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Argue either way, but in trucht they are more worried about running against mitt romney than newt gingrich. they've been asking like rick perry's super p.a.c., or michele bachmann's super p.a.c. >> but lately, is there any rethinking about that strategy? because nobody knew that gingrich was going to be in the position he's in. >> it's worked exactly the way they wanted it to work. they've taken romney down. >> they might be sorry they did that. >> the democratic pro obama super p.a.c. running anti-newt gingrich ads in iowa. that will be the test and you won't see it happen. >> let's talk abou...

That's not how they run. that's not how they roll. >> setting the woods on fire was the hank williams song. if you want a parallel, chuck, i think you're right. if it's obama and romney, go back and look at the minnesota race that allowed jesse ventura to be elected. you had two establishment figures. he is leading the country. >> tragic. >> for that we say, good-bye. >> von boyeauge. >> we're very excited. we're going to read something new on the new yorker side. >> we're starting a column called "daily comment." every week for many years "comment" ran in the magazine, the one opinion piece i...

Bit. >> right. i mean, i think even republicans are acknowledging since the special election in new york they have to do a better sales job if they are going to run on this medicare plan. what's interesting about it, unlike in the past where the republicans have had the advantage of bumper sticker slogan on their side. remember in the health care debate it was government takeover. now they are faced with sort of the much more nuanced explanation. it's much harder to pitch to the voters. whereas the democrats have the easy, you know, they are going to abolish medicare attack to use. as we saw i...

Here it's about people organizing. >> eric, give us the other side of the coin. where is the energy on the conservative side? >> the group is smaller at right john line but we have cpac in martha draws the big crowd. they're very excited, always there's hesitation there. a lot of the conservative activis activists online are concerned that the republicans who led the gop out of power in 2006 will lead them back in, and they're not sure that they see signs they learned their less sons. for example, eric can'tor wasn't sure if he wants to repeal the immigration legislation, which a lot of guys t...

Can win. >> i'll say again, florida is unique politically as you know, and as you've been saying, but it is like the rest of the country in one sense, the largest bloc of voters are independent voters. the ties to political parties are weakening across the country. they're weakening in florida. charlie crist has moved into the column where most of the voters live. which is the place that is not tied to the republican party, not tied to the democratic party, and with a 56% approval rating, as the governor of florida right now, that is not a horrible place to be running from, i don't think. >> i...