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Be able to ban quish his opponents. unless theyre able to consolidate behind one champion, hell probably become the john mccain of 2008 and thread the needle and become the establishment candidate able to prevail over the majority of the party thats more conservative but fragmented among many candidates. >> john, quickly before we go, theyre talking about it even when theyre not talking about it. theres a newt gingrich who talks about religion at length up there on the debate stage saying the on...

Of south carolina and florida republican voters goes to another problem that appears to be, it doesnt exactly say how it plays in the campaign, but the question, the mormon question that we all dont even quite know how to talk about, for example, in south carolina, the nbc poll found that of republican primary voters, 53% say no, a mormon is not a christian. in florida, 42% of republican primary voters say a mormon is not a christian. and then theres another question. a recent poll, it asked to ...

Stable 20%, 25% of the republican establishment there. he just needs to be able to get incrementally 5% or 10% more to be able to ban quish his opponents. unless theyre able to consolidate behind one champion, hell probably become the john mccain of 2008 and thread the needle and become the establishment candidate able to prevail over the majority of the party thats more conservative but fragmented among many candidates. >> john, quickly before we go, theyre talking about it even when theyre not...

Most potent thing that can stop him? >> i think it is. and the surprise has been that so far hes been able to handle that issue. we all thought it would wrap around his axel much earlier. he showed great candidate skills and learned a lot from the last election. but last night i think was reaffirmed for everybody, reminded everybody this issue was kryptonite for him and they pushed out the kryptonite and could see him start to wilt and start to fade and see the others gaining strength as he was ...

This is about electability and winning as opposed to just, you know, dying on the spear of a particular principle so i think youll see more and more folks around. its going to take time. >> michael, just following up on something jonathan asked which is this sort of mormon question. i mean, if we assume or if its inevitable at this point that mitt romney will receive the nomination, at what point does he have that kennedy moment, where kennedy explains, you know, talked about catholicism and he ...

Punchlines from last nights gop debate where by the end of the night mitt romney emerged relatively unscathed. cain shared in the spotlight and perry appeared to wilt under pressure by most folks analysis. you make your own judgments when you look at the videos. does any of it matter anymore? is it time for everyone to just admit that romney is a guy and its an auction anyway and really the question is which gop candidate can win the auction? lets bring in todays specialist who knows all about g...

Politic on the gop side, if they are all gop, you know, in the first place, but the small segment that has raised this issue up through jeffress, i dont think romney has to go before the -- the republican party or the american people again on this subject. i think particularly given the comments that have been made over the past week. folks stand squarely with him on this, and i dont think he needs to explain anymore. >> ill ask you the last question, michael, one that presumes your ability to k...

Its members were heavily persecuted, moving first from new york to ohio, then on to missouri, eventually settling in illinois. but there, in 1844, mr. smith, who coincidentally was running for president at the time, was attacked and killed in jail. that incident alone clearly demonstrates why this latest outburst of religious intolerance should not be tolerated by anyone, even if it is to their own political advantage. one of the more interesting contrasts between the united states and the unite...

Associated the mormonism with a cult. i assume you think this issue is going to arise tonight? >> i certainly think that the moderators will see to this. the question will be, will perry be prepared? we have seen in past debates where there is a question he should be prepared and he bifs. it will be fascinating to see if he is ready to repudiate or fudge it and have an explanation for this. he should definitely prepare himself. >> mitt romney asked rick perry to disassociate himself to the comme...

Look, you talked to some communications professionals and they argue why not wait until the day after the debate at this point? it guarantees that you have the next story no matter what happens. a little color to pick up the following. mitt romney and ann romney flew down on saturday and personally visited with the christies. they asked for the endorsement and secured it and raced to put this together. >> just another question. about 80% of the iowa electorate as you know are evangelical or tea ...