for any one sweater vest to fix. it's wednesday, april 11th, and this is "now." joining me today, former rnc chair and msnbc political analyst the notorious michael what makes the sleep number store different? steele, the intrudable pa the sleep number bed. trishna murphy, a contributor to the magic of this bed is that you're sleeping on something the daily beast, the ascot that conforms to your individual shape. behind the sweater vest, mrs. j. wow! that feels really good. you can adjust it to whatever your needs are. so whatever you feel like, the sleep number bed's going to hogan gidley, national provide it for you. communication,s director for the now, sleep number redefines memory foam, combining coolfit santorum campaign and here's gel foam with sleep number adjustability! during our white sale, receive $400 in free bedding. what, rick santorum said last night in the pennsylvania. >> if you go down the list of only at the sleep number store, where queen the life, marriage, social mattresses start at just $699. conservative issues, they were pretty much, we were all pretty much in line. the reason i was considered an extremist is number one, the people who evaluate these candidates and label extremism understood that i actually

believed what i said i believed in. >> i actually said what i believed in. distinct, hogan gidley joining us north of the mason dixon line. yesterday, you said governor romney has called rick and asked for a meeting to discuss an endorsement, but we will see how that goes in the next couple days. what does that mean we will see how that goes? >> i was just talking about the schedule. i'm sure they'll get together soon and have a good conversation. rick and mitt have been through this slog for a long time. a lot of good conversations backstage and at the end of the day, this is all about beating barack obama. they know that. that's what rick was doing the whole time. you know, these are how the party fights play out. they get after each other pretty good, then someone gets the nomination and then you line up and try to accomplish the ultimate goal. >> but if there are no sticking points, why not an endorsement yesterday? >> i mean they want to talk things out, of course. there are some things i'm sure rick will want to have a discussion with mitt about as it relates to the platform moving

forward. i think the conservative mantel needs to be carried by somebody and rick can be one of the people that will carry that forward and hopefully they can get together and come up with a good platform to push forward. >> if there are things -- i mean when you talk about things lining up, where are they not in sync right now? >> that's not that they're not in sync. they haven't had the within on one conversation you need to have to have an endorsement. rick has a lot of support out ♪ you make me happy there. he won 11 states. we won more counties than any of [ female announcer ] choose the same brand your mom trusted for you. children's tylenol, the #1 brand the other candidates combined. he's pushing a message people of pain and fever relief recommended by pediatricians can get behind. and used by moms decade after decade. i think that rick probably wants to have a good, frank honest conversation with mitt and in due time, i'm sure they'll work [ male announcer ] want your weeds to hit the road? things out and push forward. >> this is the last question. hit 'em, with roundup extended control. but you did say governor romney one application kills weeds, called to talk about an and stops new ones endorsement. for up to four months. which is interesting making note of the fact that it was not roundup extended control. senator santorum that called governor romney but that will

governor romney was calling for the endorsements. how did the senator respond to that? >> i wasn't there for the call. obviously rick called mitt the cease-fire deadline in yesterday to tell him he was syria is now less than 12 hours away and the syrian government going to suspend his candidacy today promised kofi annan it but then subsequent phone calls will respect that timeline, but happened and they were talking in just the last hour, there are about trying to get together. that's how it worked out. new reports of tanks heavily we'll see them get together shelling opposition cities and soon. >> we'll see. at least a dozen deaths. michael steele, michael steele last night secretary of state steele, you've been a proponent of an extended primary calendar, hillary clinton spoke about the difficulties ahead. >> this situation is only certainly put some things in place to ensure such a thing would happen. getting more dangerous, and the russians have consistently said will you happy with the way that this has sort of shaped up? they want to avoid civil war, >> yeah, i think it's meeting they want to avoid a regional tats requisite charter, which is conflict. but their refusal to join with give every capped a chance to compete. give every state a chance to be us in some kind of constructive a player. i mean, think about it. the say thes that we're talking action is keeping assad in about in the latter half of this campaign won't have been on the power. >> joining us now are pull list radar screen four years ago, irprize winning columnist for wisconsin, maryland, no one even the "new york times" nicholas put those in the calculations. kristof and until washington, this time around, those states, p.j. crowley, former assistant secretary of state for public those activists had a chance to compete. affairs.

