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i don't think it's that so much as it is -- >> bob, do you think that's it? i want to ask bob this. you're a political analyst as well as a progressive, bob. why would the republicans take this position of opposing a tax cut for absolute regular working stiffs? what is the plus here for them? i don't get it. >> there is no plus. and what happened in my view is that mcconnell made a smart political deal, handled it the way it would have been handled in any other congress. and chris, you worked there a long time, so did i, any other congress over the years. and the tea party guys just revolted against boehner, put him in an impossible position, he was about to lose his own caucus, he kept walking down the road with them. and then, by the way, several of them got home, people started yelling at them and said we can't do this, we have to vote for this two-month extension. it was a fiasco. i also think you're right. the fact that president obama was for it meant a lot of those tea party folks were going to be against it no matter what. >> let's take a look at the "new york times." it is
i don't think it's that so much as it is -- >> bob, do you think that's it? i want to ask bob this. you're a political analyst as well as a progressive, bob. why would the republicans take this position of opposing a tax cut for absolute regular working stiffs? what is the plus here for them? i don't get it. >> there is no plus. and what happened in my view is that mcconnell made a smart political deal, handled it the way it would have been handled in any other congress. and chris,...
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you were looking good, rev. >> thank you, sir. >> bob, is this 11th hour counterattack by newt going to work? >> i don't think it will work in part because he's doing it in the free media, the earn media, and he's having hundreds of thousands of dollars of negative ads thrown at hip. gingrich says it's not a negative attack and, of course, to me calling someone a moderate is a negative but i'm not the target audience for this. the target audience is a group of very conservative voters in iowa. i think romney now sees a chance that he's going to win iowa and end this thing maybe early, and he wins even if he comes in second to ron paul because ron paul is an unthinkable republican nominee, so they want to just push off newt. you can see romney trying to ride high now, trying to be positive. newt is trying to get back at him, but i don't think it's going to work. >> now mr. steele, we look at the poll numbers. the real clear politics numbers show that gingrich went from the 11th of december from 31% all the way to now, 15%. paul has gone up from 17% the 11th of december, up to 22% on t
you were looking good, rev. >> thank you, sir. >> bob, is this 11th hour counterattack by newt going to work? >> i don't think it will work in part because he's doing it in the free media, the earn media, and he's having hundreds of thousands of dollars of negative ads thrown at hip. gingrich says it's not a negative attack and, of course, to me calling someone a moderate is a negative but i'm not the target audience for this. the target audience is a group of very...
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he's beating both newt gingrich and mitt romney. >> bob? >> yes. >> your reaction. >> look, i don't think you can take a head-to-head number for the president right now and when he's two points ahead and assume that says that he's in great shape. i think he's in better shape because his approval numbers in these polls have gotten better. he's getter stronger. i think he's found a voice and a message, but this could very well be the kind of close, tough tight election we had in 2000 and 2004, and one thing you can count on from obama and the chicago campaign, they are not going to rest. getting ready for romney and going after him and they will get ready forever gingrich, and it's going to be a very tough fight you. >> took my second point because if you look at the president's approval numbers in this poll just released minutes ago and his disapproval numbers, he's starting to go up in his approval numbers, and his disapproval numbers are going down, and if that trend continues that becomes better and better for the president, wouldn't you
he's beating both newt gingrich and mitt romney. >> bob? >> yes. >> your reaction. >> look, i don't think you can take a head-to-head number for the president right now and when he's two points ahead and assume that says that he's in great shape. i think he's in better shape because his approval numbers in these polls have gotten better. he's getter stronger. i think he's found a voice and a message, but this could very well be the kind of close, tough tight election we...
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those people told more than 40%, and those folks went for mitt romney. >> bob. when you look at that poll, some some are complaining because they're saying that the poll only was taken among registered republicans, and not factoring in new voters or independents, can go to the caucus and change and vote in iowa caucus on tuesday night. >> yeah, we're a bit in a kindì% of silly week, where we have poll after poll after poll. i think it's clear there's a lot of momentum with romney right now. if you listen to establishment republicans, they feel pretty confident, and by the way, if he finishes second to ron paul, he still wins. he'll win newspaper newspaper. if he's running against ron paul principally in south carolina, he'll do well and probably on track to the nomination under those circumstances. the poll saturday night will drop like the ball in times square on new year's eve. that's the "des moines register" poll which has a remarkable report in being accurate. >> jonathan, when you look at the fact that one poll, and this is i think striking, the cnn poll
those people told more than 40%, and those folks went for mitt romney. >> bob. when you look at that poll, some some are complaining because they're saying that the poll only was taken among registered republicans, and not factoring in new voters or independents, can go to the caucus and change and vote in iowa caucus on tuesday night. >> yeah, we're a bit in a kindì% of silly week, where we have poll after poll after poll. i think it's clear there's a lot of momentum with romney...
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i don't think bob dole is going to sway a lot of republican voters. this is sort of the endorsement game, mitt romney has been rolling out a lot of prominent endorsements lately. some more important than others. nikki haley, the governor in south carolina probably cares a lot of weight in that primary. christine o'donnell, the former senate candidate in delaware, whose most famous ad declared she wasn't a witch. bob dole more in the later camp than the former. >> you talked about thinking that you think -- seeing gingrich's support plummeting the next couple of weeks. why is that? >> we've seen this throughout the race. we see somebody shoot up like a rocket and then their polls begin to decline because voters don't like them as the anti-romney voter. this happened to michele bachmann, it happened to rick perry, herman cain, they all had moment in the sun and then ended up fading away. what we're seeing right now in the public polls is starting to mirror what folks were seeing in private polls about a week ago newt gingrich sort of, his numbers were s
i don't think bob dole is going to sway a lot of republican voters. this is sort of the endorsement game, mitt romney has been rolling out a lot of prominent endorsements lately. some more important than others. nikki haley, the governor in south carolina probably cares a lot of weight in that primary. christine o'donnell, the former senate candidate in delaware, whose most famous ad declared she wasn't a witch. bob dole more in the later camp than the former. >> you talked about thinking...
