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Look at that and say, who's done better in the swing states? it's romney. the electability factor is an overriding factor and i think even at a birther, they're not going to get there. >> and electability and that's why they're going with romney, not thrilled with him. not elated, not overjoyed. basically he resigned, but at least he's got a chance to beat obama. >> yeah, well, let's discover once and more all what republican voters think and want. if the election in november is the final we need to get into the semis. we need the one team here and one team here. i think the answer as james is...

gas pump and casts a big shadow over obama's hopes for re-election. just a day after dismissing what he called loose talk of war with iran, he sat down with benjamin netanyahu. at the top of their agenda, talk that israel may soon attack iran's nuclear sites. jessica yellin working sources all day. take us inside three hours of talks and a working lunch later, what do we know? >> reporter: we're told the prime minister and the president within their three hours had 30 minutes when they were one-on-one. none of us will know really what they talked about when they were alone together. ...

A blue state twice. >> and then got -- >> lost by a point. >> yes. it was a very bad year for republicans. kelly, i want to get background on rick santorum, especially in terms of how people on the hill view him. you've been covering the hill for years. what do republicans on capitol hill think of rick santorum as their potential nominee? >> well, one of the things we saw is that mitt romney really racked up endorsements from people who had been on the hill for a long time. and he was way out front. there was a perception that santorum would not in any way do this well. so he lags in the endor...

i'm candidate crowley, and you're in "the situation room." just coming in, a new snapshot capturing the big picture, a cnn lorcp poll shows support for president obama up slightly from last month 67 this new poll shows a five-point lead over romney, though still within a sampling error. the same poll shows a seven-point lead for the president over rick santorum. that is up only slightly from january. we want to bring in cnn's chief analyst gloria borger. so i look at this and think maybe a problem for mitt romney? >> absolutely a problem for mitt romney. as you pointed out, in janu...

Obama, santorum 44-44. after this hat trick by rick santorum the other night has rick santorum can he take this from romney? >> i believe he can. the reason is first of all i've been saying the candidate who presents the strongest con trat tras to obama conservatives will get behind. conservatives have been waiting to see, there an electability factor and lot are jumping on the bandwagon. >> and i have a deep opinion. >> clearly the narrative republican voters are not real enthusiastic or warm right now if about governor romney. they are looking for the other conservative. >> shep: you think h...