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Nebraska and north dakota, but most of the reigning ones of these races are very, very close, so if you need five or six, what we seem to be looking at here is a replay of 2010 where the numbers are possible, but the republicans to take control are pretty much going to have to run the table and may depend how mitt romney does that night. >> paul: steve, is this a candidate problem in part? scott brown has done, i mean, is a tremendous political talent, very, very good politician for that state, ...

Arent working and how mr. romneys policies will do it better. governor, is there a candidate problem? is there a staff problem? is there neither? how do you assess that? you know, theres now a call for some shake-up in the ranks of the romney campaign. >> well, i cant ever remember being associated with a campaign where there wasnt a call for a shake-up at some time during the campaign. thats the nature of the beast and stephen, no offense, i read "the wall street journal" editorials. but i thin...

Already know that. what they want to hear from the challenger is some understanding of why the presidents policies arent working and how mr. romneys policies will do it better. governor, is there a candidate problem? is there a staff problem? is there neither? how do you assess that? theres now a call for some shake up in the ranks of the romney campaign. >> well, i cant ever remember being associated with a campaign where there wasnt a call for a shake-up at some time during the campaign. thats...

Challenger is some understanding of why the presidents policies arent working and how mr. romneys policies will do it better. governor, is there a candidate problem? a staff problem? is there neither? theres now a call for some shake up in the ranks of the romney campaign. >> well, i cant ever remember being associated with a campaign where there wasnt a shake up during the campaign. thats the nature of the beast and stephen, no offense, i read the editorials. >> music to my hear. >> probably go...

Obamas running ads against him and theres been little positive response on that. you know, governor, i agree with you that this is kind of a slow season for politics. a lot of people arent paying attention to this kind of day-to-day combat, but i do think the major issue as you know is going to be jobs. we had a lousy jobs report today. and what mitt romney has to do in my opinion is really go after obama much more aggressively on his miserable jobs record. >> for those who missed the editorial,...

And bill chrissal if they are quote, dopes. joining me now bob franken. thank you both for joining me. erin, lets start with romneys flip-flop on the tax issue. will this hurt him? >> oh, of course. it already has started to hurt him. theres no question. and with all of these republicans saying this was an unforced error, they need to figure out what to do. thats true. and the one thing i would take issue with is this is not necessarily a staff problem. this is a candidate problem. because the s...

They would say but you have to tie some of these things off as well as you can, give it all the investment weve made, or else the risk of further implosion is too great. and we have some responsibility and ownership going forward. what it looks like we havent figured out but we have some responsibility. >> i want to shift back to the campaign because it is sort of striking. it seems as if the romney campaign has decided they do need to get the candidate out there a little bit more so they are do...

prime minister david cameron. mostly business, anyway. after they caught a game in the ncaa basketball tournament, president obama welcomed the british prime minister and his wife in a ceremony fit for a king. right now theyre meeting in private on world issues tough to talk about. iran, syria, the debt crisis. stop me any time. they will be honored tonight at a state dinner as well. in a little over an hour from now, he and the president will be stepping into the rose garden for a new...

rick santorum has a brand-new surge coming after stunning victories in the deep county. newt gingrich is refusing to add up the numbers. mitt romneys cavern says this race is still a forgone conclusion. lets begin with joe johns, hes in illinois. joe? >> reporter: wolf, this is rosemo rosemont, illinois, outside of chicago, where newt gingrich is expected to appear shortly. there were new calls today from conservatives for gingrich to get out of the race and give rick santorum a clean ...

>> i think the idea of getting -- i think the idea of getting money out of politics, i dont necessarily support. in the sense that i think its good to have a lot of money and speech. >> but you support a level playing field. >> i do. the fact of the matter is -- >> you want people to spend live time talking about an election and that time is going to cost money in whatever way. right some if you want to have a platform in which people have a national network, right? in some way there is resource...