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Under, say, the 31% of hispanic voters that mccain got, he's going to lose. >> there you have it. if he gets under 31%, he's going to lose. so how closely is the romney team listening to that message? >> i think they are listening to it but i disagree a little bit. i think obama does have a problem with turnout and enthusiasm with latino vote, because obama ran on passing the dream act, right, comprehensive immigration reform failed under bush. he said okay, here's a half loaf or quarter loaf bill, the dream act, that would at least help the most sympathetic people that we can help with this. ...

Going to hand out a decision. we know the arizona immigration law that's going to come down soon, how do you think that in combination with this position, this announcement on friday, plays out for the president in terms of either drumming up enthusiasm or dampening it? >> i think he has a major enthusiasm problem. let's face it, our politics today are extremely segregated. he needs to win 90% of african-americans, 70% of hispanics to offset the fact he might only win 35% of whites. that's how they're looking at this electorate. they have to go out there and make sure they don't give romney an...

News facebook debate moderated by david gregory tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. eastern, followed by post-debate coverage by chris matthews. and then we'll have a special edition of "weekends with alex witt" from noon to 2 p.m. eastern here on msnbc. from new hampshire, i'm joined by "new york times" political reporter nicholas and real politics reporter, in manchester and sitting together. good morning. >> good morning. >> i'm looking at your article, erin, where there's a bit of an enthusiasm problem up there in new hampshire. what is that? the voters, the candidates? what's going on up there? ...

Republicans attacking president obama. it could be better and we could be in a better place. in a way it's too soon to say how the white house will be running six or seven months from now. >> even on the ground for new hampshire, talk to me about the enthusiasm. i was reading something earlier and they talked about mitt romney has a commanding lead in the granite state that folks are starting to wonder whether there is an enthusiasm problem in new hampshire. >> just going to governor romney's events, i was struck by how small the crowds were. they were not as big as you expect for someone who ...

United states senate. but that's no longer a majority and the president had to go the way he went if you were going to get this job. thank you very much for joining us, richard cordray. >> my pleasure. coming up, only eight more people in iowa like mitt romney more than they like rick santorum. frank rich joins me to talk about romney's enthusiasm problem. but, first, the leader of the pack of people trying to take down newt gingrich's new job. that's next. cranberry juice? wake up! ♪ that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm [ male announcer ] for half the calories -- plus veggie nutrition....