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Newt gingrich, if any one of them had said this, it would be on the front page of the newspaper. >> analysts say most g.o.p. contenders don't take paul seriously enough to spend any of their campaign cash on ads highlighting his edgy position. that the statement actually work against him with the g.o.p. base. while it may be unlikely that paul will be the g.o.p. nominee, some experts believe he will have a significant impact on who ultimately is. >> my sense like the last time he stayed in the race all the way. he will have delegates this time. he can play some role if the race is close. >> in...

Connection made by the obama administration, tying iran and al-qaeda. saying there is a reward now for financial financier believed to be inside iran. surri. the state department now putting up $so million for information that leads to his capture. back to the panel. steve, it seems like a bigger deal than is not getting a lot of attention anyplace else. >> this is a huge deal. this builds on what we learn in july. as jennifer griffin good report suggests. the foremost state sponsor of terror and lethal network in the world. if had come out in 2005, it would have blown up figuratively our unde...

This is scary stuff. high-level connections between iran and the leading terrorist group. >> bret: charles? >> it is a big deal, and part of the way you see it is the price on his head is second highest in the world. only one with a higher price is al-zawahiri, the new head of al-qaeda. he is with the same rank. in terms of his prices. omar, head of the taliban. so it tells you this is no minor official. it is one of the rare admissions by any u.s. administration of the direct link. again, it explodes the myth because al-qaeda is sunni and iran is shiite, can't have an alliance, which is almos...

The reason they are going after eric holder is he is incapable of answering questions. when he does, he says i didn't know about this thing, he should have known about. my concern is going forward looking to 2012 i am worried we will see a lot of investigation of voter fraud and minority intimidation camming out of the justice department. >> bret: they are signaling that. >> we taw this today. >> bret: south carolina. >> we saw this at the end of the clinton managers before the 2000 election. people who followed up and asked attorney general janet reno what is the evidence for this, why are yo...

Message over the last week. >> bret: the question is the organization and how much it means this year. what it means in iowa this time. >> he has very little but i think he is, the way the race has been dominated by events like the debate, which are the national event changed the traditional calculus. this is a christmas truth where he is not well off. he runs a positive ad to give him a respite. >> we have to leave it there. when we come back, the friday lightning round. first topic, iran in al-qaeda