leonard curry, thank you for coming in. chairman of the republican party in florida. >>> we're coming back with the "sideshow." >>> ha! back to "hardball." now for the "sideshow." first up, vp joe biden has been launched in campaign the last few weeks. here he is in iowa with a few zingers for the republican field. >> mitt romney has been remarkably consistent. as an investor businessman, as the governor of massachusetts, and now as candidate for president. remarkably consistent. and i respectfully suggest consistently wrong. governor romney called the president of the united states out of touch. that's a quote. out of touch. for encouraging young people to try to get manufacturing jobs. out of touch? romney? conventional wisdom, that manufacturing is dead in this country, is dead wrong. one thing that can bring this to a screeching halt is turning over the keys to the white house to santorum or romney. >> wow, noticeably missing from that speech, any mention of newtster. the newt gingrich candidacy forgotten. the former sp