good morning, i'm chris jansing. okay, mitt romney won this battle big, but newt gingrich wants to drag out the war. romney's win was decisive, not just a 14-point win, but its depth. he already sounded like the nominee going after president obama, saying he's looking forward to bringing the party together, but newt gingrich cautioned that there are 46 states left and he says it's not over yet. >> as this primary unfolds, our

opponents in the other party have been watching, and they like to comfort themselves with the thought a competitive campaign will leave us divided and weak, but i've got news for them, a competitive primary does not divide us, it prayers us, and we will win. >> we are going to contest every place and we are going to win, and we will be in tampa as the nominee in august. >> newt gingrich had his opportunity. he came out of the state of south carolina, he came out with a big -- with a big win and a lot of money, and he said i'm going to be the conservative alternative, i'm going to be the anti-mitt, and it didn't work. he became the issue. >> jim van hie, i don't know about you, i like when polls close early so it wasn't so late at night last night, at least for us. a week ago, this race was neck and neck, but a couple of things weren't clear from the voters,

first of all, they care more about the economy, even social issues, the conservatives really care about what's happening with those money issues and electability was important for them. what's your take away from this race in florida? >> i agree with those two things, i also think there are two bigger factors, money and debate performance. mitt romney essentially cleaned gingrich's clock between south carolina and florida, and that helped him in the polls. the fact he has so much money between his own campaign and super pacs that are controlled by his friends gave him a 4 or 5-1 spending average and guess what, that formula works in politics. that's why when you see the negative advertising run you often see the victim of that advertising, their numbers go down. that's what happened to newt gingrich and i think if you look at mitt romney money, he has so much of it between his own campaign and the super pac

affiliated with his campaign, looking at almost $50 million to spend. this guy's built for the long haul. >> it's also interesting, because one of the hits on him by supporters of newt gingrich and others, mitt romney was not the kind of guy who could go up against barack obama, who -- what is expected to be a real street fight in the fall. in fact, if you look back at his history, at the massachusetts gubernatorial race, this is somebody that's able to step up to the plate when he's needed to, and he clearly decided in the last week that's what he needed to do. >> well, he's going of a robot when it comes to politics. he's very smart. you can fill him with whatever he needs to deliver and he delivers it with efficiency. there's nothing in his track record to suggest he's weak on stage or can't go for the jugular, he's done it time and time again and can do it effectively. for newt gingrich himself to make the argument he's

undoubtedly the stronger debater over the long haul, there's data that suggests that's not true. when he's good newt and on his game, he's an effective debater, but when he seems defensive, he's a weaker debater. so by no means is it a slam dunk newt gingrich is a better debater than mitt romney. >> look, the knock on romney also has been he can't win over conservatives. hang on for a minute, jim, i want to bring in richard l. >> he won 57% of primary voters who do not support the tea party. romney is walloping gingrich among women with a 24-point lead there. here's what you're talking about, chris, who called themselves very conservative versus somewhat conservative. romney is also winning voters

who think the ability to beat president obama is most important, that by 25 points in south carolina. gingrich won that group by 14 points, but here's romney's problem, chris, among the very conservative voters, gingrich beat romney by 11 points. and another weakness to talk about, many republican primary voters question romney's conservative credentials, while about 6 in 10 voters are satisfied with the republican field so far, 38% said they'd still like someone else to run the nomination. chris, that includes 38% of romney's own voters. here's another reason newt gingrich is forging ahead, mitt romney has only won 10% of the delegates needed to seal the deal. if he won every delegate moving forward, chris, he would not clinch until late april. >> 60% -- even if he wins 60% of the delegates it won't be until

june. so that is what newt gingrich is hanging his hat on, right? >> yes, he should stay in. the idea this is bad for the republican party or newt should somehow step out, why should he step out? he's performed well in basically three of the four, he has money, he raised $5 million himself. he's got this rich guy, rich casino magnet pushing tons of money into a super pac to help his campaign. you have the very conservative voters who don't really dig romney yet and until they do, they are going to be looking around for an alternative and newt gingrich has the most plausible case to make that he's the anti-romney conservative in the race. >> i want to bring in james nicholson as well, former chairman of the rnc and former chairman of veterans affairs.

good morning, these evangelicals still in newt gingrich's camp last night, what does mitt romney have to do to win them over or does it matter, he's going to win the nomination and in the end they are not going to vote for barack obama anyway? >> i agree with the last part of your statement, but he's got to keep working and not assume anything and those people are so angry at president obama that what, you know, he's done to our country, the papers today say we are in the worst economic condition the country's ever been in modern times, then really gets those people's blood flowing. they want red meat, and they want to hear that. they are just, you know, waiting for that. >> and mitt romney went after it last night. let me play for you him going after the president. he sounded confident. this was one of his lines, mitt romney's, from last night.