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that year and bob dole won the iowa caucuses that year as well. right on his heels in iowa, a very close second was pat buchanan. do you see -- in talking about the ron paul supporters, do you see any echoes of the support pat got in iowa in the ron paul candidacy this year? could his isolationism be appealing to the same block of iowa republicans? >> i think so. i think ron paul is on to something. there is an anger in the electorate. you see the same thing on the far left-hand side of the movement. people are angry throughout the political spectrum. and so i think it's easy to dismiss ron paul. i certainly agree with those who say he's not going to be the republican nominee for president, but i think he's on to something. pat buchanan was on to something. pat robinson was on to something. so you have to read these results as something more than who comes in first and second. you have to ask what are voters saying? what's the republican party saying? what are republican activists saying? and i think clearly a lot of them are upset. and isolationi
that year and bob dole won the iowa caucuses that year as well. right on his heels in iowa, a very close second was pat buchanan. do you see -- in talking about the ron paul supporters, do you see any echoes of the support pat got in iowa in the ron paul candidacy this year? could his isolationism be appealing to the same block of iowa republicans? >> i think so. i think ron paul is on to something. there is an anger in the electorate. you see the same thing on the far left-hand side of...
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>> let me get this right, bob. if a judge does something you don't like, that's what schaefer asked him, you send the marshals to get him? i mean, what is he talking about? >> well, listen, the whole thing is absurd. it's been attacked by people like michael mukasey and alberto gonzalez. but when he said that in one of the debatings last week, he got huge cheers. this is, as perry says, a very conservative party, very unhappy with romney. i think one of the interesting things in some of that polling data you put up at the beginning is that perry is actually nudging up. i know we find it hard to believe. but it's clear that conservatives are still looking for some alternative and they could decide that they're going to try and coalesce around someone other than gingrich. it could be perry. i'd be surprised if it happened. but in this crazy era, i wouldn't rule anything out. >> talking about crazy world, perry, is ron paul for real? do you really think that ron paul could do serious damage and become the nominee? >>
>> let me get this right, bob. if a judge does something you don't like, that's what schaefer asked him, you send the marshals to get him? i mean, what is he talking about? >> well, listen, the whole thing is absurd. it's been attacked by people like michael mukasey and alberto gonzalez. but when he said that in one of the debatings last week, he got huge cheers. this is, as perry says, a very conservative party, very unhappy with romney. i think one of the interesting things in...
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bob, is newt for real? >> he sure is and for several reasons. first of all, the longer romney campaigns, he's stuck in the same place in terms of the number that's voting for him, his likability and favorables and unfavorables go down. in iowa in one of the polls, he's basically got a one for one favorable, unfavorable. newt has a 3 for 1. beyond that, they don't trust romney. they any newt, even though he may have sat on that couch with nancy pelosi or gone to that meeting with you, they think at heart he's a conservative. they think he speaks for them and one of the most interesting trends in these new polls is they also think he might be a stronger candidate against president obama. that's what came out in this latest iowa poll, so, yeah, i think newt's for real and i don't think you can assume he will crash and burn and all us beltway people who wrote him off were wrong. >> now, let me ask you, maria, conservatives seem to love newt. i can't believe it, but it's true. if you look at this recent gallup poll, it shows a breakdown of support fo
bob, is newt for real? >> he sure is and for several reasons. first of all, the longer romney campaigns, he's stuck in the same place in terms of the number that's voting for him, his likability and favorables and unfavorables go down. in iowa in one of the polls, he's basically got a one for one favorable, unfavorable. newt has a 3 for 1. beyond that, they don't trust romney. they any newt, even though he may have sat on that couch with nancy pelosi or gone to that meeting with you, they...
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bob, you're in your usual suit. i see no sign of christmas on you, except -- >> it's red, it's red, chris. >> red, pink -- >> we have decked the halls with bows of holly here, and you, sir, are pathetically pink. >> i wouldn't wear that coat that michael has on. he wearing it well. >> it's a zippered sweater. anyway, the president signed a payroll tax extension into law today and he thanked congress for ending the political stalemate but warned there was more work to be done next year. let's listen to the president. >> when congress returns, i urge them to keep working without drama, without delay, to reach an agreement that extends this tax cut as well as unemployment insurance through all of 2012. you didn't send us to this town to play partisan games and to see who's up, who's down, you sent us here to serve and to make your lives a little bit better and to do what's right. and fortunately, that's how this week ended. >> well, i'm going to let you have this first ball here, bob. it seems to be nice for the presid
bob, you're in your usual suit. i see no sign of christmas on you, except -- >> it's red, it's red, chris. >> red, pink -- >> we have decked the halls with bows of holly here, and you, sir, are pathetically pink. >> i wouldn't wear that coat that michael has on. he wearing it well. >> it's a zippered sweater. anyway, the president signed a payroll tax extension into law today and he thanked congress for ending the political stalemate but warned there was more work...
