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Weve got matthew dowd, who a very smart guy on this. im bet hes just stunned at what hes been seeing. its not the party i grew up with or the party we know. attacking romney and bush and kasich, thats really something. so it will change. this is just -- this moment in time, and the winds of change will come. >> matthew, jump in. every time we talk, we talk about the unicorns that are the republican party or the republican party that we once knew, right? and the winds of change, it might be a lon...

Back now with my experts. john was saying he understood the rationale for him doing it, not that he condoned it. >> you were saying bannon was trying to get the audience excited by attacking romney. choosing some, i dont know, establishment democrat figure and making personal attacks against them. thats what the audience wants to hear? >> the whole point is -- >> hes attacking mitt romney who is a guy who ran -- >> what is the race about? in republican politics today its about making changes, go...

Back now with my experts. john was saying he understood the rationale for him doing it, not that he condoned it. >> so essentially, john, you were saying that bannon was just trying to get the audience excited by attacking romney. i think its interesting that thats what gets people excited. what is it in these the audiences -- i cant imagine any democrat going somewhere and i dont know, choosing some establishment democrat figure and making personal attacks against them. thats what the audience ...

Like the challenger. that blew my mind. the other winner this is conservatism in the sense when a liberal runs for president, he starts talking like a security. its all of a sudden about security, not cutting defense. talking about strengths. conservatism is the go-to stance when you want to win. become one? >> eric: very good. very good. all right, so we each picked our favorite moment from the debate. going to do "the five" style and start with dana. >> dana: sure. well, if youd like. >> eric:...

About bain? >> absolutely. i think they are history, if there were any second guessing on this strategy. the presidents campaign rolled out sort of an attack ad, attack line of attacks just a couple of months ago about bain and went very hard after romneys record there, arguing that he as private equity firm took over other companies and allowed them to die off in some cases. the reason the obama campaign feels so strongly about this, romney is obviously trotted this experience out as success at...

Creation -- >> fair game. >> -- is nonsense. >> we had over 100,000 jobs. created tens of thousands of jobs. thousands of jobs. hundred thousand. >> ridiculous. >> when youre president -- >> the president is about people. >> your job is not simply to maximize profits. its not the same job requirement. all fair game. now we have some numbers to discuss. theres a "washington post" abc poll today. >> the president ahead of romney. 49, obama. candidate romney relied on him to come vote for him. a ge...

Money. when the company they get involved with fails, they still make money. its legitimate. but folks, making money regardless of the consequences for the workers, the companies they ache wire tor the communities that get wasted is another question. now republicans like to note that some democrats are uncomfortable with the obama campaign mentions of mitt romneys record at bain capital. a new pro-obama superpac ads reminds republicans that some republicans do not share that discomfort. >> i hap...

And he said the only effect that hes seen in his entire career were two people who smoked about 20 joints a day and had esophagus bleeding. he also had concerns about young people from 15 to 18. ive heard studies for england about that, who you were talking about. im not here as an advocate for using marijuana. i hesitated a long time before allowing the image to be created of me smoking a joint. i dont want my being a congressman to cause young people to smoke marijuana. but i feel that its our...

Private equity or that shareholder perspective, you have a much more diverse group of invested interest when youre the president than when you are in the kind of business that mr. romney was in. and youre right. trying to talk about the record as governor. he flip-flopped all over the place. he created additional debt. clearly, its not something you want to talk about. he put forward his time this 15 years as the basis for which we should judge his ability to be our president, to deal with every...

Nasty in a way that the candidate should not, could not and should not. >> jared, holding the highest office in the country is a constructive contribution. its a public service. its a contribution to civic society. private equity feels neither like a constructive contribution nor a public service. is that right? is that fair? >> absolutely. theres nothing public service about private equity. again, if it is in the interest of your shareholders to shut the factory down and move it to mexico or ch...