the establishment. i ll roll out big endorsements states by state. if he does, they are going to be a core part of how he does that because that is his strength. you have to play the cards you re dealt. that helps him in new hampshire but not necessarily outside new hampshire so much. i would think romney shouldn t need that kind of help in new hampshire. i was just about to make that very point. he will take it, i think. you re 47, 45% so mccain comes in and gets you 47.1. the point that i think megan s point is exactly it. it s reinforcing the obvious and it s to your point the next step to south carolina and florida, it s not very popular in that part of the country so michael, you know that nobody doubts john mccain will win new hampshire. you mean mitt romney. mitt romney. i m having a flash back right now. mitt romney is going to win new hampshire but that is not the
him. john, you were there? i was not. you told us about things you heard from that event. i always try to watch raw footage for all john mccain events because they are so uplifting. they are fun. it felt a little thrown together and there was a sense that it was not well advanced and that they the word leaked out he was going to get this endorsement on the night of the iowa caucuses when it looked like there was a chance santorum would win and they wanted another story to move to. there is no better endorsement in american politics in new hampshire than john mccain. he has dominated that state from the two republican primaries. mitt romney is the establishment candidate, there s no way he needs to make inroads into the base and win the heart of conservatives. but he s got to do it with the core of his support, which is the establishment. i ll roll out big endorsements