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To get robbed. >> boy scouts, be prepared. >> right. that is the most important thing. and i think what you have there is a little bit more of an amped up sentiment of what i think is the real sentiment, which is that you have to ask yourself in a campaign oftentimes would i trade my position with anybody else in this campaign? and in this particular instance i dont think boston would. but you still have to earn it. and this is a campaign from the very beginning that has recognized its going to ...

Senior strategist to the gore campaign and former senior adviser to john kerrys 2004 campaign and michael steele, former rnc chairman and now an msnbc analyst. thanks to both of you for being here tonight. >> yeah. >> tad, let me start with you. can newt gingrich survive all these attacks? >> well, i think -- i think its hurting him very badly. i think its taken its toll. i think he can survive in the sense that he can still be a major force and still be one of the top two candidates, but i thin...

>> everything that gingrich railed against when he was in the house, he went the other way when he got paid to go the other way. >> youre an embarrassment to our party. >> this guy hasnt got skeletons in his closet, he has a whole graveyard in there. >> its about serial hypocrisy. >> and direct mailers to voters, mitt romney has said hes a flip-flopper, taken both sides on illegal immigration, abortion and ron paul punches as well calling him, quote, a counterfeit conservative with a long record...

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 thats a great day for the democrat...

Begins to turn back on the person doing the attacking. with the super pac money out there doing that, hes got to be very careful, mitts team, that this doesnt backfire on them when people go into the polls and say, you know what, this just leaves a sour taste in my mouth. and, two, newt has been making a very strong effort, more personal effort, going to voters across iowa on a bus, knocking on doors, telling his story directly to them in groups, and well see how that impacts him because he does...

The full smile to reveal itself. tad, this is just mano for the obama white house watching these stranger videos. >> it is. herman cain is leading in both polls this week, ahead of romney. the guy is a sensation, the problem is, he cant be taken seriously for the president of the united states if hes going to operate a campaign like this and if hes not going to run real campaigns in places like iowa and new hampshire. its amusing, entertaining, ultimately, this is a race between perry and romney...

Since the attack. in ohio, the remaining six exotic animals that were freed by their owner before he took his own life this month will be held in a ohio zoo. three leopards, two monkeys, and a bear were quarantined to keep them from being handed over to the owners wife. a dose of winter weather this weekend. after the national weather service warned of heavy, wet snow from virginia to maine. several inches on the ground in amarillo this morning. seven weeks after texas set the mark for the h...

The tea party is looking for someone. michele bachmann had it for a while. perry had it for a while. its now sort of his to hold. at the end of the day, the two people with the resources to make a real race out of this are perry and romney. romney for whatever reason has not turned on a lot of republican voters. hes led in polls but not expanded that base. and i think perry has not done well in debates. i think cain fills that void. is it organization there, the resources go in and win in iowa a...

With a sign on the other side that says it can kill you. itll be in english and spanish. let me first say it was a joke and some people dont think it was a good joke. its probably not a joke that youre supposed to make if youre a presidential candidate. i apologize if it offended anyone. >> tad, is this the retooling of herman cain? >> well, you know, i think the problem is, you know, he then went on to say afterwards, after he told david gregory and others that it was joke, he went on to say im...

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