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Maybe the republican voters, the gop, and the primary voters. and its a great story by joe klein who spent weeks out on the road with mitt. and, you know, came to the conclusion that even though he is a better candidate now than he was in 2008, and a more sophisticated candidate and a more appealing candidate, hes still not catching on with republican voters. and what weve seen in the last week or ten days with the succession of people who have been competing with him have come up and come down ...

Have on both democratic and republican sides is that we have to reduce the deficit. were sort of like a blindfolded man walking towards a cliff, and if we keep walking, were going to fall off and die. some may argue the cliff is 50 yards away, some may argue 500, but we all agree if you keep walking, you die. >> the super committee was supposed to come up with $1.2 trillion over a decade, not a lot, but a start in the right direction. it goes to a sequester, that was not a failure, that was opti...

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>> and why is that? >> well, i just think its probably really good news for obama. so im not going to get caught up in what a hypocrite he is. >> just stop that. come on. >> no, thatll come out in the wash. so whats great is the republicans clearly dont want to win and thats good for obama. >> wow. i dont know. i dont know -- i mean its looking pretty good for him. hes moving ahead in the polls. mark, hes moving up in new hampshire. hes moving up in iowa. hes got the endorsement -- >> conservati...

Mitt.com website that the dnc this -- >> what else is there to say? has launched and that hes flip-flopped as much as four-minute video is a real mitt romney. preview of what they have to >> remember, youre supposed to pull out. including trying to make mitt be polite because i got slammed romney a laughing stock. when i criticized him. >> you do it this way -- they have a clip from jay leno >> some of your friends wrote saying he was before obama care. these vicious things. >> mitt romney, pers...

Later on where they asked him about, was this a snub toward mitt romney. and literally his exact words was he would be served in a presidency in the late 19th century. this was a comment, in the fact that there were a lot of conservatives more comfortable with him. >> whats the conversation they had to make this choice do you think? >> the conversation, i can tell you -- i cant say -- you may have better insight on what joe would say or maybe you would, mark. i can tell you this is what conserva...

Leader, they do need political figures to feel comfortable coming their way. and that has been a little bit of a challenge, has it not? actually, mark haleprin, you might be good on this, and then dr. sachs. >> i think its a real tragedy. theyre putting one of the most morally important issues the country faces now front and center, but theyre not doing it in an effective way to draw in politicians and drive a specific agenda focused on what governments doing now and the next election. its a rea...

Wow, what a way to start the week. >> good advice for all of us. >> seriously. welcome to "morning joe." its monday, november 21st. oh, my gosh, is this thanksgiving week? are we getting ready? yes, with us onset, senior political analyst mark haleprin. national affairs editor, john heilemann. hi, john. >> hi. >> and director of the earth institute, jeffrey sachs. >> disgusting. >> disgusting. >> absolutely disgusting. no sense of any meaning in all of this. absolutely revolting, actually. and e...

>> what john just said is patently untrue, we just cut $17 billion without one dime of new revenue. he knows it, we just did it. we cut $550 billion in the health care act from medicare. we didnt raise -- this is just nonsense. >> some of the democrats were asked, well, whats the presidents role been to try and help the super committee come to consensus? and the answer is, he hasnt had any role. hes done nothing. it is another example of failed leadership. he has not taken personal responsibilit...