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In politico today, a senior republican described as deeply involved in the campaign this year says, quote, as a candidate, mitt romney is just not going to improve. politico quoting a romney bundler saying this, were just imploding. politico quoting a palin staffer from 08, saying the problem now is the campaign is in a spiral and no one knows how to pull out. on the "wall street journal" editorial page today, reagan speechwriter peggy noonan says, its time to admit the romney campaign is an inc...

The number precisely. yet in the campaign, in 08 he had said repeatedly george bushs debt was unpatriotic. seems like the president conveniently forgot the $10.6 trillion when he walked into office. bill: 10 trillion. i thought it was nine trillion. what he said we have to do it in a balanced way. thats code. >> thats code for a tax increase. it is code for, to balance youve got to increase taxes, and he says, cut spending. but his spending cuts take place long term, way down the road. the tax i...

Damaging than barack obamas -- remember that guns and religion comment he made in san francisco in 08.

Campaigns matter. >> they do. >> in connecticut and indiana. >> i think people whose time frame is just the last three elections, the last six years, may forget that. in 2006, 08, and 10, swing voters behaved very much as partisans. if you were a swing voter, you started thinking in 2006 and 08 like a democrat and you voted like a democrat. in 2010, swing voters used reflective republican assumptions about the president, his performance. they voted that way. but before that, we had a lot of tick...

>> now, let me ask you this, the quinnipiac poll says with "new york times" and cbs, they popped the swing state of virginia and it says that president obama is up four points, 50-46. what will that do to politics in virginia if the president holds that lead and wins virginia as he did in 08 and what does it do? >> well, history says as far as politics in virginia, whoever wins the president a.m. campaign, the next year, the opposite party, you know exwins the gub nat tore yall mansion and you k...

They work harder by the way than most of us. those people who are in that 47%, are really hard workers and theyre drowning in their life. >> okay. i would just say, though, in the apples to oranges department here when youre talking to a fund-raiser, probably after a long day, and when youve just been elected president as president obama was on that night in 08, i mean, if theres ever not a night for a grace note i mean anyone whos just been elected to anything will either -- there will be some ...

Tenants of my faith. i obey them and try to understand and work through the realities of life. >> in 08 you support president obama. >> this time around the only one thats convincing me to vote for obama is mitt romney. >> all right. sir, thanks so much. thats going to wrap things up for me today. thank all of you for joining me. "now" with alex wagner comes your way next from the nations capit capital. remember when you said men are superior drivers? yeah. yeah. then howd i get this...

With thats where we disagree and i would lay out affirmatively and succinctly where he wants to take the country. dont think so much about a personality overhaul as providing limited details to make your case. if youre president obama, you do the same thing, im not that guy, im for the middle class, heres what we do. >> the debates in 07 and 08, obama was still a candidate, he was on stage with hillary clinton, she was the front-runner and our good friend john edwards was still in the race. he w...

This is a fundamental debate about dependency on government. im against it and here are my policies that will help people get off the government rolls and on to the taxpayer rolls instead. he had a chance to do that here and i think he missed an opportunity. >> fumbled, perhaps, there. steve, you know, campaign events as recent as yesterday, congressman paul ryan bringing up president obamas own off-the-cuff remark which you probably remember at a fund-raiser during the 2008 campaign. let me pla...

Country. >> i was going to mention that, chuck, there was speculation last night this is the real romney you can the heartless plutocrat. here is the thing. i dont know if this is the real romney. what has marked mitt romneys career in national politics the past since years a seine tency to tell people what they want to hear. more in that way in 08, better this time around, not pandering, worse this time around. here we go again, a crowd of rich donors, he floats this theory, gained currency on ...