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Mike bloomberg criticizes mr. romney specifically for flip-flopping and dropping his previous positions on climate change then says, "this issue is too important. we need determined leadership at the national level." in other words, i don't think we're going to get determined leadership from mitt romney. i think he has taken occasionally attractive positions, but leadership, no. speaking to you from new york city, this storm and its aftermath, this externality to the big election is a big enough deal that it is not surprising it's having an effect on the election. its exact effect i think is s...

With a vigorous, pointed performance. he showed up, fought, landed some blows. it was close and he was joyless, a bit of a toothache, but he emerged in marginally better shape than he entered. but he doesn't seem to be winning the post-debate. no one is talking about his excellence or his stunningly good performance, no one is talking about that. instead the national conversation has been about the terrorist attack in benghazi. did the president tell the truth at the time? was he telling it now? did mr. romney fail to unmask his dishonesty? people are asking what is the truth of the economy, a...

American people the truth and i think is fairly well-convinced that governor romney didn't meet that standard. jon: so to be fair and balanced here is ben labolt, the obama for america national press secretary. let me read you a quote from maggie haberman at "politico". >> sure. jon: post-debate the president's campaign was spinning valiantly in the media center that no mistake among democratic operatives here and in other states that obama blew it. if that is the thinking of the mainstream media, how do you try to counter that notion? >> well, listen, governor romney delivered a great work of...

Later. martha: so many dynamics in syria. they're different than a lot of countries we've seen in this road. those are some of the stories we're on top of this morning. how about this one, folks? michigan could be the pivotal race in this gop contest, folks. we have some brand new poll numbers, post-debate, to see how things are now faring in michigan. very interesting. we'll tell you about them in a moment away. bill: ever hear of the saskatchewan screamer? martha: sure. bill: nasty weather system out of canada bearing down on the midwest in a bad way. martha: sound cold. a shaky landing. che...

He's in michigan this hour tackling soaring tuition costs. we'll take you live to an saudi arabiao. that speech is at the end of our hour. it's friday, january 27th, 2012. i'm chuck todd. let's get right to my first reads. post-debate msnbc/"wall street journal" poll, and he just kept swinging and swinging. romney came on stage with a plan, don't let a single opportunity go by. he wanted to send a message to conservatives that he has the fight to take on the president, and he was relentless. he chastised gingrich on the ad his campaign pulled down. >> mr. speaker, i'm not anti-immigrant. my fa...