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Listening to morris give his reasons for why we are at a watershed moment, do you think its a sustainable position for a politician to be against it? >> i think its important for any person leading the party and the party in particular to continue to support our core values, and that includes traditional marriage and thats what were going to continue to do, support traditional marriage, but look at the bigger picture as were doing here at cpac. the key issues folks are concerned with are jobs an...

Are going to handle ourselves in the hard times. these are hard times. so we need to redouble our efforts and do more, not less. and if anything, you know what? history would say that we are unworthy of the gifts we have been given, if we do anything less. the first thing that needs to be said. we cannot abandon our principle, which i say are timeless. the only reason we are in politics is because we care about a set of principles. we have core convictions. a victory requires us to give principl...

In one fell swoop. first in denver and then last night on foreign policy. its a really bold, audacious gambit. it does raise the question, and i think the question has been asked for the entire time hes been running for president, what does mitt romney actually believe, whats in his heart, what are his core convictions? just making a mistake, if this succeeds, what hes done here, hell be rewriting the rules for the rule book for presidential politics for years to come. >> forever. ron, it seems ...

Way over the course of the summer, into the fall. instead, governor romney kept very much in the hard right mode all through the summer and into the early fall, and then suddenly in the debates, in the month of october, he did something really out of character for most presidential candidates. he made his lurch to the center in one fell swoop. first in denver and then last night on foreign policy. its a really bold, audacious gambit. it does raise the question, and i think the question has been ...

Who doesnt mean what he says, who will say whatever it takes to get laekelected. by the way, that has been the narrative of romney. that the democrats and the obama campaign dispensed with early. they made the decision to paint him as a latter day barry goldwater because it poll tested bertd than the focus groups when they talked about romney as a flip-flopper. that may be so. romney is a guy that lacks ate lot of core convictions. now obama comes back to it, and thats what he harps on in the de...

>> yeah, it sure does. it makes me disrespect president obama, then candidate obama even more because he believed on principle that in order to defund our troops, the provision was in that legislation, included not releasing those katrina relief funds, its a whole ball of wax. its appalling, truly, in order to defund our troops, he took that stand to vote against it? then his speech, greta, it was in order to raise bait. he played chameleon again and engagedin deception, when he again said what ...

>> yeah, it sure does. it makes me disrespect president obama, then candidate obama even more because he believed on principle that in order to defund our troops, the provision was in that legislation, included not releasing those katrina relief funds, its a whole ball of wax. its appalling, truly, in order to defund our troops, he took that stand to vote against it? then his speech, greta, it was in order to raise bait. he played chameleon again and engagedin deception, when he again said what ...

The chart tibl industry. however, were going to take a look at all of it, come to a consensus in congress and bring it down. i think that would be a good answer, would it not? >> governor strickland i want you to imagine you were on a debate stage with bill oreilly. when he was questioned he said i cant tell you right now because its not fully formulated. how do you think he would score with a debate like that. >> what a pathetic answer, even for bill oreilly its a pathetic answer. the fact is t...

Fundraiser people are interested in, can you win or not. >> are those things you believe? are those core convictions? >> that was a desperate man in a desperate situation. hes not really addressing what he said there. lets remember what he said. there are 47% of americans who are with him, with president obama, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims. who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them. that man believes that 47% of america thinks we are...

Support president obama. so i found it remarkable that even in that moment he continues to reiterate the same point. the other piece that i found very interesting and also very inlightening is he was asked about some comments from donald trump and he responded, i always value his counsel, donald tru trumps counsel. >> perry, he does lead the president in one category, the number of hastily arranged news conferences where he says or does something stupid. take a look. >> good evening. i understan...