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Chicago. he wanted to have a basketball game for good luck. >> a bunch of guys from chicago came down to iowa. we played basketball on caucus day, won iowa, did not play basketball on primary day in ne day, won iowa. did not play basketball on primary day in new hampshire, lost new hampshire. so obviously the campaign gods said that if you want to win, you need to play basketball on election day. >> we wanted to spend time that day just playing with old friends of his. most of them went back with him longer than i did, high school friends, college friends, law school friends, some people on th...

And we saw that in the 2008 how hillary's numbers moved so quickly in those later states purely based on how president -- later president obama did in iowa. >> yeah. and obviously iowa hasn't been the easiest state for biden. >> that's true. you know, i think there are a lot of lessons to take from the past race that is some of which robbie mentioned. the electability argument which obviously biden is holding solid on is one where back in 2008, hillary clinton was ahead of barack obama by 30 or 40 points on the electability argument. i didn't switch back to have -- see barack obama as the most...

In iowa have been incredible and new hampshire and south carolina and virginia and texas, all over. i'm leading in the florida polls against two people, one's a governor and one's a senator, a sitting senator, and i'm leading substantially in florida. i'm leading in ohio against a sitting governor. we've had, you know, an amazing period of time. now, we have -- we start the process. february 1st, a big date. and i think that we're going to do really, really well in iowa. >> can you talk a little bit about your campaign and how you're going to ensure that people who are supporting you at rallie...

This first year. >> especially with what we know with march. david gregory, a busy weekend and this sunday on nbc's "meet the press," an exclusive interview with former general -- you're never a former general -- colin powell, secretary of state, on there to support chuck hagel. thank you. our meet the new congress series continues with the connecticut democrat who upstaged a heavy favorite to win her seat in the house. that's next. she represents newtown, by the way. first, a look at the president's schedule. big news today, by the way, is going to be afghanistan, karzai. and in celebration...

Factor here.ation >> gregg: are you sure that is intimidation and not embarrassment as kis h ha points out? how do you know the difference? >> when you voice concerns about someone's sexual orientation, when you say you are uncomfortable with someone's sexual orientation. >> where did he say that? >> when you invite others that he had this discomfort about the sexual orientation and as a result wanted to leave it to the world that he was gay, guilty. >> gregg: we are out of time. it is a close case. >> i agree. >> gregg: thanks very much. >> thank you, gregg. >> gregg: heather? >> heather: was...