core conservatives learn to love mitt? you, the economy and the election with alex riff lin, douglas holt aiken and ron brownstein. and then israel, iran and the u.s., what we know with house intelligence chairman mike rogers. i m candy crowley, and this is state of the union. a gallup poll shows president obama beating every republican comer except one, mitt romney. after months of pounding by republican rivals and the president s team romney is up a point over the president, a dead heat. 35% of republicans are extremely enthusiastic to vote this year, compared to 23% of democrats, 20% of independents. that s called an enthusiasm gap. also troublesome for the president s prospects, four of the 12 swing states have jobless rates over 9%, and four are in the top ten for highest foreclosure rates. joining us now, bob mcdonnell, head of the republican governors association, and his counterpart at the democratic governors association martin o malley. gentlemen thank you bot
last night? he didn t call mitt romney and congratulate him. in his speech, he talked about all these grand things he would do following his inauguration. is he playing that offense that you say he needs to play? i think that s a good first step. i think newt is at his best. here s one some things we ve learned about the three main republican candidates in this race. rick santorum is at business heft attacking romney. romney at his best attacking gingrich, gingrich attacking mediaen at issues. when those three candidates are doing those things, they re at their best. rick santorum was really good in the two debates especially in the second. romney was really good if florida going after newt gingrich hard. some of it was out of bounds but hey, you know, we re big boys. put on your big boy britches and take it. newt is at his best when he gave speeches like he gave last night. as i understand, at least what i ve read, newt is not out with any ads yet in nevada. what does that say?
in awes. the idea that anti-immigrant is repulsive. i think you should apologize for it an having differences of opinions on issues is not justify labeling people with highly charged epithets. greg: that is how you say the word? romney may be gaining an edge with a new poll showing him up 33% to 29%. and grandson of john tyler, tenth president of the united states has called newt a big jerk, the. newt has released a new ad in florida attacking romney. i m newt gingrich, and i approve this message.
see you later chris. and on meet the press sunday, gingrich called on his super pac to remove any errors in the ad attacking romney. i hope they will edit and not show it without it being edited, and as far as i know, rick tyler has said that he will edit the film. rick tyler is the maker of the film. are you prepared to edit out the inaccuracies? we have not found i inaccuracies, romney either filed a false fcc report or he is not being truthful with the voters. newt gingrich said there are inaccuracies. no he said if there are they should be edited out. new york times went down
women. so you don t agree with the critics saying this film is really not so much? absolutely not. i think it s an important film for everybody to see, especially young women. she was a pioneer for women, not only in the political arena but women in the workforce. it s on my list. thank you, amy. president obama s plan to shrink the government, will it please his base? plus, the search for the missing after a luxury cruise ship runs agrounld overseas. h a. would you take it? well, there is. [ male announcer ] it s called ocuvite. a vitamin totally dedicated to your eyes, from the eye-care experts at bausch + lomb. as you age, eyes can lose vital nutrients. ocuvite helps replenish key eye nutrients. [ male announcer ] ocuvite has a unique formula not found in your multivitamin to help protect your eye health. now, that s a pill worth taking. [ male announcer ] ocuvite. help protect your eye health. but my nose is still runny.