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States, really, a lot like florida in that regard, northern virginia is voting more democratic, more like washington, d.c., and there's other parts of washington, d.c., the less urban sectors are very conservative and republican and again that's the state of pat robinson, the late jerry fallwell. so i think this is one reason why he will sound like a man of the future and the next day will sound like he's going back to that old-style gop religious. >> thank you for your time tonight. >> good to be with you. ahead, selling the vision. the man behind the obama campaign has a new job. jim messi...

>> could your words be connected to a brain? why hadn't you thought of that? somehow something this crazy guy, this right winger, dictator over north korea has something to do with gay marriage? i didn't see the connection. by the way, if the idea of blaming gays for an international crisis sparks deja vu with you, remember this episode a few days after the terror attacks of 2011. this is jerry fallwell and pat robertson, pointing their fingers at who they really thought deserved blame. let's watch them. >> i really believe that the pagans and the abortionists and the feminists and the gays an...

One week later and they're still reeling. the religious right is trying to figure out what went so wrong. how could they have laos like this? for 30 years evangelicals have been a force in the republican party. the evangelical explosion came in 1980 when millions helped ronald reagan win the presidency. preachers like reverend jerry fallwell and pat robertson rose to national prominence. the religious right was credited for helping george w. bush win in 2004, with 79% of the evangelical vote. the atlantic writes about the end of evangelical dominance in politics but points out 79% of white eva...

Reporter with the "washington post" and nbc political analyst. good day to both of you. ladies first. you've been following the romney campaign. what do you see is the angle here? >> that's right. i was at the speech yesterday. the angle was very simply it's hard to imagine that mitt romney wins the white house without winning virginia. he, of course, made a similar pledge around god. a similar plea for evangelical voters in virginia before with one of his first speeches. that was at liberty university which, of course, was founded by jerry fallwell. you saw there pat robertson in the audience...

Treat -- they put liberal women on a pedastool. >> they don't attack michelle obama or -- debbie wasserman-schulz. >> oh god now i've got. >> the supreme court case was jerry fallwell. >> the court held they were within the law because reasonable people wouldn't believe it was factual. i am assuming that holds here since they specifically said it wasn't real. >> they did disclose it was n real, but this picture could no the make it without contacts and disclaimer anytime you google it. >> you know what will be there? a really awesome photo shop. >> i am not a lawyer, but it seals like she can'...