msnbc's norah o'donnell and time magazine's michael duffy. president alabama stuck with gas prices, a housing market and a jobs outlook that wobet won't be a big selling point a year from now. but the republicans are helping obama. every one of the top candidates comes with a potentially huge flaw. we're putting them in two groups. first the political liabilities that could be deal breakers. with the republican base. romney has romney care. tim pawlenty, cap and trade. mitch daniels, governor of indiana, supported some tax increases. and john huntsman has, too. he was president obama's ambassador to china and been pro gay rights. then there is the list of likely candidates with big personal history flaws. trouble with independents as well as with the g.o.p. base. newt gingrich, on his third marriage. mitch daniels whose wife divorced him, left him with their in our daughters and then returned three years later and then they remarried. and of course donald trump. howard, this is a strange story. let's start with the personal ones and strange f

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