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>> you've studied this guy before. he was your cover story. people keep liking -- they love to say, this is the end of newt. this is newt's waterloo, newt keeps coming back. i've got a feeling newt has a lot more fight in him. >> i do think newt is going to keep going just kind of powered by that kind of, you know, mean spirit of his. he'll want to keep going just to kind of show his fists, you know -- >> wait a minute, i'm sorry -- >> no, no i don't think so. but i do think it's interesting and people keep trashing the primary process. in some ways i kind of love it because it's forced romney...

sum it up for me tonight. it looks on the face of it like a thumping victory for romney. his campaign back on track. had a great week of debates. seems to have got his mojo in a way he maybe lost it before. what's your overview? >> it's a big night for mitt romney. there's no doubt about that. he seems to be well positioned right now for february. most of these contests, whether in nevada or arizona or michigan, he's got major advantages, even in colorado, let's say. he's going to do well in february. you correctly point out, march 6, assuming all four of these candidat candidates, r...

The republicans created a mess. he was handed a mess. they believe that. you know, they want him to work on it. they don't want him to blame people. but they know what he was handed. and so they want him to succeed. you know, i think if you get, you know, steady progress going into the next couple quarters in the economy and then our politics, i think he gets into a stronger position and the republicans are a mess. you know, this primary process and the republicans and the congress, you know, is a death march. >> as long as they keep going after each other the white house is happy to let him d...

They believe that. you know, they want him to work on it. they don't want him to blame people. but they know what he was handed. and so they want him to succeed. you know, i think if you get, you know, steady progress going into the next couple quarters in the economy and then our politics, i think he gets into a stronger position and the republicans are a mess. you know, this primary process and the republicans and the congress, you know, is a death march. >> as long as they keep going after each other the white house is happy to let him do it. democratic pollster stan greenburg, it's good to...

Got 25.2% of the vote in iowa in 2008. 25.2%. he has not been able to hit that number in any of the polls we've seen. the highest he has been is 23%. if he comes out tonight weaker than he was last time around, would that be of concern? >> no, i don't think so, martha. we look at it as it is a 50-state primary process. it is a race to about 1200 delegates. this is the beginning of the primary season. i don't look at it like that at all. i happen to be believe that primaries are great for our party. they have, they're very common. and this is not unusual, to have, you know, having a big field l...