touch with mainstream america, that he's part of the 1% essentially. but regardless of whatever strategy they choose, he is their target. they are going after him now. >> they're betting on that he is going to be the nominee. but they're also believing if they can bring him down some, it does protract the race. the weaker he looks, from their point of view, the harder it is to get the nomination if it doesn't stand up. gloria, please. >> here's the one problem, if this race really continues. and that is, what republicans want to be talking about. and where they can really, really hurt barack obama, is if they start talking about the economy, the unemployment rate, the economic record, the promises barack obama made during the last campaign, and on and on. if rick santorum does well, if rick perry has some kind of a comeback, we're going to be talking about a social issue agenda. we're going to be talking about who's the most conservative of them all. don't forget, romney only won in our entrance polls last night 14% of people who self-identified as very