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Capabilities which he really does have. >> we have seen some of the division this week within the party itself. are you proud of the way your fellow republicans are handling this at this hour? >> well, i think there is a majority of mainstream conservatives who want to govern, who want to do the right thing for our country, who have serious disagreements with president obama but certainly know that he is the president and want to get as much as we can going in the right direction. that's the majority of the conference. there are some who are in what's called the freedom caucus that are very up...

It set a bad tone for the republicans. there was a yearning for both democrats and republicans to work together and get things done. we're seeing more of it this year. here is my theory. if the tea party loses its third election in a row for president, they'll lose their grip. if you had to look at the senate or the house, you would divide republicans in three groups moderates, susan collins is left. but the majority are not hard right tea party people. they are main conservatives. because the republican party is so far to the right they're afraid of losing a primary. after three elections tha...

Caucuses, residential caucuses in which ron paul was running and got the majority of the delegates from that race, ron paul strain of republican conservatives has been running the eye with republican party. too much emphasis on the libertarian part and they are trying to take back control of the party for mainstream conservatives. here's a little sampling of what was going on last night. >> if people want to support ron paul, that's fine, but there are people who still conservatives. there are people who want to support ron paul because they are anarchists i don't have any business in this par...

More mainstream conservatives, they'll rationalize that away. they're not going away. >> i talked to virginia republicans who at this same convention where cuccinelli was nominated, e.w. jackson, the farther right lieutenant candidate what happened there was a crowded field of lieutenant governor and moderate republicans and establishment republicans at this convention who said, our candidate isn't going to win, we already have to deal with cuccinelli at the top of the ticket, we'll give them e.w. jackson as the nominee and then when this ticket goes down in flames, we'll say i told you so. we...

Everybody come out. mainstream conservatives, evangelicals. the key test is what pieces of the coalition turn out in higher numbers and do they coales around one candidate? that was huckabee key four years ago when he coalessed the evangelical voters here. turnout was way up then. they liked huckabee. he was the former preacher. are evangelical voters turning out? that's what the romney campaign is counting on. they want more women, more senior citizens to come out and play. they think the numbers are down, turnout a up, works out for them. it's also which pieces of the coalition turns out. >>...