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Polls and then it becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy. so yes, it's happening. it's happening. >> well -- >> you know -- >> go ahead, mark. >> sorry, i was going to say, you showed santorum before saying it was a tie, what's the big deal whether i won or not? i totally disagree. if he would've won by a single vote, more of that earned media would have been a bigger slingshot out of iowa. there is a bit of an unfairness in the sense of we don't really know who won iowa. >> newt gingrich continues to make good on his promise to hammer mitt romney bashing the front runner at multiple new hampshire...

Saw themselves reflected in that narrative, and it came out last night -- and certainly over the last few days to the point where, you know, he was fighting tooth and nail. i kind of tweeted last night, you know, newt gingrich may be lucy, but charlie brown was definitely mitt romney. and guess who has the football? that's rick santorum. and that's a very, very interesting situation for both -- all three of those gentlemen. mitt romney cannot seem to break that 25% -- >> let's ask about that, because by the way, there'll be the question as to whether or not rick santorum has the money and orga...

About this constantly on this show. he comes from a region specific region that has seen since the mid 1970s the decline of wages, the loss of jobs, the shuttering of factories, the obliteration of industries. rick santorum, whether he is a candidate of the 99% or not, rick santorum is from ground zero of the gutting of the american industrial machine of western pennsylvania. >> again, he's the only one in that field who has a valid, a very legitimate narrative to tell that connects. the only one. one interesting component if i can just -- one other thing that i think is going to happen very q...

Decided we don't need these anymore, and then, mark, mitt romney came out and gave his standard stump speech. >> there's irony here. he said at the top of the speech, i actually have some notes with me today. to speak from the heart he had to have notes because one of the ways he's failed as a candidate with a lot of success to do so well here, he's not been a disciplined speaker. he has great stories to tell, but on the stump he basically talks about -- >> he goes on for a long time. >> yes. he brought -- by having some discipline and having some notes, he was able to tell that very personal ...

Santorum suddenly at the top of the pack. romney and santorum each getting, joe, 25% of the vote. >> unbelievable. unbelievable. >> good morning, everyone, it's wednesday, january 4th, we're live from java joes in des moines. and with us onset, msnbc senior political analyst mark haleprin. we have national affairs editor for "new york" magazine john heilemann, as well. but first, joe, are you surprised? and what do you think happened? >> well, we're here in java joes to find the eight people that put romney over the top. we've identified him in the first couple of rows. but, you know, this is ...