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Getting the best of him. would you say that's what's happening at this point? >> yeah, i think, first of all, he's got to be tired. anyone who goes through the gauntlet of different primaries has to be tired. number two, as someone who liked rick santorum, i disagreed with him about everything but i liked him, would i advise him take a deep breath. good lord, rick, you've done better than anybody including yourself. go down fighting but go down with class and grace and dignity. don't play that obamaville ad because then you might have a future in 2016 or to be even considered on the ticket. no...

About the social issues like aborti abortion, the less time they have to focus on the economy, which was supposed to be the number one issue they were focusing on. it takes them away from their main message. is that a concern? >> well, you know, actually the president kind of brought these issues on first with the mandate on contraception, which brought that to the forefront, the social issues. but to rick santorum's credit, he's been talking about not just the social issues, but he's been talking about those in conjunction with the fiscal issues. he talks about if we want a strong economy, we...

Tax cut for fat cats. he says that about your plan, what do you say to him? >> i would say he has to look in the mirror. i consider him to be a fat cat. it doesn't matter to me what anyone says about this. i know what will work. >> john heilmann i go back to the perry staff the. no one told him, fat cat, that's a liberal democrat term. we republicans do not call rich people, investment bankers like mitt romney fat cats. >> especially, the candidate skills on display of this guy have been extraordinarily bad. you think of, john harwood interviews this guy on the eve of his big roll out of this ...

Of $19,000 a year? it's unconscionable and silly. and i don't think it's going to have the political support that he wants. >> well, how do they get away with it politically? you know, congresswoman, as much as it may be in the rhetoric of the democratic party, most republicans are not rich. the rich may benefit -- john, you take this on. most republicans are average income, some above average, but the very rich may benefit the most from their progress. most of the voters are not rich and they need medicare. my father is a big republican. he loved medicare! he loved it. everybody loves it who ...

Medicare, it goes to a doctor or a nurse or somebody who works at a hospital. and, by the way, i think they're good people. jan schakowsky and john heilemann, keep up that rodney dangerfield thing. i love it. it speaks millions. i love it. when you express -- what's the right word, disdain? >> i don't disdain anyone, chris. no one. >> okay, thank you. just impure thoughts. up next, newt gingrich does it again. now he's trying to criminalize president obama's election. he's calling on al capone, chicago gangster. not enough to call him a mall mall guy from kenya. now he's calling him a gangst...