in the name of defense. speaking in favor of an amendment he had proposed to cut tens of billions of dollars from the budget. marco rubio had his own amendment that would raise defense spending without any spending cuts to pay for it. the national security of our country is the predominant obligation of our government. it is the one thing that the government can do. then there was ted cruz who didn t know whose side he was on. cruz was clearly torn. the senators stood quietly at the well of the senate chamber reading the text of the rubio amendment and checking his smartphone. cruz gave a thumbs up sign siding with rubio. neither of those amendments from cruz or rubio passed. in a way that s not important. the larger question is who ends up winning this fight within the republican party. is it rubio, the hawk who wants to pour more money in defense or paul the budget slasher who
this issue. let s listen to what she had to say. what i would say to governor romney is he needs to reach out to the women. he needs to talk to them about the issues they care about. the media thinks that women only care about contraception. that s not true they care about contraception and education and health care and jobs and the economy. but he s got to do it. get out in front of women and say this is what i believe in. this is why i believe it. let the women ask their question and it will happen. do you think that s actually going to happen in the romney campaign? no. i mean i think mitt romney has been so focused on trying to out right wing and embrace extremism that he is really beholden and tied himself to his support for person hood amendments, his belief that roe versus wade was one of the worst decisions handed down by the supreme court, his support for the blunt/rubio amendment that says that bosses get to decide for their female employees what kind
jamie: so interesting the way that works. at this time, alaska s the only race for super tuesday that has not yet ah okay. look at that. we we can project mitt romney for the alaska caucuses. you can see the percentages there. that coming in at this moment. let s bring in our political panel now, joining us, tony is here, the republican political analyst and campaign consultant and correspondent for talk news radio service our ladies are also still here. i top ask each of you, first for mitt romney and then for rick santorum, since they both faired extremely well tonight. who is the vice-presidential candidate that each of them should consider that will take them over the top. i used to think it was marco rubio, then the blunt/rubio amendment ended his chances and
didn t qualify for 18 of them. jamie: so interesting the way that works. at this time, alaska s the only race for super tuesday that has not yet ah okay. look at that. we we can project mitt romney for the alaska caucuses. you can see the percentages there. that coming in at this moment. let s bring in our political panel now, joining us, tony is here, the republican political analyst and campaign consultant and correspondent for talk news radio service our ladies are also still here. i top ask each of you, first for mitt romney and then for rick santorum, since they both faired extremely well tonight. who is the vice-presidential candidate that each of them should consider that will take them over the top. i used to think it was marco rubio, then the blunt/rubio
resonating. i see a republican party moving way outside the mainstream of america, and i see moderate republicans like oh limb ia snow olympia snow deciding to retire rather than deal with the rubio amendment. americans are past the point of wanting their employers involved in their healthcare choices. even if their employer is the pope. you picked the fight. you can t blame the republicans. it s your administration who decided to take on this issue. we are reacting to a federal mandate which violated the separation of church and state. martha: joe biden and bill daly both advised the president this would be a hornet s nest. it worked to our advantage. martha: it may be. it made the republican