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Oh, bloomberg's not around. our big gulp's safe. we're cool. shoot, it's just pop. with low-cal ice cubes in it. i hope that's okay. we're back. sarah palin found her true fans this weekend when he made her way to an adoring crowd at cpac. >> more background checks. dandy idea, mr. president. should have started with yours. >> you get the drift. this kind of talk may rile up the base, but it doesn't appeal to mainstream america. sarah toplitz is a reporter for roll call.

Party at the same event said this? >> more background checks? dandy idea, mr. president. should have started with yours. >> what would you do if the most guaranteed to get headlines member of your party decided to stick with the birther thing and in the same 24-hour period the man in your party who has more name recognition than any other conceivable candidate for national office said this. >> way too many people believe republicans are anti-immigrant, anti-woman, anti-science, anti-gay, anti-worker, and the list goes on and on and on. >> if that from jeb bush and the background birther thing ...

Of his son and other gay people. but this is an issue where the republican party is going to drag its heels. john boehner feels like it's a good idea to come out and say, i wouldn't support gay marriage even if i had a gay son which is so unbelievable. >> let's get a response to that. i think that's interesting. is it becoming partisan? meaning that you expect the republicans will not change their platform between now and then, next time, for president? >> no. i actually am optimistic they will, chris. in fact, the postmortem that came out today from the republican party mentioned four times t...

Some of what he said in his report, it's the governors, republican governors specially in swing states initiating some of the most draconian policies that are saying no to expanding medicare for their poor. they're the ones who are saying, yes to the voter i.d. laws they hope will keep minority voters home. the idea is softening your language on a few social issues and on immigration to lure more hispanics is not a cure for their overall policy and stylistic problems. >> no, i think what you do is do that to make the older white voter feel better about being a republican. >> right. >> we're no...

Give me him. i want priebus on my team. >> the last man standing. >> anyway, the timing of his release was interesting coming soon after the conclusion of the cpac conference. conservative speaker after speaker told activists there's nothing wrong with the conservative message. take a listen. >> we're not here to re-brand a party. we're here to re-build a country. >> for the last three weeks, conservatives have been winning. >> we don't need a new idea. there is an idea. the idea is called america. and it still works. >> i keep thinking about when the democrats have been in a situation like th...