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Excited today. how does that make you feel? yeah, obviously sounds like he can't hear me. donna, and the question. how did it make you feel? you were there. >> look, i've been -- i was born and raised in the catholic church, baptized in the catholic church. still practicing catholic. to see young people excited about the selection of a new pope is very refreshing. i have friends who are in rome. they were pilgrims. they wanted to be there. they wanted to celebrate this moment. but we know that the church must return to its mission. he is a traditionalist and conservative. there is a lot of hea...

>> reverend graham, what about youth that donna was just referencing? that there were young people on the campus of georgetown obviously, by the way, this whole contraception issue started last year, who were excited today. how does that make you feel? yeah, obviously sounds like he can't hear me. donna, and the question. how did it make you feel? you were there. >> look, i've been -- i was born and raised in the catholic church, baptized in the catholic church. still practicing catholic. to see young people excited about the selection of a new pope is very refreshing. i have friends who are i...

Of ruining friendship. he will come in, in a humble way and asked that he asked other people to pray over him. that is the type of reform he will be about. clerical careerism, how antithetical to christianity. that is not what this is all about that. is what he will do. >> eric: thanks for hanging with us. as a practicing catholic, very practicing catholic, jesuit essentialcated as well -- educated as well, i'm excited about this. have you heard from people in the united states. are they as excited as i am? >> i saw square of hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world, including t...

Conservative union, the group that puts on cpac, and former national chairman of the republican party, michael steele, an msnbc analyst. it's great to have you on. i want to ask you something very positive and nice to warm you up before we get started here. how happy are you we have a hispanic pope? >> oh, boy, i'm glad you asked. as a practicing catholic, i got on my knees yesterday and i was so happy. i think the world will love this pope. america will love this pope. other than cardinal o'malley. i think he'll make a big difference. 500 million catholics in latin america, chris. i think he ...

Welcome back to "hardball." the conservatives have come to town to washington. the annual cpac conference is under way just outside washington. it's making news not only for who's coming, that's mitt romney, donald trump, sarah palin, but also for who's not coming. popular gop governor, chris christie and bob mcdonnell, he's from virginia. in other words, invite the noise makers, snub the people who might actually lead the party out of the wilderness. my view, of course. al is chairman of the american conservative union, the group that puts on cpac, and former national chairman of the republic...