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Hasn't congress allowed putin to fill this leadership vacuum by refusing to rally. the analogy is, i can can talk badly about my sister, but how dare you say anything bad about my sister and that rallies anybody around to be, like, okay. we have to unite and we have to have all of the wagons circled to be a united front against this and expose the achilles heels. >> i love the metaphor about picking on my sister. >> don't talk about my sister. >> i can boss her around. we've seen historically when public opinion has been lukewarm about international intervent n interventions with bosnia and ko...

Of all of them, but as an example, i think picking someone like a paul ryan would send a very powerful message that this administration is serious about tackling medicare reform, entitlement reform, shrinking the size of government, and doing so in a courageous way. >> it's like everyone on the short list is pointing to someone else who may or may not be on the short list. but maggie, if he does end up going with someone who is, let's say, not as much firework and gloss as a chris christie or poby jindal or a paul ryan, what does that do for conservatives? do they then express their disappoint...

>> there were words circulating around washington beginning on friday that this would come down today. and of course we got words that it would not. it looks like it could happen. i think there were forecasts it could happen in june. it could happen earlier. this could be a headache. if you're a democrat and you're on obama's team, you probably want this to happen southeastern rather than later so you can sort of, it can sort of, they can have an argument. that they can argue throughout the summer so the american public can sort of get used to it and blunt this argument against health care by ...

That south carolina is not going to be a natural state for mitt romney. he didn't do well and gave up on it. he didn't stand a fighting chance. it's a strong showing. i am surprised and i thought the race might have been closer and shows that his performance in iowa is making people feel like he's the front runner and there is a rallying effect. >> let's talk about how deep that support is. we should note here that we like mitt romney and rick santorum, but there is a chance we could change our mind. >> we saw this in iowa going into caucus day and a very large percentage of voters have not co...

>> this is not the media's fought. it's not the messenger. >> here is the question. the question was a legitimate one. she answered it legitimately. there is rumor, swirling. >> yes, correct. >> bill: this came out of a republic precinct, okay? so, if that rumor gets a face on it, i mean, somebody stands up and says i did it, it becomes a big -- it? >> would hurt the person who did it. >> bill: help herman cain, absolutely. i think any republic contender who did that would destroy themselves. >> absolutely. i think -- you know what? i think the story is already helping herman cain, you saw tho...