i think around 2.7 million graves and that s a tall order to decorate 2.7 million graves so you d like to do it. i really would, yes. sometime, i don t know how. but hey, you know how long are you going to keep doing this? i m going to keep doing it for as long as i work and then i know my family is going to continue. it will be here for a long time. and this year, he arranged for 325,000 wreaths to be placed at the graves of veterans across the country. now, this program note next sunday, the first day of 2012, we ll be live at the state capital in des moines to cover the iowa caucuses. our guests will include ron paul, michelle bachmann and rick perry. finally, we want to thank you for watching us each week throughout this busy news year. as we say good-bye to 2011 and
unbelievable. the other third party, gary johnson, former governor in the midwest, said he would run on the third party. i wouldn t be surprised if he runs a campaign. obviously have the grass roots presence there, again, if it is ron paul, i think michele bachmann may come in third or fourth. we have to go. karen, thumbs up or down for johnson. my thumbs are up. he is going down. karen hunter, robert train a.m., have great holidays. great to see you. program note, politics nation first annual revvie awards, featuring best and worst of politics in 2011, hosted by reverend al sharpton, tonight at 6:00 p.m. eastern on msnbc. it is the last minute dash. two shopping days until christmas. retailers roll out deep
voters in places like iowa and new hampshire will not support a candidate unless they believe that candidate has a real chance of winning or affecting the outcome of the race. santorum has never crossed the threshold of credibility but ron paul is a real factor and ron paul could win the iowa caucuses, and if he does that, this thing could go on for a long time and he and gingrich together might be able to get enough delegates to stop romney and if that happens that s a great day for the democrats. tad devine, michael steele, pleasure having both of you on tonight. good to be with you. and a quick program note. chuck todd has a special live interview with mitt romney on the daily run don tomorrow. he ll be spending the day with romney on the campaign trail in new hampshire. that s 9:00 a.m. tomorrow right here on msnbc. ahead why the president s fight for fairness is working and the gop war on the middle class might backfire. cuban
good morning, everyone. it s wednesday, december 14th. i m christine romans along with carol costello on this american morning. good morning. good morning, good morning to all of you. good and bad news this morning for the gop front-runner newt gingrich. with less than thee weeks until the iowa caucuses his political director in the state stepped down after calling mormonism a cult. two gop candidates, mitt romney and jon huntsman are mormons. gingrich is already working with a bare bones staff in this state and meantime, gingrich opened a commanding lead nationally over mitt romney, but head-to-head with the president, well, that s another story. cnn political director paul steinhauser got your title wrong, paul. it s all good. you re the best guy at cnn. paul steinhauser, and you re here on this american morning. okay. let s talk about these polls. reporter: yeah. starpt with t staff with the numbers. brand new from nbc wall street journal numbers. the battl
he was really mellow. he sounded reasonable. yeah. confident. yeah. and he laid out a rationale for re-electing himself. and he also, he talked for the first time that i ve seen in a while about what he got done. the man prevented another great depression. he saved the automobile industry. saved the auto industry. he doesn t get a chance enough to brag on himself and explain to people who he actually accomplished. is he going to do more of that, you think? he s going to have to. i don t think he likes doing it. he thinks it looks immodest or something. he s going to have to. msnbc political analyst jonathan alter with us tonight. thanks so much. a program note for this thursday. i ll have an exclusive interview with democra.le we ll talk about the republican obstruction in congress, on jobs, the democrats chances of taking back the house next year and a whole lot more. we re thrilled to have the democratic leader pelosi on this program. we hope you ll join us com