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Not if history is an example, ask larry sabato. the passion gap, republicans don't have it and voters are nonplussed do you say it doesn't pan out, but it leads to more or less voting? >>guest: that is right. passion test sounds like a sex scandal can i don't know if i want to get in to this but essentially what i am suggesting is that passion in the spring doesn't necessarily lead to votes in the fall. there are a lot of great historical examples. i don't think there has ever been a candidate who generated more passion and enthusiasm than john f. kennedy in 1960 and he won one of the two or t...

Perhaps 100 to 150 people, again signs that the campaign needs organizational strength. we have heard a lot about pressures, they want to see a big reshaping of this campaign and perhaps a shake up of the campaign between now and super tuesday. >> what is hard, andrea, is that, and you saw it last night, it was a big moment for mitt romney and he had won his home state of michigan, and he won arizona convincingly, a double win in places where he needed them badly. and he gave a victory speech that was fine. it was absolutely serviceable. but it was not passionate, it was not enthusiastic. he i...

Mitt romney did well, i am confident he will be nominated. and i do not think there's going to be a problem exciting people when he is the nominee. >> bob, you have been watching this for a long time. if you take off your democratic hat -- >> and keep it off. >> that will never happen. >> and talk about mitt romney, what is the passion gap. you have worked with candidates that were hard to get some lift to get crowds excited about, is that what you have here with romney? >> no, it's a more difficult situation, he did as well as he could today. he channelled santorum to social issues side of th...

Finding his voice. rick santorum, if he had done in iowa earlier, he might have been that conservative alternative that people would have coalesced around. if newt gingrich made this argument against mitt romney before, governor romney might be in a much weaker position. >> independents can vote in the primary. it has been undercovered this cycle for some reason. no action on the democratic side. reason why john hunt mnz might finish strong and take advantage of the press coverage, he's gotten the last 48 hours, independents, some of them may not have been engaged before. he'll get a lot of th...

>> big question, will huntsman sneak into second? people are excited. one strategist says i'll buy awe drink in south carolina, they're looking forward to going ahead. it was only a few days ago when i think a lot of us doubted it would go ahead. >> we're seeing in new hampshire, a lot of independence. independents seem more excited about this race than republicans. we know it as the passion gap for any republican, let alone mitt romney. if huntsman sneaks up, that's how. >> the internal polls are showing a lot more independents engaged this time around. is that more about barack obama than it...