and last week we spoke with andrew romano on the reorganization to reelect president obama.republican party ready to do that kind of battle? let's ask rnc chairman. great to have you with us today. >> great to be here. >> mike: last week when we talked to andrew romano, he'd gone inside the belly of the beast and gone inside the obama operation to he see some things that are pretty enlightening. here is one of the things he said, i'm going to have to react to it. >> they're really, really focused on technology as a way to turn out voters and get votes on election day. we saw some of this in 2008. i think what you're going to see this year, this is a quote from the campaign will make 2008 look pre historic and now you log into facebook and instead of sending a message to all of your friends, they say send it to your five friends in the swing district in pennsylvania who are really concerned about taxes. >> mike: and it's obvious that there is a very sophisticated technological approach to this election from the obama campaign. and are the republicans ready to match this sort

few have ventured inside the belly of that beast, my next guest has, news week's andrew romano. inside this incredible obama machine. i want to ask you, what did you see that's amazing to you in terms. organization and just how prepared they are? >> sure, you know, i went back in early december to the headquarters in chicago. and it struck me, as a contrast between my visit in 2007 and april of 2007. they were a little start-up then now it's a behemoth. there are about 50,000 square feet of office surface. >> mike: 50,000 square feet and are they using most of it. >> most of it, but space for expansion there, at the time they had more than 200 staffers, in the headquarters, for comparison at the time romney's campaign and the biggest republican campaign had about 98 and go back to bill clinton in 96 or george h.w. bush, 40, george h.w. bush 10 or fewer so they're ramped up early and so, the scope of it's impressive. also impressive is the intensity of it. now, they're really, really focused on one day, that's election day, 2012. they don't have to worry about primaries and caucu

. >> andrew romano who has been inside and i hope people recognize something, a lot of republicans areybe thinking this is going to be an easy election, no, it isn't and i want you to understand from our conversation today, that not only is it the amount of money, but it's the strategic way in which this money is being used and unprecedented ways that will make this one of the most toughest and difficult challenges that any candidate has ever faced. so, whoever that republican she's going to be walking into a, an amazing extraordinary mountain to climb and we're going to see a pretty amazing election. anyway, thank you very much, andrew. [applause] >> we'll see your story. and coming up, las vegas headliner, terry fader, he's got one of his co-stars and they have a very big announcement to make on our show (applause) >> over the past week, all of the political live events from nevada. and the state caucuses are this weekend and even donald trump made news in las vegas with his endorsement of the mitt romney. and earlier i went to las vegas where america's got talent ventrioquist terry

. >> andrew romano who has been inside and i hope people recognize something, a lot of republicans arehinking this is going to be an easy election, no, it isn't and i want you to understand from our conversation today, that not only is it the amount of money, but it's the strategic way in which this money is being used and unprecedented ways that will make this one of the most toughest and difficult challenges that any candidate has ever faced. so, whoever that republican she's going to be walking into a, an amazing extraordinary mountain to climb and we're going to see a pretty amazing election. anyway, thank you very much, andrew. [applause] >> we'll see your story. and coming up, las vegas headliner, terry fader, he's got one of his co-stars and they have a very big announcement to make on our show if there was a pill to help protect your eye health as you age... would you take it? well, there is. [ male announcer ] it's called ocuvite. a vitamin totally dedicated to your eyes, from the eye-care experts at bausch + lomb. as you age, eyes can lose vital nutrients. ocuvite helps reple

last saturday we spoke to "newsweek" as andrew romano about the very organized effort to elect presidentbama. how social media could be the key to victory. let's ask rnc chairman. great to have you with me today. he had been in the belly of the beast gone inside the obama operation to see some things that were pretty enlightening. here is one of the things he said i'll have you react to it. >> they're really focus the on technology as way to turn out voters to get votes on election day. we saw some of this in 2008 but i think what would you going to see this year, this is a quote from the call maybe. weep make 2008 look prehis tore rib. now what you do sign in with facebook get access to all the information that you have use that to target their messages. instead of sending out a message to all your friends, they say send to your five friends in the swing district in pennsylvania who are really concerned about taxes. >> mike: it's obvious that there is a very sophisticated technological approach to this election from the obama campaign. are the republicans ready to match this sort of eff