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People are talking about this week with the new biography by walter isaacson, in that biography talks about a meeting with the president in which he warns him youre going to be a one-term president because youre too anti-business. does the president feel at some point that he could live with being a one-term president if he said, look, i made some tough decisions during tough times, but there were costs to doing that? >> well, i -- i think mr. jobs observation may have been more about the polls ...

Walter isaacson, in that biography talks about a meeting with the president in which he warns him youre going to be a one-term president because youre too anti-business. does the president feel at some point that he could live with being a one-term president if he said, look, i made some tough decisions during tough times, but there were costs to doing that? >> well, i -- i think mr. jobs observation may have been more about the polls at the moment, and so, i think that -- because the -- mr. job...

Steve rattner doesnt look like he agrees. >> shes genuine in what she believes. it is true that wall street hates her. wouldnt you hate someone if they called your entire industry and everyone in it essentially a criminal? the point about obama and wall street. it was absolutely true in 08. but if you look at 12, in fact, obama is doing very badly on wall street because they feel that obama has deserted them. >> obamas raised more money on wall street than all republican candidates combined. >> ...

And the specific solutions im putting on the table. >> that interview with bob schieffer was taped before this issue came to light. its clear the white house thinks he will be the nominee. senior adviser to the white house, david plouffe, taking aim from mr. romneys changes on issue over the years. >> mitt romney continues to have 75%, 08% of his party looking somewhere else. so, it will be interesting to see if he can turn that around. >> will he be a diminished candidate if hes the nominee? >>...

Damaging to a candidate. it was very damaging to another massachusetts candidate, john kerry in 2004. >> romney in 08, romney now. you covered him there, youre covering him now. how are the campaigns and how is the candidate himself different four years later? >> well, on the surface, you see two very different campaigns. in 2008, you were rare to see him without a business suit on. now its rare to see him with a tie on. his campaign has made a very deliberate decision here to run a loser, you k...

>> he had some conversations with us. and i think he informed some of our thinking. and we certainly would have benefited from it this time again. but, no. the presidents focused on -- listen. one of the things im proudest about, this is something every speech he gave in 08, you covered it. he said, you know, im not going to be a perfect man and i wont be a perfect president. but im always going to tell you where i stand and ill be willing to do tough things and thats what hes done. so in the mi...

>> michael is on the brink of his 18th birthday. approaching adulthood is a dangerous place to be for a juvenile repeat offender. >> i would ask the court allow this young man one more opportunity. he understands next time he is in trouble he will be in adult court. >> person turns 18, theres not in the juvenile court system not a lot of choice toss make. everyone is looking at a little window to work with them, it is not long enough to effectuate a change. >> if he sits here three or four month...

Another four years. but florida is very important. he did a great job. hardest state in the union to come pain because its so complex and we have a great chance there. i think we have a great shot at winning them both. if that happens you can count plt obama to be re-elected. >> but, governor, having run a state before, does this balance out somehow or does it wash each other out gaus the governor, if its a republican goompb nor, they control the political machine across the state. therefore, ev...

>> he skipped the last republican presidential debate in las vegas saying he wanted to focus in on the first of the nation primary state of new hampshire. but former utah governor john huntsman is trailing in that critical state while rival mitt romney is enjoying a solid lead. john huntsman is joining us from salt lake city. governor, thanks very much for coming in. >> thank you, wolf. its an honor to be with you. >> lets talk about mitt romney a little bit. george will, the conservat...

What exactly does this mean for his support? alan colmes is host of the alan colmes show, rich lowry is a fox news contributor. ap is reporting he raised more than $70 million for his re-election effort july through september. but the aps saying tens of thousands of supporters who gave him dough early on last time have not yet done so, and they are tracking some of these folks as now giving to republicans. what happened? >> well, its just another sign, megyn, of the enthusiasm level that was so ...