clock keeps running.roderick green has given up the nice running ability right now but he is being helped by the lead guy. number 36. kiero small, his fullback. kiero didn't go to college right out of high school. thought he wanted to work for a living. so his dad put him to work at his t-shirt shop. guess what? "i want to go to college, dad." >> gus: that will learn you. second down and 7 at th 7 at th. >> gus: the pitch. and broderick green. stays inbounds. does not get back to the line of scrimmage. arthur brown with the tackle. this time, razorbacks getting up slowly. >> charles: key on the play as you noted, was right up here. the clock still runs. watch the play. coming at you. number 72. grant cook with the lead block. at the end, when the tack is made. here comes the pile and they roll on to his ankle as he is trying to get up. >> gus: third down and eight at the ten. green remains in the game. >> referee: charged time-out, arkansas. >> gus: arkansas will call a time-out. 3:46 to play. third and e

i have found on runs... (laughter).t is very difficult to conduct interviews because i'm having trouble, i guess, with, like a... i guess you would call it a burning sensation in my chest. (laughter) so i can't breathe. how... is it... what is it... does he drop his... do you ever feel like he drops his guard with you? how much of it do you think was him protecting a legacy. like at a certain point like ten miles in was he ever like "i don't know what i'm doing! i failed everyone that ever loved me!" like anything? >> no dirty secrets. he would just pick up the pace so neither of us could talk. >> jon: peaches. how does he get along with... do the other people in the chain of command resent his success? his reputation? is that a difficult thing? i know it's a political world. >> sure, he realizes that he's seen a bit as an ambitious individual. you want somebody who's ambitious and driven and has a will to win. i think that's exactly who you want and the type of leadership johns he's been in and i think it's put some of

it's not a web site i run, so i'm not -- [laughter] it's run by an organization by the center for responsive politics, you can go under personal finances, and you can look at the pdf files, not at the summations by the organization because sometimes there are slight clerical errors. and look at their financial disyours. and what i did was look at particularly times when something dramatic was happening, the financial crisis in 2008, health care reform in 2009. but look at your elected representative, and and see are they an active stock trader, do they do a lot of land deals? if they do, look at their stock transactions and see, you know, are they on the senate banking committee, and are they buying and selling a lot of bank stock, you know? if there's some sort of crossover because that's where you're going to get access to really sensitive information if you have oversight over a particular area. and then i would look at the, um, you know, their real estate holdings. they're not required to list their residence, only holdings. and then you can look up the earmarks they've issued at a web s

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time is running out. in less than 22 hours the doors are open and the caucus goers will be asked for their decision. we have a big news show tonight. donald trump is here. is he ready to endorse just in time for iowa? you will find out. there is no question this is a nail-biter for republicans. dick morris, karl rove are here to tell you why. rnc chairmancnc chairman previs. with 41% right now undecided, have all the pundits just been guessing? could there be an iowa surprise tomorrow the there was in 2008. governor mike huckabee. he is here to go on the record tonight. that is ahead as we count down to the showdown in iowa. but first, rick perry wants the 41% undecided to convinc pi. he is pulling out the stops. took a 14-day bus tour across iowa and he joins us be des moines. good evening, sir. >> how are you. good evening. happy new year. >> greta: happy new year to you, too. would third or fourth place, would you consider that a win for you, sir? >> listen, we are in it to win it. that's like asking t

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does paul run as a third party? do you think he runs or doesn't run?ke a lot of people, i thought he was going to run as a third party candidate, then i went to the event with rand paul in iowa. and i stood there. and as a father, i said, oh, my gosh, he wants to pass this all to the son. this isn't about ron paul winning this year. this isn't about a third party. this is about passing the baton to rand, and the last thing he's going to do is blow up the republican party and finish his son's political career. he will not be running as an independent candidate. do you agree? >> i'm sorry. i can't believe you criticize jon huntsman for knowing mandarin and -- >> i didn't criticize him for -- >> because he's actually smart compared to some of the guys up there. are you kidding me? >> you know, seriously? is everybody in here an lsu fan? or do you just love the comies in china? >> you know a lot of things we keep to ourselves in the heat of a 90-minute debate. let's see how mandarin sounds as it resinates through the hall. do we have this clip? i'm just sa

