Morning Joe 2/1/2012 -- Romney wins and Gingrich sulks

On Morning Joe today Donnie Deutsche actually made sense, which is amazing. Deutsche urged the whining hosts to stop using the term negative ads and to stop predicting the ads will hurt Romney -- Obama has used and will use more "negative" ads than anyone in history. The ads merely show the ideas and positions of opponents. Mark Halperin was on the show to listen to Scarborough interpret his analysis. They all seemed a little downcast after yesterday's ranting against Romney, then Romney's decisive win. Boom! Perhaps if Morning Joe had wanted Romney to lose, they should have ranted against Gingrich.

Scarborough insisted on misrepresenting what Romney has said about Medicare and SS, even when he knew Romney was coming on Morning Joe later. When Romney came on, he, Romney, said what's he's always said about Medicare and SS -- protect those on it and close to being on it, then reform both for younger Americans to make trhe programs solvent -- Romney is even looking at private solutions. This is far from what Scarborough accused Romney of -- ignoring the problem and pandering to seniors. Scarborough didn't have the decency to apologize and correct the record. I'm not supporting Romney, but when there is so much dishonest smearing going on, I feel compelled to try to be fair. This is how many voters will react to unfairness, and some will be pushed to support Romney just because of the unfair attacks.

The Morning Joe crowd is still pushing the idea that Gingrich is a survivor and will come back. Gingrich is over. There are two forces in the race -- Romney with his management skills and knowledge of business and Paul's ideas regarding liberty and non-interventionism.