>> blaise? korff -- blaise? >> sure. i go back to this being a 49% nation. the issue is, how strongly they were talked about, it is another issue. i do not necessarily think that it may a difference. the base aren't each side is what it is. in terms of not talking about religious group, and give the democrats credit because they did not use that in the campaign. that is and then they could have done. i also give the romney campaign credit and romney himself for addressing his religion early on. it goes back to campaign 101. rebut what you know on the offense. that is how i would address it. >> are not surprised. i am pleased that it did not emerge as an issue but it also makes good sense. americans do not like to see people attacked because of religion. we are proud of ourselves for being in an inclusive and diverse country. we are a country that a strong enough to include different forms of religion and it would have been a political mistake to take that on, so i'm not surprised. will republicans conclude they would have done better with a candid it did not

so, blaise, would have been on the republican side? >> well, my husband and i were talking about this last night. the first thought that occurred to me is this his campaign one-to-one. i mean, that's the bottom line. the way i look at it is the first thing that happened is that democrats -- in effect to give the obama team great credit is that they turn out their base and they did a fabulous job of it and there's a lot that we need to learn from them as republicans. the next thing is negative works. we don't like it, rent complaints about it, but the bottom line is the perks and the obama team went in and define from the early. they went after him and wasn't given a chance. campaign one-to-one. you always have to rebut them make it is against you. again, it is a fundamental part of campaigning. romney led -- the romney campaign and let that go unanswered, let all those attacks go unanswered. there was a problem. as he saw on the other side, we look at the house. they did the exact opposite. once they knew they were attacked on medicare

i'm going i'm going to turn it over to blaise.y. she is the former republican national committee political director. she is also the present of grassroots -- which is a microtargeting firm. i will also say your husband dan hazlewood is one of the leading republican political consultants also both are good friends of mine and she is a working mom. so a real task in the world of women that i believe this is the first panel i have ever done on politics where we have had so many of the panelists who are women and nobody is here for a ferment of action i can assure you. this is a superstar panel so blaise. >> it happened on the republican side. >> my husband and i were talking about this last night. the first thought that occurred to me is this his campaign won a one. that is the bottom line and the way i look at it is, the first thing that happened is that democrats gave the obama team great credit, is that they turned out their base and they did a fabulous job of it. there is a lot that we need to learn from them as republicans. the

. >> thank you, blaise.lectorat nor, distinguished writer, published many books, contribute to ""newsweek" magazine and daily beast website and a guest on the syndicated talk show. what's going on from your perspective and what's it mean to america. >> first of all, my chair is lower than the two ladies on the right and left. >> that is true. >> i'm ten feet tall from my perspective today so i can handle it. >> that's really fun. [laughter] >> it was a good night for democrats, for women, for pot smokers, for the new emerging electorat, and this is not your grandfather's electorat. ronald reagan ran in a very different america. ronald reagan would have a difficult time in today's republican primary process. there are lessons on the republican side and democratic side that are not as tech any, and those less sons can be learned easily. it's the remaking of the party's approach, if they can't be in the national party if they turn off african-americans, his hispanics, and now women. the republican party, today,

thanks to ann lewis, eleanor clift, richard dunham, and blaise hazelwood. thank you all. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> robert autry and pete -- roger daltrey and pete townshend on childhood and young adult cancer. this will be mr. david cameron's third time talking at the banquet since becoming prime minister. if it is remarkable. 3:30 p.m. eastern tomorrow. later in georgetown, bono talking and as social movements like his project red campaign. covered at 6:00 p.m. eastern. about voterk demographics in this year's election as a part of the national journal's day after the election conference. from washington, this is 35 minutes. >> it if you wanted to study predicate to see how this is a change in american politics, you could not have done a better than last night which i think we will look back at a political but also social and cultural milestone when they look in the mirror and says we are a different place than we used to be. we have a terrific panel. we will look at the

this is where blaise is right. we don't know the answer of the approach of the president to either one can work and either one has risks. the first one has more risk without plan that the republicans can knock down. the second is more dangerous for the republican leadership if they cut a deal and can't bring the followers along. >> two issues to questions. one argues surprised that the issue of mormonism played such a small part apparently? and second is that one conclusion that the republican party might draw that they needed someone who was a standard more publicly determined than permitted to the precise these issues and will be more strongly in such a way as not to move and shift the positions during the course of the campaign pitted >> blaise, do you want to take that one? >> sure. i would again go back to being a 49% nation. the issue's letter how strongly they were talked about is another issue and i don't necessarily think that again made a difference how conservative or how liberal because the base on each

i will turn it over to blaise hazelwood. she is the president of press returning which is that mike returning. then his the wood is one of the leading republican political consultants and good friends of mine and she is a working mother. a real testament to the world of women that this is the first panel i have done on politics where we have had so many of the panelists are women and nobody is here for from affirmative action. this is a superstar panel. what happened on the republican side? >> my husband and i were talking about this last night and the first thought that occurred to me is this is campaign 101. that is the bottom line. the way i look at it is the first thing is the democrats and i have to give the obama team great credit, they turned out their base and they did a fabulous job of it and there is a lot we need to learn from them. as republicans. the next thing is that-works. -- negative works. the team went in and defined romney early. romney was not given a chance and that works. the last one is you always hav