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Retake control in washington. they wtaered in the south and are talking strategy. they are looking ahead to the 2012 presidential race. several prominent republicans are speaking today, including former alaska governor sarah pal palin. she spoke last night. >> you know, the president, with all the vast nuclear experience that he acquired as a community organizer, all that experience, still no accomplishment to date with north korea and iran. >> delegates will wrap up the conference with a straw poll on who should be the party's presidential nominee in 2012. michael steele facing tough questi...

Grail type of litmus test with respect to, you know, the ryan plan or aspects of the plan, but this is also interesting, because you remember the establishment and the town pooh-poohed the plan a year ago. speaker boehner was the first to say this is not my plan or our plan, but his plan. so there's been some education on this issue. the more important point i think you made is, how do you take this plan and engage the conversation with the american people about what you want to do with these entitlement programs? how individuals will be impacted by that? and what difference it will make in th...

Be very hard to have the kind of dramatic change that we need. i think there's some good ideas on the table about improving our tax system. not just worrying about whether we're cutting it or raising it. but i don't see a lot of wholehearted momentum. maybe after 2012. >> michael, nearly seven in ten republicans say finding a nominee who can beat obama more important than choosing a candidate who agrees with them on every major issue. the primaries are going do heat up, unseating obama is going to be the goal in that environment. can a split congress and a democratic president actually tackle ...

There's good ideas on the table about improving our tax system, not just worrying about cutting it or raising it. i don't see a lot of whole hearted momentum. maybe after 2012. >> michael, many say fining a nominee to beat obama is more important than choosing a candidate that agrees with them on every issue. unseating obama will be the goal. in that environment, can a split congress and a democratic president tackle the issues vital to the economy? >> i don't think so. i agree with ken. the hard choices that need to be made by the republican congress and the democratic administration will not...