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That ship has sailed. it's too late in the calendar. >> we talked about this yesterday. mark haleprin, john heilemann said the same thing. if we woke up this morning with a win in michigan, perhaps not arizona, but michigan for rick santorum, the white knight conversation would have been white hot. that would have been all we've been talking about. the other thing that's clear, though, from last night is that these guys aren't going away. santorum if anything is emboldened by a three-point loss in his state. newt gingrich is waiting in georgia, waiting for those southern states on super tuesda...

A symbolic fight. he's tried to sneak it in. >> it's hard for mitt romney because people don't know -- there is a narrative where people don't know what he really believes. >> i would say, mark, also, there were a lot of conservatives -- read the "wall street journal" editorial page basically saying that mitt romney's only chance would be to distance himself from his health care plan in massachusetts. and he hasn't, he's defended it. he says it's not the one size fit all model for the country, but he says it worked in massachusetts. that is not what movement conservatives and free-market conse...

Own and we have a car that we have in california, we've got a car we have back in boston where our other home is. that's the way it is. if people think there's something wrong with being successful in america, then they better vote for the other guy because i've been extraordinarily successful and i want to use that success and know-how to help the american people. >> well, here we go, it is 6:00 on the east coast. welcome to "morning joe." good morning, everyone. it's monday, february 27th, and we've got a lot to talk about today. with us onset, we have the former governor of pennsylvania and...

Presidency, do you continue to push a policy that seems inherently unworkable, which is to get these people to buy into the notion that u.s.-sponsored state building can work? and i just don't know how anyone ten years out can really argue that one way or the other with serious conviction at this point. >> mark haleprin, i would think the republicans would do mightily well strategically by urging the president to get out of there because getting out is going to be hard. get it done on his watch. >> there were some republicans who didn't run for president who thought that might be an effective ...

Enormous issues. and i guess i'd like to hear from sam stein, mark haleprin, and ed rendell. take it one at a time here. we are hearing from the republican candidates, criticizing the president for apologizing. seems like such a small sliver of the issue, and i'd really like to hear from the candidates thoughtful ideas, exchange as to what to do with these countries, with each potential scenario that could lay out and how exactly we can sort of extricate ourselves from this situation without leaving the work, the work that we've done there high and dry. sam, you go first. >> i mean, you basica...