you still have two candidates in niche, we're talking aboutern this race. don't forget, i mean, don't want international attention on a dire situation. to talk about them, you want to i don't think most of the country understands that 9,000 the disapparently newt gingrich, you want to ignore ron paul. people have been killed in syria >> who wants to despair raj newt last year. the human rights watch reports at least 101 documented gingrich? >> he's still in the race. >> that's right. he's still in the race and as executions, 26 people killed alone on tuesday. long as he's in it and the same why do you think there is not with paul, they're going to get more attention being paid to some votes notice those this? >> you know, i think this comes at a time when there's already a proportional states like texas. >> but michael, what's the value of that now? certain weariness with what has so yeah, there's still some been happening in the arab and little action going on like you have -- muslim world more broadly and a >> the value is those individuals on the ground who real apprehension, fear that is support those candidates will attention may lead to greater have a chance to speak their minds on that point. >> and daniel the front-runner? involvement. it's also true that you know, >> no, that's the front-runner. it's been very, very difficult you guys seem to think that to get foot and out of syria and being the front-runner that's there have been some automatic stuff that goes with that. you've got to work to be the extraordinarily brave reporter front-runner. you've got to work to get that who have gone there and who have base to support you, work to get died trying to get that footage that money in the door. you can't look to your other but we don't to the same degree have footage on our television opponent and blame them because your game ain't. screens each day bringing that >> michael, aren't we talking home to us. and i think the combination of about -- real talk. those factors means that there >> i'm sorry.

>> aren't we talking about mitt romney one of the criticisms is -- it just easier out of that was lobbed at senator sight and mind. >> unlike you know, the arab santorum was it wasn't just sort spring where there was quite a of, these weren't policy bit of social networking around attacks. these became not personal but it it, there was more exposure, was hitting romney in a way that was you know it, tangible, obviously, the chattering clash picked up on it more and palpable effect. >> don't give me the romney certainly the republican victim stuff. presidential race and the romney started this two weeks republican races in some way is before iowa with the lob against on instructed attention on international affairs. $3 million against gingrich when p.j., i want to bring you in here because i thought the he saw himself, romney, sinking secretary of state's comments in the polls. yesterday were very interesting, that's where this is began. very sharp language directed at people seem to forget that. russia. and we know now that kofi annan i get the give and play of is meeting with iranian politics but don't all of a officials to ask for their help. sudden say whoa is romney what does that say about the situation that we are looking to because somebody said something tehran for help on this? nasty about him after he spent >> well, syria in many respects $4 million against them. >> and most of the problem for romney is romney. is a proxy war. >> is romney. you have iran supporting syria >> it has nothing to do with the and the assad regime on one other candidates. it's what is coming out of his own mouth. side, you have saudi arabia >> he's a special candidate. supporting the sunni-led >> he's a special candidate. opposition on the other. >> i don't mean that in a so to the extent that kofi annan derogatory way. >> i think you did. is just trying to find a way to >> he's a very special candidate. hogan, let's talk a little bit hold in place not see the about the decision itself.

we knew may was going to be a situation spiral you know to even a more violent level better month for senator santorum. obviously a calculation was made and certainly is the family getting iran to be supportive, i factored into that. give us a little inside baseball understand his diplomatic talk on sort of how the initiative. i'm very skeptical that iran is deliberation process, if you could. >> sure, we actually had several going to follow through in a conversations for weeks planning meaning full way. >> nick, i want to throw one how we could get that delegate more question to you before i number to swing our way. open this up to our panel. there were basically three ways. we've talked in previous months we had to win pennsylvania, we and years ago about the russians knew that was going to be very important. and chinese and their role in we had to have newt jump out of stopping and preventing mass the race at some point and say all right, i'm going to support atrocities. do you think that increasing pressure the rhetoric from the rick. he's my contemporary, my conservative friend. secretary of state, pressure on we're going to push everything behind rick and then third was rush yash side effectcally will texas. cause them to move on this? texas had to be winner take all >> well, i think that it's by a simple majority. already caused them to inch and texas winner take all by congressional district wasn't along at the margins. good enough. i think it's useful to apply and once we looked at the logic that pressure and remind behind that, and the dels, you everybody one of the reasons for know, once you realize you can't all the blood shed is really the get there, then you have to take a step back and say what am i in reprehensible behavior in moscow this for. >> so you did speak with the and beijing. they doets bear some gingrich campaign and they were responsibility. resistant to the idea of walking it has helped a little bit with under the same banner? >> i didn't speak to the getting both moscow and beijing

