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>> he is playing barack obama in the mock debates we have, i don't like him very much anymore. all right. >> reporter: governor romney studying president obama's past debates, which offers romney an opportunity to exceed expectations. republican chris christie predicting just that. >> shaking your head saying it is a brand new race. >> reporter: and running mate paul ryan hanging success on the debates. >> the debate phase in this campaign. we will make this case in our debates. >> reporter: that debate will be held here in denver. in the meantime, mitt romney held a rally here behind me. most...

Joe biden in north carolina and paul ryan on a bus tour in iowa. last night he was in dubuque. the first time at a public campaign event he delivered this line. >> the choice is clear, and here is what we are doing. we are entering the debate phase, the choice phase of this campaign. this choice is ever so clear. >> speaking of choice, has mitt romney's choice of paul ryan paid off? let's ask republican strategist and former gingrich campaign senior advisor david winston and nbc latino contributor, a senior fellow at the university of texas. good morning to both of you. will mitt romney have t...

That say, we don't like that guy. and they're going to want to be able to back somebody. look at south carolina, that could be a place. >> you are saying there's two caucuses, a mini caucus for the lower tier candidates among conservatives who will lead the conservative pack. >> absolutely. because romney is constantly having to deal with the question are you a true conservative. the smart thing for him is to keep running against barack obama and saying i'm the best candidate. >> but you want as many other folks in the race as possible? >> in one sense we say that, but maybe you don't. and thi...

look at what we call the bottom four right now. we see newt gingrich, the governor rick perry, michele bachmann, jon huntsman. he's technically there even though he didn't campaign really in iowa. he's spending all of his time in new hampshire. presumably he'll come in last. he won't drop out because he's doing all of his campaigning in new hampshire. but remember, this is very early right now. it's sort of coincides, this top tier w the most recent polls we saw, not only our cnn/time poll, the "des moines register" poll, an nbc/marist poll. these are the three individual, the top ti...

You're asking how the health care bill will affect you. by the way, christine and i check our facebook and twitter accounts very regularly for this information. please, keep the questions coming in. we're listening and we're keeping track. >> that's right. here to help answer the questions, our very good friend andrew rubin, vp of clinical affairs for nyu langone medical center and host of sirius xm dr. radio. again, all of these are questions that you have asked us that you want to know specifically, now that the debate has -- we left the debate phase and now we're going into how this will be...