run again? that would be about me. i was trying to get the state in the best shape i possibly could, and left the world of politics and went back in business, and now i have the opportunity to use the experience i have -- you have a surprised look on your face -- >> rick, rick, it's still my time. >> i am just asking. >> governor romney, take 30 seconds there. >> what i will tell you, this for me, politics is not a career. for me, my career was being in business and starting a business and making it successful. my life's passion is my family, faith and my country. i believe in the experiences i have had i am in a position to make a contribution to washington. i long for a day instead of people go to washington for 20 and 30 years, and when they lose they stay there and make money as lobbyist, and i think it stinks. i think people should go to work in washington and serve washington and serve as the people of their nation and go home. i would like to see term limits in washington. as the president of the united states,

now you're back running. you've been running consistently for years and years and years. so this idea that suddenly citizenship show up in your mind, just level with the american people. you've been running for -- at least since the 1990s. >> i think you to ask the question of who is it that can beat obama, who is it that can invigorate the tea party, who is it that can take the message of smaller outsider government that is truly going to change that place? >> i was criticized last night by governor romney for putting my country first. and i just want to remind the people here in new hampshire and throughout the united states that i think -- criticized me while he was out raising money for serving my country in china, yes, under a democrat. like my two sons are doing in the united states navy. they're not asking who -- what political affiliation the president is. i want to be very clear with the people here in new hampshire and this country. i will always put my country first. and i think that's important. >> all right, well -- >> the serious issue with congressman paul

he's been running since 1994. he never stopped running. here's the point made by newt gingrich. >> i realize the red light doesn't mean anything to you because you're the front-runner. [ laughter ] but can we drop a little bit of the pious baloney. the fact is you ran in '94 and lost. the fact is you had a very bad reelection rating. you dropped out of office. you had been out of state for something like 200 days preparing to run for president. you didn't have the interlude of citizenship while figure -- you ran for president while governor. you were going all over the country. you were out of state consistently. then you promptly re-entered politic. you lost to mccain as you lost to kennedy. now you're back running. you've been running for years and years and years. this idea that suddenly it showed up in your mind, level with the american people. you've been running at least since the 1990s. >> devastating. >> he's been -- if he's the nominee against president obama, obama can throw this in his face. you're not the innocent here buddy. >

maybe it isn't the best year for a wealthy finance guy to run for president. but, having said that, the bain record is really exceptional and it created wealth and created jobs an 900 jobs at bain capital alone. >> but there are failures on the record. no question, there are bankruptcies and people are not making up the stairs about having be-- stories about being laid off. >> even in the film the stories they pick from the film, one company went bust after bain capital sold it to someone else and maybe it was the next donor that screwed up the business and you look at another company in there, in many cases people didn't want to work anymore, the business said we have to rationalize or costs and people have to take less pay or benefits. >> details are vulnerable to demagoguery and at some point he has to stands back and launch aa defense of modern managerial capitalism people can understand. >> it doesn't sounds like a winner. managerial capitalism? >> capitalism and free markets, he'll have to defend the way the economy is run. >> but, also -- promote free m

that's a part of what makes me think about running for office or not running for office. have friends of mine -- you know people in the political world and you know more of them and more than i ever will by virtue of your many positions in the media. the ones i know, very prominent people who i won't name, but some have held very high elective office and nearly all of them say don't do it. you can have just as much influence in certain areas from your vantage point now and so forth. i believe what i have been doing for the last 25 years i have been heavily involved periodically with campaign finance reform and antinuclear power in this country and several different issues, most of them environmentally linked. i don't have a government position. i don't have an office. i don't have a budget. i have to do all of this on my own and raise money. it has been a dream of mine to hold office so i would have some of the power to do some of the things and try to create some of the reforms that i have wanted to do. >> it seems to me this is not something you have completely ruled ou

