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Really? >> well, i mean i think what were seeing is a remarkable shift in the power dynamics within the republican party. i mean, not long ago the grassroots evangelical base was the engine that powered the republican electoral victories. george w. bush in 2004 was carried to re-election in ohio because evangelical voters swarmed to the poll to outlaw gay marriage in the state. and put that in the constitution. now were seeing that not only was christian not anywhere in that report, god was not ...

>> god comes out of it? remember when god came out on the democratic side. it does seem to be part of a broader shift. the christian base didnt win the election last fall and in four states, same-sex marriage on the ballot and lost in all four states. anti abortion candidates were also defeated. so what do you think is happening here? the evangelicals just losing all power? >> i dont think so. i still think at the core of the republican party are the social conservatives. theyre the ones who vot...

The reason why they lost the election is not because the republican base didnt come out. they lost because the countrys changing. until they figure out that, theyre going to keep opposing this and serving it up on a platter for democrats. >> given the fact that the fighting wing and other wing, maybe the chicken wing as well, the inability to step up to the plate here, the rnc report, rush limbaughs not happy with it. what do republicans do? how do they figure their way out of this corner? >> it...

Go here? how will they be able to survive with these kind of not only unpopular proposals, but proposals that make no fiscal sense. >> i think they can go very far. right to the bottom. this is a party right now thats torn between a crazy wing and a wrong wing and not sure whos going to win, but theyre really fighting it out. i dont understand it because there is no chance this passes. theres no chance this passes and goes anywhere. theres no chance the president would sign this. its a political...

Brown and the republican committee would hurt citizens across the country. how far can the republican party go here? how will they be able to survive with these kind of not only unpopular proposals, but proposals that make no fiscal sense. >> i think they can go very far. right to the bottom. this is a party right now thats torn between a crazy wing and a wrong wing and not sure whos going to win, but theyre really fighting it out. i dont understand it because there is no chance this passes. the...

Doesnt seem to have the willingness to acknowledge that it failed. >> right. >> so does the -- what they are adopting in terms of tactics and strategies, does it work? >> of course not. thats why he has to end up creating this whole war on women strategy. thats why he has to come out and say that hes endorsing gay marriage at this point. he has to start firing up his base because he knows that at this point everything is a very tight poll wise between him and romney. hes not even thinking of ind...

On his record, he would run on his record. but he cant. so, in other words, he doesnt seem to have the willingness to acknowledge that its failed. >> right. >> sean: so does -- what they are adopting in terms of tactics and strategy, does it work? >> of course not. thats why he has to end up creating this whole war on women strategy. thats why he has to come out and say that he is endorsing gay marriage at this point. he has to start firing up his base because he knows that at this point, everyt...

Me -- if the president could run on his record, he would run on his record. but he cant. so, in other words, he doesnt seem to have the willingness to acknowledge that its failed. >> right. >> sean: so does -- what they are adopting in terms of tactics and strategy, does it work? >> of course not. thats why he has to end up creating this whole war on women strategy. thats why he has to come out and say that he is endorsing gay marriage at this point. he has to start firing up his base because he...

On his record, he would run on his record. but he cant. so, in other words, he doesnt seem to have the willingness to acknowledge that its failed. >> right. >> sean: so does -- what they are adopting in terms of tactics and strategy, does it work? >> of course not. thats why he has to end up creating this whole war on women strategy. thats why he has to come out and say that he is endorsing gay marriage at this point. he has to start firing up his base because he knows that at this point, everyt...

Time locking up the nomination. its basically because a bunch of the republican base didnt see mr. romney as conservative enough. the good news for mr. romney about that was that even though the base didnt like him, the base had a hard time settling on an alternative. they had a hard time agreeing on who else they might like better instead of mitt romney. they kept skipping around. herman cain did pretty well in the early polls and newt gingrich won that primary in south carolina. rick santorum ...