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I think what is interesting about the president and the campaign strategy, some lair to little bit to 2004 and president bush s strategy and karl rove s strategy going after the base, make it a base election. i think there is some value to it. but there s not a lot of room for error when you run kind of a micro targeted base type of strategy and, it doesn t negate the also the important point that you also have to talk about the economy and kind of tie the bigger picture. you can t do one without the other. they re both very interrelated. jon: i thought, chris, the democratic base was blue-collar working folks in places like ohio and michigan? to some ex-extent they are but they are not just blue-collar working class folks in ohio. there are also hispanics, young voters, african-americans. this i think is what makes both an interesting strategy and a challenging strategy for democrats because we do have a really kind of diverse demographic pool if you will whereas, i think for the re ....
well, i think that is the place where mitt romney has a lot better of a strategy. i think rick santorum is still kind of the guy in the truck with one campaigner going around iowa. i m not sure that he s campaign has really gotten about that. he s more of a grassroots, conservative base type of guy. if it comes down to these super delegates and the establishment, mitt romney is going to be in a much better position than santorum or anyone else. heather: what do you think, ron? last summer mitt romney s campaign is telling people that they were prepared for a long grind. they knew this could be a possibility. they have been preparing for the trench warfare. they ve been doing the math and trying to sell the math to the media and to the public that they re going to take the nomination. i think they re ready for it and they re talking to super delegates, as we speak probably. they re working overtime on it. i think tim is also right that rick santorum does not have the type of organ ....