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thanks to both of you for being here tonight. >> glad to be here. >> bob, let me start with you. is newt finally ready to get mean? >> there's an overwhelming reality here, which is gingrich is slipping, romney has actually come up some in iowa, or at least positioned where it's conceivable he could win, and the second choice of more of the gingrich voters than anyone else is romney. so gingrich is trying to keep those voters from going to romney. and at the same time, romney is trying to get those votes. romney has the advantage that he's doing this through a super mack. his name isn't attached to it. no one wants to go on the ads saying i'm mitt romney and -- so he's trying to send the message that he is the one out there violating the 11th commandment, attacking gingrich. they're both fighting over the share of votes that could either win it for romney or keep gingrich in the fight. >> maria, a new poll from the university of iowa shows gingrich sinking. ron paul is on top. another poll has romney on top, paul second, gingrich third. will these negative ads stick clearly a wee
thanks to both of you for being here tonight. >> glad to be here. >> bob, let me start with you. is newt finally ready to get mean? >> there's an overwhelming reality here, which is gingrich is slipping, romney has actually come up some in iowa, or at least positioned where it's conceivable he could win, and the second choice of more of the gingrich voters than anyone else is romney. so gingrich is trying to keep those voters from going to romney. and at the same time, romney...
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>> seventh grade, bob was like the way-cool guy. he was that guy. he was, i mean, just like my best friend. i was 12 when i met him. he was like one of the cool kids. for someone like me that never really felt accepted by anyone, to have a friend like bob was like really huge. we spent a whole summer just running amok. i got a call, and my mom said that bob had shot himself in the head. he was playing with a gun. and i said, okay. and it started sinking in. i wanted to kill myself, and i thought of how much i was feeling like then. i couldn't do that to my family, so i just kind of -- i held it all inside, like i'd always done. it was just a long pattern of everything i seemed to care about went away. from friends and animals, and that was just the latest and the hardest one. and that's how i came to the conclusion that when you die, you just vanish and you're gone because no one ever talked about him anymore. no one ever said, how are you doing with that? i mean, it was just gone. it was gone. not feeling loved and having bob die, which was -- when
>> seventh grade, bob was like the way-cool guy. he was that guy. he was, i mean, just like my best friend. i was 12 when i met him. he was like one of the cool kids. for someone like me that never really felt accepted by anyone, to have a friend like bob was like really huge. we spent a whole summer just running amok. i got a call, and my mom said that bob had shot himself in the head. he was playing with a gun. and i said, okay. and it started sinking in. i wanted to kill myself, and i...
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i spoke to former nebraska senator bob kerry today on this little thing. and he's not ruling out a run. >> gallup's daily tracker today has president obama's approval ratings up. >> the upward trend is good news for the president. >> for the first time since july. >> in the meantime, of course, the republicans are doings battle largely with each other. >> none of them look very strong compared to president obama. >> there's really three primaries going on here. >> this is the final push. >> this libertarian primary which paul is going to win. >> ron paul may win this whole thing. >> if the weather is bad and it's real tough to get out, ron paul will win. >> and moderate primary, gingrich and romney are scrumming for. >> newt's new tact,'s attacking mitt romney as a massachusetts moderate. >> he's trying to come down and pretend to be a conservative. >> i believe abortion should be safe and legal in this country. >> speaker gingrich is a desperate candidate. >> he has more baggage than the airlines. >> newt gingrich did not make the ballot in virginia. >> t
i spoke to former nebraska senator bob kerry today on this little thing. and he's not ruling out a run. >> gallup's daily tracker today has president obama's approval ratings up. >> the upward trend is good news for the president. >> for the first time since july. >> in the meantime, of course, the republicans are doings battle largely with each other. >> none of them look very strong compared to president obama. >> there's really three primaries going on...
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bob, help me out here, buddy. that's an amazing stretch as opposed to admitting which i think, you know, he's handled. didn't seem to bother him. >> i thought he moved past it. >> to sort of say you're just so important, so nurturing, you're giving so much of yourself that there is nothing left, i mean my goodness. that is way -- i guess ate louz him to sleep at night. but it certainly seems like a less than clear cut explanation for why people cheat on each other. >> but the other thing is the way he handled michelle bachmann. truly bob and susan, bachmann went after him over and over and over again. but was his tone dismidisive? >> i'm talking to -- it was the moment of, you know, women versus men in this debate. women all over the country heard that dismissive. somebody says something about you in a debate, you fight back. you say you're wrong. you got your facts wrong. it was the way he did it. he wouldn't even make eye contact with her. and i heard dismissive before. and that is exactly what he did. he dismis
bob, help me out here, buddy. that's an amazing stretch as opposed to admitting which i think, you know, he's handled. didn't seem to bother him. >> i thought he moved past it. >> to sort of say you're just so important, so nurturing, you're giving so much of yourself that there is nothing left, i mean my goodness. that is way -- i guess ate louz him to sleep at night. but it certainly seems like a less than clear cut explanation for why people cheat on each other. >> but the...
