then senator santorum, you were also one of the targets.l let you listen to something chris christie said and give you a chance to respond. >> so please, let us come out here not only resolved to stand for our principles but let's come out resolved to win elections again. >> you seem to be right in the middle of it. >> what i say to that, yeah, i want to win, but we want to win to do things that are beneficial for america. i want america to win. and when you abandon the things that you believe are in the best interests for america to win, then who cares if you win? i mean, what do you win? you win something that's short of what you think is the best. so i think if you look at the last few elections republican nominees for president, they were folks who went out and by and large americans knew they didn't believe what the party stood for. and they pretty much apologized for most of the thins the party stood for. we need someone to go out there and articulate a positive uplifting vision of what america can be for average americans, working am

rick santorum, those are duke blue devils.ow you can't mess that stuff up. >> it's blue and white, come on. >> it fooled me. >> it did fool you. >> i thought it was kentucky. >> it was a whole mess there. peter baker, it was a mess that day. first he had the wrong thing. then the ncaa said you can't use our players. then pretty much insult to injury, mitch mcconnell who is a louisville cardinal grad sees them to lose kentucky. uk. he's no fan of who he's made clear he's no fan of is playing today for a right to the final four. >> a bad day. sports are a metaphor for politics. it's because in fact there are similarities. competitiveness, it's about energy, it's about momentum. and the question is, do the republicans use the momentum they have right now the heading into their final four and they've managed to find ways of not using it in the past. this is a different year. >> svante. what gets democrats motivated to vote in november? that seems to be an elusive issue. >> to me it's the future, it's elections are always about the

senator santorum as a hard liner on social issues, how do you answer tamara and jane harman?throw out a couple names. tony abbott, a hard liner, now the prime minister of australia. australia is clearly to the left of us on most of these moral cultural issues. tony abbott is a conservative catholic who didn't change his position one bit but was able to go out and connect with average voters. one of the things i talked about at the cpac speech, we've done a very bad job of connecting with working americans. we're out there in a very stressful time in american history. people are full of fear and anxiety about their future. we're out there talking about cutting things. i'm for reducing the size of government. i'm for reducing taxes. but when your whole answer is i'm eve going to cut your benefits and i'm going to cut taxes for rich people, you're not cutting it with average people. that to me is the real missing link here pope francis hasn't changed one doctrine of the cath lib church, but he's communicating to the average person. those people, average working americans are fee

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here's what rick santorum had to say. >> so we're told that we have to put aside what we believe is innterest of the country. so republican candidate can win. now, that may result in a win for a republican candidate, but it will be a devastating loss for america. >> obviously santorum is paraphrasing what christie said. >> he really is. >> but this is really the big debate in the republican party right now. >> well, it's a debate in both parties. it's a perennial debate. and i think we hear or see the speech we expect to hear instead of the one that's given. and i think the media. i read today, a lot about that one quote from christie which to me was a throw away quote. he made no particular point. he did not confront. that was a, i think, from what i have heard of him, that was his most, you know, ideological speech in trying to win over the base of those conservatives. there was very little mull mying confronting of the base on issues of trying to be more of a compromising -- >> no, i agree. >> thank you so much. we appreciate it. when we come back, how hard will it be for the u.s. t

welcome rick santorum. [applause] >> thank you very much.hank you very much, foster, i think [laughter] . [laughter] it is always a joy to be with foster friess. it's always -- you never know what you're going to get. i've been watching a little bit of what is going on here at cpac, and i hear a lot of "we have to win." now, we all know what they mean. they actually mean "we have to lose." we have to lose those currently unfashionable stances on cultural and limited government issues that have been proven over time to give americans the best chance for a healthy, happy life. so we are told that we have to put aside what we believe is in the best interest of the country.p so a republican candidate can win. that will result in a win for a republican candidate, but it will be a devastating loss for america. [applause] you, but i'mabout not out here fighting just to elect republican candidates and let them win. i'm here to see america win. [applause] by the way, how did it work out for the republican establishment following their lead nominating

