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American consumers, regan annecks, and this is something that rush can't necessarily stomach. what will be truly interesting is to see what republican catholics say about the new pope. he's called the people's pope. he's wildly popular in many parts of the world, including right here in the united states. you have paul ryan, you have our own newt gingrich, rick santorum, a guy named chris christie, who are all catholics right now. i would be shocked if these potential candidates were to go out and be critical of this pope who, as i said, is wildly popular in many parts of the country. >> you m...

Your stories about tip o'neil holding this democratic party coalition, which includes still a set of dixiecrats, and all of these folks who end up just barely in because of the nature of how districting was looking in 1980. so what is it that boehner could learn from tip o'neill in terms of how to hold together a party with discipline as the speaker of the house? >> it's much harder, because, you know, america is basically run by a swing group of people. the ones i know, because they're called reagan democrats. they tend to be irish, italian, working class, middle class people who have had dem...

And while, you know, there were people who were very loyal democrats and republicans we've known for years through our political work there is a moderate majority in most places in america. and so we took a lot of time during the campaign, looking at their economic lives, their values, and understanding the things that are really important to them about their future. >> robert, when you looked at this survey, was the center bigger than you thought it would be at the end of the day? >> yeah, i think so, chuck. i think the key here is that for the most part you look at independent voters as bein...

Condi rice. you can tell he knows he has ten point deficit with women and romney is really aggressively trying to close that. and the president's job tonight and the job of the dnc speakers is to make sure to remind people that the republicans' views on issues. pot just in terms of abortions and women's rights, but also women tend to be more liberal on education and taxes. and i think you'll hear michelle obama speak out on those issues, as well. it's not just a women's issue thing. just in general women are such a big bloc. white women the biggest swing group. and that's who this convention i...

Gas. the obama camp denies that. scott, what do the numbers show in terms of how these two men are doing? let's start in the state of ohio. overall and with this voting group, if you can tell us. >> well, overall, it is 45-45 ohio. very close at the moment. we're also showing governor romney within four points in pennsylvania. governor romney ahead another midwestern state by single point in wisconsin. all because these white, working class democratic voters are in play. megyn, it is important to recognize these are private sector union members. they're much more receptive to a republican argu...