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nebras democratic re senator bob kerrey is considering a run. you mentioned the word difficult. it was going to be very difficult for democrats to hold on to this seat had nelson stayed and run for re-election. it's going to be difficult for them to win it, probably even harder but if they can get someone like bob kerrey at least it makes it competitive for them. >> i called bob kerrey as soon as the nelson news broke today. it took him a few seconds to understand what i was calling about since it turned out i had awakened him at 2:00 a.m. in india. he said he would love to move back to nebraska, that he's thought about it lately. but he has not thought about planning a race for the senate there. which we were at the -- so which means that the last word here, we officially interpret as at least at 2:00 in the morning in end yab while half aware, bob kerrey is leaving the door open. he also said he thought ben nelson's retirement was a big loss for nebraska. that was not exactly the sentiment of a senate democratic leadership aide who told nbc ne
nebras democratic re senator bob kerrey is considering a run. you mentioned the word difficult. it was going to be very difficult for democrats to hold on to this seat had nelson stayed and run for re-election. it's going to be difficult for them to win it, probably even harder but if they can get someone like bob kerrey at least it makes it competitive for them. >> i called bob kerrey as soon as the nelson news broke today. it took him a few seconds to understand what i was calling about...
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bush, and bush was the nominee. '96 bob dole won iowa and bob dole won the nomination. in 1988, dole won iowa, but george herbert walker bush won the nomination. 1980, it was george herbert walker bush winning the iowa caucuses but reagan won the nomination. so iowa by this count, joy ann, 2 for 5. what do you make of it? >> bill clinton didn't win the iowa caucuses in 1992 either. so i don't think that that's necessarily the reason that iowa is starting to look like an anachronistic choice to be the first. i think what erin said is more important. this is a very unrepresentative group of voters. and it's also a form of voting that is not representative of the rest of the country. so i think, particularly in the republican party, however, it's a chance for the evangelical wing of the party to be heard, because they are just so dominant. and, again, is that going to help them with independents going forward? would the person who can win that group of voters be the most electable? probably not. >> erin, i'm glad that joy-ann brought it up, because this year it seems like
bush, and bush was the nominee. '96 bob dole won iowa and bob dole won the nomination. in 1988, dole won iowa, but george herbert walker bush won the nomination. 1980, it was george herbert walker bush winning the iowa caucuses but reagan won the nomination. so iowa by this count, joy ann, 2 for 5. what do you make of it? >> bill clinton didn't win the iowa caucuses in 1992 either. so i don't think that that's necessarily the reason that iowa is starting to look like an anachronistic...
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bob corker, nay. mr. corker did not just vote against the payroll tax cut extension once, he voted against it when it came up earlier this knot, too. bob corker thinks the really ought to just pass the bill that he opposes. senator corker is one of a growing number of senate republicans who are just openly attacking their fellow republicans on the house side for the mess that all of them are in right now. republican senator john mccain of arizona scolding house republicans yesterday for, "harming the republican party." fellow republican senator scott brown of massachusetts saying, "it angers me that house republicans would rather continue playing politics than find solutions. their actions will hurt american families and be detrimental to our fragile economy." he's a republican talking about republicans there. it's also susall lugar, dean heller, olympia snowe, chuck grassley, roger wicker. the name brand republican senators openly trashing house republicans for what they're doing or at least publicly pro
bob corker, nay. mr. corker did not just vote against the payroll tax cut extension once, he voted against it when it came up earlier this knot, too. bob corker thinks the really ought to just pass the bill that he opposes. senator corker is one of a growing number of senate republicans who are just openly attacking their fellow republicans on the house side for the mess that all of them are in right now. republican senator john mccain of arizona scolding house republicans yesterday for,...
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let's turn to bob shrum. he's been down this road before. democratic strategist and professor at new york university. bob, great to have you with us tonight. >> great to be here. >> you bet. which candidate as it stands ç right now has the momentum in iowa? how do you call it? >> i think momentum. romney has the momentum. he has a ceiling. he keeps adding inch by inch to his total. there's apparently going to be very good weather monday night. that's going to help him. the somewhat less committed people tend to favor him. he's efficiently pursued a kind of cold mechanistic kind of strategy where he leans as far to the right as he has to to try to satisfy the social conservatives. if you had to bet on someone, you'd bet on him. the other person who has momentum in my view is rick santorum. that's because conservatives, the religious right, who've gone shopping for a non-romney over and over and over are finally down to one guy. that's santorum. he's sitting there at least in the cnn poll at 16%. he could finish second. i think it would be h
let's turn to bob shrum. he's been down this road before. democratic strategist and professor at new york university. bob, great to have you with us tonight. >> great to be here. >> you bet. which candidate as it stands ç right now has the momentum in iowa? how do you call it? >> i think momentum. romney has the momentum. he has a ceiling. he keeps adding inch by inch to his total. there's apparently going to be very good weather monday night. that's going to help him. the...
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bob, for years, people read your column in "the new york times." you know why alex's show is so good? >> tell me. >> we all think somebody like her would be having fun on weekends. she's at home reading "the new york times." >> you know what i saw in "the new york times" this sunday, is you were the answer to one of the -- i think it was 49 down. >> i'm out marching. she's home reading "the times" and practicing how to make us all look bad. >> you're in the crossword puzzle. >> she's doing the puzzle. i'm marching. bob and alex, thanks for joining us tonight. >>> rick perry goes back to the gaffe factory. we've got it in tonight's edition of rick perry is so funny it hurts to watch. >>> and speaking of so funny it hurts, "politics nation" makes it to "saturday night live." we're still laughing. >> republicans are stuck between voting for tax cuts and voting for millionaires, two of their most prized priorities. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] everyone deserves the gift of a pain free holiday. ♪ this season, discover aleve. all day pain relief with
bob, for years, people read your column in "the new york times." you know why alex's show is so good? >> tell me. >> we all think somebody like her would be having fun on weekends. she's at home reading "the new york times." >> you know what i saw in "the new york times" this sunday, is you were the answer to one of the -- i think it was 49 down. >> i'm out marching. she's home reading "the times" and practicing how to make us all...
