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To wall street in temples of policy and withhold donations if he doesnt? >> at this point he figures the donations are going to the republicans anyway. he had a lot of wall street contributors during the 08 campaign. theyre not there now. in a way, what does he need their money for? he has the bully pulpit, the megaphone. he has a megaphone at a time of crisis in the country when they can only turn to one guy, him. >> ron suskind, author of "confidence men." and my friend who i dont see enough. ...

u.s. service members who were killed in that korean war. they will hold these bilateral meetings like you just saw there taking place at the white house with the president. he will also attend a state dinner. jessica yellin was there in that room, as they spoke. id like to see with a she thinks. jessica, if youre with us and you can hear me, let me know what you think the highlight was there of this appearance between the two presidents. >> well, the president -- i asked the president ...

Well funded and well organized such as romney organized by cain who dont have the money and organization. its an open question. huckaby won iowa in 08. maybe things are changing. >> julian, tony mentioned media there do you think that the tv ad campaign that rick perry is set to launch here shortly, do you think that is going to in any way dent romneys armor? >> maybe in some states. but i think the debates have shown that perry used his texas expression is all hat and no cattle. what is going o...

cut, unemployment benefits, tax credits for businesses, protection against bias for unemployed job applicants. despite the presidents hard line push to nas bill and tireless national campaign, obamas jobs plan essentially die ted hands of senate republicans tuesday on a key procedural vote. 60 votes were needed. clearly, the votes just werent there. the president knew it was coming. he now has to rethink and regroup. the republicans dont exactly have a concrete alternative jobs bill to...

Happened, overlay what happened in 92 through 96 with whats happened from 08 to 2012. what happens to the tea party? the same thing that happened to united we stand going into 96. maybe they find their pat buchanan. maybe they move off in another direction. maybe the bill clinton of 2012 wins again. this has happened before. it will happen again. the rage that fueled united we stand in 1994, mika, is so similar to what happened with the tea party, and i agree ideologically on the small governmen...

Amongst the republican party. a kind of like hold your nose nomination type process, what happens to the tea party then? do you think they rally behind him and give him their full endorsement? >> no, i dont think so. you can overlay what happened in 92 through 96 with whats happened from 08 to 12. what happens with the tea party? maybe they find their pat buchanan. maybe they move off in another direction. maybe the bill clinton of 2012 wins again. this has happened before. if will happen again....

Candidate. >> in my estimation, mormonism is a cult and would give credence to a cult to have a mormon candidate. >> reporter: in 08, nearly half of republican primary voters defined themselves as evangelicals. 20% voted for romney. it wasnt just attitude it was behavior. he struggled all the way through. >> reporter: tonight, herman cain will be seated next to mitt romney. determined by national polls. and cain in second solid place. rick perry may come out swinging. but rob and tanya, his jabs...

Look, im going to run in 2016. i just cant do it now. lets just say ive got to make a couple of things go away first. but after this poor bastard loses ill get a nice head start and it will be great, fat president, come o it writes itself! >> its "saturday night live" frying to get the gop to like mitt romney. the new jersey governor and will be doing so in 2016 after an inevitable republican loss next year. everything moved to president obama and his re-election teammate is geared toward 270. t...

Banks. said if you crack down on the banks, that hurts the banks. that costs new york city more jobs. >> it may. i just think its not -- i dont think thats the mayors finest hour of political communication. i think that this is -- whats extraordinary to me about this is its three years too late in a way. a lot of us expected there to be this kind of reaction in 08. and the triumph of economic populism carried today. i just dont think people want to be told that if you say something about big ban...

>> its -- i dont think thats the mayors finest hour of political communication. i think this is -- whats extraordinary to me about this is its three years almost too late in a way. i think a lot of us expected there to be this kind of reaction in 08. >> right. >> and the triumph of economic populism only carry the day. i dont think people want to be told that if you say something about big banks that seem to be doing just fine when people, ordinary people do not seem to be -- to defend the big b...