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Clear on who to love. there has been a lot of infighting back and forth, sort of a flavor of the month mentality throughout this caucus. here specifically in iowa, throughout the republican campaign, so far. and a lot of people who had said initially that they had liked someone more conservative now have acknowledged there's some need to find a candidate they believe who can compete with barack obama. it's worth noting today as we stand out in 34-degree temperatures this is the forecast high for today. barack obama the president who is here in this state exactly four years ago is now vacationi...

Vote for her on social security and medicare. mr. koch, one of them, expects you to vote with him on energy, etcetera, taxes. there is no difference. it's just the zeroes. >> willie, as somebody has raised a lot of money, i raised $42 million for my first gubernatorial campaign and $42 million for my second because i didn't have a primary, he's absolutely right. the failure of the occupy movement to embrace this issue, to change the constitution, that is the only way you do it given the court interpretation, you have to amend the constitution. the failure of the occupy movement not to latch on...

Making it up when he is saying all these crazy things. it'll be fine later on. both parties would have to do a whole lot better if you're going to get real change. >> we won't hold our breath for that. josh, what else are you looking at? i know home ownership was a big one with you guys this year. the housing hangover sort of. >> and really when are we going to find the bottom? so much of the american, of the domestic economy problem is based in the fact that people's money is invested in their homes and, you know, when we find bottom, you'll begin to see people feel a little bit better, a lit...

Speech tonight in the state of iowa. joining us from des moines nbc correspondent peter alexander. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, willie. welcome back. sorry not to see you with joe and mika's slippers on this morning. >> that was a sight. we'll fill people in on that later. "way too early" joe and mika jamies and slippers on national television. we're a week out now. where do we stand and who are you following? >> reporter: well, you know, i think what's interesting is that all of these candidates took a break over the holiday to be with their families, which is tradition oft...

Except you have to pick your hill to die on. and i think that the danger we just saw with this -- this extension, the two-month extension, is that they almost put us in a position where the republican party is no longer the party of tax cuts. so i think that there was a real danger. at the end of the day, look, we're better off because the tea party won. there is no doubt about it. but hopefully as we move forward things will be a little bit smoother. >> willie, i would disagree. i don't think the tea party listens to the people at all. i think a lot of their views are tremendously divergent w...