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joining me now, bob shrum, and jonathan capehart, opinion writer for "the washington post," and msnbc contributor. great to have you both here tonight. >> great to be here. >> will the attack plan work? this is getting down to the wire, very serious for willard. it's going to be a big gangup on gingrich, not only with these ads, but in that debate, and in the coming weeks. w50e8 find out whether he's made of teflon. i think he speaks to the heart of republicans, their emotions and romney had no choice to attack him, because he's built up -- the difficulty, i think is that romney doesn't have a case to make to himself. the case he's making is he's the one who's electable. so i think he's got a realty mountain to climb here. >> jonathan, when you look at this, when newt gingrich was on "meet the press" this is what he said about the ryan plan. >> do you think that republicans ought to buck the public opposition and really moved forward to completely change medicare? >> i don't think right-wing social engineering is any more desirable han left-wing social engineering. >> now, the romney
joining me now, bob shrum, and jonathan capehart, opinion writer for "the washington post," and msnbc contributor. great to have you both here tonight. >> great to be here. >> will the attack plan work? this is getting down to the wire, very serious for willard. it's going to be a big gangup on gingrich, not only with these ads, but in that debate, and in the coming weeks. w50e8 find out whether he's made of teflon. i think he speaks to the heart of republicans, their...
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we want to check in on santa's status with bob. how's it going up there? >> reporter: it's going okay. good morning to you, thomas. the camera angle's a little odd. we didn't realize that santa requires us to use a local photographer. so that's the reason -- >> yeah. >> reporter: yeah, and i -- you know, he can go back now behind the camera. thank you. and i tried to talk to him to try to get us our own tall photographer, but you can't argue with someone who is 2'4" because that too big to be messing with. anyways, all the other elves and santa are in the workshop behind me, getting all of those toy requests filled in time for christmas eve. they'll soon be doing a preload on the sleigh right here, hitching up the reindeer. and if you don't mind, i want to check on the shot and see how they're doing. we've got dasher, dancer, prancer, vixen in the back there, comet, cupid, donner blitzen, go back, no, no, the other one. the other one. the other one's donner. bottom line, everything's a go for christmas eve. everything's going to be on time there, thomas. >
we want to check in on santa's status with bob. how's it going up there? >> reporter: it's going okay. good morning to you, thomas. the camera angle's a little odd. we didn't realize that santa requires us to use a local photographer. so that's the reason -- >> yeah. >> reporter: yeah, and i -- you know, he can go back now behind the camera. thank you. and i tried to talk to him to try to get us our own tall photographer, but you can't argue with someone who is 2'4"...
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and i said i'm bob gray. like i'm supposed to be there. and he rolled his eyes and he check the guest list. he came back a little embarrassed and he was like, yeah. you're on the list. >> love it. rolling in your dodge mini van. bring it on. >> we were in the car. we were like, i don't think we're going to get in. >> and we always worry, too. >> real quick, i have to go but i hear you're thinking about a screen play turning this into a movie? >> well, you know, they're calling about it and we've been on it. we're kind of using this as a gateway to other things. we want to obviously both of us want to do some. we would love to get on that hot in cleveland show. we are in cleveland. >> and do i a very good cleveland action send. i've been working for years. >> you are both so hollywood. you are it. >> we're it. we're doing a skrimt and then some people over at stiffs.com want us to do some things for them. >> i think it's a great story. what's your number? ha ha ha! >> check my facebook. >> thank you. have fun. it's a great story. you don't
and i said i'm bob gray. like i'm supposed to be there. and he rolled his eyes and he check the guest list. he came back a little embarrassed and he was like, yeah. you're on the list. >> love it. rolling in your dodge mini van. bring it on. >> we were in the car. we were like, i don't think we're going to get in. >> and we always worry, too. >> real quick, i have to go but i hear you're thinking about a screen play turning this into a movie? >> well, you know,...
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are these voters swayed by caucus captains, bob? what do you think? >> i think pretty much by the time they go into the caucus they know what they're going to vote for. we've been talking about polls. wait and see what the "des moines register" poll which has a track record for accuracy says when it comes out this weekend. one of two things is going to happen here. either romney is going to win this thing, win new hampshire, do okay in south carolina, win florida, wrap this up early. or he's going to stumble a little bit. i think in the end he still wins the nomination. because the republican establishment cannot abide the idea of ron paul. i don't think rick santorum has the plausibility or money to challenge romney over the long term. it would be a fun battle. it would be the battle of two stiffs and be interesting to see them on stage with each other. >> let's say santorum comes in second place. you know, he gathers the social conservatives, hooex asking conservatives to unite. let's say he finishes second in iowa. let's say either paul orç romn
are these voters swayed by caucus captains, bob? what do you think? >> i think pretty much by the time they go into the caucus they know what they're going to vote for. we've been talking about polls. wait and see what the "des moines register" poll which has a track record for accuracy says when it comes out this weekend. one of two things is going to happen here. either romney is going to win this thing, win new hampshire, do okay in south carolina, win florida, wrap this up...
