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Lots of -- latinos are conservative. theyre not voting conservative but democrat z interesting is that governor martinez said, i think she used the word damn she went to a launch with democrats and talked issues and she goes damn im a republican or something like that. so those two things that there is a huge hispanic population that will vote republican. numbers dont show that so far. >> right and he talks about picking yourselves up by your boot straps which is something people come here plann...

Lots of -- latinos are conservative. theyre not voting conservative but democrat z interesting is that governor martinez said, i think she used the word damn she went to a launch with democrats and talked issues and she goes damn im a republican or something like that. so those two things that there is a huge hispanic population that will vote republican. numbers dont show that so far. >> right and he talks about picking yourselves up by your boot straps which is something people come here plann...

[cheering] >> we believe in the rugged individual. texas may be the one place where people actually still have boot straps. and we expect folks to pull themselves up by them. but we also recognize that there are some things we cant do alone. we have to come together and invest in opportunity today for prosperity tomorrow. and it starts with education. [cheering] 20 years ago, joaquin and i left home for college and then for law school. and those classrooms, we met some of the brightest folks in ...

Successful republicans who got up to the podium, you know, they were just granted speaking slots to talk about, they had one thing in common. they grew up poor, and through no help from society around them at all, they were able to pull themselves up by their boot straps and did it. >> my dad never finished high school. >> dad was a truck driver. >> dad grew up in poverty. >> my dad lost his job. >> working poor parents in a meat packing town. >> as a widow with seven children. >> basement apart...

They want to get rid of the new deal. this will starve the beast. this budget will starve the beast in their words. it will set the table for getting rid of a new deal. here comes a young conservative who will give a vision of own your own health care and retirement and education. its your own society. so go do what you want. i think it connects with some of the stories of hey weve got a bunch of people at the republican convention that have talked about pulling up the boot straps. they made it....

Came from. >> americas greatest asset was that for the first time success was not based on who you were. >> it is a powerful counterspin to the reality that the republican party is nominating tonight a second generation presidential candidate. a fabulous wealthy fortunate son. we will hear the republican case tonight for how mr. romney made his fortune at bain capital. we will not hear that he and his proposed vice president are proposing an economic plan that would likely produce the largest re...

Romneys wealth and romneys almost unprecedented wealth as a candidate and how much there has been talk about poverty and social mobility at this convention, is that -- are they protesting too much and thereby drawing attention to mr. romneys wealth or is this something thats working? >> no, i think they know the romney picture is there already. its indelible. its this gigantic mountain of wealth. the more ways you find to try to describe it the bigger it seems. i like your combining all the life...

Say they may begin using the democratic party in his phrase, the way the irish used it to pull themselves up by their own boot straps. as a republican, he does not see a place for blacks in his party. >> that last sentence is pretty intense. joan, you basically had just written a book about this moment in american politics and what is your understanding of how this transformation happened? >> well, its really interesting because the other part of what kevin philips winds up saying, although he s...

Few moments ago is the essence of someone and by pulling yourself up by your boot straps makes you a stronger and better person. that isnt to say -- let me clear about this that isnt to say welfare and certain social programs are not needed, because they are. but inherently, i cant tell you how much when the government comes knocking on the door, im inherently distrustful. >> and that distrust for african-americans has a lot of good history behind it. particularly at the local level. this is the...

it was eight days, nine days ago we were discussing paul ryan, the article in "the new yorker" called fuss budget. did you know then he was actually on the fast track to be a pick for the vp? >> no, we barely talked about it in my interview. the reason i wrote the piece, i wanted to think about what is romney going so do if he wins. if you want to understand what republicans will do if they gain the white house, paul ryan is the guy to understand. it was his policy agenda that you knew...