at least in the short run. but his ex-wife's accusations have hurt im, especially among women voters and we will talk about that in a few moments. no question that newt gingrich is now come competitive in south carolina and could win tomorrow, saturday. ron paul has no chance. leaving rick santorum the alternative to gingrich. now, last night the senator consistently went after the speaker. >> so, when he goes and says i can, you know, run rings around president obama and lincoln douglas debate. you can't run rings around the fact, newt that you supported the primary core basis of what president obama has put in place. >> bill: the truth is there is not much difference among rick santorum, newt gingrich and mitt romney on most policy matters. they are left with personalities rather than policy. mitt romney understands that and last night tried to convince the voters that he is like them. >> i didn't inherit money from my parents. what i have i earned. i worked hard in the american way. and. [ applause ] >> i'm

chevy runs deep. >>> welcome back to "hardball." john heilemann and more of the interview we did with newt gingrich last night. gingrich's chief rival now for second place is rick santorum, of course, to go up against romney. but before he can go after romney, of course, one on one, he's got to beat that other guy, rick santorum. so let's look at the criticism coming up right now of rick santorum. it's in the interview. let's watch. you have a lot of common interests now with santorum. in fact, i don't think you dislike him in any way. i don't think there's any personal problem. you call him now your junior partner. okay, well, that's a knock. you have to hit him a little. >> i was speaker -- >> how are you going to be the alternative to romney unless you check him out of the fight? >> i think it will happen by attrition. i think people are going to look and make a judgment over the next few months. maybe i won't be the judgment. my hunch is i will be. we have a national campaign, we're organized to compete in a lot more places. i w

alan weston he goes back to florida he can run for president. so, we have all of this amazing talent and it is not going to be a cakewalk for chris christi particularly because i will be his sworn enemy if he does not run this time. >> how tall are you? dahlia 66. >> i think about 8-foot seven. give or take. fy >> [inaudible] >> right. this should be and we are counting on the heritage foundation, this should be in all of you on capitol hill this should be a good year for the republicans in the senate. unfortunately, you know, in 2010 we had a lot of enthusiasm, a lot in her about obamacare, but it was just the look of the draw. t have good senate seats that even though the democrats hold a vast 60 or 70% or held 60 or 70% of the senate it was about 50/50 republicans and democrats who were up for election, like barbara boxer. they were in the solid blue states. so we didn't have many opportunities in the last election to pick up the senate seats. but that changes next year and it changes three years from now. those are too fantastic years and th

i think he could make that run. unless he's worried about messing -- with his son rand paul's chances for some future national stance -- chris: a lot of the people who love him are young. the debate arbitrarily says 15%er -- or you deponent get into the debit the -- debate. can he do that? >> absolutely. his supporters could be called arab you had. ron paul has been able to increase his support in a way that not even mitt romney has. he's doubled it in iowa, growing in south carolina. chris: will somebody else run? somebody from the america elects group? >> i think it's quite possible. i think if the nominees are barack obama and mitt romney, that does seem like the establishment personified and all the young and disaffected people are going to be looking for a way to send a message to the entire system and we're in a situation where you could have a third and even a fourth party contender. chris: if paul runs does that hurt the republican candidate? >> yes. >> yes, but i do this the democrats are affected also. >>

that's a part of what makes me think about running for office or not running for office. i have friends of mine, you know people in the political world and you know more of them and more intimately than i ever will by virtue of your many positions you've had in the media. the ones i know, very prominent people who i won't name but some of them have held very high elective office. nearly all of them try to dissuade meet from running from office. they say don't do it, you can have just as much influence in certain areas from your vantage point to you and so for the. i believe what i've been doing for the last 25 years, i've been heavily involved periodically, i mean intermittently because of my career with campaign finance reform and anti-nuclear power in this country and several different issues. most of them environmentally linked. and i don't have a government position. i don't have an office. i don't have a budget. i have to do all of this on my own and raise money privately from people to do that. it's been a dream of mine to hold office so i would have some of the pow