campaign, no. >> but perhaps the two candidates spoke? >> perhaps there have been some conversations for sure. >> and worth noting newt marginally more helpful but it's still pretty marginal. gingrich does remain in the we need to keep up the pressure. race. >> he does. >> the question is whether newt >> hugo when we look at foreign gingrich, and patricia, i'd love affairs, it is an increasingly to know what you think about this because we love talking complicated picture. >> i have a question for p.j. on about your -- >> i can't get enough of it. this and where the difficulties surrounding the iranian nuclear >> can newt gingrich play that role of conservative standard development program fits into bearer and continue to perhaps the problems in syria and where -- how much that hems in hone mitt romney's message and what the obama administration is help him win the base? able to do. >> i don't know how he's going >> actually, let me piggy back to be able to do that. he's more than $6 million in on that. a senior administration official debt. at this point in the race, you said yesterday, speaking about start to have very real iran and israel, this play be situations facing you. the most complex negotiation you can't pay your staff. you can't pay. i've ever seen the president >> who is lending newt gingrich enter. it's got the democrats and republicans looking to score money is the question? points. $6 million in debt. the russians and the chinese >> he's in debt to his vendors, trying to water down the sanctions, the french pushing lent himself a lot of money. for harder actions and the so this is just the reality of israelis threatening to take the the campaign. program out. and while santorum really was still playing in these states, wow. >> perfectly simple. it's been striking to see newt well, i mean first of all, the backdrop, of course is we have gingrich down at 3%, 2% coming not hts diplomatic relations with iran since 1979. in fourth in a lot of these and even unlike kind of a races. so something that he was saying rogueflation like north korea

was not resonating and doesn't which we do talk to on a rel have anything to do with the other candidates. basis, we have very great something newt gingrich is saying is not resonating. difficulty having an even simple i think he doesn't look enough conversation you know, with to the future. he is about the past republicans. iran. so that's one of the reasons why >> i don't think it's something he's saying. kofi annan is having that it's who he is is the big conversation because we are unable to do it. question. that's been newt's problem for a we do have an important dialogue long time is the more people get to know him, the less they like with iran on friday under what's him. >> that's also mitt romney's problem. i have a quick question for you, called p5-plus-1 to see what hogan, because we talk about iran might be willing to do in money in this race and the role of super pacs. terms of again, trying to answer now that it's -- i know the senator has suspended his legitimate and crucial questions about the nature of its nuclear campaign, it's not officially regime. really the goal for the meeting over but for all intents and on friday is to make sure that purposes now that the fat lady has sung on his candidacy, where there's another meeting and the beginning of a conversation and do you stand on super pacs? a process. i don't think that the united states has an ability to rick santorum's is a testament influence iran in many respects to the power of the mess and and particularly in the context of how it can carpet bag the syria. >> ryan, what can the president -- what can the airways. at the same time mitt romney's president do here? i mean, we talk about the ability to carpet bomb certainly unknowns going into november and undermined your can't's chances certainly the economy is probably the biggest one for in races that happened and future races. >> it was on this shows when we most americans but foreign policy is an area where i think

