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Before dropping out. we'll have a live report in five minutes from now. joining me in the d.c. studio, political reporter for the "washington post," felicia samez and political editor for thegrio. felicia, let's talk about mittmy nova scotia senior strategist who says any more taxes, regulations and government mandates and the like, that's an erosion of freedom. is this message going to resonate with the vote sners. >> it's an argument that house republicans have been making on the hill and it's one that mitt romney is going to continue making this year. it's aimed at independents, those peopl...

Resonate to your average voter. she spoke in connecticut on monday. >> driving two cadillacs? >> yes. and romney himself has had the same problem. when he was delivering a speech to students in ohio on friday. he mentioned one of the things he thinks they should do, talking about the student loan fight, is borrow money from their parents. he made it clear if they can, they should do that. so he was careful, but it could come across to voters and young people, some things that doesn't exactly -- >> unrelatable. >> fit in with their circumstances. i do think that ann romney is an incredible asse...

Night live." how much does he have to consider the risk of comedic failure, if you will, or not playing out right. >> i think if you read the top ten lists of letterman, you're in a tight "snl" skit, there's not much risk involved. you're just reading. >> he did well. >> the challenge might be if he did an interview on jay leno, romney tends to off the cuff say things that make him sound a little out of touch. versus obama is very smooth in those more casual kind of moments, it's not necessarily voters are going to vote based on those things, they want to vote for somebody they like and romney...