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Man. i do not like, oh yes we can. >> reporter: the speech serving as the grand finale to the annual gathering of the conservative leaders and supporters plotting a takeover of the congress this year and presidency in the 2016. it's revealed potential battle lines for the republican party. >> we have to stop -- >> reporter: some like new jersey governor christie urging conservatives to broaden the message to draw more voters. >> let's resolve not only to stand for principles but come out of this conference resolved to win elections again. >> reporter: hard line conservatives like tea party fav...

Down plays the rift calling it creative tension and expected to be among the early frontrunners for the 2016 gop presidential nomination along with kentucky senator rand paul. libertarian favorite paul topped the symbolic straw poll for the second straight year leading 25 other conservatives to throw their rat hats into the 2016 ring. chris palone, nbc news. coming up, new details in the search for the missing plane and the anguish of the families. new ways to save lives on the battlefield and beyond. that's today's big idea. [ female announcer ] who are we?

And bob mcdonald and paul ryan, and of course paul ryan has been attached at the hip with mitt romney this week but when he uses romney's introduction speech last night to prove that he doesn't know it was actually george w. bush and not president obama who famously claimed to be a uniter, not a divider, does that somewhat under mine his potential as a vp pick? >> yes. i think the fact that he is 0-2 and trying to promote a budget and this latest one i think is going to be a disastrous as last year's was, and this whole bit about sarah palin now jumping into the mix, i mean, listening to sarah...

Ticket because she had very little of it and was a radical pick and ploou blew up in the republicans faces. i think what's going to happen, no one literally knows what's going to happen. probably the best bet given the fact we have been watching romney for such a long time from governor of massachusetts and several months on the trail is the fact he is likely to pick somebody who is relatively conventional, someone who will complement what he doesn't have and where we start on that list and including the charisma, some kind of legislative experience beyond just being governor, and that narrows...