don't have it? can we pull that up? >> together, we will build an america where hope is a new job with a paycheck, not a faded word on an old bumper sticker. >> and obviously, he's talking about the contrast he's going to make between himself and barack obama. is it a mistake for him, though, to move on to the president at this point when frankly, newt gingrich is still in there fighting, rick santorum is still in there fighting. >> no, it's not a mistake. he's running a very smart campaign, governor romney. these people, they'll come around if he's the nominee, which i think he inevitably will be. because they will see that this is a clear alternative to this president that they see as, you know, has our country on the brink of disaster, the movement

towards european socialism. "the wall street journal" today said the deficits in our country today are the worst that we've ever had in modern time, and that resinates with people and they are worried about that for their families, their children, their grandchildren, and they want somebody that can do something about that. that's the real appeal of romney, he's got a report of success. he talks about economic issues very fluently. he's done it, he's been a governor, he's been a businessman, and when he becomes the nominee, which i think that he will, they'll all come back together. there's another real piece of good news in this as an old party chairman, which is none of these people are going to go off in a spite and do a third party candidacy, and that is really important to the party and to the prospects of the reunification of the party after this vigorous primary. >> are we done with that possibility of somebody else getting in at this point, is

romney that strong? >> yeah, the logistics of somebody getting into the race right now makes no sense at all. you can't get on the ballots, can't get the money. i think if this continues to be divisive and santorum win a state here or there, ron paul win a state here or there, i guess you can conceive a scenario where it's brokered and somebody else can get in at that point, but right now mitt romney has all of the resources to run a long campaign, and the big question is, there's a big group of anti-establishment conservatives. the question is do they rally around newt gingrich. does sarah palin make it official and endorse newt gingrich, rush limbaugh or other folks lay their hands on newt gingrich and make him the clear alternative? if that were to happen you might have a true binary choice.

until then, you have two very serious contenders in there, ron paul, who runs well in national polls, does very good, could probably win some of the upcoming caucuses, and rick santorum, who still has a base. doesn't have much money, but will have appeal in the midwest and other states, so it's going to be a long, hard slaw. >> thank you so much for coming in. anita dunn is one of president obama's closest advisers, she'll join me next to talk about unemployment, housing, and more. anita dunn will be here in three minutes. and democrats will hold on to an oregon congressional seat held va can. [ shapiro ] at legalzoom, you can take care of virtually

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so interesting, i was just looking at the schedule for the republicans today, looks lick they may be sleeping in today. although romney did some morning shows this morning, ron paul we don't see until noon, newt gingrich not until 4:00 this afternoon. i guess who can blame them after the campaign trail they have been on. however, we will see the president in just about half hour from now. he's expected to announce a fresh bid to revive the housing market. he'll be at an event in virginia. it would allow home owners to refinance their mortgages at a lower interest rate. nbc news white house correspondent mike vicarra joins me now. >> reporter:mortgage holder owes more on the house than the house is worth. while the administration has taken a few runs at this, they

really haven't gotten a lot of traction. this after all is what people believe is the cause of the economic downturn and that is the housing market. today president obama is going out across the river to falls church, virginia, to take another run at it, another proposal to put before congress to try to cut through some of the red tape that's plagued some of the other proposals that doesn't provide enough incentive for them. the administration saying they want responsible, quote on quote, responsible home owners to save an average of $3,000, those underwater and qualify a year in mortgage payments. they'll do that by encouraging them to re-fi. today, this proposal would have to go through congress, chris, nobody around here very optimistic that's actually going to happen. this is a controversial proposal. any time you try to help bail people out of their mortgages, regardless of whether they are

responsible or not, the so-called moral hazard comes in to play. if i pay my mortgage, why should i bail out another guy. that's the dynamic playing out here politically. not expected to go anywhere in congress this election year, chris. >> thanks. i want to bring in white house senior adviser anita dunn. good morning. >> good morning, how are you today? >> you heard what mike said, this proposal is dead on arrival and also suggesting there is campaign posturing there, the president knows he's not going to push through the way to finance this, which is imposing a tax on big banks, so what do you say to this accusation, this is no more than campaign posturing and nothing more is going to happen here? >> one could say, obviously, republicans who are refusing even to look at a proposal to deal with a significant problem for millions of people across this country are the ones who are guilty of campaign

