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Under fire. his discussion about romney care, his stance on abortion. im curious who is the mitt romney that is running for president? and is he the same one that sat in the state house, a republican governoring a largely democratic state? >> yeah, i think hes the same guy. hes a very tough-minded guy. hes got a lot of executive ability. he was able to attract people to work in state government who would not come work for me two terms earlier. doug foye who ran environment and economic developme...

endorsements but a bit of a dark cloud on the horizon. more on that in just a moment, but, first, his fight for the gop nomination. a new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll shows him with a commanding lead over mitt romney. the other candidates trailing far behind. paul steinhauser is in washington. paul, the same poll shows gingrich struggling in a head-to-head race against president obama. tell us about that. >> that horse race poll and two others indicate the same thing. way ahead ...

End of the time period, the best secretary of defense, but that best was because of the his decision-making ability, his executive ability. he brought that to the white house. george w. bush does not possess that ability, ergo guess who became president in that first term. >> more strong words. thats why we love having you on, real truth, thats what we try to get here. retired army colonel wilkerson, as always, a great pleasure to have you. >> thanks for having me. conservatives were always pr...

>> he is brilliant. >> a business leader. good communicator. knows what he believes and thinks not as the executive ability. but when you think about it, it is right. the sadness that barack obama would represent the first black president when you think 20 years in reverend wrights church what does that have to do with what the average african american? >> why is this a race issue. i think it is unfortunate that he says a real black american. barack obama is a black american. we dont need to hav...

Him. he is not another guy who is trying to figure out where he should stand. he is not looking at the board and moving pieces around. he just says what he believes which is kind of refreshing. >> sean: which the other candidates are. >> the larger point and i think it is sad that our first black president is barack obama. you have to remember he may not yet be a serious candidate but he is a serious man, herman cain. i interviewed tim. >> he is brilliant. >> a business leader. good communicator...

Tough districts, its emblematic of the fact about how unpopular barack obama and his policies are. bill clinton to them, to many democrats, he is going to be a reminder of stronger economic times and, quite frankly, hes a reminder of more centrist policies whereas this president, president obama, hes more well known as somebody who is in over his head, doesnt have the executive ability to be president, hes overseeing a very stagnant economic times and a stimulus bill and massive spending out of ...

Things. i wish that the president could personally resolve this. he cant. all he can do is bring to bear everything the federal government can do on bp and on the situation. hes doing that. and well see where it goes from here. jon: kevin, we heard the president tell those troops at pensacola a short time ago the government is doing everything it can and were going to lean on bp to make it right. what else can he say? >> well, look, its not what you can say, its what you can do. i think this is ...