i think he's not running on that.alks about the olympics in his speeches, but they have a very clear strategy, this election is about the economy, unemployment is high, romney is the jobs guy, because he was in business and i don't see how they pivot off that. and i'm reminded how some of of these questions raised in primaries end upcoming up later down the line. i think it was a big debate among democrats if this stuff comes out now, is he immunized later? i don't think so, i think some of the doubts that were raised in the primaries about al gore or mike dukakis haunted them later in the campaign, that is more likely to happen with bain. >> romney knew the attack was coming from democrats the vulture capitalist past. has he been able to i guess has he telegraphed the way he was going to respond to it to democrats in the way he has responded to republicans? he knew it was coming, he's getting a chance to do his response earlier than he would otherwise. >> what he's trying to say is any criticism of his record at bain

clock keeps running.roderick green has given up the nice running ability right now but he is being helped by the lead guy. number 36. kiero small, his fullback. kiero didn't go to college right out of high school. thought he wanted to work for a living. so his dad put him to work at his t-shirt shop. guess what? "i want to go to college, dad." >> gus: that will learn you. second down and 7 at th 7 at th. >> gus: the pitch. and broderick green. stays inbounds. does not get back to the line of scrimmage. arthur brown with the tackle. this time, razorbacks getting up slowly. >> charles: key on the play as you noted, was right up here. the clock still runs. watch the play. coming at you. number 72. grant cook with the lead block. at the end, when the tack is made. here comes the pile and they roll on to his ankle as he is trying to get up. >> gus: third down and eight at the ten. green remains in the game. >> referee: charged time-out, arkansas. >> gus: arkansas will call a time-out. 3:46 to play. third and e

a record they can't run on.the president will use the divisive rhetoric and the outcome of the policies is to consolidate poure power in washington. >> chris: let me pursue this. the president is proposing the buffett rule. the idea if you are making at least a million dollars a year you should pay at least a 30% tax rate and proprosing this just as we find out that mitt romney who is a multimillionaire was paying a 15% tax rate. again, isn't that on just the simplist basis fair? >> if you oversimplify you could make the case. the effective tax rates at the higher end are still higher than everybody else. look at the math. all the tax increases only cover 8% of the proposed spending increases. the other 92% of the president's spending increases are borrowed money. even if -- it doesn't even add up. it doesn't even go to the deficit. more to the point, instead of raising taxes which disproportionately hits small businesses. 8 out of 10 file taxes as individuals. the president saying bringing the top tax rate to 4

team is going to run? a bold reagan conservative with a very strong economic plan is a lot more likely to succeed in that campaign than a relatively timid massachusetts moderate who had an economic plan so timid, it resembled obama's. massachusetts was fourth from the bottom in job creation under governor romney. we created 11 million jobs while i was speaker. and i worked with president reagan in the entire recovery of the 1980's. there is a huge difference between a reagan conservative and somebody who comes out of the massachusetts culture with a essentially moderate record. i think you'll have all hard time in a debate with president obama. >> you believe governor romney is unelectable? >> the bigger the contrast, the bolder ideas, the clearer the choice. the hardest for the billion dollar campaign to smear his way back into office. >> speaker, this is your flier. governor? >> david, i am very proud of the record i have. the one thing you cannot fool about is the record of the governor next door. peopl

you run for the senate as a liberal. you run for governor as a moderate. you run for president as a conservative. where are you at the end of the day? that's a legitimate question that people have. >> if mitt romney should win this, would you be able to trust him as the republican candidate? >> oh, sure, i'll support the republican nominee. you'll do everything you can. that's what you do when all is said and done. >> i want you to look at some of the other folks that are -- you share the stage with them since this summer. had a chance kind of to size up their policies and personalities. newt gingrich. is -- does he have what it takes to become president? differentiate yourself from him. >> i'm not a washington insider. he would carry some baggage because of his k street affiliation. again, at a point in time where trust is so critically important, i believe the american people are looking at somebody -- for somebody who can stand up to congress, who isn't from that culture. >> he's pretty tough. >> that's a liability. other than that, newt is a thoughtful

