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Chris cofinas and chip salzmann. thank you for being here on this new year's day. >> thank you. so, chris, i want to start with you. are these attacks on the president's news conference fair? did that photo op with voters really risk derailing a deal? >> well, there have been a lot of things that risk derailing a deal. the president going out there and using the bully pulpit to pressure republicans if you will to come to their senses and make some kind of compromise for the sake of the country i don't think necessarily was the problem. the problem here from the very get-go is you can't get rep...

And i think everyone is saying sort of the same thing, she's going to end her four years as secretary of state, she's going to take time and look at the environment. i think there's a chance she runs. i don't think we'll know for another year or so. if she does run, she's going to be a very formidable candidate in 2016. jon: all right. simon rosenberg, chip salzmann, thank you, both. jenna: debt is one of, such major issue for the economies, including our own. why is one of the president's top former advisers arguing that the government should borrow more? we're going to talk more about that c...

Chip salzmann is the former campaign manager for mike huckabee for president. gentlemen, welcome. >> good to be with you. jon: chip, this new jersey election is so interesting because you've got two sitting democratic members of congress, their districts have been reapportioned, so they both have to fight for the same seat, and they're both getting support from the two different democratic big kahunas, bill pascrell has mr. clinton's support, mr. obama is supporting his challenger. who's going to win? >> it's going to be a tight race, and i think both of those endorsements matter. i think this...

Day one. we always knew this race was about a couple things. one it was mitt romney and who was going to beat not mitt romney and then we had dr. paul. dr. paul has a great showing tonight. rick santorum has become the not mitt romney candidate and now what we've got, we've got the board set. we've got the players and now we run in new hampshire and south carolina to see how we finish out. >> chip salzmann the 2008 campaign manager for mike huckabee. this is an exciting neat. thanks for taking time out to talk with us. >> it was a pleasure. thank you. >> nbc news's political director chuck tod...

Barack obama in november. that's been his campaign from day one. we always knew this race was about a couple things. one it was mitt romney and who was going to beat not mitt romney and then we had dr. paul. dr. paul has a great showing tonight. rick santorum has become the not mitt romney candidate and now what we've got, we've got the board set. we've got the players and now we run in new hampshire and south carolina to see how we finish out. >> chip salzmann the 2008 campaign manager for mike huckabee. this is an exciting neat. thanks for taking time out to talk with us. >> it was a pleasur...