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I don't need to tell you the hit on him was he didn't have the passion. he kept hearing from people, oh, if you knew the real al gore, he's a funny, charming guy. a lot of the same stuff we hear from romney. can you change who a person is? can you try to push them to be different in their public persona? >> i think it's hard. it's very hard given the amount of exposure presidential candidates get. people feel they get a window of these people and they do. the problem with the romney campaign is mitt romney. the fact is, people don't trust him. i agree with these statements about passion and th...

Demographics are similar to pennsylvania, his home state. >> do you think this is the situation where this is one of those sort of critical moments where they are going to say okay, if he gives a great speech, he's our guy? you know, let's see what we can do to margin liz gingrich more? essentially take that core conservative vote and critically its money and throw it behind one person. >> life is about seizing the moment. it's about being prepared when you have the rare opportunity to get a great job or meet the right person or give the speech of your lifetime. this is, really, for him, this ...

That election. that's why we won. we always talked about how we are going to get the moderates. why would an undecided voter vote for a candidate who the party is not excited about? [ applause ] we need conservatives now to rally for a conservative, to go into november to excite the conservative base, to pull with that excitement moderate voters and defeat barack obama in the fall. [ applause ]ç i just say this in close, when i restarted our speech, i referred to where our rights came from, it's in our declaration of independence. i know a lot of folks like to focus on the constitution. the ...

Romney. you gave $331,000. why the switch? >> well, it's so obvious that rick matured into a message america is resinating. he believes we are in this together. it's not just jobs but the spiritual dimension of jobs. we enjoy the rewards of contributing to society. it's beyond the money we make. it's important to get everybody back to work for those reasons. >>ç it's interesting -- it's interesting he didn't talk a lot about that. i think the general election problem for rick santorum is that those very same conservative view that is played well for the cpac crowd, he's against contraception...

There are a limited number of them, but they are committed. i don't think the straw polls predict anything about the republican nomination process. >> a lot of this has been about how, you know, flee of what you can be. a criticism of romney is he has a great game plan and isn't able to adjust along the way. this is a small adjustment, but would you expect santorum to work the president's decision into this speech? >> absolutely. this is the perfect opportunity for romney, quite frankly to speak to the movement. i assume he would say i disagree with the president's decision, this is an infring...