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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....

This poll is a good thing for the rnc and the romney camp. martha: interesting numbers. within that -- some of the internals in the poll, 10% of the voters who reacted to those said they were unup decided. half of those undecided voters said last time around they voted for president obama. if you were a counselor to mitt romney you have to be encouraged and say thats an opening for us. those 08 obama voters in ohio. >> reporter: thats some of the things you will see here at this convention. some...

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....

Than it is about him. i think thats a problem as well. >> the number two shouldnt be outshining the number one as weve seen in the past in 08. as we talked about here with mitt romney, three things that weve been hearing he needs to talk about, money, mormonism and massachusetts he did sit down with fox news to talk about the overcare to the health system in that state and spoke to it specifically. lets take a listen. >> with regards to womens health care, look, im the guy that was able to get h...

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 federal government and what it can do and how it does it. as opposed to president obama who says, look -- we can fine-tune this car and keep it going down the road that will carry all americans to their destination which as always been an essential part of american politics, the american dream. thats kind after tortured metaphor but i think thats kind of exactly where it is. i want to make one other observation. a lot of this campaign will be have the haves and have nots. half the people sit...

Pennsylvania, where do you see the other weaknesses for the president -- where are you going to make up that ground? >> well, we have this 3-2-1 strategy, which is indiana, virginia, north carolina, the 2 is florida and ohio, then we need one of about eight states that bush won in 04 that barack obama won in 08. the eight states are -- excuse me, there are six states plus michigan and wisconsin. i think were getting close to the police where wisconsins going to be very good for us. if we can tak...

To make headlines in that medium. this is different than what we saw in 08. >> oh, yeah. >> who do we watch? >> a lot of folks to watch here. good morning to you. first off for you in 2004, social media was a nonissue in that year, but had it been around for that democratic convention that year this probably would have been trending. listen to this. >> the hope of a skinny kid with a funny name who believes that america has a place for him too. >> so, who might give a speech like this at the rnc...

I talked at the outset about how romney reshapes this race. what theyre going to look at is the nuts and bolts of what states they can flip to obama. >> look. here are our nine battle ground states and only two of the nine in our top states are states that both john kerry and barack obama won and thats new hampshire and wisconsin. all of the other ones were bush in 04, obama in 08. and when you look at the toss-up states youd say the disappointment is pennsylvania, michigan, minnesota. they didn...

You are, what makes you tick, and this is our opportunity this week to launch that campaign. >> willie -- >> if he can do it. your guys like the orkin man in the commercial. hes this good looking guy, says call me up, im more than willing to fix your problems. i think your guys the orkin man. the question is, is he going to come over when you call. >> oh, my god. what does the orkin man do? >> hes an exterminator. >> i think that was tom delay. willie, something fascinating thats been going on t...