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Cornacky, co host of the cycle. thank you for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> is there a republican era in modern history other than the exalted ronald reagan, which is a given, that it would make sense for the republicans to harkin back. they have a problem harkining back to romney dad and a big problem harkining back to bush/cheney. is there safer territory? >> there's two invented things you're dealing with. one is the invented reagan legacy, which they like to fall back on. a guy who would never raise taxes, but the second 1 is how they came to terms with the bush years. and it's b...

>> president speaking this evening from mexico. joining us now, steve cornacky, the senior political writer for salon.com. thanks for being here. >> happy to be here. >> this is one of those days in which we have showcased what it means to be an incumbent running against somebody who by definition is not an incumbent. in terms of the political impact of what's going on in the international context l these pieces moving right now, president obama addressing a bunch of them as the live press conference. is this a power of the presidency verses a challenger moment as much as it is an obama versus...

Geographic breadth for him. he is looking like somewhat of an urban upper middle-class republican candidate, and that's got to give his advisers some pause tonight. >> and steve, one of the strategies that seems to be working for santorum, he's been focusing on social issues and a little bit of what ari was talking about is that proving to work for him? >> well, sure, it is. and obviously, to the extent that it is, he'll benefit from the fact that the news is now dominated by all of a sudden by social issues. you know, the gay marriage ruling today, contraception, things like that. but i think...