they run the entitlements. complex, the banking system, those are the entitlements we should be dealing with. >> okay. dr. paul, thanks. our remaining moment, back to you, john. >> governor huntsman, andy and i are about to wrap up our debate and as we do, i'd like to ask you as someone who's been here in new hampshire awhile, what does our state not co"live flee or die" mean to you personally and how would it guide you in the white house? >> it is the fulfillment of a citizenry being able to live out the meaning of our founding documents. life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. and everywhere i've gone in this great state we've gone 160-plus public events. i feel it, and i sense it, and people take that very seriously. you know what else they take seriously? they take seriously the idea of real leadership. i've heard a lot of obfuscating up here, the blame game, talking about gays, talking about unions, everybody's got something nasty to say. you know what the people of this country are waiting for and th

you're back running. you've been running consistently for years and years and years, so this idea that suddenly citizenship showed up in your mind, just level with the american people. you've been running for at least since the 1990s. [ applause ] >> governor, please. >> mr. speaker, citizenship has always been on my mind. and i happen to see my dad run for governor when he was 54 years old. he had good advice to me. he said, mitt never get involved in politics if you have to win an election to pay a mortgage. if you find yourself in a position where you conserve you ought to have a responsibility to do so if you think you can make a difference. he said don't get in politics if your kids are still young because it may turn their heads. i never thought i would get involved in politics. when i saw ted kennedy running virtually unopposed in 1994, a man i thought by virtues of the policies of the liberal welfare statement had created a permanent underclass in america i said someone has to run against it. i ha

allen west, he could run for president. so we have all this amazing talent, and is not going to be a cakewalk for chris christie and six years, particularly because i will be just one enemy if he doesn't run this time. >> how tall are you? >> i think about 87 4. [laughter] give or take. [inaudible] >> this should become and we're counting on heritage foundation, we are county, they should do a good year for the republicans and the senate. unfortunately, you know, in 2010 we had a lot of enthusiasm, a lot of anger about obamacare, but it is just the luck of the draw. we did have good senate seats up either the democrats hold a vast, what, 60 or 70% are held, it was about 50/50 republicans and democrats out. the democrats were up for election like barbara boxer, they were in solidly blue states. they were not going to lose we did have many opportunities in the last election to pick up senate seats. but that changes next year. it changes three years from now. those are two fantastic years. i don't know how republicans are goin

he never stopped running. here's the point made by newt gingrich. >> i realize the red light doesn't mean anything to you because you're the front-runner. but -- but can we drop a little bit of the pious baloney? the fact is you ran in '94 and lost. that's why you weren't serving the senate with rick santorum. the fact is you had a very bad re-election rating. you dropped out of office. you've been out of state for something like 200 days preparing to run for president. you didn't have the interlude of citizenship while you thought about what to do. you were running for president while you were governor. you were going all over the country. you were out of state consistently. you promptly re-entered politics. you happened to lose to mccain. as you had lost to kennedy. now you're back running. you've been running consistently for years and years and years. so this idea that suddenly citizenship showed up in your mind, just level with the american people. you've been running since at least the 1990s. >> devastat

they hope to get their running game back next year. keep the guys healthy. >> cris: and they are excited about their running game and jahvid best and you would definitely like to own a little stock in the detroit lions because they have some of the best young talent in the business. >> cris: it's a team on the rise no question. occasionally a team will get to postseason play and you feel this is their time, this is their window. but with detroit, you feel like it's really going to come in the next couple of years. >> cris: well and for the new orleans saints, a year ago, they go up to seattle and lose that game because they had nobody left at the running back position. and really the detroit lions, it reminds me a little bit of that situation. coming in here tonight, the difference was the saints could run the football and set up some of that play action passing game where it was much tougher for detroit to try and do it. >> al: that kneel-down will end the game. 626 yards for the saints. total offense in the game is 1,038 yards. the d