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>> one thing -- two things i would say with bob kerrey. one, we always talk about him, in 2008 when there was an open seat, they floated it and he didn't run. number two, he lives in new york city. he's the president of the new school. >> right. >> not exactly credentials for nebraska. one other point i wanted to make, though, mark. the democratic committee, the arm charged with re-electing senators, they spent over a million dollars on ben nelson earlier this summer just to have him decide not to run. i can only imagine grimaces inside that building. >> well, chris, they delivered a message to a lot of members who might have been on the fence of running in 2012, let us know early if you are going to retire so we don't have to spend that type of money that we know what everyone's going to be. look, this was a race i think in addition to north dakota, was going to be the democrats' toughest race to be able to hold on to in 2012. but you're right. they probably would have liked to have gotten this word from ben nelson a while ago. and it pro
>> one thing -- two things i would say with bob kerrey. one, we always talk about him, in 2008 when there was an open seat, they floated it and he didn't run. number two, he lives in new york city. he's the president of the new school. >> right. >> not exactly credentials for nebraska. one other point i wanted to make, though, mark. the democratic committee, the arm charged with re-electing senators, they spent over a million dollars on ben nelson earlier this summer just to...
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do you buy that from bob? >> it's probably the last person i would have wanted to write a letter for me. i think there are a lot of folks that tend to think that maybe john mccain's race is like bob dole's race. that it's the guy who's the next in line. he's the inevitable choice and we'll give it to him and then it won't work. >> today the editor of the conservative website red state wrote that any republican who backs romney or gingrich has gone insane. the republican party has gone insane. for the better part of the last three years, the republican party has exercised itself into a frenzy over the need to repeal obama care. the individual mandate and t.a.r.p. draw the ire of scores of primary voters. and our two front runners for president? they both support an individual mandate and they both supported t.a.r.p. i want everyone to make sure they understand everyone -- even rick santorum are still to the race. and sarah palin isn't ready to endorse anyone. >> at what point will you endorse someone if you do
do you buy that from bob? >> it's probably the last person i would have wanted to write a letter for me. i think there are a lot of folks that tend to think that maybe john mccain's race is like bob dole's race. that it's the guy who's the next in line. he's the inevitable choice and we'll give it to him and then it won't work. >> today the editor of the conservative website red state wrote that any republican who backs romney or gingrich has gone insane. the republican party has...
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bob, i think you may have the most important story of the day. of course we need to know are things going according to schedule? >> reporter: we weren't sure we would be able to get that information for you, lynn. good morning and merry christmas, because santa has been so busy, we didn't know if he would talk to us. he did find the time. he did squeeze us in and gave us an exclusive interview an invitation to his hometown. >> reporter: north pole, population 2026, 25 of whom don't even close close to min mime height requirements. >> who are you calling short. >> reporter: then there's the not so tiny reindeer and one very very large bowl of jelly that happens to belong to the town's most famous resident. santa claus was gracious enough to take time out of his extremely busy schedule to give us an extended one-on-one sit-down interview. >> santa, are you ready for christmas eve. >> yes, i am. >> thanks. >> merry christmas. >> you, too. >> reporter: you can see why he's so busy. 150,000 wish lists have poured into the north poll post office. >> mo
bob, i think you may have the most important story of the day. of course we need to know are things going according to schedule? >> reporter: we weren't sure we would be able to get that information for you, lynn. good morning and merry christmas, because santa has been so busy, we didn't know if he would talk to us. he did find the time. he did squeeze us in and gave us an exclusive interview an invitation to his hometown. >> reporter: north pole, population 2026, 25 of whom don't...
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is bob kerrey the kind of democrat that can sell in a conservative state like nebraska. >> it was hard to see when he was in office. i think it's harder to see na now, especially in a year when president obama is going to have his own troubles in states that are -- forget red states like nebraska and states that are swing states. >> obama got 42% in nebraska in 2008. my guess is he does no better than that this time around. >> but it's not going to stop us because everyone knows bob kerrey and he's a delightful figure to cover. >> and returns e-mails at 2:00 a.m. from india. >> our favorite kind of -- >> hard to beat that if you're a reporter. >> could be jet lag. >> good point. i feel like everyone assumes and i think it might be too much of an assumption, assumes republicans are going to win back the senate. they only need three seats if they elect a republican president, they need four if obama is re-elected. they have so many seats, so many opportunities. is there an over confidence in the republican party? put nebraska and north dakota aside, both of which are going to be very tou
is bob kerrey the kind of democrat that can sell in a conservative state like nebraska. >> it was hard to see when he was in office. i think it's harder to see na now, especially in a year when president obama is going to have his own troubles in states that are -- forget red states like nebraska and states that are swing states. >> obama got 42% in nebraska in 2008. my guess is he does no better than that this time around. >> but it's not going to stop us because everyone...