one inclined to block internet security --cial social conservatives like mike huckabee and rick santorumstill hasnk huckabee a chance of getting his support even though new jersey has legalize online gambling? >> early on, yeah. the word is that adelson viewed christie they very -- christie very favorably. that was before the washington bridge scandal. the word is that adelson is concerned. but chris christie is here and he will have a one-on-one number station with adelson. so he is still in the running for adelson's support. let's talk a little bit about republican candidates and how they are using and understanding technology. historically, republicans, it seems, haven't needed to embrace technology. is that changing with this new crop of potential candidates? >> that is a great question. it is changing with some of the candidates. them knows, most of they got stumped on tech in 2012. of gopller segment hopefuls, rand paul and marco rubio, are trying to embrace and identify themselves with the innovation economy. uber has given speeches at and google and talked about the economy and i

joining me, former candidate himself, rick santorum, how are you?ow again. >> i watched you. i was out on the trail with you. i know what a grind it is. are you advising people to do it? not do it? it's a tough road. >> it is a tough road, but there's no greater experience in politics than getting out there and having that interaction with the voters from all across the country. you really learn how diverse this country is, how great this country is. i always tell people if you have a desire to do it. there's no reason not to do it. it's really an amazing experience. >> do you have a desire to do it again? >> i'm certainly looking at it pretty seriously, sean. i think there's a lot of lessons learned from a couple of years ago and there's certainly a lot of problems out there that are, as you detailed very, very well in your shows, that things are getting worse, not better. maybe a little change from someone who really believes in the founding principles of our country is what we need. >> yeah. so who then would be your competition? i think rand is

. >> what about bad blood, rick santorum/chris christie, santorum suggesting that christie is compromising> reporter: this started at cpac when chris christie gave a pretty good speech and said winning is important. we can't just stick to the mantra, we have to win elections. rick santorum, a very social conservative and fiscal conservative, pushed back a little bit at cpac and he pushed back again yesterday on cnn's "crossfire," when he talked about his efforts fighting the cause, fighting for social justice, fighting for marriage, traditional marriage, and he said other candidates, other people like maybe chris christie talk the talk but don't walk the walk. again, two men who may be running in 2016. a lot of bad blood out there and very public. we are seeing it on the democratic side, but not nearly as public as we're seeing it on the republican side. >> just goes to show the race is competitive and people are jockeying for position even now. >> nice to see you on a tuesday morning, steinhauser. talk to you again soon. thanks. >>> all right, let's take a look at what's coming up on "new

the ones who do support a ban tend to be more unelectable like rick santorum.hink early on, the word among political insiders was that adelson viewed chris christie favorably despite his position on internet gambling. that was before the george washington bridge scandal. that has obviously knocked christie's support ratings down a little bit. word is that adelson is concerned. but chris christie is here and he is going to have a one-on-one conversation with adelson. obviously, he is still be in the running for support and i think ranks first-tier among potential republican candidates. >> let's talk a little bit about republican candidates and how they are understanding and using technology. historically, it seems republicans felt they needed to embrace technology. romney never embraced twitter or facebook the same way obama did. is that changing with this new crop of candidates? >> that's a great question. it is changing with some of the candidates. republicans, most of them know they got thumped on tech in 2012. i think the smarter segment of gop hopefuls are

i mean, remember, rick santorum did pretty well in his race for the republican nomination in 2012 which he said he was waging in part to make clear to america the evils of contraception. >> one of the things i will talk >> he came in second to mitt romney in the republican primary campaign in 2012. the idea that contraception is a problem unexpectedly has become republican party orthodoxy now. it has also become a general election problem for republicans. the republican congressman who's running for senate in colorado right now against mark udall, his name is cory gardner. he has supported anti-contraception like personhood at the state level and federal level in colorado. he supported them for years. he bragged about supporting personhood when he was first trying to win his seat in the house in 2012. but now he's trying to run statewide in colorado. and now he has decided that he never really had that position at all. he says he didn't understand what he was advocating all those years. the republican position on contraception has become increasingly doctrinaire, completely untenable ex

