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There has been much talk of an enthusiasm gap that president obama may suffer in his re-election campaign since he is now an incumbent. the theory is he cannot possibly capture the enthusiasm of first-time voters who energized his presidential campaign the way he did last time. but if you think president obama has an enthusiasm problem, then mitt romney has created an enthusiasm disaster. finding romney voters isnt hard among republicans but finding romney enthusiasts is something else. joining ...

And the president had to go the way he went if you were going to get this job. thank you very much for joining us, richard cordray. >> my pleasure. coming up, only eight more people in iowa like mitt romney more than they like rick santorum. frank rich joins me to talk about romneys enthusiasm problem. but, first, the leader of the pack of people trying to take down newt gingrichs new job. thats next. cranberry juice? wake up! ♪ thats good morning, veggie style. hmmm [ male announcer ] for h...

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The other thing im going to be watching is just simply the total turnouts for both sides because all the action has been on the democratic side in here. youve had a lot of the gubernatorial race is nasty between the sitting governor and the comptroller and money has been spent more on the democratic side. will the enthusiasm weve seen in these other races, will it pop up here that you can really see democrats have an es enthusiasm problem and republicans dont? lets see how that plays out just in...

Under, say, the 31% of hispanic voters that mccain got, hes going to lose. >> there you have it. if he gets under 31%, hes going to lose. so how closely is the romney team listening to that message? >> i think they are listening to it but i disagree a little bit. i think obama does have a problem with turnout and enthusiasm with latino vote, because obama ran on passing the dream act, right, comprehensive immigration reform failed under bush. he said okay, heres a half loaf or quarter loaf bill,...

Going to hand out a decision. we know the arizona immigration law thats going to come down soon, how do you think that in combination with this position, this announcement on friday, plays out for the president in terms of either drumming up enthusiasm or dampening it? >> i think he has a major enthusiasm problem. lets face it, our politics today are extremely segregated. he needs to win 90% of african-americans, 70% of hispanics to offset the fact he might only win 35% of whites. thats how they...

News facebook debate moderated by david gregory tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. eastern, followed by post-debate coverage by chris matthews. and then well have a special edition of "weekends with alex witt" from noon to 2 p.m. eastern here on msnbc. from new hampshire, im joined by "new york times" political reporter nicholas and real politics reporter, in manchester and sitting together. good morning. >> good morning. >> im looking at your article, erin, where theres a bit of an enthusiasm problem...

Republicans attacking president obama. it could be better and we could be in a better place. in a way its too soon to say how the white house will be running six or seven months from now. >> even on the ground for new hampshire, talk to me about the enthusiasm. i was reading something earlier and they talked about mitt romney has a commanding lead in the granite state that folks are starting to wonder whether there is an enthusiasm problem in new hampshire. >> just going to governor romneys even...

United states senate. but thats no longer a majority and the president had to go the way he went if you were going to get this job. thank you very much for joining us, richard cordray. >> my pleasure. coming up, only eight more people in iowa like mitt romney more than they like rick santorum. frank rich joins me to talk about romneys enthusiasm problem. but, first, the leader of the pack of people trying to take down newt gingrichs new job. thats next. cranberry juice? wake up! ♪ thats good...