time is running out. in less than 22 hours the doors are open and the caucus goers will be asked for their decision. we have a big news show tonight. donald trump is here. is he ready to endorse just in time for iowa? you will find out. there is no question this is a nail-biter for republicans. dick morris, karl rove are here to tell you why. rnc chairmancnc chairman previs. with 41% right now undecided, have all the pundits just been guessing? could there be an iowa surprise tomorrow the there was in 2008. governor mike huckabee. he is here to go on the record tonight. that is ahead as we count down to the showdown in iowa. but first, rick perry wants the 41% undecided to convinc pi. he is pulling out the stops. took a 14-day bus tour across iowa and he joins us be des moines. good evening, sir. >> how are you. good evening. happy new year. >> greta: happy new year to you, too. would third or fourth place, would you consider that a win for you, sir? >> listen, we are in it to win it. that's like asking t

with romney as his likely opponent, he will run against wall street greed with romney trying to run against washington? and bain is not romney's only problem. he's got a spontaneity problem, don't you think? when things got confrontational, or goes off script, mitt goes off kilter. remember this? >> do you still support the idea of a mandate? do you believe that was the right thing for massachusetts? do you think mandating people to buy insurance is the right tool? >> i don't know how many hundred times i have said this. this is an unusual interview. let's do it again. >> cross your legs. a nervous chuckle there. we're going to look at mitt's problem with spontaneity when he goes off the script and the confrontation he's can't seem to handle. opponents are noticing this. who is behind the assassination of a nuclear scientist in iran? hillary clinton says it wasn't us. but the israelis aren't saying one way or another. let's examine the covert war against iran. and let me finish with this attack on mitt romney from behind. we begin with the newt gingrich attacks on his business background. w

he ought to run a campaign worthy of his grandchildren.e ought to take those ads home and show them to his grandson and say, grandpa did this. what do you think about this kind of trash on television? what do you think about somebody being beaten up like this on television? we should run campaigns worthy of our best, not campaigns that demean us to a worse. >> pretty tough. pretty personal. he's accusing him of trashing the other candidate. it would be embarrassing to his family, his grand kids. he's sort of below the cut of a person that should be president. he said he's swift boating, basically him. he's accusing him of being, in fact, he went after w. to get him. so he nailed w. and his entire republican campaign in '04 to trash romney. >> you know, i am always a little bit hesitant, you know, when we do political analysis to talk about, well, it's personal, so-and-so doesn't like -- i mean, those things exist, but usually there's a greater stra t.j. strategic aim that they're trying to accomplish. there's something else going on. man,

kentucky on the run. marcus key finds terrence jones on the break. nice. six players in double figures for the cats, they win by six. >>> georgetown hosting rutgers. scarlet knights led for much of the game. just over a minute remaining. otto porter knocks down the "j" in the lane, wear tied at 50. a pair of free those gave georgetown the lead. carter's runner, no. hoyas hang on to break rutgers' heart if 52-50. >>> michigan state hosting purd purdue. first half tied at 18. greene throws it up. adrian paine slams it down. spartans the two-point lead. early in the second half now. brandon wood gets it done from the outside. the three-pointer. michigan state up by 14. then later in the half, greene feeds derek nicks right here, very nice. spartans crush purdue 83-58. >>> that's it. off to the dew tour. wo we'll see you a little bit later. >>> somber hearts at killington, vermont, as the action sports community continues to mourn. thursday, canadian freestyle skier sarah burke passed away. she was 29, a pioneer in her sport. she won numerous competitions in t

that allows for indefinite detention these things are dangerous and and i'm running to i'm running to stop them i'm also running because we've got we've got to help the working class we've got to help the middle class extending the bush tax cuts on the rich have that the fact that people consider themselves progressives voted for that even as recently as last year is just to me is just appalling i now carry is to because you know part of the occupy movement a part of the goals and ideals there are to rid the system of the corruption of the influence that money has and that's why we see so many moves to overturn citizens united we've even seen some other candidates out there some republican candidates like buddy roemer put limits on how many on campaign contributions you know how are you going to go about that you have limits or you know where do you plan to get your money from. well i plan to get my money from individuals and i'm not planning to take any corporate money we really just got our just getting our fundraising up and running we fed exed our papers to the f.e.c. and i have v