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and that's jobs. >> senator bob casey, thank you for your time this morning. i appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> young voters helped president obama win the white house. why some might have a harder time getting to the polls next year. >>> plus, amanda knox is getting ready to spill her secrets to all of you. find out how you can learn. ♪ when your chain of supply goes from here to shanghai, that's logistics. ♪ ♪ chips from here, boards from there track it all through the air, that's logistics. ♪ ♪ clearing customs like that hurry up no time flat that's logistics. ♪ ♪ all new technology ups brings to me, that's logistics. ♪ i refer to her as "that woman with the great gums." as jill's dentist, i know that her gums are a foundation of a healthy smile. jill knows that, too -- so she uses crest pro-health clinical gum protection toothpaste. it helps eliminate plaque at the gum line, helping prevent gingivitis. it's even clinically proven to help reverse it in just 4 weeks. and it protects these other areas dentists check most. crest pro-health clin
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and bob franken, king featured syndicated columnist. thank you both for being with me tonight. >> thanks, rev. >> jonathan, do you believe paul's take on these newsletters? >> no, i don't. the interview he gave yesterday where he pulled off his mike and said i didn't write them, i disavow them, i've answered these questions, let's move on. sorry, it's not good. it might be good enough when you're congressman ron paul or dr. ron paul, but when you're a candidate for a major political party and dao theoretically technically speaking be president of the united states -- >> a front-runner in iowa. >> yes, he is, and if you're going to be that person, then you have to withstand the scrutiny that comes with it. and when you have to answer for the things that are under his name, he has to do more than just say, well, i disavow it, and let's just move on. it's not good enough. >> i think -- i was on "morning joe" this morning, bob, and we talked about it, many of us have said things that we either felt was distorted or that we had to say we wer
and bob franken, king featured syndicated columnist. thank you both for being with me tonight. >> thanks, rev. >> jonathan, do you believe paul's take on these newsletters? >> no, i don't. the interview he gave yesterday where he pulled off his mike and said i didn't write them, i disavow them, i've answered these questions, let's move on. sorry, it's not good. it might be good enough when you're congressman ron paul or dr. ron paul, but when you're a candidate for a major...
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the vet, bob garon, said the exchange changed his mind about romney. this is "hardball," only on msnbc. >>> we'll be right back with a vietnam vet who is gay, who got into a heated exchange with mitt romney over same-sex marriage. we'll be right back. uyjl6ns'4m4oxl,f3+ >>> we're back. yesterday, mitt romney found out just how precarious retail politics can be when he was confronted by a voter on the issue of gay marriage. let's take a listen. >> i believe that marriage is a relationship between a man and a woman. the defense of marriage act that exists in washington today defines benefits, whether for veterans or for non-veterans, as between married spouses, and for me, that's a man and a woman. we apparently disagree on that. >> if you do not believe that everybody is entitled to their constitutional right. >> i think at the time that the constitution was written marriage is between between a man and a woman. >> new hampshire is right. you have to look a man in the eye to get a good answer. >> good luck, governor. appreciate it. >> you're going to ne
the vet, bob garon, said the exchange changed his mind about romney. this is "hardball," only on msnbc. >>> we'll be right back with a vietnam vet who is gay, who got into a heated exchange with mitt romney over same-sex marriage. we'll be right back. uyjl6ns'4m4oxl,f3+ >>> we're back. yesterday, mitt romney found out just how precarious retail politics can be when he was confronted by a voter on the issue of gay marriage. let's take a listen. >> i believe that...
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democratic strategist bob shrum handicaps iowa and beyond. >>> our plan was righting for our state, and in my view, it was based upon conservative principles. >> mitt romney is touting the individual mandate as a conservative principle but still wants to repeal obama care. tonight, we'll highlight the republican hypocrisy.
democratic strategist bob shrum handicaps iowa and beyond. >>> our plan was righting for our state, and in my view, it was based upon conservative principles. >> mitt romney is touting the individual mandate as a conservative principle but still wants to repeal obama care. tonight, we'll highlight the republican hypocrisy.
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i'm rick perry, and i approve this message. >> so bob, here we go again. let's get the gays out of the military, back into the closet. let's bring, i don't know, the king james bible back to public school. i mean, this guy is something else! >> well, listen, this is, if i may use the expression, a hail mary pass for him in iowa, an attempt to get to social conservatives. i don't think it will work. by the way, he spent more money on advertising than anybody else, and as mark will tell you, advertising is something in presidential campaigns, real things occur in real time in the real world and that's what happened to rick perry. he proved he didn't meet the presidential threshold in those debates so i don't think he'll be able to ride a buck board of resentment and bigotry to the white house, and beyond, that all the other republicans in this field are at least running as social conservatives, so i don't think it's going to work, but i'll be interested to see what mark says. >> is there still some pay dirt in the anti-gay vote for perry to be pushing this b
i'm rick perry, and i approve this message. >> so bob, here we go again. let's get the gays out of the military, back into the closet. let's bring, i don't know, the king james bible back to public school. i mean, this guy is something else! >> well, listen, this is, if i may use the expression, a hail mary pass for him in iowa, an attempt to get to social conservatives. i don't think it will work. by the way, he spent more money on advertising than anybody else, and as mark will...
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. >> i know that -- oh, we don't have bob corker. republicans getting killed right now in public opinion in there's no question. are we on a bad path of public policy? no question. that's a republican from tennessee. >> right. >> this is not scott brown from ma ssachusetts ma we know lots f voices have come out against this. does john boehner have enough control? that seems to be the question. does he have enough control to wrangle -- john boehner's a smart politician. does he have enough control to wrangle republicans in his conference, especially tea party republicans, to his cause and say, we've got to put a band aid on this, we're bleeding. one of the difficulties john boehner's had he's gone into meetings with mcconnell and reid to cut deal but was had to deal with the tea party base, conservative house republicans and it's put him in a difficult spot. as you know in politics, and also in poker, when you have a bad hand, you need to fold. you don't want to go all in on a two and a three. >> i'm a terrible gambler and even i know
. >> i know that -- oh, we don't have bob corker. republicans getting killed right now in public opinion in there's no question. are we on a bad path of public policy? no question. that's a republican from tennessee. >> right. >> this is not scott brown from ma ssachusetts ma we know lots f voices have come out against this. does john boehner have enough control? that seems to be the question. does he have enough control to wrangle -- john boehner's a smart politician. does he...