they spoke about accountability and still to come, rant paul -- rand paul and rick santorum. >> thousands of people traveled across the country to be here. >> day two of cpac gets underway. was a speakers list roster of potential candidates. they were focused on washington and the cpac as it is commonly known. >> cpac continues today. they will hear from rand paul, on almost certain presidential candidate. organization turns 50 this year. can you believe that? we caught up with the man behind it all. wheree pictures of cpac texas governor rick perry has just begun to speak. it is the largest gathering of conservative activists. they will talk strategy. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome back the chairman of the american conservative union. ♪ >> what a week. senator cruz kicked off on thursday. we also heard from congressman paul ryan. we heard from governor christie and governor jindal. we heard from donald trump. yesterday, governor perry started a day with a great speech. to yourl brought you feet. today, we heard from speaker gingrich. we are not even done yet. panels.had some gre

that's what i would ask. >> abby, i have to say, rick santorum made interesting comments today. >> he>> he called out the republican party for the you didn't build that messaging being over the top, focusing on small business owners to the exclusion of working people and people who earn a paycheck. if he could back that up with actual policy, that would help folks. >> i don't know, abby, i like cpac. it has a professional wrestling flair to it. you ought to beat the drum once in awhile. it's fine have a pep rally. >> to bring us back to rick perry, if i had to ask about something other than his glasses, what he likes about barack obama. that could be interesting. >> luke russert, thank you for your thoughts. >> see you monday. >> excellent. we will look forward to that. >> with better hair, though. >> all right, all right, all right. >> we put this question to our facebook friends. what would you ask any politician, if you could get a 100% answer. chris fer wants to know, what is more important, people or money? >> good question. >> david is calling mularkey on all of that. he posts,

rick santorum was tied for fifth place. brand paul the fox news this morning to talk about the cpac poll and whether he would run for president in 2016. >> we are definitely talking about it. my family is talking about it. we are doing the thing that will be necessary to measure it could happen. i have not made up my mind and will not until after the 2014 elections. i have not been shy by saying we are thinking about it. the message i am trying to promote whether i do it or not of bringing our message to minority voters, people have been persecuted throughout history, young people also like the government has grown too big. it is a message that can grow the party and the party has to go bigger or we will not win again. >> senator rand paul spoke at cpac on friday and where he was the last speaker of the day. he focused on civil liberties and the nsa data collection program. >> thank you. what a great crowd. imagine with me for a moment -- imagine a time where liberties spread from coast to coast. imagine a time when our gre

but santorum and huckabee are going to be cutting into the same people.hen you get into the tea party senators, and, you know, ted cruz is what we thought rand paul was going to be. you know, the guy coming to the capitol building with an uzi spraying it in every direction and just trying to be the most disruptive force he can possibly be, and that's what ted cruz has done. and the thing is in a presidential race the establishment -- remember how the establishment when during the period when gingrich was the front runner and republican establishment just surrounded him and you canned the hell out of -- and kicked the hell out of the guy. the establishment cannot dictate who will be the republican nominee, but they can sure as hell stop somebody, and i've been in washington for 41, almost 42 years, nobody has come to washington and ticked off more people in both parties faster than ted cruz has. and that will come back, i mean, it's gotten him a lot of great press among conservatives and stuff, but that's going to bite him on the rear end. rand paul's the

new jersey governor chris christie came in second with 13% and rick santorum, scott walker and ben carson were tied in third each with 11%. senator paul also has an early lead among possible 2016 candidates according to a new cnn opinion research poll involving 16% of the vote. while paul did not attend the conference, u.s. senator scott brown did and he spoke about his immediate future and his desire to return to the senate. >> it won't surprise you that i've been over the last year paying special attention to my wife gayle of the last 30 years. gayle's been telling me if i really want to make a difference, number one, i should stop complaining and, number two, i should run for the united states senate in new hampshire. starting tomg morning for the next several weeks gayle and i will be traveling around this great state to introduce ourselves, to ask questions, to speak with everyone of every background, republicans, independents, democrats alike, and above all to listen and learn of all of your concerns because i cannot know it all and like some people in washington who think they do.

