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Our demographics are changing. and we have to change not necessarily our core beliefs but the tone of our message and the intensity of it. this is going to be a close election, but long-term, conservative principles, if theyre to be successful and implemented, there has to be a concerted effort to reach out to a much broader audience than we do today. >> back to "hardball." that was jeb bush, of course, speaking the hard truth, you might say, on "meet the press" this past weekend. the republican...

Our demographics are changing, and we have to change, not necessarily our core beliefs, but how we -- the tone of our message and the message and intensity of it, for sure. this is going to be a close election, but long-term, conservative principles, if theyre to be successful and implemented, there has to be a concerted effort to reach out to a much broader audience than we do today. >> back to "hardball." that was jeb bush, of course, speaking the hard truth, you might say, on "meet the press"...

Our demographics are changing, and we have to change, not necessarily our core beliefs, but how we -- the tone of our message and the message and intensity of it, for sure. this is going to be a close election, but long-term, conservative principles, if theyre to be successful and implemented, there has to be a concerted effort to reach out to a much broader audience than we do today. >> back to "hardball." that was jeb bush, of course, speaking the hard truth, you might say, on "meet the press"...

Has some image problems coming into this race, the upside is that its a tight race because of the economy. but his business record, his standing among hispanics and women, the sense that people dont know him very well, this is a product of how hard the obama team has been hitting him. i think they learned frankly from the bush team in 2004 and what they did to senator kerry. >> right. >> and will sustain that because they think they can get some traction with it and keep him on the defensive. ro...

A 16 .bounce. its an image problem. battered on the other side by his own mistakes. and we all remember this line that concluded his acceptance speech. >> i end tonight where it all began for me. i still believe in a place called home. >> there was this introduction in his heart. talk about that and talk about how he compares to romney. >> well, that 92 democratic convention may be the best reinvention, if you will, that weve ever seen. thats when we day baaed the famous photo. that was from a p...

In terms of how candidates have fared over time. look what jumped out at you. it is clinton in 92 a 16-point bounce. he, too, comes into a convention in 92 with an image problem, battered by the other side and by his own mistakes. and we all remember this line that included his acceptance speech. >> i end tonight where it all began for me. i still believe in a place called hope. >> it was this introduction of his heart, and his persona into this race. talk about that and talk about how its compa...

Take us back to the failed policies of the past that nearly crashed our economy, and that would focus our economic policies on millionaires and billionaires, and people who are already doing really well, make sure they can do even better. thats not the direction we need to go. but we need to continue to make progress. >> chuck todd, weve been looking at some of the history of conventions and convention bounces in the polls. we put it up on the screen, its an interesting graph to look at in terms...

Legislate a womans body and a womans decisions? isnt it partly not just the policy but also a sort of image problem that the republican party has? >> sure. nobody wants to be told by a guy how much she should pay for birth control, whether she should have it. those are the kind of conversations you dont want to hear from your dad about. one of the figures lost in this discussion, we talk about this in the office, condi rice a model for a lot of republican women. she is unabashadly conservative, ...

At stake. >> congresswoman, it seems that he either evolved or flip-flopped. >> well, i think the message, though, to women ought to be very, very clear. you certainly cant rely on mitt romney or paul ryan when it comes to womens health care. i think that that party and now in their platform and how about it when they say that mitt romney doesnt really support the platform position, which is no abortion without -- no abortions with any exceptions, none. rape, incest, life of the mother. so i thi...

>> now, the obama team claims the vice presidents remarks were taken out of context and it was a reference to romneys promise to "unshackle the economy." but mitt romney pounced quickly on bidens words claiming its further evidence that the presidents team will say or do anything to win re-election. >> his campaign and surrogates have made wild and reckless allegations that disgrace the office of the presidency. this is what an angry and desperate presidency looks like. mr. president, take your ...