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Sympathetic light and elevated rush limbaugh to the head of the party on the contraception issue, and that tarred mitt romney. >> a lot of the earlier ones that people put in the clown category do not help the party at all, and rick santorum is saying he not going anywhere. take a look. >> if governor romney gets that required number, then without a doubt, if he's at that number, we'll step aside. but right now, you know, he's not there. he's not even close to. like i said, less than half the delegates are accepted and we're going to fight the fight to make sure we can win. this isn't about wi...

crunching the numbers. so, tom, what with are the numbers showing you? >> oh, man. they show us what's behind that map are some real trends they have to pay attention to. number one is the economy. look at this. that was the big issue that everyone was voting on. 51% of the people that we surveyed said that was the big issue for them there. look at what happened there. we break it down by how much money they make. various categories. the biggest group is here. look n all of these groups, rick santorum won every one except for the people who make more than $200,000 a year. and he won ...

We had started years ago when we couldn't get the bills through congress and get things set up. >> when you hear -- switching topics. when you hear the phrase war on women and it's connected to the perception that the republican party or parts of the republican party as this conversation about contraception, about sonograms we've seen, take place particularly in state legislatures, what's your reaction when you hear that? >> well, i just think that's wrong. i think that the contraception issue was made into something that it was not. it was a religious freedom issue that a lot of people felt s...

For this big one. >> oh, yeah. and i think there are democrats going on the offensive as well. house democrats are actually expense a lot of time this week going on the offensive about it. i would also point out that while we're not hearing very much from the administration on health care right now, we are again like i said, hearing from house democrats but also from the democratic national committee. because they're using contraception issue and we will's issues, reproductive rights to push why the health care law is important themselves just put out a web out on monday which was important be...

Money to planned parenthood not for abortions but for normal screenings, this is the state as you well know, which has the highest number of uninsured women in the country, kay balily hutchison was on with chuck todd, and was asked about it. >> the contraception issue was made into something that it was not. it was a religious freedom issue that a lot of people felt strongly about. and certainly no one is saying that we should have a role in telling women they can't have contraception which is what the democrats are suggesting. that's absurd. >> you know, i'm going to speak bluntly. this is a ...