posturing, but i think you should take a step back and we all should, these are people who are paying their mortgages, okay, not people who walked away or people who skipped payments. these are people paying mortgages that are now bigger than the house is worth, underwater mortgages because of the bubble in the housing market in the last decade, they ended up owing more on their houses than they can sell their house for, and they are still making their payments. these are people who are doing the right thing and who frankly at the end of the day, if they walked away from their loans, banks couldn't sell their houses for the amount of the mortgage anyway. this is a common sense proposal that really should be able to get bipartisan support. why won't it? whether it's because you have the republican frontrunner mitt romney who believes we should let the foreclosures take their close -- >> let me ask you about romney. it was clear last night in florida he was focusing on the

president, he took some shots on the president, and then this morning he's trying to draw this distinction, as the president is trying to draw the distinction between who will fight harder for the middle class. we just got this in, here it is, this was mitt romney a little earlier. >> i'm in this race because i care about americans. i'm not concerned about the very poor. we have a safety net there. if it needs repair, i'll fix it. i'm not concerned about the very rich, they are doing just fine. i'm concerned about the very heart of america. >> he says he's concerned about the heart of america. >> he also says he's not concerned about the very poor. i think if you're going to run to be president of the united states, you need to run to be president of all the people of the united states. you can't write off a group of people because they can't donate to your campaign or you don't see them as part of your base. i think he's going to change that comment today. you can't go out there and say i don't care about those people. that's not what presidents do.

they don't pit one group against another the way mitt romney did this morning. the president of the united states, barack obama, cares about the middle class, and he's committed to revitalizing the middle class, but he cares about everybody in this country. >> are you already hearing a campaign ad that has mitt romney saying he doesn't care about the poor? >> he's said other things that conflict corporations and people, last week in florida he said he felt sorry for the banks, they've had a hard time too. i think throughout this campaign we've seen mitt romney has a different view of what this economy should look like and who it should benefit. the president made it clear in his state of the union, made it clear since the day he was sworn in he's committed to building an economy that is going to last, that's not bubble-to-bubble, that doesn't just help a small number of people, but where we have a manufacturing base, where we are creating energy here in

america, where we're educating our kids to compete globally. >> you know it very well for the president, anita, the job market. the job market is holding back the economy and the congressional budget office is out with some pretty bleak projections when it comes to the unemployment rate. they say the jobless rate will stay above 7% until 2015, increasing to 8.9%. republicans have been hammering the president over the state of the job market, so how does he make the argument he deserves another four years if unemployment continues to hover at these high levels? >> well, you know, the month that he took office, it was roughly three years ago, the economy shed 800,000 jobs. i think if you look six months into the obama presidency and you kind of look at the number of jobs that have been shed with

the recession that began in 2007 and then look at what has happened since the president's policies took effect and what you see is 22 consecutive months of job growth in the private sector. slowly, painfully, we're digging ourselves out of the deep hole dug in the past by irresponsible policies. it's going to take time, and the president has never said it won't take time, but the american people are going to need to make a choice about policies that really are about an economy built to last, built on manufacturing, emergency, educating our kids, and an economy that's built to really replicate the economy that created these problems in the first place, because that is what the republican candidates across the board is offering, return to the policies that created the problems. i think that slowly, painfully, but surely the president has got us moving in the right direction, and that is the argument that the american people will hear this year is

between an economy built to last for the future and returning to the policies that created the problem. >> anita dunn, thanks so much for taking the time to talk to us. >> thank you for having me, chris, you were up early, even if the republican candidates weren't. >> that's what we do. thank you so much, appreciate it. a nearly 50-year-old conversation between a grieving mother and a president has just been made public, and it takes us to the day john f. kennedy was assassinated. november 22, of course, 1963. lyndon johnson placed a condolence call to kennedy's mother, rose, from aboard air force one. take a listen. >> mrs. kennedy? >> yes, yes mr. president. >> i wish to god there was something that i could do and i wanted to tell you that we were grieving with you. >> well thank you very much. thank you very much. >> i know, i know you loved jack and he loved you. >> mrs. kennedy, we feel like we've just had --

>> yes, all right. >> we are glad that the nation had your son. >> yes, yes. >> as long as it did. >> yes, well, thank you, lady bird. thank you very much. good-bye. >> love. >> yes. >> love and prayers to all of you. >> thank you very much. >> that audio recording was recently discovered among the items left behind to john f. kennedy. those tapes were released a day after the kennedy family donated a house for use as an education center. according to the family, that was a promise the late senator, edward kennedy, made to his mother, rose. [ male announcer ] we know you don't wait