a lot of folks think he has a had this conversation. you asked are you guys ready for strong record. the attacks. i said that's a sad commentary but there are so many question marks in the middle east and you're not saying how are you going to combat these huge beyond, that it's almost sort conservative credentials. of -- it's the shifting sands, it was go are you going to be if you will. >> yeah, iran and syria, this is ready for the attacks that two countries and two sets of inevitably come. issues where romney and obama do i'm of the mind me personally, i don't have a problem with them, have different positions. butty think everything should be and i wanted to ask both p. j. out in the open. i think you should have to and nick, on syria, do either of disclose everything, everybody, you think that the republican anytime they give a dollar or calls for military intervention give $1 million, whatever it is either direct or arming the so you know up front where resistance is wise at this everybody stands and what they point? >> nick, why don't you take that have to be accountable for the money they give. that way, that's left up to first. >> i've actually been changing my view on that. scrutiny and that becomes a i think there are a million different story. i think if we have these -- this reasons to be cautious about supporting the opposition in process, that's fine. syria. you don't know where those arms but i think it should be completely open and transparent. will end up. >> so you're not objecting to there's a real risk of the the money but it's a muslim brotherhood government transparency issue? there. and we see it as opposition >> yeah, i'm a free speech guy. that falls under free speech. versus government in the region is seen as a sectarian conflict >> that's the core of it. in many ways. >> logan gidley on citizens having said that, you know, as united. we'll have more questions for this goes on and on and more and you after the break. the general election has begun. more people die, i'm afraid that

ultimately the result is going to be that we create more president obama ramps up his economic message with another polarization in syria and you event touting the buffett rule. know, it leads to a more we will discuss what the rominee and the president need to do now. next. fundamentalist muslim whoa. brotherhood government in the end. so it seems to me that i'm kind of inching my view toward the more republican view that perhaps we should be supporting in some ways very much working with turkey and other countries in the neighborhoods, working right? get. out. with ways to support maybe even exactly! really?! [ mom ] what? with arms the opposition in shut the front door. right? syria. woop-woop! franklin delano! >> michael steele? [ male announcer ] hey! there's oreo creme under that fudge! >> i want to follow up on that oreo fudge cremes. indescribably good. because you raise an interesting flag there in the litany that alex just laid out of the quoted source where they talked about the french and the russians and others. the key for me is israel. and of all the things that you listed, how israel responds and ultimately decides to act i think really is the lynchpin here in this whole powder keg. how do you guys see israel sort of maneuvering through the late

spring, early summer and into the fall with these tensions still there and rising? particularly in places like iran with their nuclear program and this whole backdrop with syria. >> p. j., why don't you take a stab at that. >> sure. i think the israeli position has evolved. originally they wanted to hold on to assad because he was a known commodity. now i think they've recognized that eventually he will fall. we don't know when and specifically how. so they're prepared for a new government in syria. but they're very cautious as nick was saying in terms of how that will unfold. i think with the netanyahu/obama meeting we've moved the prospect of military action with iran to the right past november. that's one of the reasons why you know, getting through a diplomatic process and seeing what happens there will be critical to military calculations. you know down the road. i just want to underscore what nick just said about working within the region.

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his fight. joining the panel is ryan lizza of "the new yorker." i've been fortunate to win on golf's biggest stages. one of the best in the biz. >> that's why i like doing this but when joint pain and stiffness from psoriatic arthritis hit, show. >> ryan, we are seeing the general election messages at even the smallest things became difficult. least honed on the president's i finally understood what serious joint pain is like. part. this is a fight he's going to take till november. i talked to my rheumatologist and he prescribed enbrel. i thought it was fascinating you had dueling editorials on the enbrel can help relieve pain, stiffness, pages of the "wall street and stop joint damage. journal" and "new york times." because enbrel, etanercept, suppresses your immune system, the journal saying forget warren it may lower your ability to fight infections. buffett. this week the administration serious, sometimes fatal events officially endorsed what is in including infections, tuberculosis, essence the obama rule. lymphoma, other cancers, and nervous system and blood disorders have occurred. taxes must be high to the spread before starting enbrel, the wealth. your doctor should test you for tuberculosis it's all about fairness, baby. and discuss whether you've been to a region it's all about fairness. where certain fungal infections are common. >> i like the cloeg o don't start enbrel if you have an infection like the flu. tell your doctor if you're prone to infections, colloquialism in the page. >> what do you make of this have cuts or sores, have had hepatitis b, message in the buffett rule? >> i think,000 nat general have been treated for heart failure, election has started we're going to see issues by both campaigns or if, while on enbrel, you experience persistent fever, that are adopted strictly as a bruising, bleeding, or paleness. way to highlight a significant [ phil ] get back to the things that matter most. ask your rheumatologist if enbrel is right for you. contrast with the other campaign. we're not going to see what barack obama and mitt romney [ doctor ] enbrel, the number one biolog medicine necessarily think are the ideal prescribed by rheumatologists.

