or believes. the important thing is can he lead the country? does he have a vision, an economic plan? does he have a sense to keep the country safe from a terrorist attack? it s looking more at his credentials will bring him over that hump. i m curious before i move to tara. were you angry when you heard what the pastor said? i was. it s entirely inappropriate. if you want to support governor perry, then do that. you don t need to denigrate another opponent and look at their religion for not supporting someone. it s out of bounds. moving to you, tara, your thoughts on all this. the fact that the gop is being splintered by this religion issue right now. how much does that help the president? i think that the gop any contentiousness in the primary even the gop or a democratic primary certainly helps the other side. contentiousness helps the president and his campaign moving forward. i think the bigger issue for mitt romney, though, is going to be the flipflopping. he s going to b
social issues have a part in the american debate and perhaps even in an election day bait. that is not what this election is about. what people want to see, is what you will do to get the economy amped up. unemployment, and those looking for work, the numbers are not acceptable and they know that mitt romney is the only one that created jobs and led an organization and he is the only one that has a plan for so doing. we got to get back on track on talking about that and i would like to see santorum and romney and gingrich, instead of attacking, i would rather have them talk about growing the economy out of the recession we are in. let s talk about the religion issue, franklin graham was asked about the mormon question and this is the way he handled it. he said that christians do not view the mormon faith as a christian faith. let me play it for you.
so, does he really have the lead he wants? is it solidified? i don t think it s solidified. i think there are a couple things working against him. he s gotten another look from voters and he s doing well in the polls now, but there s a long time between now and when the voting starts in three months. a lot can change. if we re seeing numbers like this in three months, then i ll say, yes, it s his to lose. but right now, what you re getting is ila lot of people wh are taking a fresh look at him. he s still capped. he s still not getting a lot of the supporters who were tea party supporters. he still has a religion issue where a lot of evangelical voters, which dominate the iowa caucuses, say they re not comfortable with a mormon candidate. i think romney has to perform again tonight. i think perry has to find his sea legs in the debate tonight. if he doesn t, he s going to have a tough case making it in the media primary, this first primary we re engaged in right now, which is who the