money. they waited until the bitter end here in iowa and unloaded on newt gingrich. if you watch any television program of any kind in the state, whether a news show or watching a football game, you re going to see a negative ad about newt gingrich. the attacks are unrelenting and we always hear, willie, about iowa nice. we all remember back to 2004 when gephardt started launching negative attacks against howard dean. right. they went back and forth killing each other and that of course allowed john kerry to win. isn t there a possibility that these negative attacks could turn off iowa voters? they re not stupid. they know it could be a super pack but they know this is going for mitt romney. i think it s too late. i think it s too late. i think mitt romney has put himself in a position running a great ground game here. it s not going to happen. i m not going to talk about mitt. i m not talking about newt. isn t there a chance that all this negativity back fires on mitt? i t
highlights that it s a final four game in a college football playoff. in other words, imagine if this game actually meant something. first quarter, two-time heisman runner-up andrew lott gets stanford on the board. hits ty montgomery for a 52-yard scoring pass. then in the second montgomery again fields the kickoff but stopped in his own tracks by teammate jeremy stewart. the freshman wanted to make a run for it but stewart tackled him to keep him in the end zone. good for him. let s go to the fourth quarter. three seconds on the clock. tie game. stanford has a chance to win. jordan williamson right down the middle for 35 yards. misses badly. but another shot in overtime. this is where you start to feel bad for the kid. 43 yards. he misses another one. that gives an easy shot for oklahoma state s quinn sharpe. he hits a 22-yard field goal for the win. cowboys win, 41-38 in a great
blessed with an audience that knows his message already. it s like they play the screen door slams and they all know. they just know he gives his short-hand bullet points about key issues and they all know it. it is still the case that a lot of people in the room at that event yesterday, young people, people from out of state, people who don t know how to caucus, so the ceiling he s hit is in part because of his message particularly on foreign policy misses the mark with a lot of republicans and also because there have been a lot of negative ads against him. he can still win though, right? we re in a position today are we not where romney, ron paul, or rick santorum could all win. look at the poll we saw before. there was 14, plus or minus 4% margin of error. 14 points separated first and last. john, you disagree with that? well, i think it s, again, just on the basis of what everyone, what i like to hear from all the campaigns and on the basis of trend lines and the
he ll have ample opportunities for making a monumental gaffe verbally, rhetorically. yeah. i can t wait to get to new hampshire. that ll be exciting. eugene robinson in today s the washington post does not think that mitt romney has this locked in. i ll read a piece of that. you say this, eugene. i don t subscribe to the screw that romney somehow locks up the nomination even if he finishes second to santorum or paul. first there is the obvious fact that you don t win by losing. second, the primary schedule still offers the opportunity for anybody but mitt to coalesce behind a single, strong challenger. a romney victory in new hampshire next week is already taken for granted but then comes south carolina, a state where it s easy to imagine romney being beaten by santorum, newt gingrich, or even rick perry all of whom will still be in the race. yes it would be remarkable if the antiromney sentiment all came together behind one of those contenders in a week and a half but stranger
blessed with an audience that knows his message already. it s like they play the screen door slams and they all know. they just know he gives his short-hand bullet points about key issues and they all know it. it is still the case that a lot of people in the room at that event yesterday, young people, people from out of state, people who don t know how to caucus, so the ceiling he s hit is in part because of his message particularly on foreign policy misses the mark with a lot of republicans and also because there have been a lot of negative ads against him. he can still win though, right? we re in a position today are we not where romney, ron paul, or rick santorum could all win. look at the poll we saw before. there was 14, plus or minus 4% margin of error. 14 points separated first and last. john, you disagree with that? well, i think it s, again, just on the basis of what everyone, what i like to hear from all the campaigns and on the basis of trend lines and the