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Fund of over $2 billion, made sure that we had our state police enforce immigration laws, we have english emersion in our schools. i'm sure we're going to get a chance to talk about records, but my vision for the country is one which is connecting with the people who are conservative as well as americans broadly. we'll have to make sure we have a 50.1% or better vote come november of 2012. >> mark haleprin? >> governor, congratulations on your win. i want to not ask you to be negative, but comparative. so far when you've talked about senator santorum, you've talked about your record and his re...

Guy? >> yes. >> by the way, mike, we talk 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 th...

Can't afford polling. >> another thing with santorum too is, let's just say it. because everybody that's followed him around has said it. it's not that he ran a great campaign. it's just -- and i'm sure they probably don't have woody allen quotes up in santorum's headquarters, but mark haleprin, i think about the woody allen quote, 99% is just showing up. and that's what he did in iowa. day in and day out and he fought hard for the win. >> i'll tell you another place he showed up. after every debate i do report cards on the candidates and i went back yesterday and looked at the ones, i'd writt...

And they said, i don't know, we can't afford polling. >> another thing with santorum too is, let's just say it. because everybody that's followed him around has said it. it's not that he ran a great campaign. it's just -- and i'm sure they probably don't have woody allen quotes up in santorum's headquarters, but mark haleprin, i think about the woody allen quote, 99% is just showing up. and that's what he did in iowa. day in and day out and he fought hard for the win. >> i'll tell you another place he showed up. after every debate i do report cards on the candidates and i went back yesterday a...

Come with a late surging rick 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...