mitch mcconnell, john boehner, the leader of the house republicans and others, rick santorum, the former pennsylvania senator who briefly won the iowa caucuses. listen to this. >> let's face it. we have a bunch of leaders in this country who don't believe conservative policies can be the basis of a winning national election, so they put forth candidates that keep apologizing for the principles they say they believe in. then they wonder why they lose. >> reporter: this entire conference featured republicans talking about the need to adhere to conservative principles, and win elections at the same time. the suggestion being that in some way they are exclusive and conservatives reject that. the wrap-up speech in a while, sarah palin of alaska is the keynoter. >> carl cameron, we'll check back with you. thanks very much. and do stay with us. full coverage of cpac, bring you the straw poll results when they are announced. shortly thereafter former alaska governor and gop vice presidential nominee sarah palin will be giving the keynote address. >> well, tax season as you know is in full season

christie who had shy of 13% followed by ben carson, scott walker and former pennsylvania governor rick santorumback to our top story as the u.s. intensifies its role in the sc search for that missing jet. chairman of the homeland security committee, congressman michael mccall commented today about the investigation into what happened. listen. >> a lot of mystery behind this. one thing we do know, this was not an accident. it was an intentional deliberate act to bring down this airplane. the evidence is pointing towards the cockpit, towards the pilot and the co-pilot. >> joining me now as i look forward to every sunday is the anchor of fox news sunday chris wallace. good morning to you. >> good morning to you, jamie. >> how does he know that it was not an accident? >> well, because there were too many steps that were taken, deliberate steps. we know that the transponder was turned off deliberately, we know at a separate point that the data stream system was turned off. we also know and this is really interesting and why we now think it's the pilots or one of the pilots rather than the passengers

rick santorum, he argued this weekend that the 2012 election had nothing to do with health care. listen to this. >> was the issue in 2010 that caused us to have the tea party revolution. it was all around the issue of health care. and this election is going to be all around the issue of health care. and they're two great elect elections for republicans. 2012 was not about health care. >> 2012 was not about health care? maybe i was delusional. but i thought we talked about it often. i think it was in the debates. i mean, what is he talking about? >> if you belief what senator santorum, you believe that football has nothing to do with passing, and i think that anybody who has even a moderately good memory will recall that there was not a single debate and very few speeches that were made either by president obama or by mr. romney that did not raise the issue of the affordable care act. >> yeah. >> it was front and center. so the people of this consider consider what was going on, and the proposals that have been brought forth on the aca and they voted to reelect the president anywa

you will hear from mike huckabee, rick santorum and some others. will continue right now on the washington journal -- a political conversation with reid of msnbc. ♪ most ofce it to say, health policy really is not health policy at all. it is essentially budget policy. docs on sos just many of the big issues and ends up putting together something that in washington might be called a patch or an extension of or a stopgap. it docs the big issues. repeatedly docs the big issues. particularly on medicare. we have 10,000 people eligible for medicare everyday. there is a very real cost attached with that. so now the challenge is to try to find a way to move beyond this fixation on budgeting. it would be one thing if it was sound budget policy. , as i'veten, we indicated, don't get to structural kinds of issues. and move beyond this lurch of one kind of budget plan for another and come up with some sensible budget policy. wyden on the challenges facing medicare and hospitals. saturday morning at 10:00 a.m. on book tv, the historical and cultural ties betwe

