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And the problem here for mitt romney is this reenforces a perception that his persistent and repetitive that he wants to have it both ways on every issue thats controversial. and that he will say as a venture capital guy whatever it takes to close the deal. the republican nominee for president, if somebody says blunt rubio amendment, you should know what it is. and secondly, your political instinct should say blunt, rubio, im for that. those are guys i want to support me. this is something thats...

If it is even close? >> you know, i think for mitt romney, all about getting more delegate, over the top. i think that even if he loses michigan, he will pretty much tie rick santorum in the delegate count. i think he has got more money and more resources. my guess is if he does lose in michigan, you are going to have a big -- republican establishment will give him a lot more money because they are worried about rick santorum and i do think at the end of the day, mitt romney is going to eek this...

Of those instances people were having a discussion and then youre completely wrong. we went out and polled it and yes, the beltway media is totally wrong. i have to say i was a little persuaded by it. i think partly because i was raised catholic and i know there is a tendency among catholics to get this back-up defensiveness when the church is under attack even if they themselves day in and day are frustrated as hell about the church, i thought its an open question, it could have been a politica...

Persuaded by it. i think partly because i was raised catholic and i know there is a tendency among catholics to get this back-up defensiveness when the church is under attack even if they themselves day in and day are frustrated as hell about the church, i thought its an open question, it could have been a politically misstep, now we have data that shows it isnt, that is important because im hoping it sort of provide as course correction for people talking about this. >> in terms of data on this...

mohammed ceo of pimco and alexis glick has experience working on wall street and covering it and the ceo of the gen youth foundation. diane, start with you, bottom line, are there lessons from 2008 that can be applied today to avert another global financial crisis? >> well, were already seeing them applied. the fact that central bankers are not really talking to each other before the financial crisis actually emerged in august of 2007 or july of 2007 was a major detriment to them deali...

2008. central banks are taking coordinated actions to avoid a ledge mat threat of a credit freeze the likes of which we havent seen since after the days of lehmans collapse in 2008. we all remember what happened then. the credit freeze closed businesses, factories, wipes out millions of jobs around the world. diane, let me start with you. bottom line, are there lessons from 2008 that can be applied today to avert another global financial crisis? >> well, were already seeing them applie...

Career decisions they can. >> with someone out there right now that may not have the skill set necessary to fill this job and want to make a course correction in advancing the skill set, what would you recommend to them? >> i think right now given how in demand technical jobs are in particular computer science jobs right now. one thing a lot of people can do is look at options available to you. its never too late to learn how to code. its never too late to learn a technical skill set leabeing an...

Happening. i think youre seeing course correction. >> the hero of the book was pete rouse. it is one of those things in washington. be careful the book that praises you the most. kevin, i want to play for you this daily sound bite from this interview, more serious about the process of washington. gets to what christine whitman was talking about earlier too. heres what he said. >> i would take some responsibility for the relationship thats part of my job. i think everybody in this room, everybody...

Same page with his party on capitol hill. theres a big canyon between them. the bigger worry is what bill daley didnt say but what a lot of us could read into those remarks is there is a bit of daylight between the chief of staff and the president. again, this is a critical juncture going into a brutal, by all analysis, a brutal re-election campaign. there are people within the senior staff and white house that are not on the same page with the president. i see it as welcome news as a republican...

For the underdog. it wins. it manages expectations. its not characteristic of the administration. i think its interesting. this is a notable course correction. joe biden on thursday said look, this is our economy. weve, you know, what did he say? what is relevant is were in charge. that is different. i wish they would stick to it, because they have gone from blaming bush to say its our economy and blaming bush to say its in our economy, makes me wonder if they are seeing something in the polling...