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There's growing momentum for this effort. here in new hampshire and across the country. and i had the chance to chat with the president this afternoon and wish him a merry christmas, he did the same to me, i thanked him for his support, his leadership, his heroic life, and his friendship mean a great deal to me. i must admit, this is much more important to me personally than even politically. he's a real hero to me. and my family and i appreciate his support. >> so yesterday in new hampshire, mark haleprin got a chance -- i love when they let kids get on the bus and ask dan quayle questions ab...

On the campaign trail, people cared. i was able -- this was my big issue. people seemed to care. but let me ask you guys. mark, i'll start with you. does anybody out there care in iowa and new hampshire? $65 trillion debt, 10,000 baby boomers per day. the numbers not adding up. medicare and medicaid alone over the next generation consumes every cent of taxes coming to the federal government? anybody focusing on this in a real and meaningful way? >> the poll shows voters care about it. the problem is we're not having a realistic debate about what the choices are. we didn't have it around the su...

Joe," mark haleprin, sam stein, still with us, and joining us from washington, associate editor of the "washington post" eugene robinson. >> let's keep the music up for one second. >> so nice. >> i played this specifically for you, eugene, and democrats who have suffered through the year, it's i think some tactical mistakes by the white house. but now, just sing along to andy williams. this is a wonderful time for democrats in the white house, isn't it? >> well, you know, it's a whole lot better than it's been at certain points in the past couple of years. look, this was a clean win for the wh...

Socialist and he's whatever. it's got to be substantive. and they haven't done that. >> i think also if you look at some of the polls for the president, people are beginning to be sympathetic whether you agree with it or not with the president's predicament with the republicans because of all of the stops along the way. it also was a predicament for the republican candidates. could in be an opening for newt? in some way, shape, or form? >> i don't think there's any doubt about it. the republicans got their head handed to them. they're going to going into the iowa caucuses with this being the l...

He's old news. and there's a lot of -- as a friend of mine said, his baggage has baggage. that's -- that's -- >> that's one way -- >> they're going to open it. so -- >> yeah. hasn't it been opened? >> i think a lot of it has been opened. but i believe there's more to be opened. >> so what is -- i'm curious, mark. any thoughts about what's causing this decline? is it all the attack ads? is it specifically freddie mac? what is it? >> it's the attack ads that have been very good. and -- >> it's not really the personal stuff. it's the freddie mac -- it's ideological inconsistent. >> until this wee...