policies for the countries. they want to highlight the most unflattering policies to the opponent. and obviously, the obama campaign thinks the great vulnerability of romney is his wealth and his inability to connect with average folks. frankly the white house knows that the buffett rule polls pretty well. americans contrary to a lot of [ doctor ] enbrel, the number one biolog medicine and on small business saturday bothey remind a nations popular notions among the of the benefits of shopping small. pundits actually kind of like taxing the very, very rich. on just one day, 100 million of us joined a movement... and so you know, it's a good and main street found its might again. issue for the obama campaign to kick off the general election and main street found its fight again. with. >> my republican friends on the and we, the locals, found delight again. panel, i have to ask you about that's the power of all of us. mitt romney. we know he is now trying to that's the power of all of us. pivot to a more general election that's the membership effect of american express. message makeup some ground he lost with women. always interesting santorum consistently won women in races against mitt romney. let's listen to what mitt romney said on fox this morning with regard to women. we are back, and i will say, >> over 92% of the jobs lost there is a line in the sand. we just sort of shepherded out

under this president were lost by women. hogan gidley and the santorum his policies have been really a campaign. war on women. it is officially, i mean it's and so he wants to divert from not officially. it is unofficially, it is that and see if we can't find totally unofficially on and i someone to attack, some want to look to two pieces of scapegoat. is there anyone who believes advice, well, actually, three that congress needs more money? >> now, michael steele, in a because i'm counting patricia in here. conference call with reporters >> i have a piece of advice. mitt has got to the hire hogan. team romney was asked, okay, that's my number one piece of what specific policies has the president put in place that have advice. >> do you get 10% for that? hurt women disproportionately. >> yeah, hogan's earnings. they couldn't name one. they were asked by sam stein of >> but beyond hiring hogan the "huffington post" -- we have gidley, chris cillizza who we the sound. let's hear that sound. love talking about on this show >> governor romney support the has a must do list for mitt romney. meet with national media, put ann front and center, learn how lilly ledbetter act? to talk about mormonism, find a >> we'll get back to you on good answer to health care, find that. >> that is the longest pause a way back to the middle. ever. now i personally think only this is the lily leadbetter act, three of these will happen. one is meet with the national fair pay for women in the workplace. media, put ann front and center that to me encapsulates his and find somewhere to break with problem. conservatives. here's something that should be, actually, that's find a way back to the middle. maybe republican ever won't line up with you on that. the point is -- >> number one the most important can you not have the core thing he could do is meet with convictions about basic principles here? >> i think he does. the national media as often as

question is laying out what he can, mostly magazines. those are with respect to the >> yes, weekly magazines. role of women economically in >> actually -- our society, politically in our society, et cetera. i think that pause is not >> there's a serious point dispositive of not knowing or there. his relationship with the media is not great. not being aware or not you the know, reporters if supporting. it's just that in those situations people want to have a they're honest, the conversation clear understanding of where the among a lot of reporters is who candidate is on that and probably no one's talked to him does the romney campaign and it doesn't seem like they like specifically about that act to get his points of view. anyone in the press. >> and they don't seem to like it doesn't mean he's for it or against it. people very much either. i think overall romney can make >> you, patricia, have a very a very cogent argument about the good story in the daily beast impact of the economic policies talking about what mitt can starting with the spending and learn from rick santorum. the debt the things that women >> rick santorum to see him are concerned about and how that among people, you see several things about him. he has a corset of convictions. has impacted them negatively. >> how can they not be ready for he is very consistent with those that question in this is the first bill that president obama convictions. we au all those clips earlier. passed. romney is so far underwater with those could have been from knit women. in the last year and a half. how are they not ready for this? he doesn't change his story or yesterday had he his speech, and who he is. that's why the people who like was surrounded by women. rick santorum love rick it was just vet very santorum. he also cares about people. conspicuous. he was talking about when you see him interacting entrepreneurs. >> some of his best friends are with people, when he talks about people whose children are women. >> he was like i talked to an

