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Of this. i think pretty good momentum we have is just how dysfunctional these guys are going to be when they start mixing it up around those extensions. >> jared beranstein, great to see you. thanks for your time. i want to pass along the programming note president obama will speak about the december jobs report when he talks less than 30 minutes from now. he'll be heading over to the consumer financial protection bureau to applaud richard cordre's controversial appointment as head of the bureau. we'll have the president's remarks live at 11:40 eastern and then will talk with vice president jo...

Santorum surge? in that des moines register poll, over the days they were polling, it really is in the last two days that his numbers increased. >> honestly, the cnn poll is behind the santorum surge. i talked to a lot of campaigns and pollsters who say they saw crowds growing at his events but after the cnn poll it spiked up dramatically and other campaigns and their tracking polls didn't see it spiking until after the poll. part of it is psychosomatic. people see the last guy not to implode suddenly seems viable. >> is that part of it, that he's the last guy who hasn't been a front-runner an...

where a few of them that you see here and a few you don't may soon become the front-runner. after tomorrow night that could change. some of these boxes may soon be empty. politico's roger simon said the best, iowa caucuses don't pick winners, they pick losers. they could continue on from here even if they don't place well. a loser here could take new hampshire, someone could win south carolina or another win florida. it's been that kind of campaign. the polls here reflect it. take a look. the des moines register. mitt romney and ron paul in a statistical tie. rick santorum close behi...

Trombones, chris. but no, i think what we're watching over the next six days is, it's clear that everybody's tracking polls, shows ron paul ahead, and the only candidate that likes that is mitt romney. mitt romney's got two ways to win iowa. he either finishes first or finishes second of ron paul. and now all of a sudden you're seeing all of these other candidates start attacking ron paul. the problem they have, though, is that paul's support that's with them, it's not going anywhere. he's attracting sort of nontraditional republicans, nontraditional conservatives. so one wonders why they're s...

Petition requirements were. with 2300 people knocked off the ballot, it's hardly analogous. >> he has acknowledged that. it was his own fault that they didn't get things done as early as they needed to in virginia which is where he lives. what do you make of the critics it proves their point. folks that mitt romney supporters, they say his campaign is not focused? >> i think we have something of a point. organization matters. it's critically important in iowa as you and griff were discussing. it's important across the country, but bottom line, as important as organization is message. bottom li...