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Extent, that narrative did. are you worried about what the media is saying here and in kind of story line that gets out there, and how do you counter that? >> if i worried about what the media said, i wouldn't get much sleep, and i'm able to sleep pretty well. >> has anyone ever called you a wimp before? >> i don't recall that, no. >> mike, apparently no one's ever called him a wimp before. a lot of us have been busy calling him a liar, so we haven't moved down the list, actually, to wimp. but make your case. what's the wimp factor here? >> the case is fundamentally built, lawrence, around the...

And it underlines the thing the democrats are trying to talk about, that the obama campaign's case is well, romney and the republican party are really sort of, you know, acting in service to that sort of superrich class. and so romney really is potentially devastating to be that closely associated with it and the taxes could do that. >> i think we now have a right to believe there's something uglier in the returns than the $77,000 deduction for his olympic dancing horse. steve kornacki and mike tomasky, thank you both very much for joining me tonight. >> sure. >> yeah, thanks. coming up, mit...

Wimp before? >> i don't recall that, no. >> mike, apparently no one's ever called him a wimp before. a lot of us have been busy calling him a liar, so we haven't moved down the list, actually, to wimp. but make your case. what's the wimp factor here? >> the case is fundamentally built, lawrence, around the idea of his cravenness toward the right wing of the republican party. there are other aspects to it, but that's really to me the core of it. we've all seen him flip his positions on so many issues, and not just one or two, which all politicians do, but i mean six, seven, eight really core is...

Indefensible. >> michael, it's a great read on the daily beast. thank you so much for joining us. >> my pleasure. you can get more about the pullout including an article about haunted homecomings in this issue of newsweek magazine. mitt romney two big endorsement, how important are they and how much weight will they carry in iowa? cell phone to the stars. the story behind the ultimate wrong number. the mighty turducken. nature's majestic beast.

Victory? you think everybody is circumspect right now? >> i think a few people will say it's a win. a few people are trying to. anybody who is trying to get votes is not going to say this is a win because that's too unpopular and risky a position. >> how did the republicans -- how do they handle this war going through the 2012 political campaign? >> you know, in this political campaign, i think it's going to be a little bit tricky for them. provided iraq doesn't ploe up into a major catastrophe in the next 11 months, then i think the war is a good issue for barack obama, right? it stands to re...