and less saturated fat. only eggland s best. better taste. better nutrition. better eggs. here in the united states n the race for the white house, two new political polls out today, and some of the numbers may surprise you. first the monmouth university poll of likely iowa democratic caucus goers, hillary clinton with a 41 point p lead over bernie sanders. and she is at 65%, and sanders at 24%, andle forrer governor martin o malley is only at 5%. let s discuss this with jeff zeleny, and sar falso sar fin.
conservatives about the management of his campaign, some are asking does he need to regroup? this really does feel like the sort of spinning you get in late october for a campaign that s going to lose, except it s starting in early september. joining me now is nbc news political analyst andle forrer democratic governor of pennsylvania ed rendell and republican strategist phil musser here at the table. welcome both. phil, first to you. sure. there has been so much criticism. we see the criticism from peggy noonan i cited, you saw what scott brown had to say, linda mcmahon, republican senate candidates in blue states are running as fast as they can away from what he said at that fund-raiser about the 47%. well, look, i think the governor himself said the words were not artfully comprised and composed. mitt romney will be a president for 100% of the country. he has a big vision to do it. it s been a tough week and a half of process stories for the campaign, but, you know, as w
here. governor, quickly, could you respond? last 25 years seen the richest 1% grow in the wemt and wages by 281%. the poorest grow 16%. we do need to do something about that. president obama s right. but look. the mitt romney of 2004 was a different person than the mitt romney today. it s shocking that he could have made that statement. and he made it in such a way that it was a callous disregard, almost a contempt, for people in the 47%. it s shocking. i am truly stunned. that s not the mitt romney i know. that s not the mitt romney i know. come on, governor. we have to leave this there. i say with regard and point out the governor s had a couple of good whoppers over time, too. he was probably trying to be more political analyst. thank you both very much. thanks. we ll be right back. man 1: t talk. tell me your plan. and what it means for me. woman 2: i m tired of the negative ads and political spin.
from those comments, comments they think could hurt their chances in november. politico editor in chief john harris joins me now. john, we ve heard already now from linda mcmahon in connecticut and you ve heard from scott brown in massachusetts. let me see, scott brown said as someone who grew up in tough circumstances i know that being on public assistance is not a spot that anyone wants to be in. linda mcmahon, i disagree with governor romney s insinuation that 47% of americans believe they are victims who must depend on the government in their care. from chris christie at a town hall may have said it s about something else but it s obviously a signal. i m the governor of every citizen in this state, not just the ones who voted for me, but the governor of every citizen of our state. and lindsey graham in south carolina, about romney, he needs to be talking about the economy and not in utah. he s not going to get beat because of money. he ought to be running in ohio