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The better iowa ground games on the republican side and if donald trump ends up winning in iowa, that ground game might be reason why. >> we heard this morning that the obama -- that they're now -- democrats are raising money off of some of donald trump's latest comments of the they're taking a playbook we have seen use ed often, using the words of the front-runner to get your base, to get your people fired up and ready. >> absolutely. if you're not trying to -- if you're a democrat and not trying to raise money off of donald trump, you're committing campaign malpractice. we see it on both sid...

I might not know about this kind of thing. maybe true but it come off a little funny. >> let me split that one in two. tonight make another bush comparison but george w. bush used to say i never read the polls. sorry. that's like saying i don't like beer. they both studied the polls and they're deemly involve in politics. his answer on joe biden, i believe 1,000%. it would have been campaign malpractice for the obama team not to research everything. that's what they. do remember when the reelection campaign started, wee still at a very, very sluggish period of the recovery. the republican poll...

Over god was going to be on the platform. clint eastwood got all the attention. >> there is a certain rule here. republicans to have learn it. if the whole essence is a tightly choreographed event, then you do that. you put things to help you better, rubio was terrific and videos of the families, those were moving and nobody saw them because they were in the wrong hour, in the middle of it. don't say to clint eastwood, don't go out and wing it. there has been considerable cottage industry of finger pointing. most of loyal campaign ads are blaming romney himself. >> i it was struck by tom hambu...

But they are supposed to be pivoting to independent voters. they are supposed to be pivoting to mainstream voters, that the value voters want to talk about and want to cheer about. to me this is almost campaign malpractice, to put your main surrogate, who's values are so divergent from mainstream america. >> let me go to you for a minute, frank. today he talked about big government. he talked about things that he may go to independent voters but he was talking at this kind of conference and these are the kinds of things not only that they believe but let's look at what he has said and what he ...

Campaign malpractice. it was crazy. >> it was a bad move. i wrote a piece earlier this afternoon that said what would have been so much better was to have -- was to get rid of clint eastwood altogether. have marco rubio give his fine speech and have the end set up the video. then have the video played which i agree with you was incredibly effective. i thought it was powerful and really did show you aspects of mitt romney that you've never seen before. could you imagine mitt romney coming on to the stage at the end of that video? the roof would have been blown off the tampa bay times forum if t...