role of politics and human tears. we start with mitt romney going for the kill. howard fineman is an msnbc political analyst and the huffington post media group editorial director. and susan page is the washington bureau chief for usa today. well, here we are at java joe s, ground central, on a quiet little street in des moines, that just happens to come alive like brigadoon every four years, and we re all here. i think we re part of the brigadoon characters. let s take a look at the latest nbc news/marist poll. mitt romney leads the pack, but still at that ceiling of 23. that weird number keeps popping up like on a roulette wheel, like in casablanca, it keeps coming up to 23. four points up from earlier this month, however. ron paul s a close second, he s up a couple points. rick santorum is on the rise more dramatically, jumping nine points into third place. and he s apparently still rising. and newt gingrich has continued
really tell us more about the candidates than even they ever intended to tell us. finally, let me finish with the role of politics and human tears. we start with mitt romney going for the kill. howard fineman an msnbc political analyst and huffington post immediate can a group editorial director and susan page is the washington bureau chief for usa today. and here we are, at java joe s, ground central ground central on a quiet little street in des moines that just happens to come alive like brigadoon every four years and we re all here. we re part of the brigadoon characters. this tune is always here. we just show up and we re the characters out of that play. mitt romney leads the pack. still at that ceiling of 23, that weird number that keeps popping up on a roulette wheel like in casablanca the one that s fixed. keeps coming up from 23, four points up from earlier this month. ron paul is a close second, up a couple points. rick santorum is on the rise
so far. the statements that really tell us more about the candidates that even they ever intended to tell us. finally, let me finish with the role of politics and human tears. we start with mitt romney going for the kill. howard fineman s an msnbc political analyst and the huffington post media group editorial director. and susan page is the washington bureau chief for usa today. well, here we are at java joe s, ground central, on a quiet little street in des moines, that just happens to come alive like brigadoon every four years, and we re all here. i think we re part of the brigadoon characters. this town is always here. we just show up. we re the characters out of that play. that s right. let s take a look at the latest nbc news/marist poll. mitt romney leads the pack, but still at that ceiling of 23. that weird number keeps popping up like on a roulette wheel, like in casablanca, it keeps coming up at 23. four points up from earlier this month.
moments of the republican race so far. the statements that really tell us more about the candidates that even they ever intended to tell us. finally, let me finish with the role of politics and human tears. we start with mitt romney going for the kill. howard fineman s an msnbc political analyst and the huffington post media group editorial director. and susan page is the washington bureau chief for usa today. well, here we are at java joe s, ground central, on a quiet little street in des moines, that just happens to come alive like brigadoon every four years, and we re all here. i think we re part of the brigadoon characters. let s take a look at the latest nbc news/marist poll. mitt romney leads the pack, but still at that ceiling of 23. that weird number keeps popping up like on a roulette wheel, like in casablanca, it keeps popping up. ron paul s a close second, he s up a couple points.