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During the election of 2012 but it's also something that we have seen tested through the supreme court. is that something voters want to hear about or is there something else at work behind that discussion from him? >> i don't think it has a very broad base appeal, but you have to understand the dynamics of the modern republican party. what is troubling is that a lot of these republican candidates, they don't have an incentive to offer serious policy solutions. ted cruz being in the senate almost a year now without any serious accomplishments but if they can get ahead by pandering to svery sma...

During the primaries than he is now against the president? >> he ran a very tough primary. every single person that ran against him had frontrunner status and romney campaign took each one down almost surgically. they ran a very tough campaign. they were methodical. they knew exactly what they wanted to do and accomplish that. it was a street fight all the way until he won the nomination. jon: robert, you said the president has a couple of good weeks and sort of has his mojo back. does that suggest you think it would be tough for mitt romney to go after him? >> well i think the difference, chi...

And now look at the consequences of that when we see obama matched up with romney among independents 49% going to obama have less than a third 27% to mitt romney. primaries are going to bring out the sort of base appeal of the candidate. but this shows if mitt romney becomes the nominee and most people expect he still will, this shows how much work he's going to have to do. >> obama up ten points on mitt romney and the independent number up 22 points among independents. did they tell you more about president obama? or about the field of republican candidates? >> well, they're both. and we're s...

Her endorsement does matter especially to tea party members. former u.s. senate candidate christine o'donnell joins thus morning. she is in philadelphia. welcome to "starting point." nice to have you and thanks for being with us. you just heard, christin hunts smoound bite and enlisted him the establishment will weigh in and weigh in on behalf of mitt romney and big giant shrub is the way he sees it. how do you see it? >> well, you look at the fact that governor romney has earned not only my endorsement but governor nikki haley's endorsement. figures who have had to fight the establishment. an...

good morning. welcome. i'm soledad o'brien. welcome to "starting point." we are coming to you from manchester, new hampshire. we are coming to you live from the airport diner. five day ways from primary day here. our starting point this morning is something that you are bogey to hear on the combine trail today which is the future of the american military. just about four hours president obama will reveal his plan for a slimmed-down force that will no longer be fighting two full-blown ground wars. digging into the details and talking a lot about it this morning. also, mitt romney, doe...