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really seeing this. what's really unusual about it is we often see staff take shots at each other. karen did that at the dnc, i did that at the rnc. for a candidate to do that and attach his name to it is a change. communications have changed. >> and twitter too, that's your way to get your message out now. he's just taking on christine o'donnell today. is this the wave of the future? are we going to see more politicians using social media to make a real impact? >> sure. in this instance this is a pretty classic tactic, if you're the guy who's behind, you can attack or find a way in ...

ames, iowa, was the home of the straw poll and bachmann took it home, and ron paul who is really good at th straw polls is right behind her, and then rick santorum, and herman cain and then mitt romney and then rick perry who was not actually announced yesterday for the poll. but it was tim pawlenty who had based a lot of the hopes on iowa. you to remember that a couple of months ago, pawlenty was the hope for the gop. he would be the front-runner, but on saturday night, he seemed to be taking his weak finish in stride. he said, quote, we are just beginning, and i'm looking forward t...

tough choigss to move america forward. we've got a willingness to play partisan games and engage in brinkmanship that not only costs us in terms of the economy now, but also is going to place a burden on future generations. the question is can we break out of that path? can we break out of that path? think about it. we just went through this debacle with the debt ceiling. an entirely self-inflicted wound. it wasn't something that was necessary. we had put forward a plan that would have stabilized our debt and our deficits for years to come. but because we've got a politics in which s...

control, but here's the thing, the question is how do we handle these challenges? do we rise to the occasion? do we pull together? do we make smart decisions? and what's been happening over the last six months and a little bit longer than that if we're honest with ourselves is that we have a political culture that doesn't seem willing to make the tough choigss to move america forward. we've got a willingness to play partisan games and engage in brinkmanship that not only costs us in terms of the economy now, but also is going to place a burden on future generations. the question is c...

hope for the gop. he would be the front-runner, but on saturday night, he seemed to be taking his weak finish in stride. he said, quote, we are just beginning, and i'm looking forward to a great campaign. on sunday, he dropped out of that great campaign. so i guess that he meant that he is looking forward to watching it on television? but notice what happened here. michele bachmann who is arguably the most extreme republican candidate in the race just knocked out one of the party's most credible contenders. this has to have some in the gop worried, ba pecause as bachmann will tell yo...