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Equality. im not sure about forcing his hand on a meaningless document like the platform. >> democratic voters may have a different view. recent poll found 66% of obama voters from 2008 think same-sex marriage should be legal. with numbers like that, democratic activists pushing for same-sex marriage think the president may have enthusiasm problem with liberal voters if he doesnt flip his position before november. white house advisors note the president made historic progress allowing gays and l...

Turnout was down 15%. its incredible in what people anticipate will be a very competitive year, you know a competitive primary. i think romney does have real enthusiasm problem. you see it in both money and vote total. >> something tells me this argument youre not going to settle it. >> 50% puerto rico. >> after the break, paul ryan rolls out the gops new budget plan. while both parties prepare to battle over the proposal there are a few major questions that need answering. well take a look at t...

just into "the situation room," brand-new poll numbers confirming a new lineup in the fight for the gop presidential nomination. the cnn/orc survey has just been released and shows a two-man contest at this point. the poll shows 34% of republicans asked say santorum is their choice. 32% say romney. with a sampling error, that means its a statistic cal tie. ron paul and newt gingrich are far behind at 16 and 15%. first big picture, ron, what do you make of santorums rise? >> i think thi...

And ill tell you, the politics is more caliente than the temperature right now. >> but let me ask you this, you saw the numbers. its about the same. but there has been this concern among hispanic leaders ive talked to in the democratic party who say there is a little bit of an enthusiasm problem. and you and i have talked about this before on the show, with the white house. what is going to fix that enthusiasm problem, the president or, essentially, a negative vote against the republicans? >> i ...

Its hard to see how anybody wins the nomination other than romney. >> let me use a football analogy. do you think this is kind of a political hail mary? >> yes, it is and i dont think its going to work. i have a lot of faith in in frad, the wisdom of crowds. they have an 80% chance that romney will be the nominee. >> when you look at the lot of exit and entrance polling and you hear republican, theyre very concerned about electability. one thing they seem to be united on is that they want somebo...

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. ny great pioneers before me, guided only by a dream. im embarking on a journey of epic propor...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ny great pioneers before me, guided only by a dream. im embarking on a journey of epic proportion. i will travel, from sea to...

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 ...