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Martha: critics are calling on president obama to clarify his open mike remarks to russia's current president. earlier this morning the president in south korea covering the mike cone, se microphone, see this. as he chatted with dmitry medvedev. but republicans aren't laughing about this whole thing. they asked him to explain exactly what he meant when he said this about an american missile shield in europe. >> after the election i'll have more flexibility. [inaudible] martha: he says, i understand you and i will send your message to president vladimir putin who is returning to power there. jo...

Bill: you wonder if more people would like him if he heard more fire like that. i think you're right about intensity and enthusiasm he brings to this race. on a personal level and political level. how much longer is this going to play out? >> well i don't know. that's for the voters decide. i believe in bottom-up process i think this process is tough as it is and sometimes painful to watch is probably at the end of the day --. bill: you used to run the party, ed. is it helping or hurting? what is your sense now as we come on april? >> i would like to get quickly to the point where we have a st...

Low delegate numbers so far. the former house speaker says the race for the nomination is far from over. he told that to sean hannity just last night. >> we are in uncharted waters for republicans. this will be a very long nominating process. there is a very real chance governor romney will not get to 1144, if he does get to 1144 he will be the nominee and i will support him because beating barack obama really matters f we end up after june 26th when utah votes the last primary, say at 1,000, over 100 votes short i think it will be almost impossible for him to close the gap. bill: gingrich wen...

Have goten president of that point. now they're onto this issue of the mandate in today's proceedings. we were listening to a piece that shannon bream did earlier. she spoke to one of the attorneys who was in favor of continuing to uphold this health care law. and he said that he sees no problem with the commerce law in this case. he said whenever you have comers -- commerce that represents 1/6 of the economy, it is ridiculous in his mind, that is my word but the sentiment he suggests, that congress can not oversee that process for 1/6 of the u.s. economy. >> that is a pretty radical view beca...

What is the phrase you want to use here? >> i support governor romney and voted for him in the virginia primary and, you know, will do anything i can, like rick santorum, to make sure that he beats barack obama in november. bill: and why is it then, ed, folks like yourself, especially this week we heard from prominent republicans got behind romney? is this just a steady dribble or is there a significant shift happening within the party do you believe? >> i think there is a process going on where the party is beginning to coalesce behind governor romney. i voted for the governor in the virginia...