history, picking sarah palin. why did grim john mccain make such a wild pass? was he rejection of mitt as running made a sign of mitt s problems today? i am chris matthews. with us, new york magazine s john heileman, gloria borger, kathleen parker and clarence page. first up, two huge political explosions this week. mitt romney s enormous losses to rick santorum in three significant states, and that revolt by many catholics over the white house decision on birth control. first, romney s troubles. conservatives can t stanton barack obama, but when will they learn to stand romney prom? even after the white house handed them that huge contraceptives issue, republican voters stayed home in the three primary states this week. turn out was way down from 2008. but conservatives are the big prize. there are many more than before. they have gone from 29% of total voters in 2000 to 34% in 2004 and 2008. look at this. they now represent 39% of the people in the polls. the bad news for
somebody after the debate. reporter: herman cain s support is up for grabs, too since suspending his campaign. and newt gingrich leads the des moines register poll. mitt romney is second. ron paul is third. marist has ron paul second and romney third. i don t know that you ought to count running for senate in 1994, running for governor, then running for president for six years. i don t know if that makes him a career politician or not. i ll let you decide. fair to say i have been a successful candid tate a number of time. reporter: in mike huckabee s candidate forum saturday night, conservative attorneys general tweaked gingrich for nonconservative, nonlimited government ideas he produced over the years. and the climate change ad with nancy pelosi. sitting on the couch with nancy pelosi is the dumbest single thing i ve done in the last couple years. and pelosi opened the door for the reprimand about newt gingrich. he told the blogs reporter: aides insist pelosi
reporter: trump is planning to moderate the debate. so far, only gingrich accepted. the debate is december 27. i am looking to endorse somebody after the debate. reporter: herman cain s support is up for grabs, too since suspending his campaign. and newt gingrich leads the des moines register poll. mitt romney is second. ron paul is third. marist has ron paul second and romney third. i don t know that you ought to count running for senate in 1994, running for governor, then running for president for six years. i don t know if that makes him a career politician or not. i ll let you decide. fair to say i have been a successful candid tate a number of time. reporter: in mike huckabee s candidate forum saturday night, conservative attorneys general tweaked gingrich for nonconservative, nonlimited government ideas he produced over the years. and the climate change ad with nancy pelosi. sitting on the couch with nancy pelosi is the dumbest single thing i ve done in the
i am looking to endorse somebody after the debate. reporter: herman cain s support is up for grabs, too since suspending his campaign. and newt gingrich leads the des moines register poll. mitt romney is second. ron paul is third. marist has ron paul second and romney third. i don t know that you ought to count running for senate in 1994, running for governor, then running for president for six years. i don t know if that makes him a career politician or not. i ll let you decide. fair to say i have been a successful candid tate a number of time. reporter: in mike huckabee s candidate forum saturday night, conservative attorneys general tweaked gingrich for nonconservative, nonlimited government ideas he produced over the years. and the climate change ad with nancy pelosi. sitting on the couch with nancy pelosi is the dumbest single thing i ve done in the last couple years. and pelosi opened the door for the reprimand about newt gingrich. he told the blogs report
reporter: trump is planning to moderate the debate. so far, only gingrich accepted. the debate is december 27. i am looking to endorse somebody after the debate. reporter: herman cain s support is up for grabs, too since suspending his campaign. and newt gingrich leads the des moines register poll. mitt romney is second. ron paul is third. marist has ron paul second and romney third. i don t know that you ought to count running for senate in 1994, running for governor, then running for president for six years. i don t know if that makes him a career politician or not. i ll let you decide. fair to say i have been a successful candid tate a number of time. reporter: in mike huckabee s candidate forum saturday night, conservative attorneys general tweaked gingrich for nonconservative, nonlimited government ideas he produced over the years. and the climate change ad with nancy pelosi. sitting on the couch with nancy pelosi is the dumbest single thing i ve done in the