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long legs. >> i want to bring in our national political economist. we have seen this getting pretty ugly. does this resonate with voters when they hear the back and forth? >> i dont know. i talked to a few voters out there on the campaign trail. every one of them will tell you they hate this stuff. then every expert will say this works. theres a reason why the campaigns are going back and forth and theres a reason why the obama campaign has been ataa attacking mitt romney and his tax r...

your first impression from what we learned from the eight republican candidates? >> i think there were a couple of really explosive parts of the debate for me. the first one was obviously iran. i thought that perry and gingrich led the way with strategy when it comes to iran. but the thing that sort of blew up in newt gingrichs face, i think, the discussion on immigration. he had a rick perry heartless moment with this. i think this is really going to impact him tomorrow. its really go...

but the thing that sort of blew up in newt gingrichs face, i think, the discussion on immigration. he had a rick perry heartless moment with this. i think this is really going to impact him tomorrow. its really going to impact him with grassroots conservatives. i can see both sides of the argument here. he was reaganesque, 84-86, reagan signed a huge amnesty bill but i dont think he made that differential during the debate. this is one of the most substantive debates, we really were ab...