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>> i think joe biden loves south carolina. he's sitting in the white house today -- >> go with the voters that brought you. >> that's right. but talking to a lot of democrats involved, what we see this as is the february group of states that is bringing geographic diversity, demographic diversity. that's more aligned with where the electorate is today, as you watch this closely, thinks just the beginning of the process. they have to present -- they have to approve the moving of the dates, so the georgia secretary of state has already said he won't do that. will new hampshire really be first? i...

When republicans put the socialist label on them. a lot of the people in the party are for it and others fear that's going to cost them the election. >> neil: what do you think? >> it illustrates the rock and the hard place that joe biden is in. on one hand, he's lying low. trying to run the central general election campaign. the other hand, he's skipping an event in california, an early state in the democratic primary a ton of delegates on the table. >> neil: and those are portioned on super tuesday. >> joe biden was at the human rights campaign, an organization that he has supported for year...

Out there. this is why so many voters think about any other topic as a side show. >> what about the state, mike, as a general election? as the republican rivalries were going at each other inside michigan president obama was talking and reminding voters in michigan about the candidates, at least mitt romney's opposition to the bailout. let's listen to what the president said "first look" okay. i'm sorry. we don't have that. how does michigan look as a general election state, mike? >> it's looking so far for president obama, the romney folks are hoping that with the organization he built up the...

Voters care about. i think that's the winning message. >> i want to talk about south carolina as a general election state. we know it's not really in play. this state more than any other feels a little more racially polarized. is that fair? >> i don't know it is necessarily more racially polarized than others. sometimes during campaigns, things are said that crea create -- lend the impression there's greater racial polarization. i've been concerned for a long time we have an electorate, increasingly republicans voting 70, 45% and african americans voting democrat 90%. what we need are consists...

Had a fairly good crowd.ç ran into a lot of those undecided voters saying, yeah win narrowed it down to probably two or three. but even in his crowds, even in romney's own crowds, you don't find a lot of people who are as gung ho for a mike huckabee as they were four years ago. or on the other side, a barack obama. >> are they picking a president or are they picking a person who appeals to their gut or their heart? are they into the president-picking business yet, or is this about feeling good about the candidate? >> i think we're almost to the full stage of picking a president. not everyone...