joining me now, katrina vanden heuvel. editor and publisher of the nation magazine and author of the book change i believe in. congratulations on that. thank you, ed. all right. is this a turning point in any way, shape or form for the republicans, with newt being the front-runner right now? and this big stumble by mitt romney? your thoughts. i think it s too early to tell. we ve seen bullets before. there s still time to take newt down some. i still think in iowa ron paul has a chance to come in first. has the best field ground operation, may bring in new caucusgoers. for romney, that moment, i don t know if your viewers remember, when his father came back from vietnam in 1967, mitt romney s father, his father said, i was brainwashed. he was out of that race. the campaign ended. i don t know if the campaign ends for mitt romney. but, boy, is he clueless. $10,000 is one-fifth of the median income of an iowa family. he didn t know it. they re out of touch in general with the s