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The olympics. that's become a bit awkward now that he's on the campaign trail bashing santorum as an earmark guy. >> how much is that hurting him, him standing up saying those things that the earmarks are hurting romney and he's making a big deal that he's not from inside washington, the culture of earmarks? >> i don't know how much it's hurting him at this point, but it's given santorum an opening. part of this is because romney in the last few weeks has been increasingly aggressive going after santorum. they looked for vulnerabilities and they seized on the earmark issue because it's true as...

That if we disagree, we have to question character and faith. >> the culture clash has not stopped there with santorum hitting at the president's mandate to cover prenatal screening suggesting it creates incentive for abortions. >> they are done to find out later in pregnancy whether the child in the womb has a disability. they are discovered in the womb, doctors encourage and in some cases insist that they abort these children. folks, this is a brave new world that we do not want to go down. >> if the environment, religion and women's health were not enough, santorum took his new found politi...

At the moment. are democrats underestimating what the force of santorum might be? >> there's the potential appeal because santorum's identity is middle class. he has a middle class background. he can resonate in a way that romney can't. the problem is there's so much baggage there from the culture assistance a stance. you would say he's benefitting from some in the republican primary polls. he hasn't been attacked until this point. it's allowed him toll get these inflated republicans. we'll see what happens when $10 million is spent against him. let's see what happens when hundreds of millions...

Candidate to bring down romney, not two or three or four. now it does seem like santorum could be the more authentic anti-romney. he's a much bitter fit. santorum has an opening here to be that person. the question is, does he have the money? does he have the organization? can he stay on message to become that person? >> i think newt will continue to fade. the question is can santorum rise? >> resources divide and so to you, christina, does this help or hurt the republican party as they move toward the general? >> i think those questions are a little over blown. a lot of those were asked about...

Part of the comments are about theology that he made over the weekend. how do you take those comments? does he know what he's saying? >> he does. this is interesting because there's a potential he's going too white hot here because he's sort of well established as the true social conservative in the race. there's that vulnerability for romney. he had romney in a difficulty position for romney because the case can be made that santorum is too far on the right but that's a difficult message for romney to make in the primary. by making the comments that santorum made he might be giving an opening...