those polls. you can t judge those polls as if they were happening a week before election day and everyone is out campaigning. the serious thing for republicans is there going to be a candidate that can get out ahead early. what this shows you is this is completely wide open. anyone can come here and jump to the front right now. that s good for my party. that s good for democrats. hopefully we ll sail into the white house. pat buchanan, chime in. mr. mayor, i don t think so. i think romney is out there pretty far ahead in terms of organization in iowa and new hampshire. i look at the others you looked at newt out there. he s not organized. not in yet. you look at pawlenty who may have a shot. if romney wins the first two, the game is over. i think someone is going to have to get in there and beat him in those primaries and caucuses or he could run out ahead of these folks and end this game. the interesting thing about the trump factor it would seem to me, having been to iowa
the country? we don t have the right message and leadership. mike and then pat. donald, let s discuss in some detail arguably the most important thing you mentioned this morning. your clubs. i don t know what the initiation fee was for newt to get in in washington. the club in florida, is the initiation fee negotiable? only for you. it s also negotiable for mika. terrible. pat? donald, last year china ran up a trade surplus with the united states largest in world history. $270 billion. right. how do you end that trade surplus for china and turn it into a trade surplus for the united states? pat, it s such a great question. i adore pat. i happen to adore pat by the way. it s such a great question. if you talk in terms like andrew talk in terms of profit, this
week s nato air strike that killed nine afghan boys. after saying over the weekend that civilian casualties were at the heart of tensions between the u.s. and afghanistan, karzai accepted the apology. before we move onto the budget, pat buchanan, obviously we ve talked at length on this set about why we feel this story first of all isn t getting the attention it deserves but also that i don t know how much longer this can go on. what are the caveats to pulling back? because we ve known bob gates for a long time. he s worked for administrations on both sides of the aisle. he knows a thing or two about these things. yet he can t see us getting out there any time soon. he did say we ll start to draw down in the middle of the summer. not much. nobody expected too much. he didn t seem intent on extending the commitment. the downside is the fear in part of the american establishment is
problems today there. but moving eastward as it will through the days and creating winter weather. advisories and warnings abound and then flood watches in the northeast. temperatures, not bad. looking for highs in the 40s for new york and getting into the rest of the nation, again, thunderstorms in the south we re watching the gulf states today. thanks. talking to you later this morning. appreciate it. miami heat coach set off a media frenzy telling reporters on sunday that the players were crying in the locker room following a tough loss to the chicago bulls. yesterday, the coach attempted to downplay those comments. i think you guys could probably take anything i say and turn it into a story. i was shocked when td called me about it this morning, it s making news. i think you guys can probably be more creative than that. i mean, i will say one thing. the guys care. all right? nobody was wimpering in the locker room.
will not stand. mcdonald s will be back. let s do a little sports. miami heat coach set off a media frenzy after he told reporter on sunday that his players among them lebron james, duane wade, those guys, crying in the locker room following a loss to the chicago bulls. yesterday he tried to walk back those comments. i think you guys could probably take anything i say and turn it into a story. i was shocked when i was told about it this morning that it is actually making news. i think you guys can be more creative than that. i will say one thing, the guys care. all right. nobody was whimpering in the locker room. nobody was there were no tears? no. guys with their heads down. there was a lot of noise going in there. i think the rest of that you