according to pew research, a third of evangelical christians say they would have difficulty voting for a more mon. romney could have used all of this as a reason to deliver a stem winder of a speech and say we're not iran, we're not al qaeda. this is not a theocracy, enough already with all of this religious talk in a country that has a first amendment that the protects freedom of and freedom from religion. and romney perhaps could have made a pitch on that issue which i think he's going to need to make. but he's wiped off that opportunity and he's not taking it. >> for the record, our team is listening to this event with rick santorum. we'll bring you anything he has to say that's making news. thank you, a. b., michael. greatly appreciate it. coming up later, i'll talk with politico's roger simon about the struggle republicans are having in finding a nominee. simon says the gop is not just weak, he says it's barren. the u.s. embassies in afghanistan remains on lockdown after two days of deadly