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The olympics. thats become a bit awkward now that hes on the campaign trail bashing santorum as an earmark guy. >> how much is that hurting him, him standing up saying those things that the earmarks are hurting romney and hes making a big deal that hes not from inside washington, the culture of earmarks? >> i dont know how much its hurting him at this point, but its given santorum an opening. part of this is because romney in the last few weeks has been increasingly aggressive going after santor...

That if we disagree, we have to question character and faith. >> the culture clash has not stopped there with santorum hitting at the presidents mandate to cover prenatal screening suggesting it creates incentive for abortions. >> they are done to find out later in pregnancy whether the child in the womb has a disability. they are discovered in the womb, doctors encourage and in some cases insist that they abort these children. folks, this is a brave new world that we do not want to go down. >> ...

At the moment. are democrats underestimating what the force of santorum might be? >> theres the potential appeal because santorums identity is middle class. he has a middle class background. he can resonate in a way that romney cant. the problem is theres so much baggage there from the culture assistance a stance. you would say hes benefitting from some in the republican primary polls. he hasnt been attacked until this point. its allowed him toll get these inflated republicans. well see what hap...

Candidate to bring down romney, not two or three or four. now it does seem like santorum could be the more authentic anti-romney. hes a much bitter fit. santorum has an opening here to be that person. the question is, does he have the money? does he have the organization? can he stay on message to become that person? >> i think newt will continue to fade. the question is can santorum rise? >> resources divide and so to you, christina, does this help or hurt the republican party as they move towa...

Part of the comments are about theology that he made over the weekend. how do you take those comments? does he know what hes saying? >> he does. this is interesting because theres a potential hes going too white hot here because hes sort of well established as the true social conservative in the race. theres that vulnerability for romney. he had romney in a difficulty position for romney because the case can be made that santorum is too far on the right but thats a difficult message for romney t...

Theology. >> that remark led some to believe that he feels questioning obamas christianity. he said he was talking about the presidents allegiance to environmentist values. >> the president has reached a new low in this countrys history of oppressing religious freedom that we have never seen before. if he doesnt want to call his imposition of his values a theology, thats fine. >> do you believe hes less of a christian? >> im not suggesting that. obviously, as we all know in the christian church ...

Are democrats salivating over this gift of santorum? >> i wouldnt say salivating, necessarily, but theres an irony of donald trump, the guy who reinvigorating the controversy critiquing him for i think this is part of why over the weekend you saw even among republican circles suggesting that if it appears that santorum could be the nominee, they would have to step in to prep vent that from happening. its not just that his views are so out of step with regard to democrats, but a lot of republican...

Dana, santorum is leading, ten points in those national polls. is he electable. >> if karen and the other democrats are not salivating, its only because they are not confidence that santorum will prevail. of course, he would be an enormous gift to the democratic party. its hard to imagine that republicans wont come to their senses. the birth control issue. now we have him saying that public education is an anacroism. hes so far outside of the re realmany of where a plausible candidate could be t...