we're going o'hare from former senator -- here from rick santorum later this afternoon.got a strong base behind him in the 2012 primaries against mitt romney and has an opportunity to make a claim. and the wrap-up speaker this afternoon will be rand paul, the libertarian-leaning conservative kentucky senator and tea party darling who has encouraged the american foreign policy to be more -- to be less engaged overseas. some of his republican critics are concerns there's an isolationist tendency amongst tea party types, so the debate continues to roar. it is all very much an expression, gregg, of how wide open this race is. and, frankly, when you look at the democratic side, they are aligning behind hillary clinton, and it looks like there's going to be lots of choices on the republican side and shrinking choices on the democratic side. gregg: let us know if santorum wears a sweater vest. that's the big question of the day. [laughter] carl cameron, thanks. jenna: day five of oscar pistorius' murder trial, pleading not to the murder of his girlfriend last year. today's test

enegade arlen and justick santorum about every body that was considered acceptable within the gop saidthe only guy that can win is arlen specter. if they had not weighed in, he fight.ave won the the fight over a obamacare. who was the 16th vote on obamacare? the very moment he decided he and notn as a democrat a republican, arlen specter. would not be fighting to repeal obamacare if it was not for the decisions of by some republican experts to save arlen specter. friend,hner's best steve latourette, he has created a pac called defending a main street. i quote "to beat the's not out of the tea party he bank -- tea party." he is defending some the biggest offenders when it comes to limited government. you know who funds that? league.political union. international building trades union. i cannot find a single conservative or republican donor that gives to steve's pac. here we are. we have this family squabble. there's an honest debate going on about what is good policy and what is good politics and how do we take the majority that retake the majority. -- retake the majority. we are tired

rick santorum and senator rand paul of kentucky. >> tomorrow on "washington aboutl," ralph reed talks role of religion in politics in 2014 and the future of the republican party. paul singer speaks at 8:30 a.m.. the author of dragnet nation discussions intelligence gathering and the right to privacy. we will take your calls and you can join the conversation. >> suffice it to say, most of health policy really is not health policy at all. it is essentially budget policy. so the congress just docs on so many of the big issues and ends up putting together something ,hat might be called a patch maybe an extension, they be is called a stopgap, but the fact itit docs the big issues -- ducks the big issues. when you have 10,000 people eligible for medicare every day, there is a very real cost attached with that. now, the challenge is to try to find a way to move beyond this fixation on budgeting. it would be one thing if it was sound budget policy, but so often we, as i have indicated, don't get at the structural issues, and move the on to this lurch from one budget calamity to another, and c

rick santorum managed to beat romney in iowa. newt gingrich had his billionaire.e beat mitt romney in south carolina. want to tryothers to unite and get behind one candidate who has the potential to go all the way. what we have got going on here this weekend is the beginning of the process. the process who -- to find a guy to beat hillary clinton. >> let's talk again about who is there. on that list.t he is one of the high-profile potential candidates. why is he not answered -- asking for money? >> what is interesting who is here is a look at who is not here. the people who are not here are the more extreme republican candidates like cruise and social conservatives like rick santorum. maybe mike huckabee is another a possible contender. he has decided rightly social conservatives -- agespaul -- a problem for -- big israel hawk, and rubio, paul ryan, guys like that, maybe on the outside they could wince port, they are not here. thean see from who is here, profile from candidates, they would like to represent republicans in 2016. >> any sense of who he is most likel

ben carson third followed by new jersey governor chris christie and then rick santorum, and congressman walker with just 7%. president obama on the phone today with counterparts talking about the situation in ukraine. we will get details from the white house about those calls, and what everybody is tauklking about at south by southwest, and the house that is being dubbed the home of the future. [ male announcer ] this is joe woods' first day of work. and his new boss told him two things -- cook what you love, and save your money. joe doesn't know it yet, but he'll work his way up from busser to waiter to chef before opening a restaurant specializing in fish and game from the great northwest. he'll start investing early, he'll find some good people to help guide him, and he'll set money aside from his first day of work to his last, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. in fact, they depend on a unique set of nutrients. [ male announcer ] that's why there's ocuvite to help protect your eye health. as you age, your eyes can lose vital nutrients. ocuvite he

