and if you know governor mitt romney narrowly won the iowa caucus by eight votes, now, jimmy fallon is thanking those eight people. i would like to thank todd from des moines, iowa. playing a game with friends and took dare. his friend said i dare you to vote for mitt rom nee. i don t know who to thank. either way, i ll take it. this is david rogers. a 53-year-old construction worker only voting for me because he thinks i m an anchorman at the local news affiliate. i d like to thank norman van pelt, voting for me in the middle of an ambien sleep walk. and betty left her reading glasses at home. she thought it said micky rooney. this is the wind sock man in a
working families the only one that mitt romney would fight for is himself. that is something people need to know. greta: here is what i think. if that is true and the thinking within the democratic national committee that is true, i would think he is the one i d want to run against because it s easiest to do is say he is positions that he can t back up. the others one, you think they have the core convictions and they are more powerful, potent opponent in the general election so you are shooting yourself in the foot trying to take apart the one you think is the most vulnerable to you at a general election. no, greta, quite frankly, the collection of republicans that are running for president really are pretty unremarkabl unremarkable. they all embrace extremism and embrace the tea party. they are in a circular firing squad. it doesn t matter which one
i have been looking at your comments and since the iowa caucus, your comments are directed only at least as far as i can see as governor mitt romney. have you decided in your mind that governor mitt romney is the candidate that you need not worry about the other ones? no, as i said before, mitt romney has simply earned this kind of scrutiny. when you are someone who operates without core conviction, when you are a candidate like mitt romney who has exclusive focused and trained your attacks an mischaracterizations and distortions of president obama s record repeatedly, we are not going to take it lying down. it s important that people know that mitt romney has not stayed consistent on almost any position. because he is focused not on creating jobs and getting the economy turned around, but one job, barack obama s. he will say or do anything to get elected. that is important for people to know in who they decide to
appreciate it. greta: trying to book you on air when you have no choice but to be polite and say yes. i m always happy to come on your program. you ve been very welcoming in the past. it greatly appreciate it. greta: senator, thank you, sir. thank you. greta: governor mitt romney feeling the squeeze tonight. first it was the iowa caucuses. romney squeaked out a win over senator santorum. only eight votes. as far as we know. governor romney has to be a bit disappointed. he expected more. now, of course, he is being assaulted by the biggest newspaper in the state where he was governor. the boston globe endorsing rival former utah governor jon huntsman. the globe praises huntsman s vision and criticizes romney limited ideas. ouch. and despite the win in iowa and the hometown newspaper insult, though, governor romney hoping for a decisive victory in new hampshire. he is getting help from a former political foe, senator john mccain. we spoke with senator mccain earlier today.
are educated on the issues. and the candidates, not just looking at recent but they are going way back in the history. they are looking at who is the most conservative. and deciding who is the best candidate to agenda to ideas and solutions to turn the economy around and get us on track to get us out of this financial mess we re in right now. if you look at the most conservative does it lean away from governor romney because governor romney is thought of as moderate than other republican candidates. does that sort of lean it away from him? governor romney has done great things. he is a businessman. businessman before he was governor. he turn around salt lake city olympics. but the thing with romney is romneycare. people across the country don t want a mandate, regardless if it s a state mandate or federal mandate. they don t want a mandate. greta: all right.