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. >> bob, is is willard in more trouble than he expected? >> yeah, certainly. he was sort of hoping that he could have and the circular thing and each of them has a little bit of time in the sun. in the case of gingrich, he's not a novice and he's gotten traction right now, in addition to which, the first election up is not an election but a caucus. it's the first result we care about as iowa, which is an extremely conservative state. mitt romney is not going to do well, which presumably will mean that gingrich will get even more traction. >> now, joe, tomorrow herman cain is going to announce whether he is going to be the next step or not in his campaign. whether he stays in or if he drops out, what will the impact of his eight or nine polling points be in terms of how to fix the outcome of this race, which is now a gingrich-romney race? >> well, it also could end up going, some of those votes, to perry. this favors newt gingrich because once again we can see what newt is doing with his outlandish statements that you discussed in the program. he is appealing t
. >> bob, is is willard in more trouble than he expected? >> yeah, certainly. he was sort of hoping that he could have and the circular thing and each of them has a little bit of time in the sun. in the case of gingrich, he's not a novice and he's gotten traction right now, in addition to which, the first election up is not an election but a caucus. it's the first result we care about as iowa, which is an extremely conservative state. mitt romney is not going to do well, which...
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bob slum, thank you, sir. bo shrum, thank you, sir. thank you, mark mckinnon. >>> up next, here we go again. ex-penn state coach jerry sandusky has been re-arrested today, after two new alleged victims have come forward. we'll give you the latest on this story that won't stop getting worse. this is "hardball," only on msnbc. this was the gulf's best tourism season in years. all because so many people came to louisiana... they came to see us in florida... make that alabama... make that mississippi. the best part of the gulf is wherever you choose... and now is a great time to discover it. this year millions of people did. we set all kinds of records. next year we're out to do even better. so come on down to louisiana... florida... alabama... mississippi. we can't wait to see you. brought to you by bp and all of us who call the gulf home. >>> rod blagojevich was sentenced today to prison for 14 years in one of the stiffest penalties for political corruption ever. the former governor of illinois was found guilty of corruption that include
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here's this guy that ran for governor, bob vander plaat sechlt, he's the key to the christian right. so sure, wants a little action, we'll take care of that, you know. >> i feel like those truths about the iowa caucuses are sold as if they're a nice thing. it's the tradition of the iowa caucuses. six old people get together and ziebd the whole thing. it's sold as being a romantic thing. almost as if it's the sort of new england town hall tradition. but i wonder if there's an extent to which the organizational principle of iowa does make it not only less democratic, less representational, but a little bit more corrupt. in the sense that the republican party does run the caucuses in a lot of ways as a fund-raiser. >> absolutely. that's something you see in ham happen ham. there's a lot of people who make some money off the presidential primary and get some prestige out of it. but in iowa it's more pronounced. it's hard when you're a candidate to sort of understand, to separate, okay, is this guy who's promising me others going to deliver a block of votes at the caucuses, a consequentia
here's this guy that ran for governor, bob vander plaat sechlt, he's the key to the christian right. so sure, wants a little action, we'll take care of that, you know. >> i feel like those truths about the iowa caucuses are sold as if they're a nice thing. it's the tradition of the iowa caucuses. six old people get together and ziebd the whole thing. it's sold as being a romantic thing. almost as if it's the sort of new england town hall tradition. but i wonder if there's an extent to...
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bob, good to have you with us tonight. happy new year. >> happy new year to you. >> so with nothing better to do than talk politics. you know, is romney going to be able to run away from this tax return issue all the way to the white house? what do you make of this? >> i don't know that he'll be able to. i think there will be more and more pressure on him. andrea mitchell there really got him a long way down the road. we got to get him from consider to he'll do it to he'll do it during the campaign. you know, i was involved in both 1980 and 1994 with senator kennedy. and my bet is that unlike senator kennedy, mitt romney's assets are not an abline trust. when he votes on issues in the senate, he won't know whether he's affecting anything he owns. that's a big difference here. we know he's still receive a lot of money from bain. i think people have a right to know what he is paying. if he's president and didn't release his tax returns, it would be absolutely extraordinary. it would be unprecedented. i think there's going to
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reaction from republican senator bob corker. on world aids day, president obama wins praise for trying to rescue the fund. >> if the rest of the world follows the lead of the united states of america and i'm not an american, so you have to listen to it from me, thank you, thank you to the united states of america. >> and false alarm, brian williams gets the last laugh with john stewart on the daily show. >> this better not be what i think it is. >> oh, are you trying to do a show? >> we're out there trying to do a little show. appreciate it if you would keep that -- >> not so funny, is it, funny man? >> it was funny. good day, i'm andrea mitchell live in washington, newt gingrich says he is now the front-runner in the republican race for president. gingrich is back in iowa for three events today and he isç taking on mitt romney. >> i'm clearly the more conservative candidate. i think the person who is able to debate obama and draw a sharp and defined contrast has an enormous advantage. i don't think you go to the middle. you b
reaction from republican senator bob corker. on world aids day, president obama wins praise for trying to rescue the fund. >> if the rest of the world follows the lead of the united states of america and i'm not an american, so you have to listen to it from me, thank you, thank you to the united states of america. >> and false alarm, brian williams gets the last laugh with john stewart on the daily show. >> this better not be what i think it is. >> oh, are you trying to...