what about mike huckabee or rick santorum? >> i think the best cpac, texas governor rick perry. in texas but when he was roaming the halls at the dgaylord hotel, sitting dow with the talk radio host, at ease with his glasses. this is someone who is a political talent. we forgot about that in 2012. >> he forgot about that in 2012. >> he's totally reconnecting. >> i talked to him after his speech. it was a 9:00 a.m. speech. the room was sort of lethargic. he came in and brought them to his feet. he just said, i'm healthy. this is great. to your point, he's run before and republicans who have run before tend to do well. he is very, very much underestimated. is someone who's been in office for a long time with a big donor network, knows how hard it is to run for president and he wants to run again. >> at the same time he will labor under the shadow of his performance in 2012 from the maple syrup speech to his peculiar behavior on the trail. >> i bet you a buck if he's asked if he could eliminate three cabinet agencies, if he runs again -- >> he'll be able to answer. >>> up next, our

speakers include mike huckabee, rick santorum, and kentucky senator rand paul. at 10:10oin in live eastern on c-span. we will look for your thoughts and comments on cpac. on facebook or twitter using the hashtag #cspanchat. remarks from rick perry who spoke for about 10 minutes. ♪ > [applause] >> good morning,. good morning in america. we are getting to stand in the presence of american patriots. [cheers and applause] i am reminded this morning of words that's big to the american soul. words spoken by thomas littleon, who said "a rebellion now and then is a good thing." our country is in peril. our deficit is at a record amount. our economy, the economic recovery is stagnant. our place in the world is weakened. so i have a simple solution. ime for a little rebellion on the battlefield of ideas. [cheers and applause] instead of looking to washington to find the front lines of the battle, i ask you to look to the states. we find the laboratories of innovation. 50 different experiments in democracy are taking place. twog the states, we see visions for america. ther

that same poll, senator ted cruz second, ben carson third, chris christie and rick santorum tied for fifth and sixth spots. >>> the maid of president barack obama is stepping down as deputy chief of operations. she's woirked for the president. she's resigning in may to work for the private sector. >>> the promise to preserve more lands for preservation, the president will expand the monument along the coastline about 1600 acres of river banks and coastal prairies will be federally protected habitats. >>> weather around here warmer than we thought? >> yesterday was delightful. if you're going to bust the forecast, make sure everybody likes better than what you told them. i went with upper 50s yesterday and we made mid-60s. i did not hear a single complaint. i wasn't hiding in my bunker all afternoon. i was outside all day yesterday afternoon. everybody that was nice enough to come up and say held low was grateful for the warm weather on a weekend. today, i may stay in the bunker. it's chilly. clouds and late night sprinkles are now gone. nonetheless the damage is done. temperatures wi

neither are social conservatives like rick santorum or mike huckabee. this is a sign to adelson's advisers that said instead of supporting a fringe candidate like he did with newt gingrich, he is looking to get behind a republican to get elected to the white house. this is essentially in addition. these candidates are going to be meeting with adelson one-on-one at the venetian hotel, which owns, towns him a -- prove they have the strength of the strategy to go all the way. >> let's talk about the elephant in the room, no pun intended. everyone there is from a swing state. is that part of the broader appeal? >> absolutely. in fact, if you look at the four states these guys represent, barack obama won then each of those states in 2012. yet here are republicans who managed to get elected. in the case of scott walker, he actually survived the democratic recall attempt. they have a proven appeal beyond the kind of be on grassroots conservatives who party inominate the early states like iowa. i think what adelson is trying to do is not have a repeat of 2012,

former presidential candidate and devout roman catholic rick santorum says president obama was hopingack off the pope's popularity and spin things in his favor. >> that's clearly what the president and the report about what the meeting is about is trying to do solidarity between the president and the pope on these important issues, what in fact the vatican is saying something quite different. i have to believe that the president knew that the pope was going to mention religious liberty, he was going to mention the issues that are very important. life and marriage to the pope. he was hoping he could use his spin machine in america to dominate the airwaves. >> search crews are battling rain and waving through the waters to find more victims after a devastating mud slide. >> we are still in rescue mode. we are still in rescue mode. i haven't lost hope yet. there's a lot of people up there that haven't lost hope yet. >> the debt tole is expected to go up dramatically today. 90 people are still missing. >>> a drunk driving crash takes another life. de andre tatum is the fourth person to by

