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They have to win in iowa. the nominee has to -- iowa is a roach motel. i keep saying this, candidates crawl in but they do notç craw out, because what you have to say to win over that crowd in iowa, the republican evangelical base in iowa does not play in the general election. and whatever canada, you see people, very reasonable people, like a tim pawlenty, minnesota, he's very soft, mild-mannered guy. remember, he said that thing about -- we have to take a golf club to the windshield of the -- he compared the deficit to like tiger woods' wife going nuts on his car. they have to say crazy th...

Performance this morning? the president did it i thought in debonaire fashion with a nice, light criticism of his enemies, they are his enemies. >> i thought it was a good performance, he made big deal of it. >> personal appearance. >> makes a personal appearance, doesn't just post the thing on the website. you know, i think, "hardball," let's talk politics, i think the question is whether it was politically smart to do it now or to wait a little while, let the republican party continue to tight itself in a knot over the birther issue. >> drag him out the year with this. >> continue to set the...

Player? >> worse than flaky. i think their refusal to admit the president of the united states is a big problem. this has been a roach motel. it has encouraged people who have really bad attitudes about america and what it stands for, to troop forward and say this guy is not our president because of this reason. they were looking for something like this. >> chris, let me ask you this -- >> to success as a showman, donald trump gave them what they wanted, something to believe. >> let me ask both of you this. you covered politics longer than i have, the same rumors about various, whether it was ...

Certificate depicting those folks as somehow on the fringe. you saw that echoed in the president's characterization of trump. on the other hand the white house says it had become a big distraction. the president wrote april 22nd, five days ago to the health department of the state of hawaii asking for a waiver to release the long storm document. on monday the president's personal lawyer, an emissary, flee out to hawaii arrived at the white house with the document between 4:00 and 5:00 we were told. this morning they made it ub pick will and the president appear in the briefing room. >> joining...

>> let me tell you this, i believe it's the roach motel. those who check into this theory, those who walk into the hotel, mark, those who believe in birtherism, come in here, are never coming out as presidential possibilities. they're not going to be elected president. you cannot sustain credibility. do you believe that? you cannot sustain credibility with the american people if you buy into this claptrap. >> yeah, i think you have a real problem. obviously, from the poll numbers you have some credibility for some reason within the republican party, which i think is weird and i actually think ...