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February 13, 2012
Brokered convention. no one candidate gets 1144 delegates and you go to con vention and start making deals. you want to know something? its groundsfall happen. >> bob: there hasnt been brokered convention since 40s. >> eric: i understand that. so? >> bob: you wont have one here. there are a lot of states to go. romney, one or two of the people will drop out. romney will collect enough delegates to put it over the top. if it was an even split -- >> eric: you said it would be over after new hampsh...
January 10, 2012
>> i dont think he feels it. he experiences it the way you do by virtue of having lived in the real world. i know what its like to worry about getting fired. >> well, it seems to me when you run for office in a rough environment, which i love campaigns for because they bring out two things. you overstate the truth. biden used to have this problem. you start to brag a bit. romney saying i faced the ax like regular people. the other is you tend to reveal aspect of your thought process. maybe its, ...
January 10, 2012
Rick perry made them into a ring tone. lets listen to his phone people. >> i like being able to fire people. i like being able to fire people. >> wow. if youre the candidate strategist, how do you handle this kind of problem? and if youre the opposition, how do you make the best use of it? joining me is todd harris. youre on the republican side. is this something he should continue to try to squirm out of? or accept im a hard-nosed businessman. the kind that has to fire the useless people. >> th...
January 10, 2012
This is mary... who has a million things to pick up each month on top of her prescriptions. so she was thrilled that her walgreens pharmacist recommended a 3-month supply and would always be there to answer questions about her health. now mary gets 3 refills in one and for 3 months, shes done. more or less. ask your pharmacist about a 90 day supply today. walgreens. theres a way to stay well. thats good morning, veggie style. hmmm. for half the calories plus veggie nutrition. couldve had a v8. t...
January 10, 2012
Conservative in the field. >> that was all yours. >> i just want to say huntsman is doing well. the only real event that ive been to that you and i would recognize as a primary rally in new hampshire this week, i think you can say it. last night. mitt romney had a thousand people in aรง gymnasium. an overflow crowd. there are signs all over the place. we havent seen that anywhere else. maybe they just bust um in. who knows. but you have to say mitt romney seems to be the only guy that has what ...
January 10, 2012
Assume he wins on points. the way its going to be recorded, i think, does newt survive? where he was in iowa, does he come back with a decent number? does santorum survive? does huntsman do better than that? will the pack thats out to get him survive here to go to south carolina? >> look. newt gingrich is a unique figure in the republican party in the sense that unlike everyone else in this race, he can go all the way to june. even if he has no money. he has 98% name recognition. hes got money o...
January 10, 2012
Create jobs. the auto industry is a perfect example. president obama against a lot of opposition supported rescuing the auto industry. mitt romney said he wouldnt have done that. and here in new hampshire, we have over 20,000 jobs that are based oven on the auto industry. millions across the country. as the president points out, it really is about the policies that you put in place. >> thats so well said. i never thought of the auto industry. the businessman mitt romney says let them die. its li...
January 10, 2012
But a series of ads. when mitt romney complains after the first ad runs it was taken out of context, then the conversation becomes what context do you like firing people? did you like firing jim jones when you lined your pockets with $180 million on a $30 million investment? did you like laying off mrs. jones while you guys walked away with tens of millions of dollars. it feeds the underlying narrative and the concern people have aboutรง mitt romney. which takes you to what kind of an economy w...
January 10, 2012
Politicians use over the years are, what i said was taken out of context. they are not going to give an auto biography. and the second is, i thought i was off the record. >> that one part is out of context. i think people really do understand that what he meant was ultimately, you should be able to if services arent provided well. but heres the deal. >> i like being able to have the freedom to decide whether i want to get rid of my insurance company or not. >> it sounds harsh, but heres the thin...
January 10, 2012
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