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A new poll shows support for strict gun control laws has dropped back to where it was before the deadly shootings in newtown, connecticut. 52% of americans now say they do want tougher laws. that's down, though, from a high of 61% in february. it had ticked up in january, right after the shootings to 56%. groups formed in the year since the sandy hook tragedy aren't backing down, though. here's the founder of the junior newtown action alliance on this program yesterday. >> my generation, the millennial generation, is the most disproportionately affected by gun violence, especially in urban com...

A lot of people in the republican party fear he's a massachusetts rockefeller style. people aren't buying it. they don't believe it. i think the knee-jerk move to jump on this -- you saw it today, with all the coverage of mitt romney the man backing down, this morning, mitt romney the political machine did not. they sent out a report this morning with liz cheney in the headlines and 20 other republicans that were strongly and somewhat flamboyantly defending the position romney took against the president. so at least the machine was not connected to the candidate even though today in virginia, ...

A lot of people in the republican party fear he's a massachusetts rockefeller style. people aren't buying it. they don't believe it. i think the knee-jerk move to jump on this -- you saw it today, with all the coverage of mitt romney the man backing down, this morning, mitt romney the political machine did not. they sent out a report this morning with liz cheney in the headlines and 20 other republicans that were strongly and somewhat flamboyantly defending the position romney took against the president. so at least the machine was not connected to the candidate even though today in virginia, ...

If america and president obama would carry a very, very big stick that looks extremely credible, that might stop them. but apparently, right now, they don't believe that the stick that president obama is carrying is in fact very big. and they are playing delay and maneuver tactics pretty effectively. >> for now, it seems to be a very complicated issue and tehran does not seem to be backing down, as the prime minister of turkey will go to tehran for meetings there. we will see what if anything comes out of that. former chief of staff to benjamin netanyahu, always good to see you, thank you. >> ...

Gingrich backing down, neither will get a chance to go one on one against mitt romney. jon braybrender is a strategist for the romney campaign. dee dee, you are watching this. jon, you are in this fight. this obnoxiousness of saying you're a moderate, what twinkie on his campaign thinks he gets away with calling your guy a moderate? not a single person watching this show, not a single person on right, left or center, nobody thinks that rick santorum is a moderate. why are they calling you that dirty name as far as you guys are concerned? >> well, and ron paul a couple of weeks ago called him a...