different six camps. i have tea party groups and friends who are backing just about everybody across south carolina. so, you know, everybody has got their affinity and they ll come together in the end. there is no question about it. the biggest goal right here is to make sure barack obama is simply the worst one-term president ever. we shall see how it all boils out, chad connolly, chairman of the south carolina republican party. thank you for your time this morning. i appreciate it. great to be here, thomas. take care. have a good weekend. president obama wants to shrink government and is planning to ask congress for the power to merge six government agencies and merge them all into one. the president is going to speak in about 15 minutes from the east room of the white house. we re going to bring you the remarks live as they happen. nbc news white house correspondent mike viqueira joins me to talk about this. mike, the president is going to be calling on congress to give him th
anti-romney candidate to rally around. one is going to involve evangelicals in texas. the other will feature tea party groups in south carolina which holds its primary just eight days from now. joining me is chad connolly, republican party chairman in south carolina. it is great to have you with me, chad. as long as we have this discussion of a splintered gop field on the other side of mitt romney, his poll numbers, they seem to be standing and standing really strong. assuming those numbers can hold up, hold steady, what is the message that mitt romney really needs to bring with him from south carolina, from social conservatives in your state as he moves forward? hey, thomas, great to be here with you today. thanks for having me. i really think that governor romney s run around the state now and doing his best to connect with people and i think if he shows he s a consistent conservative and he believes what he states and he stands by it, he s going to be fine. his numbers are holding