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Income levels, you have a housing market thats very mixed, the bottom fell out during the crash, but obviously there are very nice homes in healthy markets in certain parts of florida. i think its been hard for mitt romney to hone his message to different parts of the city. and plus they just had the republican national convention in tampa which is also where the democrats bought a lot of time for this new ad. i think thats notable. the republican message of the big convention probably permeated...

The "washington post" poll was taken before the protests and it shows that voters trust president obama over mitt romney when it comes dealing with terrorism. and when it comes to international issues, 51% to 38%. what do you expect happens to those numbers after this week? >> i dont think theyll change much. if anything, theyll increase for the president. four years ago he seemed weak on foreign policy especially compared to senator mccain. so i think just being in the office of the presidency ...

Fundamentals of youre economy are strong, but these are very, very difficult times. >> many have cited that remark from senator john mccain about the countrys situation as a key turning point in his campaign, especially since it came on the heels of the collapse of lehman brothers. could mitt romneys statements on egypt and the unrest in the middle east make a similar impact this time around? well take a look at that in our next hour. coming up, paul ryan was there today. president obamas head...

Gingrich what george w. bush had done to john mccain in south carolina. ironically, enough. in 2000 where you had mccain really, he had-- forced a bond with voters in new hampshire, and had a stunning victory and then was just stopped for the full frontal south carolina, romney did the same thing here, and made their no way, bret, youre going to survive that kind of onslaught on advertising, but as bret if he ever had to. he responded the wrong way. exactly the way he did in ewe aye was to show ...

We dont do that. >> reporter: catholic voters played a pivotal role in 2009. and catholics made up 27% of the electorate. roughly 35 million voters and the president won 54% of the catholic vote. beating john mccain by points and thats on the line. >> i dont know why theyre trying to use an election year, to me its political suicide. >> the bishops point out that contraceptive coverage would include the morning after pill and more controversy over abortion and florida republican marco rubio, a f...

Versus the gingrich campaign and the super pack, backing gingrich and backing romney and there you see about 5.5 million and were talking a big disparity between the two xanls. >> yeah, if you compare it to, i think that john mccain paid 11 million on the entire campaign. theyre doing to gingrich essentially what they did in iowa and pulling out all stops and going after him. even the romney is doing it, not just the super pac, were willing to take the blowback from this and we want to take him ...

Them, this president has coddled and appeased. >> for insight, i want to bring in jim frederick, international editor for "time" magazine. the cover story is about the anti-american protests. the agents of outrage. also, shira tchtupplet, also joining us. long time aide for senator john mccain, wrote something in real clear politics. saying in part, quote, the rush by republicans including mitt romney, sarah palin and scores of other conservatives to condemn president obama for policies they cla...