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Influence on donald trump and bring professionalism to the west wing -- certainly as people such as myself are starting to have second doubts. >> to a certain degree, it's the question, heilemann raised, which is the most pertinent one, which is how much of this was in him before he came to the white house and how much of this has been brought out of him by being in proximity to donald trump. i think at this juncture, the greatest hopes for the kelly era, which were premised on getting the white house to act competently, reining the president's worst impulses, maybe doing something functionall...

Do. but jon heilemann in this morning's "post" also there's a quote here from general john allen, retired four-star marine corps general talking about john kelly, his friend of four decades. he said this is a man who across the koerns for 40 years was considered to be the example of moral principle and integrity. a selfless servant in every possible way. a lot of personal courage, moral courage to do the right thing. his values were very powerfully formed and it's just difficult for me to find in my memory of my service with him a flaw. and yet here we are, today, this morning, and have been f...

Hbo's game change premiered last might. must-see tv for anyone that watched the 2008 presidential election. however, at least one person was not watching. senator john mccain appeared on fox news sunday this morning and had this to say about the film. >> of course, i'm not going to watch it. it is based on a book that's completely biased and with unattributed quotes, et cetera. >> in fact, "game change" was based on the book co-authored by mark halperin and jon heilemann. this week we may find out if mitt romney has a southern problem. romney and the other republican presidential candidates fa...

And that is fascinating. can mitt romney divide and conquer the entire campaign? >> a twist you brought up in your comments, michael steele about newt gingrich. i'm going to read about heilemann's piece in "new york" magazine about that point. there you have it, gingrich who trails romney badly in the state plans to use the week between the caucuses here and primary there to rip romney a new one. where gingrich for the moment is polling strongly and ahead of the pack. there's an opening for almost anybody in this race. >> we were out yesterday, mark and i trailing newt around and an amazing th...

Iowa. welcome back to "morning joe." we're live at java joes. mark haleprin is still with us. and joining the set, we have national affairs editor for "new york" magazine and jon heilemann. >> there's too much profanity in television, that's the problem. >> the national republican national committee michael steele is with us. michael, let's get your take as a republican. how do you see iowa shaping up right now? after the register poll, which is usually dead on. >> yeah, you still have a significant undecided vote out there. which means tomorrow's going to be anybody's bet who walks through th...