joining us again, both from washington, danielle belton with the blog, the black snob. and ann marie houser, former communications director for two-term minnesota governor tim pawlenty. ladies, the president hitting all those spots that the republicans eventually will be hitting too other the next month for the primaries and caucuses. is the president, ann marie, is he campaigning? >> look, i mean, just look at that map. it is very evident that he has given up on governing and he's in full campaign mode. he had four campaign events i believe in new york last week. and, you know, it is go time for the president in terms of the campaign which is unfortunate because the economy is the biggest issue right now for our campaign. and it is unfortunate to see that he's shirking his duties this this respect. tourism is very important. that's great there is so much more to that in terms of getting our economy back on track. >> danielle, the president has to strike a delicate balance, right? so he doesn't appear as though he's focusing on campaigning. yet at the same time, he rema

louis, missouri, danielle belton of the black snob and from washington, crystal wright, the editor of the block conservativeblackchick.com. nice to see you, ladies. so we're hearing the gop candidates tout their social conservative credentials. so how will the eventual nominee try to transition one's self to the general election and win over the more moderate republicans in the independence in particular. crystal, you first. >> i got to say that abc debate last night was kind of like the spanish inquisition of the presidential candidates on their gay rights positions, on abortion and contraception. and i think newt gingrich nailed it when he said, look, this isn't about, this is an assault on christian values. at the end of the day, whoever the nominee is, romney is playing it safe because he knows he has to appeal to the all important independent voters. americans, whether they be conservative or democrat or liberal, tea party, they don't care about these social issues these wedge issues. you know what they want? they want jobs. this is why governor in virginia, we saw governor mcdon