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Legitimate shot of winning iowa? >> i think he does. this shows the republican base is dissatisfied with all the candidates. mitt romney appears to be the leader. but giving a fairly small percentage of the vote, its scattered among all the candidates. none of the republican candidates have yet to solidify their support among the republican base. thats because theyre all deeply flawed and no candidate has emerged that i think has the capacity to take on president obama and win. >> robert, how do...

Its time for the first big three panel of the new year. three topic, three talkers. today, were looking at poll a palooza. results of the new poll. obama 2.0 campaign says its ready. new years resolutions. advice from the experts. im joined by former governor ted strickland, anne kornblut and robert trainham for the comcast network. this new poll showing mitt romney, ron paul basically neb and neck with rick santorum at third. in the final two days of polling, rick santorum moves past paul with ...

Recovery. i think thats based in part upon the presidents policies. it will be a hard fought campaign, but i think in the end, president obama will once again carry the ultimate swing state, which is ohio. >> robert, as we talk about the fact that obamas campaign has an enormous reelection arm already in motion, do you think that the republican, whatever the nominee or whoever the nominee is going to be, really comes in at such a disadvantagement because theyve lost time through the pry mayor sn...

Surtax on the income above a million dollars. we are seeing movement with democrats. theyve had plenty of time to come up with a legitimate counter, and the president has come out swinging on this monday morning. well see what happens next. robert, a.b., thank you for your time. greatly appreciate it. >> thank you. the post office announces major change to mail delivery that may have a bigger impact on you than you might think. plus -- oklahoma state universitys president says nothing could ...

Payroll tax cuts need to be extended as well as unemployment insurance. still with me is a.b. stoddard and robert trainham. robert, i got to tell you, the listen to this argument the president makes, how do the republicans counter that here? anything that the american people who are working every day and nose who are looking for jobs would accept? >> its a tough rhetorical box he put republicans in quite frankly. >> is it a rhetorical box? this is reality here. >> both, rhetorical, political and...

Obviously representing massachusetts, you know, hes an interesting -- hes an interesting republican general candidate against president obama. theres no question about it. and then the other question becomes, is whether or not whomever governor romney chooses as his running mate if, hes, hes the nominee, does that put him over the top? its marco rubio, the republican senator from florida. again, bringing that diverse itd to the ticket. bringing florida to the ticket. and also bringing the tea pa...

wild animal preserve. deputies shot and killed at least two dozen them overnight. >> i had deputies that had to shoot animals with their side arms at close range. thats how volatile this situation was. when we got here, obviously, po public safety way my number one concern bp i gave the order if animals looked like they going out they were going down. we could not have wild animals. also, the man who other thanned the animal preserve, terry thompson, was found dead outside his home. ...

Mission and target gadhafi individually, for the president politically? >> well, lets keep in mind that this is a moving target, literally and figuratively. the presidents position has changed on this. first it was about regime change. then it was perhaps president gadhafi could stay in office. the president is trying to manage a very nuanced situation. then the question becomes, can the american people accept a president going into their living rooms saying you know what, this mission has chang...

Pandering to small voting blocs, but say, look this is the interest of the country im not going to do a poll. we need leadership from the front. >> robert trainham host of "roll call d.c." and crystal ball is former candidate for u.s. congress. im glad to see you both. >> thank you. welcome to d.c. >> im enjoying the trip. its not just the independents who talk about the partisan fighting as being destructive. you have republicans and democrats as well, so the question is what are they going to ...

We need to do our share. thats where democrats will be coming from. we totally agree there need to be cuts. how and where we do it is where there is a disagreement. >> will that $200,000 cut be something you will agree to? >> im not a policy maker, but to karens point and everyones point if people are doing better than the average person out there they should be able to pay more in taxes. no question about it. >> youre saying we have to. we owe a lot of money. we have to change the way we have o...