disabled like his daughter, you entrepreneur and she told me. feel an empathy that mitt romney does not have. that is an empathy that will he's starting to go into pander hillary clinton did not have at mode but he has to go into the beginning of hadder campaign understanding mode and something that she developed. i think santorum is very good that john kerry did not have. at, empathy mode, understanding people's hibs and caring about i think that mitt romney is in a their lives and knowing why the lot of trouble here. lily leadbetter act, why it's these are not skills you can learn. you have to evolve and grow as a important to women. candidate. is he going to do that? i don't understand how they >> i think it's called a could not be ready. i agree they weren't ready for personality transplant. >> to that point with all due it. i don't understand how they could not be ready for it. respect, he does need to meet with the national media. >> hogan, romney has talked last thing he needs to do is about his wife ann talking to meet with the national media. women and reporting back to him. number two, i think with respect ruth marcus in the "washington to the personality transplant, post" today says notes to forget about it. candidate as in romney, women ain't happening. it's not the man. aren't a foreign country. you don't need an interpreter to let's go with what we've got. the best way -- talk to them. >> that's what the republican even if you're not fluent in party is saying. their language, they might appreciate if you gave it a try. >> go with what we've got and what do you make of that? the best thing for him to do in >> i don't know. my estimation and i wrote about i feel like i need an this 2 1/2 months ago is to stop interpreter a lot of times hemming and hawing. especially when i come on the show. i do want to defend him like to bring true conservatives inside the rank and file of his some degree what michael said, too. these calls, you get all kinds organization and his operation. get them in the room with him. of questions.

should he be ready? get them in his ears and his probably so. he's going to need to be ready, head and have them fashion the yes, absolutely. those calls are long and that arguments that allows him to pause in there i'm sure will get walk that tight rope between replayed and demagogued on many bringing conservatives to the networks. table and reaching out to not this one, of course. but other shows will probably moderates. jamb kemp did it, ronald reagan replay that clip and make him did it, a whole host of look a little foolish. conservatives before him have there's a gap out there. done it. they need to listen to the base. it's obvious. i'm sure he'll begin to make move forward. >> here's my question, how does that up in many ways. he do that? because everybody thinks okay, ann romney is a great way to do the general election started bam, go to the middle. that. she's very likable, a very sweet he can't go to the middle right now because he doesn't have the woman. every time we're back is taken conservatives with him. she's very nice at the debates >> that's the point. the general election hasn't and open and honest with us and started. he still has ron paul and newt always engages all of us. gingrich who are going to be for she's -- when is you use the whatever good or bad or term better half, i don't thinking that applies more than indifferent nipping at his ann romney. heels. >> it's april, 2012. >> i think he's fabulous but if you've been following mitt romney, he has been wooing she's not running for president. >> exactly. that is the true question conservatives since his last year of governship in whether mitt romney it can get massachusetts. the guy has been switched some of the ann romney mojo. position on abortion. >> he has not had folks inside >> we'll take a look back at the with him. that's my only point. best hits of the campaign. >> how is that going to help him

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able to catch that wave at the right time. 99 counties and 381 town hall meetings and speeches. the chuck truck, me and matt and one of my kids. we're the man versus the machine. >> cash contribution right now? >> you can. >> donate to romney. he needs our money. >> romney? >> no! >> pumping a little iron to get myself psyched for coming out here. >> we did it again. >> we're the nice candidate in this race. we really are. president obama once said he wants everybody in america to go to college. what a snob. i don't believe in an america with a separation of church and state is absolute. you bet that makes you throw up. that makes me throw up the american public does not want to welcome back. see two or three candidates get time for what now. into a mud wrestling match. arizona lawmakers have just passed three anti-abortion he is the worst republican in bills, including one that the country. quit distorting my words. declares that pregnancies begin two weeks before the conception. if i see it, it's bull i said contraception going to break but of course, i mean

