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Republican and likely republicans to vote is a very simple one, who gives us the best chance if you're republican? i'm a democrat, who gives us the best chance, they would ask, to beat barack obama. they're coalescing around for whatever reason. whether they like romney, whether he's the best candidate, whether he's the least worst of all of them, they're coalescing around mitt romney. i think it's his to lose. >> but that said, we're going into new hampshire. this is basically mitt romney's -- literally mitt romney's backyard. i'm not saying that romney's not the strongest candidate, but we g...

And obviously a candidate like santorum would plug into that. i believe he can win the nomination, but cannot beat barack obama. let me throw something on the table. is there a chance, let's say he does go against barack obama and we know there's a few, four, or five shrink states. whether it's pro choice say, you know what? i'm actually protected in my state. let them say all those things, it's not going to affect my life. but i like the american dream. i like the narrative to mike's point. i like what he's saying some of the things economically. and is there that chance he could beat barack ...

Be tougher to beat, the obama folks did because of that. so maybe -- you can make that argument that in times when the country's really unhappy, they'd rather cling to a stronger oar in the water than one that's more malleable. >> chuck, good morning, harold ford. in iowa, you saw the super pac come after gingrich and there's the accusation is that mitt romney was behind it. similarly in new hampshire, do the romney people view santorum as formidable threat? and if so, do you expect over the next few days if this polling changes for some of that super pac attention to switch to santorum? >> we...

And stared down -- >> it's been against nothing -- >> it has. >> wait, wait, wait -- i've got to ask a question, though. now, i just want to ask really quickly, donny, and i want everybody to answer this question. you said, oh, of course rick santorum can't beat barack obama. tell me, why can't rick santorum beat barack obama? >> because i don't -- >> maybe not in manhattan. >> not in manhattan, i think in a few of the key swing states. i can't see him taking florida. look, let's -- >> why not? >> because at the end of the day and when you go back and some of the things he's talked about, agai...

Conservative. that could turn off independents or moderate republicans or suburban voters. and folks on the economic message. but for santorum to win, because in a general, you would need, i think, the economy to go south again to suddenly stop, you know, whatever this miassent wee on. i remember talking to obama strategists right after rick perry got in, and looked like he could be the nominee and perry versus romney. and they were divided on this idea well, i don't know who we want to face. do we want -- romney looks more electable. but sometimes in a change election environment, bright colo...