[applause] >> another speaker on day two of conference was-- rick santorum. this is about 20 minutes. [applause] >> thank you very much. thank you. thank you very much, foster, i think. it is always a joy to be with foster and you never know what you will get. i have been watching a little bit of what is going on here and i hear a lot of, we have to win. we all know what they mean. they actually mean we have to lose. we have to lose those currently unfashionable stances on cultural and limited government issues that have been proven over time to give americans the best chance for a healthy, happy life. we are told that we have to put aside what we believe is in the best interest of the country so a republican candidate could win. now, that may result in a win for republican candidates, but it will be a devastating loss for america. [applause] i don't know about you but i am not out here fighting just to elect republican candidates and let them win. i am here to see america win. [applause] how did it work out for the republican establishment and following thei

[cheering and applause] >> other speakers today included rick perry, mike huckabee and rick santorum. >> rain, ice and snow all hitting north carolina today. the freezing rain and snow began today, knocking out power to half million customers. the governor is calling aivstate of emergency. kevin corriveau has been tracking this storm one more time. what can we expect? >> the good news is it's going to be a short-lived storm. take you into the future and see what we're seeing. 18 hours ago, this is what the storm looked like. the pink indicating what we were seeing in terms of icing. now 18 hours later, the storm is actually making its way across the coast. take a hook at all the storm damage. the purple is either snow or ice damage as well as indicating the flooding. over the next several hours the storm system is going to be making its way over the coastal areas. a lot clearer air and better skies coming into play here. temperature-wise tomorrow, there is going to be warmup. raleigh 64, richmond, 64. >> kevin, thank you. >>> coming up, a former first daughter, shines a light on milli

rick santorum, giving advice to republicans on how to run a winning campaign. >> i understand why peopleome out on the stage and they bang away at president obama. i mean, i know. it's fun. i get that. but that isn't going to win people sitting at home who are hurting. i think we need to take a lesson from someone who is maybe the most popular person in the world right now. pope francis. what pope francis is doing, he's going out there and not talking about what the christian faith is against. he's going out there and talking about what we're for. >> but the last harray of the day was not mitt romney of rand paul. his constitution on freedom and liberty and freedom and liberty and also liberty. >> imagine a time when liberty is spread from coast to coast. will you liberty lovers, will you stand and be heard? we will not trade our liberty for security. not now, not ever. and no man, no matter how well intentioned will take our freedom from us. we must stop this president from treading on the constitution. let us stand together for liberty. thank you and god bless america. >> with me is no

what if we had known that night that santorum had won. it would have changed thing for mitt romney. iowa too keep its position as a place we really pay attention to. starting in iowa, it's a rural state, no big cities, it's not diverse. it's almost entirely white. on the other hand, the people of iowa take this seriously. so i think a valuable thing to say but i think governor branstad can argue that he's saved iowa from itself. >> when you look at iowa, i mean i guess this's a question here of the democrat versus republican caucasus. what susan just said, no major cities, not that diverse, that's no in line with the demographic profile of the democrat party but it is more in line with the republicans. do you still see iowa as a good barometer of where the national republicans are? >> i think anytime you have a process where we do whether you're going to pick any state to go first, there's going to be fraud. despite the fact that there's no major city, barack obama still won in 2008 so it is still possible. you don't have huge media markets where you need to spend a ton of money to