[ bleep ]. >> yeah, this is oil. oil. conception. >> those are important not to confuse. out of rock. >> yes, they are very different things. >> that would be much more shale. the president has a radical extreme. >> the results are different. environmental ideology and a >> but basically says the gestation begins when you awful theology. we worship the earth or we focus of u late and not when the egg on the earth and we don't worry is inseminated. about man. carbon dioxide, a threat to our the over all bid is to shorten country. go tell that to a plant. the window in which women can have abortions. >> we need to shorten the window i would say i'm sort of the guy at the dance the girls walk in in which legislators can talk about a woman's period and try they sort of walk by but by the end of the evening, steady eddie and pass bills related to that. is there and he's the guy you this is why is women believe want to bring home to mom and there is a war on women because dad. >> we will suspend our campaign there are state houses across the country with republicans effective today. ♪ it's something unpredictable introducing the bills and this but in the end it's right is the party of personal ♪ i hope you had the time of your life ♪ freedoms that wants to have the legislature make these decisions when a woman and her doctor >> hogan, it's a moving tribute. should be deciding this. this is not made up. of course, we have to. this is not democrats saying we if you could you do over one think this might be happening. this is happening. women are not a special interest moment from that campaign and group. don't say anything about mitt women are the majority of the electorate, the majority -- >> they will decide this romney and carpet bombing but if you could have your candidate do

election every time the over any moment in that republicans go down this road, campaign, what would it be? they're getting further and >> that's a good question. further away not only from too close to it at this point to winning in november, they are say that. >> is it the sweater vests? damaging themselves with this is entire generation of female >> no. >> no, i don't know. voter who's thought these that might be the one i would matters were settled in the 19. definitely pull back on, the sweater vests. >> because conservatives have it took this country backwards not been successful in with the sweater vest. >> that is going to be all over overturning roe versus wade they the twitter. have been successful in doing in >> sweater vest on yesterday in recent decades is state laws honor of mr. santorum. it's a cool thing. that make getting an abortion >> tell us one time where rick more and more difficult and santorum got the angriest at they've become sophisticated in you. >> yes. finding ways to limit abortions. >> at me? >> yes. what we're seeing is a backlash >> whether he did he just tear your head off. >> it wasn't at me really. against those efforts first with the bill in virginia, the transvaginal bill and now with if i ever got angry at me, i would blame you guys. this egg drop bill in arizona he would go that's right, they are terrible. and so there's a limit to this liberal media. you saw those clips out there. i think what's so great about strategy of limiting abortion and we're seeing a backlash. rick is you don't necessarily agree with everything he says. >> do you think michael steele, the party is learning its lesson democrats, republicans, whatever, but you know he feels at all? it doesn't seem like it is. itten au know he believes it. >> i think some have. that was one of the ways he was able to win in democratic districts in pennsylvania and and are. i think that there is, to your win the state as a senator. to this day, he was able to get point, a genuine concern that i

know existed over the last ten 11 states because people said i years that the issue with get that. i don't agree with everything. electing conservatives to the how many people left our events, white house to congress, that ron paul supporters i heard them they would be the champions of in the back of the room, he these arguments and these answered my question. what kind of politician actually issues. they said they would be. and yet, they look and sought answers my question. see any movement at the federal i don't agree but he answered my level on these issues. you're right. question. they were blown away the fact it then transcends to the local that he would meet the voters and state areas where they can one-on-one and talk to reporters have a greater impact almost at every event. immediately. i think the though at the end of sometimes that was to our the day, i'd like to hear the detriment. of howard fineman wrote a great voice and i said this before, piece about that and said no one republican women i think have a voice here. does this anymore. they need to be the voices in everyone should talk to people. this conversation. >> hogan gidley masterfully and if they are, you won't see this kind of nonsense and this taking a question about his kind of noise where you'll have candidate's shortcomings and legislate tors dictating vaginal turning it into an answer talking about his strengths. outcomes. >> he didn't shed a tear after >> vaginal -- and this is what happens. you have to say things like egg that clip. >> he will now. thank you for joining us. drop and vaginal outcomes. great to have you. >> always, thanks. >> that is the phrase of the >> we look forward to what's day. >> thanks again to michael, next for rick santorum. ryan, patricia and hugo. coming up, the hope fades for a i'll see you back here tomorrow cease-fire in syria. at noon eastern, 9:00 a.m. the united nations is looking at all options including working pacific when i'm joined by

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right now on "andrea mitchell reports," rick santorum is out. can mitt romney reyipt the party? >> i think we'll all come tath as time goes on to make sure that we see a new change in direction in washington in the white house, the senate, the house, we'd like to keep in republican hands. inside santorum's decision