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Tax cuts for the wealthy and cut it out here for the underclass. >> probably going to get that deal, probably not an expaennsi. >> straight deal. >> unemployment benefits extension might not be part of that. >> presidential race. both of you served with newt gingrich. you came in class of '94. >> he made me subcommittee chairman first term. >> that was the whole idea to bring in the new blood. >> i was elected the same year in '78. the same year newt was elected. >> he lost three times before he got there. third time, lose twice. tom davis, why, you pointed this out. so, why hasn't a single me...

Mitt romney has lost a little ground in iowa and new hampshire. the frontrunner, if you should still call him that, will have it reverse that trend with voters aren't sure he shares their core political views. lou is the director of marist poll the partner in the state polling partnership here. good to see you. >> good morning, chuck. >> one thing we added to this survey was this ideological check on mitt romney. this is republicans' descriptions of mitt romney idelogically. let me put it on the board. 68% describe themselves as conservatives but only 19% call romney conservative in iowa. 25% ...

Bush. and george bush crashed and burned and bec auhave obama. and karl rove, i mean, the problem that this, frankly, that the republicans they have to get rid of the karl roves and they need fresh blood because karl rove is going to lead them into doom. believe me. >> he would like the rnc chairman to step in to stop this debate. are you going to call the rnc and ask them to sanction it? >> yes, the rnc was very positive. very nice. in fact, they had a big fund-raiser at my golf club this year at washington. a big, big fund-raiser. i think the most successful they ever had and you said that h...

>> the case for a second term. what's it going to be? i say this, it took bill clinton a long time. in fact, one would argue they didn't really find their case until bob dole spoke and they said, we'll build a bridge to the 21st century. the case for a second term. how do you reassure and maybe this is simply an issue here on the new york/washington set, but how do you make the case in a second obama term we're not going to see more of this gridlock, this polarizing, this partisanship. what's the obama case for breaking? >> look, i think the way that we're going to break the log jam is when th...

And, you know what, when they talk about social security and medicare and all the things that they want to cut back, if this country ran right, they wouldn't have to cut them back. >> is it a simple calculation if the candidate you would decide to endorse in the republican primary is not the nominee, you would probably run as an independent? >> no, not probably. it may be a decent candidate. i'm not saying it has to be that particular candidate. at some point, i'm going to endorse a candidate. and if that candidate doesn't win and somebody else that i think is good does. i wouldn't do it. i lo...