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Thats remarkable, and to me disturbing. it was disturbing after it happened was the fact that one of the most seasoned journalists figured out before everybody else to go to the faa site and see where private jets were taking off and mark haleprin, you figured out what everybody else didnt know at 6:00 in the morning that a private jet was leaving alaska and flying to ohio. and what was disturbing about it was is we then had the mccain campaign lying through their teeth for the next 12 hours. to...

And that comment about this is an away game, right? its all about process. and getting back to the fundamentals of message is always going to be -- >> and again, this isnt that tough. so the question is, how are you going to do in alabama? youre from massachusetts. well, guess what? this isnt about me, first of all. secondly, it isnt about geograp geography. were all americans and all of americas hurting right now. real unemployment around 15%. gas prices, doesnt matter if youre from boston, mas...

Conversation leads us. this is such a great film. we cant stop talking about it. and i want to get mitt romney saying he likes grits, but this is just so fascinating. >> lets go to that. >> mark, at what point have you spoken to mccain since the campaign? and got a sense of whether -- what stage he felt hed made the wrong pick or if he would be candid enough to say he did. or does he still really in his heart of hearts -- >> no, i dont -- you look at what he said. and he defends her consistently...

>> well, you know, mark, i have heard that theres a real hostility -- not necessarily between mitt romney and his family and the press, but the top people on the romney team, which is always just stunned me that people are in charge of press operations who let the press know that they hate them. i saw this all the time in congress. and its just not -- as i always said. people say why do you get such good press? which i did. i said, well, even a dog knows when you hate them. and if you think you ...

Economy that he knew he could connect with, and those voters were everywhere. he always knew he could find a sweet spot. mark and i spent a lot of time those days good days and bad days. in the 92 campaign, there was a lot of hand wringing about bill clinton looked like he was going to win the nomination, he was going to be a weakened nominee, he was going to be in third place behind president bush and ross perot, there was a lot of hand wringing. >> this sounds familiar, dee. >> on one level. o...

Santorum, hes not getting out of the race, and id be surprised if alabama didnt lean newts way. >> the path ahead looks good for him. swing from georgia through alabama over into mississippi to louisiana. you give him odds in any of those states. and newt gingrich last night during that 40-minute speech or whatever it was did not look like a guy ready to get out of the race. >> no, hes enjoying himself. >> and ive got to say, the guy looked, mark haleprin, newt looked like he was having a great ...

Matthews, you guys were here late last night. and when i saw you last around 11:00, it was looking like a really bad night for mitt romney. but boy, he brings in the win in ohio after midnight, the win in idaho, the win in alaska. he ended up having a pretty good haul -- >> no, it was not a bad night for him. but these headlines tell a story, which it is going to go on. just stop and think about rick santorum for a moment. how many of us thought one week before iowa that he would not just still ...

Was supposed to win. newt gingrich was supposed to win georgia, the state that was huge contested state that no one knew was going to win, mitt romney won that state. and you have got to -- we cant back off now. >> he did, mark, but think about this for a second. think about this. and its so fascinating, because santorums people said, well, you know what? you media people have been focusing on these social issues. and its just not been fair. the people at the end of the day focused on ricks grea...

Worker if youre mitt romney, but you have to be able to understand what hes going through. >> going to what kathleen parker wrote this morning. >> mark haleprin, final thoughts? >> well, i think, again, everything nicolle said makes perfect sense. hes got to find a way to do that. and thats a great opportunity too. if he finds in his heart a way to talk about inclusion and immigration, not violating his principles, itll help him in that definition and set him up better for the general election t...

>> im surprised -- >> we like mitt personally very much. >> very much. >> but hes a hard candidate for people to embrace. >> who do you think is a better candidate mitt romney or john mccain as a political performer? >> i think on the debate stage, there is no doubt mitt romney has become much better. much better. john mccain, an incredible story, and you could really fall in love with john mccain, but i will tell you what, where i personally believe americans lock in and decide who theyre going...