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In the 2008 election. and he failed. he got close, but he didnt win the nomination senator john mccain won. then he lost to now president barack obama. that was the bad news for mitt romney and the republicans. the good news is there was a lot for mitt romney to learn from the 08 campaign from mccain and his own. example. for example, do not pick an untested, unvetted shoot for the stars running mate. it will not end well for you. another lesson was a little less obvious and a little more person...

No bank would want to pay such a tax, so it would not allow itself to be so big, but then we would have a bunch of smaller banks. the problem there is that smaller banks can be too interconnected to fail. they could have so many trading partners and so many debts the financial system cant handle their fall, and then global banks that could be huge and go down. breaking up the banks that are called too big to fail may or may not solve the problem because the problem isnt so much the too big part,...

Still a reality in this age in this country. >> sure so bob and sam, when you said look he didnt say that, you probably missed that because theres an internal battle going on that i wanted to expose to the broader society. >> i think karen is right. in 08, obama made a big point of talking about parenthood in front of black audiences. i think were missing the big picture. he insulted the real housewives and is turning off every voter regardless of race. >> have you watched it lately sam? >> you ...

Cant handle their fall. and then, of course, theres global banks that could be luge and go down. in other words, breaking up the banks that are called too big to fail may or may not solve the problem because its not the too big part, its the fail part. the challenge is how to keep any of them from failing at all, at least in a way that hurts them. hurts us. three seconds left. and coming up next on the show, the man in charge of overseeing the money in the banks in 08 has a lot to say about ho...

I get what youre saying in terms of the sensitivity in the black audience. but you know what? lets be real about something. it is harder if youre an african-american, particularly if youre a young african-american male in this country. you have to be two times better if not more. theres a little bit of a reality of experience hes speaking to and i would hope people wouldnt be irritated by that and recognize, that is just still a reality in this age in this country. >> sure, so bob and sam, when ...

With bill maher, i think thats reprehensible-- exactly! >> people say hes a comedian, i find him offensive. i am not supporting it in any way. but i am saying, there is a real conservation to be had about race in this campaign. if you have the first-- this isnt -- >> its going to come up. look at the poll numbers. obama won 42% of the white vote in 08. right now, hes in the 30s. have you to ask questions. people say, 90% of black america supports obama, even though there is high unemployment...

A lot less. theyre trying to define mitt romney, but right now, my gosh, a lot of obama supporters have to look at polls like this and say, the guy from hope and change is perceived as the negative candidate by almost two-to-one margin. >> joe, the secret of this campaign thats not a secret, this is 04 not 08 in terms of campaign tone. >> explain that. >> sure. steve can speak very eloquently to this. you can run a positive campaign on hope and change when youre ahead in every single swing state...

With bill maher, i think thats reprehensible-- exactly! >> people say hes a comedian, i find him offensive. i am not supporting it in any way. but i am saying, there is a real conservation to be had about race in this campaign. if you have the first-- this isnt -- >> its going to come up. look at the poll numbers. obama won 42% of the white vote in 08. right now, hes in the 30s. have you to ask questions. people say, 90% of black america supports obama, even though there is high unemployment...

this case are no longer able to speak publicly about any of this. the information weve been getting is going to slow to more of a trickle as the hearings go on. people here got a bit of a surprise when christian bale, the actor who plays batman showed up here. it was a surprise to just about everybody. he visited patients in the hospital at the bedside. after that he came to this make shift memorial here and joined a prayer circle and prayed with people. it was all unannounced, they ha...

People got burns on their feet. the hubbub led his company to say they are working with authorities to improve safety. now, i have a suggestion for them right now about how to improve the safety of the hot coal thing. step one, do not do the hot coal thing anymore. but if theyre going to do it, perhaps instead of imagining youre walking on cool moss, as tony robbins exhorts you to, why not visualize the science of why walking on coals does not have to hurt. it basically has to do with the fact t...