joining us here in new york is joann reed and the managing editor of the grio.com. professor dyson, i want to start with you. you heard in top lines ron paul call himself dangerous to wild applause. and i guess as far as some republicans are concerned, is he dangerous. though his meandering speech sounded a little like a deluded fan taist. >> no doubt. i think his danger lies in the fact that he's willing to take facts out of context to reinterpret ideas and particular understanding of the world according to his quite distorted viewpoi viewpoint. i'm even afraid to praise him

i'm joined by joann reed and jimmy williams and crystal ball.ant to stay on this housing story for a number of different reasons. first of all, it is a big story in florida, but it is also a big story coming up in nevada and the housing bubble, and this is where mitt romney has had a number of different positions and answers. here he is, romney, tonight on the housing how we should help these people. here he is. >> to help these homeowners or not? to help them, of course we help them. pam bonnie in florida is cracking down on people committing fraud, number one. number two, you have to get government out of the mess. government created the mess. number three, you have to help people get more flexibility out of their loans. >> underwater mortgages back in october. >> as to what would you do for the housing industry specifically, and are there things you can do to encourage housing? one is don't try to stop the foreclosure process. let it run its course and hit the bottom. >> jimmy, what do you make of that? >> well, he continually -- he habituall

joining us here in new york is joann reed and the managing editor of the grio.com. dyson, i want to start with you. you heard in top lines ron paul call himself dangerous to wild applause. and i guess as far as some republicans are concerned, is he dangerous. though his meandering speech sounded a little like a deluded fan taist. >> no doubt. i think his danger lies in the fact that he's willing to take facts out of context to reinterpret ideas and particular understanding of the world according to his quite distorted viewpoi viewpoint. i'm even afraid to praise him because he took said out of context and ran it as an ad in new hampshire. so the thing is is that the danger is that what's in danger here is the truth and the facts in the context that is balanced and insightful. i think that rambling speech proves ron paul is trying to backtrack over some of the stuff he said back in the '70s and '80s that was quite problematic and destructive and trying to present himself as an open minded libertarian when it's a repackaging of the same old bigotry we've seen before.