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It like a loss. but the reality is he's the front-runner. he's held a fairly commanding lead for the entirety of this race. so i think expectations will be high. >> it's one thing to say that about iowa. it's another thing to say it about new hampshire and the other early states. and just back on new hampshire since everybody was there last night, you mentioned you were there that warren got rousing applause. sanders actually won there in 2016. both warren and sanders are from neighboring states. that's no small thing if you look at the history. >> yeah. one of the key messages that both of th...

2 cents, 2 cents for her wealth speech. >> she got a two-minute standing ovati ovation. >> exactly. she had that at the end as well. do these enthusiastic votes translate to number of votes. joe biden at the beginning of the night had a relatively tame response, part of that might have been his speaking slot. but the polls in iowa and new hampshire are much tighter than they are nationally. joe biden leads comfortably by double digits but it's narrower in new hampshire and iowa. if he doesn't do well, that could change the state of the entire race. >> well, speaking of down playing expectation...

Pressure to prove his accomplishments so far? >> i think it's a case where there is both reality and a little bit of down playing expectations. i think inside the white house they understand that some of the items on the to-do list which they would like to accomplish before the 100 day mark are probably out of reach simply because of the mechanisms of twriing to get another shot at repeal and replace for obamacare or just beginning the tax reform ideas. it's just not reasonable to expect they can get a lot of that done in just the few days we have. so part of it is the reality and part is down...

Together. he got here a few hours ago, meetings with finance, and a couple of key delegations. on the way, his senior strategist talked about down playing expectations. 2 1/2 weeks ago they said, between putting paul ryan on the ticket and the bounce has been 11 points. now any are down playing that. (inaudible) >>carl: mrs. romney visited with reporters on on the plane d brought home baked cookies and said she is putting finishing touches on the speech. she will talk about her husband, the kind of person he is, the kind of husband, the kind pair and talk about their early business experience ...

Plans for how that will help create jobs and help the economy in that area and across the country. and not only that, it will certainly help our national security. so he has resonated with the people in the south. governor romney said playing in the south is an away game for hill, but it's not just geographically. he's wrong on the issues in the south. he's not strong on guns and marriage issues, so he's playing an away game just on the fact of he's wrong on the issues in the bible belt. jon: henry, you are a mitt romney supporter, but you're quoted as saying you think today is going to be new...