donald trump dropped by morning joe for an extended conversation, more of that interview soon. jeb bush served coffee to veterans in iowa. he also picked up the endorsement of 96 republican dom knee bob dole. i thought it was fine and i did well, talked about issues important to people. we need to start thinking about the person to beat hillary clinton. rather than trying to get into small differences between each campaign. also in iowa today, rubio who met with voters and talked about being in the limelight. a few hours ago on that stage, i still have remnants of the makeup on. we had a great night last night and enjoyed being a part of that debate. we have coverage of all of the action and nbc s katy tur in new hampshire and let s go to hallie jackson in columbia, south carolina. when s been the reaction today,
he is very much on a mission. but i don t think i get the feeling that he probably isn t going to do something that hurts mitt romney in the long run or hurts the dom knee whoever the eventual nominee is in the long run. for a variety of reasons. i think he will use his delegates, the delegates that he picks up along the way to make arguments about the republican platform when they when the convention convenes next fall. heather: charlie were you talking about it is all about the money earlier. the longer the primary the more money spent in the primary the less available in the general election. who does that benefit, obama s campaign? that s generally true. but, i think that politics is always when it more exciting with when there s a longer fight not only does it make
but i don t think i get the feeling that he probably isn t going to do something that hurts mitt romney in the long run or hurts the dom knee whoever the eventual nominee is in the long run. for a variety of reasons. i think he will use his delegates, the delegates that he picks up along the way to make arguments about the republican platform when they when the convention convenes next fall. heather: charlie were you talking about it is all about the money earlier. the longer the primary the more money spent in the primary the less available in the general election. who does that benefit, obama s campaign? that s generally true. but, i think that politics is always when it more exciting with when there s a longer fight not only does it make the nominee stronger, better,
really humanizing is tossed around but emotional just watching it. as we talk about rick santorum, he has a lot of support among social conservatives. i would assume this only bols r bolsters that support. what is your read on his candidacy right now? he s the momentum candidate. i m not saying anything original in saying that but that s what the polls are showing, that s what the energy around his campaign events are showing. what i don t know is whether he has enough of a ground game, because he is running something of a rag tag campaign. he s done this with basically no money. to date, by to date i mean noon my time right now on caucus day, social conservatives and evangelical voters have not publicly coalesced around his candidacy. we ll see when they go to caucus if they do. if they do, he s poised for a very strong night. i think john heilemann is correct when he predicts rick santorum will be the dom knee over mitt romney but i think it s possible he could win tonight. mat
really humanizing is tossed around but emotional just watching it. as we talk about rick santorum, he has a lot of support among social conservatives. i would assume this only bols r bolsters that support. what is your read on his candidacy right now? he s the momentum candidate. i m not saying anything original in saying that but that s what the polls are showing, that s what the energy around his campaign events are showing. what i don t know is whether he has enough of a ground game, because he is running something of a rag tag campaign. he s done this with basically no money. to date, by to date i mean noon my time right now on caucus day, social conservatives and evangelical voters have not publicly coalesced around his candidacy. we ll see when they go to caucus if they do. if they do, he s poised for a very strong night. i think john heilemann is correct when he predicts rick santorum will be the dom knee over mitt romney but i think it s possible he could win tonight.