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President obama will take his sales pitch for the new health care law on to on the ro tomorrow. first stop, iowa city, back where it started. and that's sure to dominate headlines in the next 24 hours, so let's bring in democratic strategist tad devine and republican strategist john feehery. tad, it may be obvious but why back to iowa and apparently according to robert gibbs' tweets the ticket sales already 15,000 tickets sold for a field house that seats 3,000. so they're expecting a big crowd in iowa city. >> well, because i think the president wants to build on the momentum that he has righ...

Back now that he's walked the plank for the party? >> sure. our party is a big tent party. it's an inclusive party and there are pro life democrats and they're welcomed. and he's one of them. >> they weren't welcome in 1996 when bob casey -- >> '92. i was there with governor casey so i remember it well. >> i was standing next to him when he wasn't allowed to even speak. >> times have changed. >> this is now. >> right. >> the big tent. thank you very much, tad devine. thank you, john feeherry. that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." as president obama heads to iowa tomorrow ...

They feel like in some ways there are not enough people to go around, that valerie jarrett is only one person, she's stretched a little thin, the white house said. in that way, some of these lunches that were scheduled had to be canceled. also, i think, there's a sense that rahm isn't necessarily someone they can connect to. they have a history with him. >> quite a history. >> right. people said there are not enough ways into this white house, not enough people there who they think have the president's ear. >> nia, thank you very much from politic ol. and nancy pelosi, dodging questions abou...

>> we have general odierno on, the ambassador on. quite frankly, afghanistan has gotten a lot of coverage, richard engel. it's in the front page. is massa a big story, when that strange story comes out? of course, it is. all these other stories are getting coverage. it looks to me like patrick k kennedy has the issues are giving him real trouble that i think are taking him right out of the congress of the united states. >> it's been a very tough year and he has suffered a horrible loss, and is about to leave congress. the other point to make, he's looking up at an empty press gallery. most rep...

>> there's no credible evidence of any of that sort. it was brought to the majority leader and he aced on it. >> what did the speaker know according to the reports. >> that's what you've got to find out. >> rumors is what she knew. >> if i were the democrats, i would vote 100% and say go ahead and investigate that. massa is gone. if somebody in here knew and did not report it, then there's a cover-up problem. >> i think republicans will look for a new investigation every day. last thing in the world they want is health care to pass because when it does, people are going to like it. >> they don...