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In 2008, john mccain lost african-american voters reali s really badly, and he lost latino voters really, really badly. he lost asian voters really badly, and he lost other rashs really badly. even though he still lost overall, the only way he was able to get the race as close as he did was because he did win a majority of the white vote. he won 55% of the white vote. right now, the romney/ryan campaign is doing about the same with latinos, worse with african-americans. we crunched the numbers a...

Sometimes someone ends up angrily denouncing their own nomination and laying the groundwork for them to come back as the nominee four years later. sometimes these things end up being gods gift to the radio and tv news biz. joining us now, steve schmidt. republican company strategy. senior strategist for the mccain/palin campaign in 08. tell me how wrong i am about huckabee and barry goldwater in 1960? >> that mike huckabee, when you give consideration to him as a political figure in the country,...

And what election theyre running in at the moment. ron paul folks have enough support that they have held shad doi -- shadow conventions. in minneapolis in 08 and yesterday at the university of south florida, ron paul spoke before a crowd of estimated at 7,000 very, very, very, very enthusiastic supporters. he explains he does not fully endorse mitt romney for president, but amid all of that sort of persistent factualism in todays republican politics, the figure who has the best chance at being ...

Sometimes someone ends up angrily denouncing their own nomination and laying the groundwork for them to come back as the nominee four years later. sometimes these things end up being gods gift to the radio and tv news biz. joining us now, steve schmidt. senior strategist for the mccain sla mccain/palin campaign in 08. tell me how wrong i am about huckabee and barry goldwater in 1960? >> huckabee when you give consideration to him as a political figure, timing matters in politics. if he had run t...

Speech could do, is it fair to expect mrs. romney to shoulder such a heavy burden? >> you know, martin, i think thats an interesting question. ann romneys speech was actually prioritized by the romney campaign. they wanted to make sure that she was able to speak during the sort of maximum television coverage because its so important for them that she come out and try to human its her husband. i think some of those expectations were put on lets say michelle obama in 08. but for ann romney, shes r...

John mccain lost african-american voters really, really badly and latino voters really, really badly and asian really badly. even though he still lost overall, the only way he was able to get the race as close as he did was because he did win a majority of the white vote. he did win 55% of the white vote. right now the romney/ryan campaign is doing roughly the same as latinos and roughly worse with african-americans. the numbers were crunched over the last few days and it was determined that if ...

Are speaking to and what kind of election they are running in at that moment. the ron paul folks shadow conventions for two elections in a row now. in minneapolis in 08 and yesterday. ron paul spoke before a crowd estimated of 7 thurks very, very, very enthusiastic supporters. he will explain he does not fully endorse mitt romney for president. all of that persistent factualism in todays unset selled republican politics, the figure who has the best chance at being this years barry goldwater who ...

The message on their behalf at really no cost. >> according to experts republicans have effectively erased the social media edge obama had in 08 due to middle age and senior users. >> large age gap use of web of the internet in general a decade ago. that has turned considerably. >> in a sense leveling the digital playing field to campaigns to compete in the social media arena. in tampa, steve brown, fox news. are you ready for the conventions? let us know what you think about this weeks activi...

The message on their behalf at really no cost. >> according to experts republicans have effectively erased the social media edge obama had in 08 due to middle age and senior users. >> large age gap use of web of the internet in general a decade ago. that has turned considerably. >> in a sense leveling the digital playing field to campaigns to compete in the social media arena. in tampa, steve brown, fox news. are you ready for the conventions? let us know what you think about this weeks activi...

How the republicans respond to this moment. one of the big news items is joe biden wouldnt come. good and bad news from the republican point of view. they were delighted but when you think back to what happened in 04 at the convention i should say 08 in minneapolis republicans said we are going down and helping out and show we care. >> republican governors jindal, scott in florida bryant in mississippi, alabama saying they are not coming. and jindal and scott had speaking roles they will not do....