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the democratic strategist, donna brazile and republican strategy, mary matalin.y. the commercials were pretty good as well. this one, in particular, is causing a lot of political buzz right now. a clint eastwood chrysler car commercial. let me play you a clip of it -- it's halftime -- both teams are in their locker rooms discussing what they can do to win this game in the second half. it's halftime in america, too. people are out of work and they're hurting. and they're all wondering what they're going to do to make a comeback and we're all scared because this isn't a game. people of detroit know a little something about this. they almost lost everything. but we all pulled together. now motor city is fighting again. i've seen a lot of tough and a lot of downturns in my life and times when we didn't understand each other. it seems that we've lost our heart at times. a fog, a vision, discord and blame made it hard to see what lies ahead. this country can't be knocked out with one punch. we get right back up again and when we do the world will hear roar of our engin

let's bring in mary matalin and ron brownsteen. santorum turning this on the media, is this how a front runner handles tough question? >> gueye know, as well as anybody, there's a lot of juice in the republican primary for attacking the media. they're the conservative base of the republican party. it's not new. a long standing way is suspicious of the main stream media and believes they don't get a fair shake from them. there's some opportunity there, but we have reached a point in the republican race where this is secondary and not as combustible as it was in south carolina with newt gingrich. we're down to a real choice between mitt romney and rick santorum, and it's going to be much more tangential than it was earlier in the campaign. >> if a major supporter says something outrageous, is it out of the realm to ask the candidate, what do you think of this? >> no, and i think santorum's frustration is he's right on the precipice of consolidating the not-romney vote, and he's up in michigan, he's more significantly, he's up in ohio

some people here wanted to call us the mary matalin and james carville of the middle east. greg has more hair. and a little more charm. alisha explain to you how we got to jerusalem. it was 1989 and it was the end of apartheid and nelson mandela was in prison. i was a sophomore at harvard university and decided to take a year off. i went down and met gregg. i didn't know i would meet him. and the baseball cap -- he stood out and came in to use our phone in a booth where nelson mandela's colleagues were getting out of prison. and it was the first legal rally for the african national congress. i saw greg and we met and started dating and i was back to harvard finishing up my schooling. for two years we dated from afar and finally i moved down after graduating and for graduation my father had given me $1,000. it was a check that was supposed to last the entire year. it was going to help me launch my career as a freelance journalist. i arrived in south africa and i didn't know what it was to be dating or married to a foreign correspondent. he said to me as i arrived on friday,

let's bring in mary matalin and ron brownsteen.torum turning this on the media, is this how a front runner handles tough question? >> gueye know, as well as anybody, there's a lot of juice in the republican primary for attacking the media. they're the conservative base of the republican party. it's not new. a long standing way is suspicious of the main stream media and believes they don't get a fair shake from them. there's some opportunity there, but we have reached a point in the republican race where this is secondary and not as combustible as it was in south carolina with newt gingrich. we're down to a real choice between mitt romney and rick santorum, and it's going to be much more tan jenjal than it was earlier in the campaign. >> if a major supporter says something outrageous, is it out of the realm to ask the candidate, what do you think of this? >> no, and i think santorum's frustration is he's right on the precipice of consolidating the not-romney vote, and he's up in michigan, he's more significantly, he's up in ohio, an

>>gary: it does not matter, mike ditka, ron schuler, mary matalin, barak obama and bill clinton's plea a clean heart surgeon yet he took time to join us. art, your fabulous, thank you. that is a guy that is well connected. 35th consecutive super bowl and he still cannot get a nice telephone line. will be back in a moment. >>gary: i see this coult. >>> ashton kutcher and bruce willis descend on demi moore's home. i've kevin frazier from new york city. >>> "the insider" son. >> demi moore's health crisis -- >> moore may have been in trouble long before friends calmed 911. >> is demi going to rehoob? >> daughter's rumer and tallulah. >> it's appropriate for the people who care about her to try and get her to get help. >> then -- >> i came to his home immediately. >> the soul train creator's son today on calling 911 after the suicide. >> what prompted don to take his life? >> he was depressed in poor health. is that true? >> how don cornelius' ex could

joining me are maria cardona and mary matalin. mary, first to you.king back to november, the president had a 44% overall approval rating, now hit a magic 60% mark. is this something republicans have done wrong or something the president has down right? >> i think it's largely a function of the cycle obama has been out there campaigning nonstop, and he has a good campaign. he's been campaigning well. part of his good campaigning is attacking republicans, and part of the cycle for where the republicans are right now is they're attacking republicans, so there's no pushback on obama in this part of the season. he's running a good campaign, but he's running a good race on an empty track. i don't think they see numbers are sustainable, and they're also not present in the 14 most competitive states where the unemployment is higher and his numbers are lower. it does matter thousand you're doing in the battleground states. what do you think is behind the president's rise in approval numbers? >> i think what's behind it is he's talking every day what he'll do

joining me for today's strategy session" paul begala and mary matalin.urray is specifically angry about the all-male panel at the house oversight committee hearing on this whole issue, and i want to start out by saying this is a church/state issue, but i now believe this is a great base issue for both sides, because republicans can accuse the president of trying to interfere in religion against the constitution, and democrats can accuse republicans of trying to hinder the women's movement. paul, i dare you to tell me i'm not right. >> here's the big difference. the many has compromised, the republicans have not. president said hhs secretary issued an order with the president's approval that a lot of people, including myself, thought went too far in fousting catholic schools, hospitals, other institutions to pay for contraception against their religious precepts. he changed action backed off of that. no religious institution has to pay, and i admire that, but women will have access to free for contraception. what the republicans want is to end federal sup

mary matalin says no. >> he was articulating the catholic proposition on contraception.fically said his policy position is not to ban birth control, and when this plays out, that can't hurt him. >> reporter: this isn't the first time talk about contraception has come up in the republican presidential campaign. you may remember a couple months ago mitt romney was asked about it in a debate about whether a state has the right to ban contraception. he remarked it was an unusual topic being raised and wound up saying that contraception is working just fine and, in his words, leave it alone. candidate? >>> thank you very much. a major donor is getting heat for making this off-the-cuff joke about contraception earlier today. >> back in my days, they used bayer aspirin for contraceptions. the gals put it between their knees, and it wasn't that costly. joining us the manages editor rick stengel of "time." you can see the latest cover here, "time," of course is the corporate cousin of cnn, so we're corporate cousins. good to see you, rick. >> nice to see you, candidate. >> listen