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Finally, let me finish with the role of politics and human tears. we start with mitt romney going for the kill. howard fineman is an msnbc political analyst and the huffington post media group editorial director. and susan page is the washington bureau chief for "usa today." well, here we are at java joe's, ground central, on a quiet little street in des moines, that just happens to come alive like brigadoon every four years, and we're all here. i think we're part of the brigadoon characters. let's take a look at the latest nbc news/marist poll. mitt romney leads the pack, but still at that ...

Get behind santorum instead of splitting their vote between perry, bachmann, gingrich and the rest of them, they're not going to have any clout out here. we're teaching evangelicals tonight how to have more political clout. we'll be back from java joe's in des moines. first my quote from voters at that romney rally today, let's watch. >> tell me about your vote and how you see your vote next day in the caucuses. >> i feel like i don't need my president to be my moral compass or my religious compass, i need him to take care of my paycheck and that's why i'm out here supporting romney. when you ...

Santorum said president obama's leadership style is dividing the country and insisted he would do better. >> this president has done more divide than any other president i've witnessed. i gives speech after speech to divide america between class and income group and racial groups much this is the great divider in chief. this is about trust. you don't build trust going up and running around the country beating up on your opponent. he's the president of everybody in this country. i would be somebody who would meet regularly and talk and try to build relationships of trustment. >> you can see the...

Really need congress to do very much, at least in the temps of the economy. we do have that payroll tax cut that my guess is that it will be extended through the end of the year. other than that, i don't think we're going to see much out of congress. we'll have a lot of talk, very little action. toward the end of the year, we do need congress to do something because of the bush tax cuts are going to expire at the end of 2012 and that's probably almost certainly not going to get resolved until after the elections in november. we'll have a lame duck congress and either a re-elected president or ...

Mitt romney leading the field here in iowa. it's the second poll this week to show romney on top. and one of many polls showing newt gingrich is in dead free-fall. the pressure may be getting to newt, who became teary-eyed this afternoon here at java joe's. one reason romney's doing so well here is evangelical voters are split. they're torn among rick santorum, rick perry, romney, gingrich and michele bachmann. together, the religious-oriented candidates, that's santorum, perry, and bachmann, get 35% in a new poll, but apart they're giving romney a real path to victory through their division. ...