for instance, the obama health care plan is overturned in the supreme court, i guess the president can just ignore that. >> you know, look, there was -- used to be and there probably still is a tendency in the republican party to at the end of the nominating process, at least, look to the electability of...

Nate silver also putting mitt romney second, newt gingrich third with ron paul winning and, of course, weve agreed ron paul will always have an asterisk for mitt romney to finish second in iowa giving him big momentum going into new hampshire. >> itd be very big. and i can tell you, for me, personally, i wanted every endorsement. i didnt care, i wanted it from the right to the left. i want every endorsement, i want every nomination and every vote. no, they did not endorse me. but, i would guess ...

>> mark haleprin tells us hes a good father -- >> if you look at the way you judge people. theres so many things, the meanness. by the way, with everything youve read and heard, would you describe him -- just you, as a good guy? seems like a bad guy. >> im able to separate things out here. i dont know him personally. ive got references. his daughter says he is a good father. through all the chaos, hes kept the family together. i hear others say hes a good grandfather. so is newt a good person? y...

Chairman of the consulting firm hill and nolan strategies. mark mckinnon, and that was romney back when, alex? 2002. >> first of all, make congress work, not left, not right, forward. and no labels has come out with a -- i think just a fantastic plan to reform congress, which by the way has historically low approval ratings, well talk about the nbc wall street journal poll. but first, ive got to -- mark mckinnon, i asked you a question before, were you surprised that mitt romney in this decade w...

I put it on speaker or use the blue tooth. >> willie does two phones when hes driving. two phones, thats how busy he is. >> drives with the knees. >> i confess to having done it. but could you imagine losing your child or a member of your family because somebody was looking down sending a reply to an e-mail. its not worth it. i think this is a good step in the right direction. >> it happens all the time. >> i agree. >> speaking of directions. theres a new direction in iowa. >> there is. we shoul...

Encourage members of the opposite party to meet on a regular basis with each other so they know each other. >> one final thing. harold and i working in congress for quite some time and were deeply offended at this. >> uh-oh. >> make members come to work. what are you talking about? >> its pretty radical. >> show up? >> youre getting out of bounds. >> were pushing the limit here. great woody allen line. >> well, it was amazing. like during the debt ceiling debate, we actually tracked how often me...

Paul gained four points in the same time period, romney is in third, remaining steady at 16% support among iowa caucus goers. >> lets keep those numbers up really quickly. there are some people in the past have bashed ppp polling. i have to say this every time we put the polling up, over the last two cycles, its been more accurate than most main line polls. and in this case, you know, mark haleprin, you said there was going to be a natural tightening. 20 -- i would not be surprised if iowa ends ...

Appeals to conservatives there. i think theres a possibility that could happen. and this is going to be fun to watch. >> yes, and like someone else who exceeded all expectations, huntsman has stayed above it all instead of joining the clown show. nobodys going to help him this time. >> mark, let me ask you if you agree with what was just said about national polling at this point. do you agree with mark that national polling doesnt matter? >> i think it matters in one way, which is that voters in...

But in return, were going to pay for it, and were going to actually put a project out there that will make us less dependent on foreign oil and create jobs. okay. thats my view of the world. now lets talk about it. but democrats will just kill the bill. >> marks point of view is that they could agree collectively on a payroll tax cut extension without any -- >> thats my only -- >> democrats did pay for their payroll tax. >> its paid for so your point is -- its strategically muddled. >> no, its n...

Is illegitimate, i think ignores what the constitution of the united states says about who drafts legislation, who drafts bills. it is the house of representatives where these these programs start, and i know you disagree with the republicans in the house who want to create jobs with this project that democrat harold ford jr. and others -- >> im all for the pipeline plan, i just dont -- >> the obvious question, though, if they wanted to create jobs with the pipeline bill, why didnt they introduc...