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Gibheart, and tad devine. thank you both for joining me. >> thank you for having us on, rev. >> let me start with you, patrick. how will the dnc support the president's plan to run against a do-nothing congress? >> rev, let me back up for a quick second, if i can't. i want to note as previewed today in "new york times," it's clear under this president, under his policies, we've managed to grow manufacturing jobs foe the first time since 1997, contrast that with the bush administration two straight years now. you can trust the dnc and the president's campaign, we're going to continue to amplify...

Forced the president to go it alone. that's why the plan was announced to put together low-income teenagers to work this summer, a plan he can launch without congress. and richard cordray has been nominated. >> i've got an obligation to act on behalf of the american people. i'm not going to stand by while a minority in the senate puts party ideology ahead of the people that we were elected to serve. not with so much at stake, not at this make-or-break moment for middle-class americans. we're not going to let it happen. >> the strategy is becoming clear. he'll call out republicans both in congr...

Campaign governor romney's -- he was at 4% in national polls. nobody knew him. so we spent an enormous amount of money just getting known not only in new hampshire -- i'm sorry, not only in iowa but new hampshire and south carolina. >> and can i quickly follow up? romney is spending three days in iowa, though he's in new hampshire now, but said recently he's headed back to new hampshire. is mitt romney still trying to downplay iowa and what happens there? >> well, look, i think the idea is that unlike other candidates he doesn't have to win iowa. but he does want to compete across all these ea...

$6 million. mitt romney and restore our future, ws his alliance super pac, $3.9 million. newt gingrich, by the way, $473,000. i would say michele bachmann, who we don't spend a lot of time talking about, $162,000. hasn't run an ad since august. remarkable. tad devine, how much -- you're a media consultant. so i already know the answer to that. how much do ads matter? we're focusing on they're going to all these places, 44 downtowny tours, but in the end most voters are getting their messages from ads. can newt gingrich win a war in which he's being outspent 8-1 by romney or even bigger by rick...

So i think from their point of view it's hard to create a scenario where romney is not the nominee, but they're realistic and they know that until voters actually vote something could go wrong. they may have to fight for this. but they do think over the long run mitt romney will be the nominee. i have no doubt about that. but that's what they think. >> the pesky voters actually voting conundrum. thank you, mark. >> thanks, chris. >> so what's next in iowa? we're joined by democratic strategist tad devine and republican strategist kevin madden, who i should mention is a romney supporter. okay, ...