sticking with our music theme, an associated press story today suggested the thrill is gone. o. yeah? we have results from a poll that defy that. also why are republicans sounding more and more like doves. are they souring on the wars in afghanistan and libya? have they lost their fervor? or just against anything that president obama is for. and ladies and gentlemen, the comic stylings are the inimtable mitt romney. not at all. he s no shekky green. we start with the 2012 republican field, such as it is. chuck todd nbc political director and chief white house correspond, and susan page is washington buyer row cleef for usa today. we have brand-new matchup numbers in our new poll. let s take a look at this. he only leads by six. it was 49-40 in february. president obama leads pawlenty, who seems to be fading 50-37, but it was 50-31 in february. here s the preference among republicans. followed by palin at 14, herman cain, the godfather pizza guy at 12. ron paul at 7, and
varmints since then, more than two times. i also hunted quail in georgia. so it s not really big game hunting, if you will, or it s not deer and large an l mas. but i ve hunted a number of times, various types of small rodents. what is he festus haggis, gabby hayes? varmints? you can check most people s vocabulary in the history of television, and they ve never said varmint on television. if i recall what happened there, he said he d been hunting, that he was a sportsman. then he realized, uh-oh, i never had a hunting license. so he said, how do i get out of this? he took the varmint route, which takes you back to this oddity. he s got a strange story. i don t judge people by small events, but it is fun to do this. he and his family took one of those trips me and my family went on. you go to the closest thing to europe, you go to quebec. you go to people that speak french, and it s like going to
the great peggy lee, is that all there is? rick perry, jon huntsman and rudy giuliani are all asking the same questions, and tonight how many pressing their noses to the glass will actually get in the race, and how little they think of the field right now. plus president obama, sticking with our music theme, an associated press story today suggested the thrill is gone. o. yeah? we have results from a poll that defy that. also why are republicans sounding more and more like doves. are they souring on the wars in afghanistan and libya? have they lost their fervor? or just against anything that president obama is for. and ladies and gentlemen, the comic stylings are the inimtable mitt romney. not at all. he s no shekky green. we start with the 2012 republican field, such as it is. chuck todd nbc political director and chief white house correspond, and susan page is washington buyer row cleef for usa today. we have brand-new matchup numbers in our new poll. let s take a l