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>> and a new gallup poll shows governor romney's wealth could cost him votes while 75% of voters say it doesn't make a difference, 20% say they are less likely to vote for him because of it. in this week's office politics, i talk with our own melissa harris par i are about a couple of things her fans may find surprising, her family's mormon heritage and her tea partier uncle. plus the origins of everyone's favorite hash tag nerd land. but also i spoke about president obama and her thoughts about a post-racial america. >> i whatthink what's important he's both african-american and a democrat....

And folks would say, are you supporting hillary clinton because she's a woman or are you supporting barack obama because he's black? and my response was always, i'm supporting mitt romney because he's mormon. and it's because, you know, i've talked about this on the show, my mother's people are mormon, my mother graduated from brigham young university. so my story is, yes, i'm a woman, yes, i'm african-american, yes, i also have mormon heritage. all of those things are true and so, you know, i wouldn't want any of that to become irrelevant. i wouldn't want any part of who i am to become post. ...

It's such a big part of him to not talk about it, takes away a big part of what sort of made him and what brought him to where he is today. i think he is going to have to really find a way to talk about that and to open up about it because really you cannot understand mitt romney without understanding where he came from in that mormon heritage. >> boston globe investigative reporters and authors of the instantly important book, "the real romney." thank you both for joining me tonight. >> thanks, lawrence. coming up, the captain of the italian cruise ship has a new reason today for why he did...

Big part of what sort of made him and what brought him to where he is today. i think he is going to have to really find a way to talk about that and to open up about it because really you cannot understand mitt romney without understanding where he came from in that mormon heritage. >> boston globe investigative reporters and authors of the instantly important book, "the real romney." thank you both for joining me tonight. >> thanks, lawrence. >> thanks, lawrence. coming up, the captain of the italian cruise ship has a new reason today for why he did not stay on board the costa concordia as ...

>> can a republican who favors civil unions to gay couples, favors evolution and global warming, but president obama's am to china, buck the tea party time and be a serious candidate. >> i'm just going to stick laser like to the issues that are important to the american people right now and will be totally responsible for getting us back in the game. >> is jon huntsman the most radical thing of all in the gop? a true moderate. >> i think i've got pragmatic and practical solutions. i'm just the right candidate. >> tonight jon huntsman one on one for the hour. ♪ >> piers? i'm in it t...