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Election that will be about 2 or 3% margins in terms of specific voting groups. youll have hispanic groups in certain states. youll have fewer voters, youll have women voters, youll have independent voters. that would be a very high margin. it would depend on where it is spread out, but i think again, this is not an issue right now. there is a reason why democrats are so excited about watching rick santorum. granted, rick santorum did connect better with white voters who president obama has had ...

The women on this topic? i think this is something republicans have lost some control of in the narrative. i dont think its perfect for democrats, either, but i do think republicans would like to be talking about the economy. i dont think social issues is necessarily where they want to be. it is dragging the party much further to the right than a lot of members would like to be with, as you said, women voters in the fall, a key swing bloc, who a lot of independent women, a lot of suburban women,...

Context. in a context where you have this virginia law being debated. in a context of the hhs decision. and, by the way, he wheeled off one of his best moments of the night last night, where he said, just because i talk about them doesnt mean i want a policy by the government to fix it. so theres a lot of pluses for him, even though in certain voting groups, it may be a negative. >> we actually have to cut it there, we have to go to break. but we will be discussing the fight over contraception m...

And abortion 11. this is a banner hes been waving for quite some time. >> hes running as a social conservative. you cant run as a social conservative and not expect to get asked questions about social issues. you cant be a sort of self-proclaimed social conservative and not expect to get asked about contraception or abortion. >> its certainly his wheelhouse, but he also does this better than anyone else. he makes the connection between social issues and economic issues. >> i agree with that. i t...

Win, hes got to line up conservatives and tea party voters. the question in this debate, i thought romney was fine in terms of defending that answer by trying to pin the problems on the uaw. i think the question in this debate was, how did rick santorum do in terms of advancing his aims with those two voting groups? and i thought that mitt romney on social conservatism was just as strong tonight as rick santorum. i thought santorum brought his "b" game on even those issues. i think hes been beat...

More centerist candidate. if you look at voting groups, and lawrence knows about this, you think about the professional class voter. $100,000 plus highly educated voter who broke strongly for president obama would be incl e inclined to vote for mitt romney. gives him a real advantage. >> wes moore? >> i have a quick question for david and one for gene. how much does margin of victory matter for mitt romney in michigan? lets say mitt romney does pull off michigan. if its by a small margin or larg...

That some number of catholics that could be pivotal voting groups that do not like this. theres a group of those people out from and in a close election, people that voted for obama in 2008, who were turned offnot saying they will lose the election. but you are talking a much closer election than you had before. ill say finally that theres actually a, theres a middle ground that exists in hawaii where there was a system that was developed where catholic insurance companies that provided health c...

An i am package fans of several generations came to adore. . >> harris: republican presidential candidates now focusing on florida after a big win last night by newt gingrich in south carolinas primary. former house speaker thanking his supporters and saying theyve proved people and ideas trump cold hard cash when it comes to winning votes and analysts say that he owes his victory in part to the strong conservative base. our john roberts live in charleston, south carolina. how did he pull a win?...

We represent what the rest of the country represents, a large group of diverse people living and working together in a melting pot. >> how do you bring all of these voting groups together, the young vote, the independent vote, the christian conservative vote, the elderly vote? can you see everyone rallying behind one candidate, and if so, which one? >> which ever candidate makes the case for opportunity and a free enterprise system. the free enterprise system pulled more people out of property t...

Successful and by the way we have confidence in the american people in the final analysis they will do the right thing. >> gregg: take a look at this. tally of electoral votes, gingrich winning nearly all the delegates. he stands at 23, narrowing romneys lead of 33. followed by rick santorum and ron paul. john roberts is live in charleston, south carolina. john, what is the breakdown of last nights voting. >> reporter: the breakdown of last nights voting, well get to that, but when you take a lo...