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Headquarters, sending out his colleagues to make inroads there. i think you are going to see a lot more of mitt romney in iowa. and as you guys have discussed, if he sort of makes a big play there, that could, some people argue could make this race just about him. >> romneys going to go up with ads soon as mark haleprin said. hes staffing up iowa a little bit. what went into the decision to play in iowa? they think they can win there? >> theyre being very cautious. they probably dont like the fa...

Interest -- income taxation because thats what the hedge funds get. why do they get that? because they pay for the political campaigns. >> i mean -- and i think most of us at this table agree about the loopholes. mark haleprin, though, if they dont get to anything, there are these automatic triggers that go into effect. >> sequester -- >> will we get around that? >> i think because of the defense cuts, the thing will have to be undone. but there are a number of other issues, the bush tax cuts, t...

And how she views our system and how morally wrong and corrupt at this point. shes one of the -- arguably -- most powerful women in the world. and thats her view of us at this point. mark haleprin, the politics of this, especially given the presidential elections, what do you make of the fact they cant get it done? >> everybodys going to be trying to get political advantage from this, both parties are going to try to game out at the congressional level and presidential level what it means, but i...

Conceptual thought. as opposed to just fairness in the -- we all believe there should be fairness. but somebody, and i believe they need a spokesperson. >> yes. >> get an ex-wall streeter, somebody to put some flesh and blood and credibility behind this thing. and if i was branding them and i was doing a campaign, id say lets go get a spokesperson. >> haleprin, i want to ask you about that because my 15-year-old asked, what is occupy wall street? at dinner last night. and it did not take long to...

Actually have been consistent, and -- >> hes got no chance. >> youve given everyone else a chance. and for god sakes, a woman who never entered the race, sarah palin got more heat from the media. >> if you get video of sarah palin or get a sound bite, bring that back to us, you can hold the ron paul stuff. >> the thought of covering him amuses me. >> yeah, you know what? were not that smart. there are some interesting poll numbers about ron paul well be talking about. good morning, everybody. we...

Last nights debate in rochester, michigan, msnbc and "time" magazine political analyst mark haleprin. good to have you with, mark, jon, mike, hi, willie. >> hi, willie, how are you? >> i dont even want to see it. >> i dont want to see it either. >> so lets show it. >> so lets show it. >> lets get it out of the way. >> do we have to get it out of the way? >> i do. this is -- i dont -- im not going to -- i want to take my ear piece out. >> i feel like saying good morning, mika, good morning, joe, ...

Out in the field yet. >> i think the silence about cain is telling. romney made a point to say the allegations were disturbing but didnt go there last night. you saw the reaction of the crowd and i think maria bartiromo stayed steady, went ahead and asked the question that had to be asked in the debate. a rival campaign told me, heres the deal on cain, were going to step back and wait and hope that his supporters reluctantly come to the conclusion that he cant win and then we hope to be able to ...

Whatsoever prior to their coming in and saying im a voter and i want to vote. >> well, that seems to be a strong pattern. let me go back to mark haleprin at the debate site tonight for the cnbc vote. ive got to ask you a question since youre out there. this thing with herman cain, is that going to come up tonight? >> i think its got to come up. its going to largely be up to the moderators, certainly where the press is focused. i think the bigger issue, because i expect mitt romney to have a good...

Mark haleprin and jon meacham still with us. joining the table, jeff greenefield. >> show the white house shot again, t.j. you see the leaves. those of us in the northeast who got hammered with snow last weekend. my family and i drove across connecticut and absolutely gorgeous yesterday. >> stunning. >> it was. the sun was out, and were not used to that in the northeast. so it was an exciting day. >> thats why they wrote the song autumn in new york. this is kind of what they had in mind. >> not ...

>> herman cain is defying political gravity. and i suspect theres something larmger going on here as mark haleprin suggests. >> well, i think a lot of this campaign will be decided on all the models most of us grew up with and think we know are true. by every conventional standard, herman cain should have been a joke long ago in terms of -- its a hollywood movie. >> right. >> except that in hollywood, he would have been a liberal. but to the ordinary guy with no experience who shows up the exper...