also some pretty dry parts where he's just regurgitating what the secretary of state seward or caleb smith or whoever told him to say. so with this message he transmitted to congress and was read by a clerk before the -- before the senate and the house. there were also reports that were submitted at the same time. reports from secretary of state, secretary of interior, war department, post office, postmaster general. so -- so i think that's why this volume -- this message is in this volume with the interior. because following these pages are the messages from the secretary of interior. he has a lot of religious imagery in his opening. and while it please the almighty to bless us with a return to peace, we can but press on guided by the best light he gives us trusting that in his own good time and wise way all will yet be well. the message is significant mainly because it deals with emancipation and also the -- lincoln's kind of reformulation of his thoughts about his administration during the course of the war. 1862 was a big year. a lot of change. he had issued the preliminary emancipatio

cedarville university political science professor mark caleb smith say he's struck by the lack of excitement for any one of them. >> i don't see santorum or romney or paul or gingrich generating a lot of intense enthusiasm. there's a lot of interest and a lot of desire to know what's going on but i think people are looking toward november because of their dissatisfaction with the candidates right now. >> woodruff: ohio republican voters, smith says, are driven by a desire to defeat president obama in the fall. his description fits jamie macgregor, who wanted new jersey governor chris christie to run, cares most about tax reform and job growth, and made his current choice for practical reasons. >> mitt romney because of his electability. is attractive to me. we have to think bigger than just now. we need to think towards november. i think that there's serious risk with santorum and paul and gingrich up against obama. because i don't think that they have the cross appeal that we're going to need. >> woodruff: does that mean you've now settled on mitt romney? >> reluctantly, yes. >> woodruff: m