in the long run, it doesn't make much of a difference. to roger's point, maybe it's a negative. >> lawrence, if i can just say, last night as i was driving home from iowa i heard on the radio that john mccain was going to be endorsing mitt romney. and i thought, that is the best thing that could happen in the long run for rick santorum because it really does define this race as a moderate versus conservative and that's what we as conservatives want to get down to a two-person race because 75, 85% of the republican base voting in the primaries are conservatives who want a true blue candidate. if this will help mitt romney in new hampshire blunt any charge by santorum, in the long run it's going to make it him who is already fighting to establish his conservative credentials. it's really going to be an uphill battle with john mccain's help. that really could end up being a problem around his neck. >> howard dean, tell us what an underfunded insurgent candidacy like rick santorum needs coming out of what is essentially a win for him in iowa.

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you run for the senate as a liberal. you run for governor as a moderate. you run for president as a conservative. where are you at the end of the day? you can't be a perfectly lubricated weather vane. governor romney has been missing in action in terms of showing leadership. >> that is a preview of the back pedaling still to come as another republicans drop out of the race to endorse romney. for now the attacks continue. perry and gingrich are going after romney's refusal to release his tax returns. here's gingrich. >> this is part of the process of the american people, having trust in the candidates, i think governor romney if he plans to stay in the race, ought to plan to release his records because he'll never get through the fall without releasing his records and it's better to do it in the primary season so the country understands what is going on, and not wait and be surprised in september. >> today, rick perry pushed the same idea. if romney doesn't release his tax returns now, the party could be in for a surprise in the general election. >> my taxe

i mean, there are a lot of ads to be run against mitt romney that have yet to be run. someone with a large war chest and many months to run them and to make the case against romney that he is essentially a big government conservative, he is a sellout, flip flopper, bailout supporter, all of those can be really brutal for romney down the stretch and paul is the person who can press that case. >> chris hays the host of "up with chris hays" weekend mornings on msnbc and the host of our late night iowa caucus coverage tonight enjoy your disco nap and thank you very much. >> thanks very much. >> all right. more from iowa. it is still too close to call at this hour. chris matthews and david gregory are in des moines. when we return stay with us for full coverage of the iowa caucuses here on msnbc. >>> we are back with msnbc's ongoing coverage of the iowa caucuses which at this hour are too close to call. mitt romney, rick santorum, and ron paul bunched at the top, 27% in. as you see there all with 23% of the vote. let's go back to des moines, iowa, and chris matthews. >> wel

that was four years ago and i'm not running against him and he's not running against me. it is hard to like somebody when you are running against them. >> jeanine: people don't understand when you run for office, i have run for office, you end up hating your opponent, and, then, a couple of months later it is all fine and you get it but, the public thinks something bads is going on. >> you can't hang onto it. people run for office and never get over it and you have to give it your best shot and, it stings and it hurts and you lay on the fooled with blood all over the place. >> jeanine: and obsessing at night and can't sleep. >> but you say, you know what? i gave it my best shot, let's move on and see where life ticks me next. what you have to do. >> jeanine: now, newt is releasing the dump negative on mitt romney and he's using you. let's look at it. >> if a man is dishonest to obtain a job he'll be dishonest on the job. what kind of man would mislead and distort and deceive to win an election? this man would. mitt romney. >> jeanine: what do you think of that one? >> i r

maryland state trooper is recovering tonight after a hit- and-run accident in baltimore county. it happened around 1:00 p.m. -- 1:00 a.m. this morning during a routine traffic stop. shelvin has details. >> the state trooper had a reflective uniform, it was not enough to protect him. the search continues for the hit and run driver that hurt him during the job. >> jason james was issuing a citation to a driver when another car veered off of the interstate just north of boston room. >> it struck him with the mirror on the side of the vehicle and actually pushed the vehicle into the vehicle that he had stopped. he was sandwiched between those two vehicles. >> the suspect took off with a tan-colored vehicle. he was able to radio for help, was rushed to the hospital, but no broken bones. >> he is recovering at home and we believe he will be back to duty before too long. >> they do not know why the hit- and-run driver went off the road. but there could be several charges, including failure to stay at the scene of an accident. it is a great example for why it is important to abide by th