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As part of that you have a real opportunity to do entitlement reform. if you think about the ryan plan, there are components of it that you could put into a broader deal. they would be very appealing to conservatives that dont kick in for a decade but start to give you some semblance of stability or possibility of stability for medicare in the long term that would resonate with the ryan crowd, would look different from what the ryan plan looks like today, but there are pieces that you can piece ...

Plan to use the conventions and then use the time afterwards, this period between the conventions and the debates to really define romney with specificity, to show how he would govern barack obama. as youve talked about on your show last week, conservative after conservative, starting with "the wall street journal," trent lot, many others have gone you on the record to say, come on, we want specificity. we want a war of ideas, and were not getting it from you. and i think that has had a ripple e...

Walker bush who didnt have stature on the right. the minute he went down on that deal on taxes and spending, the minute he cut that deal and violated his read my lips promise from the convention, they killed him. dont you have to be a legitimate man of the right or the left to be trusted by them to go to the center. if youre a guy they never really trusted, if they go we thought he would do that and there he goes, your thoughts. >> i dont think people understand why he picked paul ryan. people t...

We saw a lot of muscular policy speeches early on in the campaign, and im surprised that there hasnt been more specificity, more policies, something that shows what the broader vision is. i mean, 50 days is not a lot of time left to do that. >> but, mark, youre a wordsmith and you have given me 100 words and all i want is one, yes or no. does he have an inner core of personality and compassion that the american people will find attractive but havent seen yet? >> chris, i have no idea. i have no ...

American people view themselves as victims, entitled to handouts and are unwilling to take personal responsibility for their lives. its not my job to care about those people. we can never convince they should take personality responsibility and care for their lives. hes saying, andrea, how does anybody deal with that? >> that is the most damaging part of it because hes suggesting not only that he cant get their votes but that he has responsibility to them as a future leader. now, let me just say...

Romney lacks a bottom line. it was all laid out for everyone to see in a devastating lead story in politico today, describing a dysfunction campaign where losing air but not sure what to do about it. im joined by politicos editor and joy-ann reid, the romney campaigns missteps you described the dysfunction this that campaign. >> right. its based internally on the campaign and externally among with stewart stevens and this lack of having a campaign message, the lack of having a

Consistent, hard hitting message. negatives be damned, his message is too muddled for voters to be anything other than confused. jennifer reuben, a conservative blogger who appears in "the washington post" wrote this, the problem, and there is one, in the mitt romney camp is not the lack of policies or the wrong policies. if a campaign is too cautious, too afraid of a misstep, too anxious to retreat when the mainstream media howl, too slow to youll lies the stories of the day and too intent on t...

Will, people being disdainfully talked about here, as handouts, moochers, freeloaders, being described in that relatively tough language by a president for language, will that be useful in the obama campaign? >> i think it will be hugely useful. it revs up their base. too many white working class voters have take then bill of goods that republicans are going to help them when all they have to offer is tax cuts. >> thank you so much. andrea mitchell, joan walsh, and david corn. politico describ...

To do or is willing to do he doesnt want to share right now. for example, what he wants to cut, what tax breaks he wants to eliminate. >> yeah. i mean, its a predicament hes in. i think it is heart of hearts and i have talked to enough people who talk to him all the time, that he really does believe he would be an effective leader, would probably govern from the middle in a way that would be offensive to a lot of conservatives. >> theres a larger question as you cover the campaign, there are thi...

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