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romney's crowds are getting bigger, the secret service determined he needed that protection. ron paul's headquarters were attacked last night. nobody was hurt, but two volunteers felt the glass shatter as objects came through the windows. police are investigating that. palin's pac saw a huge dropoff in fundraising after she announced she would not be running for president. it brought in $750,000 in the second half of last year. still, more than enough to cover one of her $600 meals in iowa at a pricey steakhouse. republicans are bringing a bill to a floor today. the bill package also includes legislation to continue a freeze on salaries for federal employees and members of congress. february is black history month, and on this day in history, 1865, president abraham lincoln signed a joint

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parenthood. komen says it forbids funding any organization under investigation. last year, cliff stearns launched an inquiry as to whether planned parenthood had been using money for abortions. well, we have new numbers that back up the growing concerns that multimillionaires and billionaires coopted the presidential campaign. pro-romney pacs raised more than $31 million last year, maybe even more in january. pro-gingrich pacs raised just $2.1 million. michael isikoff joins me now, what else can you tell us about these new numbers? >> first of all, they do show the big republican advantage in this new era of super pacs, unlimited donations from wealthy donors and corporations. there were some filings last night, not just by the romney

super pac, the main one, which has raised $30 million last year. there's also another big one, american cross roads, run by carl rove, over $50 million, and then you look at the comparable super pac for president obama and you get $6.7 million. far less. now, of course, president obama has the financial juggernaut of his reelection campaign, which is doing quite well, $140 million, hopes up to a billion. but in the world of the super pacs, they tilt heavily to the gop so far, and it's going to give the republicans a big advantage in the fall election. >> we've talked nonstop about the guy who single handedly kept newt gingrich going, sheldon ad lson, but tell us about the other folks.

>> quite a few interesting characters, and we're learning more and more about how much money they gave. there's another texas billionaire by the name of harold simmons who gave over $8 million, spread his cash around, $7 million to the carl rove super pac cross roads, he also gave a million dollars to rick perry and a half a million dollars to newt gingrich. we learned more about the adelson money last night. we reported that $10 million that adelson and his wife gave just in the last few weeks, turns out before that members of his family had given an additional $1 million in seed money to the newt gingrich super pac. jon huntsman sr., $1.9 million to the huntsman super pac, accounting for more than 70% of all the money it raised. one super pac coming 70% of its

money coming from one donor, showing how the rules have changed in this election. >> unbelievable, michael isikoff, thank you for digging into those numbers for us. let's talk about this, pulitzer prize winning journalist carolyn hunter is here and joe watkins joins me as well. thank you for joining me. >> good morning, good morning. >> the thesis is these are civic-minded individuals who want what's best for our country. >> yeah. >> and $10 to shelden adelson is like $10 bucks for you and me. >> for you, $5 bucks for me. it's interesting, looks like the illuminati is coming out of the closet, but it looks like mitt romney and others are for the rich people by the rich people. when i say "buy," i mean b-u-y. is this where we want this

country to go, do we want the election to be bought, to we want the president of the united states to beholden by these people? >> you make a point, when you look at the money coming into the president's campaign, not to his super pac, but to his campaign, these are huge amounts of money that are coming in from small donors, people giving $100, $200, as opposed to somebody who's giving $100,000. >> no doubt about it, president obama's been very successful. he was so successful in 2008 because he got lots of money from lots of small donors who were able to give again and again and again to his campaign, he never maxed out, as it goes. he'll do the same this time, but he'll also have the advantage of raising money from super pacs as well once the campaign begins for him in earnest. not only individuals are able to give unlimited amounts of money for these specific expenditures, but also unions and corporations can give as well.

so a lot of the union support will come to play in a big way with super pacs once the campaign begins in earnest this summer and fall. >> we've seen in some of the numbers that came out overnight was the union donations too. >> absolutely, absolutely. so there's a real opportunity here for the obama campaign as well, the super pac money, but clearly the super pac money's having a huge impact on the republican side. >> joe, goes back to what chris is saying, how does it look? looks like president obama, little old ladies sending in $5 and $10 because they support him versus corporations, major billionaires, who are funding the republican raise. it just does not look right. it's un-american on some level. >> and it does reenforce this divide that so many americans feel that the rich are getting richer and they are manipulating the system. they are the ones who are influencing the system. what am i to do if i'm somebody

in florida who sees my mortgage underwater, i bought a house for $300,000, now worth $280,000 and these guys are throwing around money like it's water. >> you don't see the tens of thousands of small donors that are playing a hand in the campaigns of these republican candidates as well. >> come on, joe. >> it's true. lots of paem have given smaller amounts to the companies and looking for those donors as well. >> let's not pretend the obama super pacs are going to turn away million dollar donations. >> "morning joe" had a great statistic, this president had one of the most negative ad campaigns during the last elections, but it does have a feel about it when you look at this man and who's donating to president obama, does feel like the american people, not corporations. when we talk about class warfare, who's on his side?

