iowa. good morning. it is tuesday, december 27th. welcome to morning joe. joining us onset, the former governor of pennsylvania, msnbc political analyst ed rendell. host of politics nation, reverend al sharpton. the senior policy advisorior, jimmy williams and in washington columnist for the washington post and msnbc contributor ezra klein. wait. there s more. senior contributor of the daily caller matt lewis. welcome all. happy holidays. hope everybody had a good christmasment time to get down to business. one week away from the voting in iowa. we saw mitt romney making a big push. governor rendell. that was one of the big questions whether mitt romney would play in iowa. he is playing in iowa. well, i think he saw a field that was so weak and didn t have any clear front-runner that he might actually wind up stealing iowa. if he steals iowa and wins big in new hampshire like the polls indicate he will then the nomination might be his right then and there. it s a little
welcome to morning joe. joining us onset, the former governor of pennsylvania, msnbc political analyst ed rendell. host of politics nation, reverend al sharpton. the senior policy advisorior, jimmy williams and in washington columnist for the washington post and msnbc contributor ezra klein. wait. there s more. senior contributor of the daily caller matt lewis. welcome all. happy holidays. hope everybody had a good christmasment time to get down to business. one week away from the voting in iowa. we saw mitt romney making a big push. governor rendell. that was one of the big questions whether mitt romney would play in iowa. he is playing in iowa. well, i think he saw a field that was so weak and didn t have any clear front-runner that he might actually wind up stealing iowa. if he steals iowa and wins big in new hampshire like the polls indicate he will then the nomination might be his right then and there. it s a little bit of a gamble but a pretty smart gamble. i ve n