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A right to liberty, and it causes divisiveness when we see people in groups, because for too long we punish groups and the answer is what has relieved them by giving them affirmative action, so i think both are wrong. >> ron paul responding to a question about equal rights at the debate this morning. mitt romney pasted no time getting right back out on the campaign trail in new hampshire after this morning's debate. and nbc's ron allen is at the rally, and he is joining us right now with a good day to you right now on this sunday. what is romney's message following today's debate? >> reporter:...

Mccain and too many others to count. mike, good morning and good to see you. >> good morning, or afternoon. >> you have been up a long time, so you can blur the lines there. >> today, romney got his feathers ruffled just a bit. >> i was hoping on the sleep deprivation factor that you have somebody throw a chair and go into a zombie like trance, but what happened was the other candidates woke up and thought i think there's an election coming up. in many ways it was the first day of the south carolina primary. but today's debate, it was like watching cats attack an oak tree. milt is going to win...

Candidates going forward. joining me now, the political director for mitt romney's election back in 2008, and a former senior adviser to president clinton that worked on every state of the union from 1995 to 2000. thank you for being here, gentlemen. don, do you think that everybody got a chance to use the barbs they have been dying to use this morning? >> you never use them all. i think, you know, you could tell romney had prepared on everything they were going to throw at him. there was a sort of sense of spawn t spontaneousness there, and whether everything was effective is another question...

He just let's everybody split the difference. >> i want an honest assessment as to whether or not the mormon factor continues to play a factor with christian evangelicals or if mitt romney has gotten past that? >> it's a two-fold answer. there's a small segment of evangelicals that won't vote for a mormon whatsoever. this has been vetted, if you will, in 2008. that's why mitt romney is doing better in 2012, the mormon question was vetted in the process in 2008, and all the flip-flopping we have seen was vetted in 2008, and now he doesn't have to go through it again, and gingrich and santorum a...

>> i think mitt romney this time around is disciplined on his message and confident in his own campaigning and that has made a big difference. he is focused on highlighting why he is economically proficient, relative to the field and to barack obama, and i think he tried to make the case in a very disciplined manner that he has the skills and the abimt in the background to turn the country around next year. and this time around, i think he's more disciplined in his message, and expanded his organization, and i think that made a big difference. >> but you didn't answer the question, why you hav...