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Like the candidates, theyre not all the same. >> theyre looking for the last bit of information that will help them decide. richard, thank you. joining us now from iowa this morning, republican strategist trey hardin. lets get straight to it to find out what you think about this. here is another nugget from the "des moines register" poll. who is best to relating to ordinary iowa rns? it cracks out interestingly. 20% say santorum, 20% bachmann, 20% say ron paul. then where you see mitt romney, ...

Said, listen, we are iowans. were proud of this process. we take it seriously. we want to get it right. and each of these candidates has a little something we like about each of them, but at the end of the day we have our eye on the prize this november and we want to make sure were vaulting the right candidate forward. >> it seems like they cant franken candidate, the perfect person they can can look together, looking for the x-factor that remains to be seen. well see how it all plays out. trey ...

Bit. having said that, a lot of analysts still insist that the economy is far from healthy, so that unemployment rate, 8.6%, below the 9% that it had been during the summer, they still say that 8.6% is not enough to create a healthy economy, and that will be the presidents biggest challenge to reelection. but the president trying to stay in the conversation right now while we head into officially the republican primary season. thomas? >> nbcs kristen welker at the white house, great to see you. ...

Spots expecting to see snow. the weather channels mike seidel has more for us from dunkirk, new york. hey, mike. >> reporter: hey, thomas. so far, so good out here in western new york on the new york state thruway. where it is finally looking and feeling like winter. the thruway in good shape this hour, but tonight and through turs morning well have squalls through here and cleveland and erie. weve already had snowfall up in northern lower michigan, traverse city it started snowing yesterday on ...

>> i understand how the economy works. and i want to use that expertise to get this country going again. i know that those good times are still out there and we can reclaim them, as long as we have a president who believes in the foundational principles of this nation. >> rick green is the vice president and editor of the "des moines register" and joins me this morning. rick, its nice to have you here. i want to remind everybody watching right now where the numbers currently stand. in your lates...

>> i understand how the economy works. and i want to use that expertise to get this country going again. i know that those good times are still out there and we can reclaim them, as long as we have a president who believes in the foundational principles of this nation. >> rick green is the vice president and editor of the "des moines register" and joins me this morning. rick, its nice to have you here. i want to remind everybody watching right now where the numbers currently stand. in ...

>> i understand how the economy works. and i want to use that expertise to get this country going again. i know that those good times are still out there and we can reclaim them, as long as we have a president who believes in the foundational principles of this nation. >> rick green is the vice president and editor of the "des moines register" and joins me this morning. rick, its nice to have you here. i want to remind everybody watching right now where the numbers currently stand. in ...

At midnight. you can find us on facebook. heres thomas robert in for alex witt. well see you next tuesday and of course next weekend here on "up." this was the gulfs best tourism season in years. all because so many people wanted to visit us... in louisiana. they came to see us in florida... nice try, they came to hang out with us in alabama... once folks heard mississippi had the welcome sign out, they couldnt wait to get here. this year was great but next years gonna be even better. and anyone...

Heres thomas robert in for alex witt. well see you next tuesday and of course next weekend here on "up." this was the gulfs best tourism season in years. all because so many people wanted to visit us... in louisiana. they came to see us in florida... nice try, they came to hang out with us in alabama... once folks heard mississippi had the welcome sign out, they couldnt wait to get here. this year was great but next years gonna be even better. and anyone who knows the gulf knows that winter is p...

and a managing editor, and then we have the author of "get opinionated," and joining us to talk about the new iowa numbers, we have nate silver of "the new york times". >> the iowa caucuses happened on tuesday, according to the new poll. mitt romney leads ron paul 24% to 22%, well within the margin of error, but a new telling number is 41% of iowa voters say they can still be persuaded to change their minds. iowa caucuses are the first electoral process in the nominating process. and i...