mr. romney became the candidate if he would have the tea party or if a tea party candidate is elected willable. this next column is about michelle obama. since you wrote that, she went to spain for a five-day trip to a luxury resort. when you talk about fearlessness, if she has withdrawn on what her political views are. would you write the same column today? >> i do think on the fearlessness part that she is operating on the same calculus as the president. it is better to say little or nothing even while being attacked. it is a more graceful, stately position but the attacks on her at this point are intense. i wrote this last weekend about attacks on her childhood obesity campaign. you would think it would be a slam-dunk issue. people have revved up the attacks on the first lady. her position has been to sidestep it all. >> in the column you wrote on march 12, you get a nice position. then you have a big chart showing the state'ss. what got your attention on this? why do you trust them? >> they are greek polling group. we have trusted them for a long time. i use them all the time. what caught

mr. romney saying he would repeal obama care. how big a problem is this going to be for mitt romney as he moves forward? >> this will be a stone in the shoe for romney as he continues his presidential campaign. there was an issue for john mccain in 2008 where mccain pushed for comprehensive immigration reform. republicans didn't like that. this is true for romney. mike huckabee called it socialism. others don't like the mandate in massachusetts. romney is pushing back in two ways, one, as a governor, i'm supposed to do this thing. this is what all 50 governors can do. what obama did that is wrong is take a single solution and clamp that down on the country. the second is to change the subject. as a successful businessman he knows how to create jobs. >> thanks for talking with us. so many candidates, so many decisions to be made. >> so little time. jeff glor standing by. >> weather is blamed for a deadly bus crash in northeastern pennsylvania near scranton, a tour bus turned over, crashing into a disabled car. a 41-year-old man sta

mr. romney has taken a different risk than last time. he is building allies among republicans and going of money from his collection -- from his political action committee. this story points out that he is trying to present a more relaxed image to combat the impression that he is not approachable. next is brent joining us from southbridge, massachusetts. the question is, who should have jurisdiction in teaching your kids? good morning. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. there are difficulties at all of those levels. we need to be realistic about that. on the local level, the people who take charge locally, you have the danger of nepotism and cronyism -- people getting jobs in the school system that really should not over others who are more qualified. then, as you get farther away, like, from the state level and to the federal level, you get laws passed which have no relationship at all, perhaps, to the people you are teaching -- people in front of you. i taught for 31 years. i have seen all kinds of these regulations. s

mr. barbour criticized mitt romney, but i know that he got thankfully for that, but i know that he gets a lot of criticism, and he was the one that basically came up with this idea as a governor of the time in any case. i want to ask about the community health centers because this is another case. when i was here and george bush, the second george bush was president he pushed for community health centers and this is going to be our answer for people who didn't have coverage. now we see in the c.r. community centers are cut by 1.3 billion for the president's request and a little practical extension to the community health centers. in your state, massachusetts, you would lose 5 million in the community health center funds being used to provide care for nearly 90,000 of your residence. i had a community health center the was funded in the recovery act wrote me a letter saying now that they have to close the door at the c.r. becomes law. so, you know, how is your affair if the funds are cut off? >> the centers are we if we don't have medicaid or the medicaid gets cut back people at least can

mr. barbour criticize romney, but thankfully for that.i know he gets a lot of criticism, and he was the one that basically came up with the idea, a governor at the time in any case. i want to ask about community health centers because this is an issue. when second george bush was president, he pushed for this as the answer for people who didn't have coverage. now we see in the cr, community health centers, i guess, are cut by $1.3 billion relative to the president's request rolling back critical expansions to community health centers. in your state, massachusetts, you would lose nearly 5 million in community health funds used to provide care for nearly 90,000 of your residents. i had a community health center funded in the recovery act wrote me a letter saying they have to close the door if the cr is law. you know, what -- how is your state going to fair if the funds are cut off? if we don't have medicaid or it's cut back, people at least can go there. it's another backup. >> i understand the question, congressman, and it's a worry for us

mr. obama to one term in office? barbour, christy, daniels, gingrich, huckaby, huntsman, palin, pawlenty, perry, romney, ryan, santorum? gallop offered some in sight into the answer. the poll released this week measures which candidate has the strongest support. intensity of support, among republican voters. in other words, which candidate's supporters were the most diehard? gallop calls the survey the positive intensity poll. and it deals with republican presidential candidate images, coming in first former arkansas republican governor mike huckaby. second, minnesota congresswoman michelle bachman. question, is that value in having positive intensity at this stage of the contest? >> sure. but the one name who was not mentioned was john huntsman, who was only known for 20% of the people and has 14% intensity. which is really very good for a guy just come back from china. >> i mentioned his name. >> i know -- saying it's not mentioning. >> when i say that, mention with the kind of adulation that you would normally attribute to such a terrific performer. >> and the president said if mr. huntsman run, he the president wi