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1976, so i rely on your wisdom. but you really think that mitt romney has not slowed himself by verbal gaffes and what others and i were talking about a bit ago, his inability to really connect with the real experience of average voters? >> we will see, the media will be a huge part of it. we are treating, we in the media, romney's gaffe about making, what i consider a reasonable statement about firing a bad insurance company, and we are making it into deans scream, which in actuallity was not that bad either but it helped to destroy dean's ç campaign. we will see tonight how much average vo...

Not competitive. mitt romney put together a prohibitive lead in new hampshire. is that true? >> it's a relatively safe lead. we have to keep in mind 198 waltzer mondale had a lead of 25 or 30 points in new hampshire over gary hart and hart finished second in iowa but got the media spin. he came back and won new hampshire. ronald reagan nearly lost the big lead to george h.w. bush but came back near the end to recover. if you have, for example, romney finishing in a distant third place tomorrow night or fourth place, that would be so far below expectations that you can't spin that result favora...

>> it's a relatively safe lead. we have to keep in mind, 1984 waltzer mondale had a lead of 25 or 30 points in new hampshire over gary hart and hart finished second in iowa but got the media spin. he came back and won new hampshire. ronald reagan nearly lost the big lead to george h.w. bush but came back near the end to recover. if you have, for example, romney finishing in a distant third place tomorrow night or fourth place, that would be so far below expectations that you can't spin that result favorably. and romney would become more vulnerable. the problem, though, is a candidate like rick...

Waltzer mondale had a lead of 25 or 30 points in new hampshire over gary hart and hart finished second in iowa but got the media spin. he came back and won new hampshire. ronald reagan nearly lost the big lead to george h.w. bush but came back near the end to recover. if you have, for example, romney finishing in a distant third place tomorrow night or fourth place, that would be so far below expectations that you can't spin that result favorably. and romney would become more vulnerable. the problem, though, is a candidate like rick santorum is not someone who would be a natural fit for new ha...

Not competitive. mitt romney put together a prohibitive lead in new hampshire. is that true? >> it's a relatively safe lead. we have to keep in mind 198 waltzer mondale had a lead of 25 or 30 points in new hampshire over gary hart and hart finished second in iowa but got the media spin. he came back and won new hampshire. ronald reagan nearly lost the big lead to george h.w. bush but came back near the end to recover. if you have, for example, romney finishing in a distant third place tomorrow night or fourth place, that would be so far below expectations that you can't spin that result favora...