but you look at that entire lineup -- ted cruz, rand paul, paul ryan rick santorum, chris christie ishe only one who stood with the president right before election day 2012, the only one who expanded medicaid in his state. there are ideological problems that christie has with the conservative base. >>> and i've got this note in, mark, i'm not sure if you've seen seen it. luke russert is reporting that congresswoman marsha fudge the chair, has send a note to speaker boehner, calling on him to remove congressman darrell issa as chairman of the house oversight and government reform committee as a result of this confrontation yesterday, where he cut the mike to ranking member elijah cummings yesterday during the hearing with a former head of the i.r.s. lois lerner. >> i'm not sure this move will change house speaker john boehner, but you have to look at the politics. as you and i were discussing about this yesterday, if you are arguing this isn't political, this is a legitimate investigation, cutting off the the democrats on the committee isn't a good way to dispel a lot of those concerns

. >> former senator rick santorum pulled off an epic turnaround. >> my question for you as we look at look to be a wide-open field, is this what primary processes are all about? and, you know, people come and they go, or is not a bad think, we're an a.d.d. society, we build people up only to shoot them down? >> there's no question with the way media has changed and what happens on the internet and everything else. i mean, your moment of fame seems to come and go quicker. people also seem to tire of you. they number are so low, people seem to tire of folks. that's what seems to happen to front-runners, but i want you to know that an open nominating process might upset people inside the beltway, but it's actually going to be good for the party, good for the first time not to have a nominee in waiting. we'll have a big vibrant discussion, including on your network. i think it will result in a better nominee. i'm not afraid of it. >> dana, be not afraid, but let us know how you're doing. >> come see me, dana. >> great to see you both. thanks, guys. >>> coming up later, we'll ask the head

senator rick santorum set to take the stage an hour or so. rick perry got the crowd all fired up with a highly energetic call to curb the power of the federal government. >> get out of the health care business, get out of the education business, stop hammering industries. let the sleeping giant of american enterprise create prosperity again. my fellow conservatives, the future of this nation is upon you. it belongs to you. you have the power to change america. you have the power to speak to our newest hopes, in addition to our age old dreams. you are the path to the future, a light on a distant shore. and you represent the renewed hope that america can be great again. >> alan combs is the host of the alan combs show. >> mike gallagher syndicated radio host, both fox news contributors. watch it. you might punch each other. >> we should have seen that in the debate we'd have president perry. >> not only the glasses -- come on, they look good on him, by the way. >> professorial. >> when we get close to the showdown with hillary, i'm hoping we se

. >> rick santorum was saying something somewhat similar but less artfully. >> i don't think the vatican aspirations. the pope isn't running for anything and he doesn't have any interim elections that he's worried about. you would think the vatican read is probably more accurate as to what was discussed than a president who clearly went there to try to piggyback on some of the popularity of the pope in america. >> so there's santorum on fox news saying this is politics, but only on the part of the president. i think, come on, this is naive. there's always politics in the church. >> there's always politics in the church and there's always poll continues in the white house. i think a lot of what we have here is remembering when ronald regan met with pope john paul ii and there was a substantial focus on poland. i think the stakes were hide for both sides to say that's what this is. it's important to speak on common issues. there were attempts on their lives. in one it was a first year of reagan's term, second year early on. right now we're at a totally different arc in the cycle. obama is

senator rick santorum is one of those opponents. he's also the father of a young daughter with a developmental disability. >> we already have laws that protect everything that is in this convention. we already meet or exceed what this convention calls for. there's no benefit to the united states from passing it. there is no benefit to any children here in the united states from passing it. >> it is so decided. >> woodruff: its convention was adopted by the u.n. in 2006. president obama signed the treaty in 2009. >> it went to a vote on the senate floor in december 2012. but fell six votes short. last fall opponents manned to scuttle another attempt to get the treaty before the senate. so far, a vote on the issue has not been scheduled for 2014. >> woodruff: joining to us talk about the prospects-- prospects for a vote on the convention and-to-points of view on what it means is representative from rhode island and michael farris, chancellor of patrick henry college in virginia, and the chairman of the home school legal defense associ