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Equality. i'm not sure about forcing his hand on a meaningless document like the platform. >> democratic voters may have a different view. recent poll found 66% of obama voters from 2008 think same-sex marriage should be legal. with numbers like that, democratic activists pushing for same-sex marriage think the president may have enthusiasm problem with liberal voters if he doesn't flip his position before november. white house advisors note the president made historic progress allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military. and they are eagerly trying to shift spotlight to republi...

Turnout was down 15%. it's incredible in what people anticipate will be a very competitive year, you know a competitive primary. i think romney does have real enthusiasm problem. you see it in both money and vote total. >> something tells me this argument you're not going to settle it. >> 50% puerto rico. >> after the break, paul ryan rolls out the gop's new budget plan. while both parties prepare to battle over the proposal there are a few major questions that need answering. we'll take a look at those next. ♪ when your chain of supply goes from here to shanghai, that's logistics. ♪ ♪ c...

just into "the situation room," brand-new poll numbers confirming a new lineup in the fight for the gop presidential nomination. the cnn/orc survey has just been released and shows a two-man contest at this point. the poll shows 34% of republicans asked say santorum is their choice. 32% say romney. with a sampling error, that means it's a statistic cal tie. ron paul and newt gingrich are far behind at 16 and 15%. first big picture, ron, what do you make of santorum's rise? >> i think this continues the extraordinary, even unprecedented volatility of this republican race. jessica, if ...

And i'll tell you, the politics is more caliente than the temperature right now. >> but let me ask you this, you saw the numbers. it's about the same. but there has been this concern among hispanic leaders i've talked to in the democratic party who say there is a little bit of an enthusiasm problem. and you and i have talked about this before on the show, with the white house. what is going to fix that enthusiasm problem, the president or, essentially, a negative vote against the republicans? >> i think the republicans are going to help fix that. but at the same time, if you watch the presiden...

It's hard to see how anybody wins the nomination other than romney. >> let me use a football analogy. do you think this is kind of a political hail mary? >> yes, it is and i don't think it's going to work. i have a lot of faith in in frad, the wisdom of crowds. they have an 80% chance that romney will be the nominee. >> when you look at the lot of exit and entrance polling and you hear republican, they're very concerned about electability. one thing they seem to be united on is that they want somebody who can beat barack obama and it seems to them that mitt romney is the most electable. there'...