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Pro-gpro pro-gay rights, approved a policy on contraception much tougher than what the president offered today. this guy stands up and says he's severely conservative. doesn't he think he have any tape? doesn't he think people are going to see that he's two-faced, that he continually changes his most -- his views on the most fundamental issues in front of this society? he's got a business plan. he wants to be the republican nominee. he'll give the market whatever they ask for. and in the process, he's demonstrating that he doesn't really have the character to lead this country. >> bob shrum, t...

Richard wolffe. he's the author of "revival, the struggle for survival inside the obama white and erin mcpike fro politics. thanks to both of you for being here tonight. >> thanks, reverend. >> richard, romney has flip-flopped on some basic conservative issues like abortion, immigration, health care, gun control. is there any way he can become a credible candidate for conservatives? >> well, what he's got to start doing is outlining a conservative vision. not just tearing down the conservative credentials of other people by saying they are washington insiders, which is what he did against newt...

She thought allstate car insurance was out of her reach. until she heard about the value plan. dollar for dollar, nobody protects you like allstate. welcome back to "politics nation." mitt romney wants republicans to know something. he's a conservative. really? he just couldn't stop telling people he's a conservative at the cpac conference today. >> i know conservatism because i have lived conservatism. i was a severely conservative republican governor. we conservatives believe in freedom. >> as conservatives, we're united by a set of core convictions. this must be our greatest hour as conse...

>> you take away inevitablity in terms of you can -- you are the one that can win. you take away the economy. what did he do today, and how was he received? it seems like the two legs of his campaign are gone. >> well, he was actually received very well. and the reason for that is the romney campaign has done a very good job of putting their supporters in rooms where they want to have a big crowd reaction. so that's not really a true measure of how the conservatives here really received him. but, you know, what he did today in his speech was go through his life, you know, a little bit about hi...

Strategist and professor at nyu. bob, 28 states already have laws on the book requiring that health insurance covers contraception. how in the world do we get to this point where republicans are trying to use the issue to demonize the president? >> they'll use any issue to demonize the president. your right that the economy if it continues to improve in the way it has is going to leave someone like mitt romney nothing say. his candidacy is a one trick pony. he wants to say, look. i was a ceo. i know how to fix the economy. well if the economy is being fixed, and i think it is, and there are a ...