mitt romney said he's not for the poor people because they have a safety net, but when one in two americans are in poverty or on the poverty line, who's he fighting for here? >> hopefully fighting for all americans, i feel he is. he wants to put more americans back to work. right now, no matter the intentions of president obama may be, i know his sbepintentio are good, you have 14 million americans not working. mitt romney and newt gingrich say they are going to put americans back to work. if you're not working right now and one of the 14 million who don't have a job right now, you want to listen to what they have to say. if they can get you back to work, you don't care republican or democrat. you want them in office. in this case, talk is cheap. >> thanks to both of you. stock market is coming off its best january, maybe you want to invest it in one of the most anticipated stock offerings

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tale cracking your knuckles won't cause arthritis. that sound you hear is the fluid vapor around your joints bursting under pressure. hi, everybody, i'm thomas roberts. in the next hour of msnbc, only four states have officially spoken, but winning florida gives mitt romney's campaign big momentum as the trail heads due west to nevada. ed schultz joins me with the breakdown for what to expect for february. newt gingrich down but not out, he's going to join me live on why she thinks he's bringing down the gop. plus, president obama speaking live at 11:00 a.m. on how to revive the housing market. that and more coming up at 11:00 a.m. chris? >> do you stay up late enough to

watch the tonight show? >> no. >> last night with jay leno started with her husband and ended with mitt romney. >> that was completely spontaneous. i didn't even hear about it until it got on youtube, but he does have a beautiful voice, and he sings to me all the time. >> really? >> yes, he does. >> now, did you hear mitt romney sing, what did you think? >> i saw it in the green room. >> right, right. >> it's beautiful. >> beautiful? >> and it is america's song, and it's a song that's meant to be sung by every american. >> kelly wallace, former white house reporter. that was good navigating. >> i was saying "a" for diplomacy, mrs. obama, she paused a second, then she said

beautiful, didn't take the bait. >> that was great comic timing, but let's talk about her, because every single time people run for president, we hear about how their wives are their secret weapon, but michelle obama is very popular. >> very popular, more popular than her husband, right, he would love the approval ratings she has. she's popular with women, independents, blue collar women, with latinos, and these are women that can play a key role in the election. it's always important for the first lady to go out and talk up her husband during a reelection campaign, even more important when polls show they are worse off than four years ago so she's out there to get them thinking why they fell in love with him in the first place. >> she's out there with her own initiatives, also funny, she's eating vegetables with jay leno

who is notorious for having bad eating habits. he's joking with her. let's play another clip there. >> does the president have to worry about the boxing card? >> sometimes when he sees me punching, he kind of -- >> she seems more comfortable in the role. >> that was a riot and so great after that happened, she paused and didn't say jay, why did you do that, she said i didn't think he saw that coming, she sort of played along with the joke. she's definitely more comfortable, don't you think, than 2008? >> somebody who covers the white house, how does the campaign use her best? >> the issue is, right now the reelection team says she's, quote, the ambassador for the president. she is not going to be right now criticizing republican candidates or republican policies. that could turn off voters, so what she does, goes out and

talks about her husband's accomplishments but also talking about him as a person. she says he sings to her all the time. says he's ageing but he's gorgeous, again, talks about malia and sasha and how they are a regular family. the more other families can relate to them as a regular family, the more they can relate to them in november. kelly wallace, great to see you. thank you for putting on the jacket, we didn't want to look like pink twins. speaking of mitt romney's singing, today's tweet of the day comes from john legend, just watched mitt's "america the beautiful" rendition. this must have been what put him over the top in florida. ♪ oh beautiful, for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain ♪ we have to thank you for the advice on phillips' caplets. magnesium, right? you bet! phillips' caplets use magnesium. works more naturally than stimulant laxatives...

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developing right now, president obama in the battleground state of virginia, expected to announce a fresh plan to revive the housing market. it would allow millions of home owners to refinance their mortgages, even if they owe more than their homes are worth. hi, everybody, great to have you with us, i'm thomas roberts. we're going to have a full hour of political coverage here, starting with the president's remarks in virginia. we got the two-minute warning a couple seconds