joining us now here in washington, cathleen parker columnist from the washington post.nd clarence page columnist for the "chicago tribune". cathleen, national view ann coulter, drudge, all unloading on newt within a couple of days. was there a secret meeting here? >> i didn't get the memo. you know, it's interesting, i want to clarify something right out of the gate, which is that when we talk about the media or commentators, pundits, et cetera, coming after someone in an orchestrated way, these are conservative operatives, republican party operatives essentially. they're not journalists, and they're not representing any institutional entity, i don't think. i think they're representing their own political views, but they have access to media. they are media creatures. >> that include "national review? >>". >> it's obviously a magazine, but it was created from an idealogical point of view. right? as opposed to, for example, the "chicago tribune" or the washington post. it's more traditional what we call mainstream, and i call old school journalism entities. >> isn't this

cathleen falsani, an evangelical who writes frequently about religion and pop culture, called it one of the most memorable collections of spiritual musical musings in recent memory. >> it's fascinating. it's a stunningly beautiful new album and he's a great surprise to me and frankly a huge blessing. >> reporter: simon comes from a jewish background. >> i was raised to a degree, enough to be, you know, bar-mitzvahed and have that much jewish education, although i had no interest. none. >> reporter: now at 70, he says he's very interested in questions about god. in his song "the afterlife" he speculates about what happens after death. there's a humorous aspect where he imagines waiting in line, like at the department of motor vehicles. but there's a serious aspect too. >> by the time you get up to speak to god and you actually get there, there's no question that you could possibly have that could have any relevance. >> reporter: one of the most unusual songs on the album, "getting ready for christmas day," includes parts of a sermon preached in 1941 by a prominent african-american pas

. >> reporter: in florida, evangelical republican cathleen kwas is supporting romney largely because of his economic experience. >> i'm not electing him to be the pastor of my church or anything like that. i think he's a moral man. i think he's a strong husband, a good father, and i'm sure we share a lot of the same, you know, ethics and values. and you know, the mormonism isn't -- i don't even think about that. >> reporter: charisma media ceo steve strong is among other evangelicals who say they are reluctant to support romney because of his policies, not his faith. >> i have no criticism of governor romney personally other than the fact that you have to question how conservative he is by some of the things he did in massachusetts. thankfully his flip-flopping, in my opinion, was flip-flopping in the right direction. that is a factor, but for me that is more of a factor than what church he goes to. >> reporter: if not romney, who? in the south carolina vote, many evangelicals appeared to accept gingrich's argument that he is the candidate with the best chance of winning. >> we must

i think we have three delegates from romney, ross larson, darren, and cathleen, and an alternate, which is craig rackham. and you have the two delegates from santorum are, carrie and patricia. david is the alternate. the ron paul delegate is nicholas colbert -- colbat, i am sorry. those are the names of like to put before our caucus right now. all those in favor say aye. we have just selected our delegates to the county convention. it may seem disjointed, but we got that job accomplished. so thank you very much. all of you that are remaining here, if you want to come over here, we do have -- we do not want to totally forget the -- the ones that are the delegates, come up here and talk to our secretary. they need to get all of the information from those people who are delegates and alternates. that is our man right there. our secretary. the other thing we want is we have a list here for jr. delegates. there is no cost for jr. delegates. you can have as many as you want. mark, do you have the jr. delegate form? anybody else would like -- if you would like to sign her up, come on up and si