>> cnbc. back in 2008 , 27% of the people who voted identified themselves as catholic. president obama won in that group 54-45%. has he miscalculated on the issue?
>> i don't think so. i don't read it that way. it's part of a larger issue on contraception. all of the republican candidates have taken far right perspectives on contraception. i think it's an extension of anti-abortion politics. not only do a vast majority of catholics use birth control but 80% of americans think health insurance should be required to cover it.
>> when you hear people say president obama could suffer because of this in the election but with your logic if the majority of women in the country say they use birth control could this backfire on the republican canada cats making it an issue?
>> this could mean hundreds of thousands if not millions of american women can't get health insurance coverage for contracepti contraception. mitt romney wants to eliminate all federal family planning. so women have to pay for birth control out of pocket under the republicans' plans now. all of the republican candidates including mitt romney supported legislation that could make birth control illegal. this personhood stuff.
>> is this an issue that will last into the campaign or be something to fizzle out?
>> think it will fizzle out. if there is a bus driver opening and you're amish, nobody will say you can't apply. if you get the job and say, i can't drive this bus, i'm amish. people say, if it's a bus driving gig you have to drive. if it's health insurance it includes contraception.
>> we have contests in colorado, minnesota and missouri. 60 or 70 delegates up for grabs. the surprising thing is with the polling in minnesota , rick santorum polling high. one poll has him two percentage points ahead of mitt romney . what does it do to the campaign if rick santorum wins in minnesota or finishes close?
>> the minnesota republican electorate is similar to iowa. that explains pawlenty's strategy in the race. he thought he could win iowa because he was known in minnesota . it's a gut check for the romney campaign. why this late in the day can he not get people on board? why are his favorables and unfavorables so upside down? people say the more they know the less they like him.
>> the president said he doesn't believe the israelis made a decision whether they will strike the nuclear facilities inside iran , but if you listen to the interviews israeli officials have given lately it sounds as if they have made up their minds. is the obama administration and are the israelis on the same page on this subject?
>> i think the entire world is on the same page in terms of the isolation of iran on the issue. nobody in the world -- they do not have an ally in the world who wants them to go this direction.
>> but the method of dealing with it?
>> i think it's wait and see. nobody is being honest in terms of the way they are talking about what's planned. off the record people tell you different things about what america is prepared to do and what they believe israel plans to do. the world is against iran . they are isolated an everybody expects israel to take the lead.
>> the super bowl ad that features clint eastwood 's voice for chrysler and the comeback of detroit. chrysler says it was a car commercial. a lot of people say it was in effect a campaign ad for president obama and even prap as payback for the auto bailout. what do you make of it?
>> why would chrysler pay back now? do they want another bailout? they're fine. that logic escapes me. i think this is a "yay, america " ad. they are talking about economic recovery and jobs coming back and detroit coming back is a partisan statement then we are in a weird universe. "yay, america " is a nonpartisan statement or it at least ought to be seen that way.
>> rachel, thank you.
>> thanks, matt.
>> catch rachel 9:00 p.m . weekdays
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