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There for eight years. >> i think whats happened to romney is his brand. its gone from boring to competent. quiet competency. theres a competency, whether its the debates, his organization. people all along going mitt romney, mitt romney -- competency. and its not a sexy word, but very appealing word. and i think thats whats coming across for him. and the second thing -- >> whether its ad campaigns or presidential races, contrast is what matters the most. especially if youre taking on the incomp...

Those loopholes and changing the tax code. >> you know, i think since hes made such an issue with this, i do hope he pays all of his secretaries taxes. theyve become tools in this conversation. >> im not saying this facetiously, you worked hard your whole life, sold your company, and made gobs and gobs of money. can you explain to people out there -- and i dont even understand this. can you explain how the super rich like warren buffett and others, can you explain of what so much of your busines...

>> before longorias ball cleared the fence, i was a broken old man. i did not sneak out over the left field fence -- i heard the crack. >> seriously. somehow this ties in. >> it does. >> prohibition -- >> heres what it is. >> drinking. >> the more things change -- thats right. its a drama about drinking. >> we dont need a transition. three-part 5 1/2-hour series about the rise and fall of prohibition. >> youre so excited about -- ive never seen you so excited a about anything. why? >> theres not...

Unconstitutional. hold on, mika -- >> yeah. >> i want to apologize because he has been consistent on this issue, and it hurts him -- because that has shown political courage. and all too often, political courage is lacking. >> until now because actually yesterday in an interview with news max tv, perry apologized for that comment. >> but for what? >> and walked back from his stance on providing instate tuition. >> what? >> children of illegal immigrants. >> what? hes backing down. >> i probably ...

There are issues there. and frankly, and i hate to be the one to say it, as much as mitt romney went through southern primaries in 2008, being dogged by the mormon issue, newt gingrich is going to be dogged by the marriage issue as well. >> and you dont hear too many politicians quoting kamu? >> as you know, hes come down. for somebody to sit around and talk to, he can be a very charming man. sometimes if the generals say he has a tendency to outrun the supply lines. but as you can tell from the...

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Himself? we know letterman had his run-ins with sarah palin but it just shows you these presidential candidates, what do you think of sarah palin? shes great. it it was so quick in the way he responded. by the way, a quick little news nugget. the republican national committee said salt lake city, phoenix, and tampa. >> tampa for you, florida is your home state. >> phoenix for you. politically i think it would be very hard romney, hes already got the deal with this evangelical/mormon issue. my be...

Very large positive economic impact. if you were to extend the tax cuts in their entirety, youre talking at looking at numbers like 1% of gdp. the problems were facing, of course, in the fiscal situation, are many times that. so the tax cuts are a small piece of a bigger fiscal picture. the real question for the country is, what do we want government spending to be. and if we pick a very high number, then, yes, we have to pay for it. >> do you support this idea of a deficit commission? some repu...

And everything that i detect is thats exactly the way it is. >> well, stories aside, how do you size up as a former chief of staff how rahm emanuel has performed, in light of the fact that health care has been a harder slog than i think any of them imagined, financial regulatory reform, climate not looking likely to happen in the senate, how do you judge his performance so far? >> the answer is, hes doing the job that the president wants done. thats the bottom line of any chief of staff. hes doi...

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