as much about him as the field of republican candidates who may run for president in 2012. more about them, i should say. the candidates are getting the ink these days are the ones we don t think can win the presidency. the candidates who could win don t get any attention. mark halperin is here, thank you, and eugene robinson is an msnbc analyst. mark mckinnon is a pretty well respected guy, great writer, great thinker, i think an independent. here he is laying out for why mitt romney, who many thought was the one whose turn it was can t win. bad timing. mckinnon says he s an entirely conventional candidate in an entirely unconventional time and second he s not a true tea party kind of guy and the republicans are running against obama health care and he had his own. lastly, mckinnon says, quote,
the candidates are getting the ink these days are the ones we don t think can win the presidency. the candidates who could win don t get any attention. mark halperin, thank you, and eugene robinson is an msnbc. mark mckinnon is a pretty well respected guy, great writer, great thinker, i think an independent. here he is laying out for why mitt romney, who many thought was the one whose turn it was can t win. bad timing. mckinnon says he s an entirely conventional candidate in an entirely unconventional time and second he s not a true tea party kind of guy and the republicans are running against obama health care and he had his own. and nobody thinks or talks about romney. it is his turn. republican rules usually say,
donald trump is all over the news these past weeks but the headline says as much about him as they do about the field of republican candidates who may run for president in 2012. more about them, i should say. the candidates getting the ink are the ones who can t win the presidency, we think, i think. the candidates who could win don t get any attention. mark hall prison is cnbc s political analyst, thank you. and washington post columnist eugene robinson. thank you for joining us. we ve got a lot to cover. mark buchanan is a well respected guy, great writer, great thinker. i think an independent. here he is laying out why mitt romney, many who thought whose turn it was can admit. bad timing. conventional candidate in an unconventional time.
donald trump is all over the news these past weeks but the headline says as much about him as they do about the field of republican candidates who may run for president in 2012. more about them, i should say. the candidates getting the ink are the ones who can t win the presidency, we think, i think. the candidates who could win don t get any attention. mark hall prison is cnbc s political analyst, thank you. and washington post columnist eugene robinson. thank you for joining us. we ve got a lot to cover. mark buchanan is a well respected guy, great writer, great thinker. i think an independent. here he is laying out why mitt romney, many who thought whose turn it was can admit. bad timing. conventional candidate in an unconventional time. he s not a true tea party kind
be about values and traditional family values, newt gingrich has a really tough road in iowa. he is a brilliant guy, great thinker. nobody more mesmerizing to listen to talk about anything from ancient archeology to outer space, but these voters are going to want to know do you represent my values, and he has a tough task in iowa. howard fineman, msnbc political analyst and senior political editor of the huffington post. thanks for joining us. thank you, lawrence. coming up, there are so many reasons newt gingrich will never win the republican inauguration for president, including his history of serial adultery. however, the former speaker is assuring voters that he will never stray again because of one simple thing. that s in tonight s rewrite. and on fox news this morning, donald trump said he was suspicious of president obama s birthplace because no doctors or nurses at the hospital remember the president being born there. why the donald has been born again as a birther, c