iowa came out over the weekend, the des moines register it to endorse mitt romney. they haven t endorsed aa republican for president since nixon 40 years ago. are you surprised? a little bit just because of the record of them supporting democrats. look, it s all about turnout at in the point. i m not sure where this falls down. republicans tout their efforts to get out of the vote and point to these things like the des moines register endorsement. look, the fact is we have to get out and vote, and the efforts of the republicans while they re touting them being better than 2008, 2008 isn t the standard. it s 2012 against this obama machine and not 2008. right now i m intently paying attention to what s going on with the get out of the vote effort in both camps. my thanks to our power ponl panl this morning. i appreciate your time. thank you. so the president is on his way back to the white house. yet, the fight for florida continues with a high profile stand-in. former pre
run on personality, the danger is if things get worse, all of that turns on its head the same way it has. my challenge with this ad is likening a vote for barack obama, the president of the united states, to your first sexual experience as a virgin. doesn t make us a prude. is that appropriate? it s going to be disappointing for sure. i m not touching that. bottom line is i think that s really the issue. i think we all agreed to what she said. you re right, chris, people can feel how they want to feel but is it appropriate? i think this connects to what happened with john sununu this week. it connects to the arguments the romney campaign has been making is basically the obama machine is trying to hood wink people into not thinking about his record and the economy. when former you know secretary of state and chair of the joint chiefs of staff colin powell comes up and endorses barack obama in 2008, that was a huge
energy. but the idea is to remind people he has a plan. very much the way mitt romney very successfully in the debates has said i have a five-point plan. here are my five points. people like to hear that. and even if they don t delve into what those points are, it sinks in their mind they know a little bit where things are going. and so real quick, mike, is there anything new as far as you can tell on that book that the president s putting out anything different? anything to put forward in the second term? the president, vice president biden, their surrogates are going to be holding out, giving out this book in conjunction with tv advertisement. over the next 72 hours, we re really going to see the power of the obama machine. we re going to see the president do a whirlwind of six states, including wednesday night flying overnight from las vegas to tampa, making calls from air force one to supporters. showing energy, touching all the
that s five times more than 2008 at this point. can the democrats match that? is that important? well, contacting voters doesn t mean those voters are going to go to the polls, richard. the democratic machine here compared to the republican machine is like comparing a ferrari to a match box car. the republicans are doing better than they did in 2008 but that s such a lobar for them to get over because john mccain essentially deserted nevada but didn t campaign here. the democratic expert in the state, it s not just the obama machine, it s the harry reed machine. good point you bring up there, john. if the race does get tight as it shows, pundants are saying it s going to go democrat. yeah, i think these polls are underestimating obama s strength in the state. basically, the situation is because of the registration numbers here. if you get the large turnout that you re going to normally get in the presidential race,
you know, bill because she was wearing red. bill: i don t want to be cynical. if mitt romney doesn t take it to the president tonight, i think that the obama machine will win. got to take it to him? i don t agree with you there, bill and this is why. the lack of connectivity that mitt romney has with the american public especially the middle class in which the decide majoritied are if he needs to have that likability. if he goes after the president too strongly he will sacrifice that likability. up like you, bill, he cannot be passionate and emotional and likeable at the same time. bill: he has got to be likeable. do you want him to come out and juggle? bring a puppet out? hello, hello, i like mitt romney. you guys are both crazy. he has got to come out and take it to him. this country is in bad shape. he has got to get that across. he has to. if he doesn t doesn t, him and