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Electability electability. a kinder rer gardner could have answered this. this undermines his argument that hes the best person to go up against hillary clinton. >> and he had told people that his brother is his best advisor on the middle east. and thats sort of an odd answer. >> its a mixed message. he comes out of the box and says im my own man and then he apoints half of his brothers foreign policy team as his advisors and then he said he goes to his brother on advice to the middle east and i...

Big issues and then when you have politics 101 misstepped like this -- missteps like this a high school a kindergartener could have asked this where do you think you are on the iraq war, it is going up like against hillary clinton? >> and he sold -- he said that the president was his best adviser on the middle east. and if you are trying to differentiate yourself that is sort of an odd answer. >> it is a mixed message. he says out of the box im my own man. and then he appointed half of bushs for...

Lauers question. he came out with an odd answer. we can talk about tax policy in quiet rooms. >> yes. >> that just hit me as the strangest idiomatic sound in a democracy. lets not talk about what kind of a tax structure we have with the people. lets have it in the quiet rooms where the people dont hear it. >> well -- >> does that strike me as elitist. >> you are exactly right. mitt romney is what a management consultant would create if you were creating a political candidate. hes someone which t...

Though? >> you know, i think its fine to talk about those things in quiet rooms and discussions about tax policy and the like, but the president has made this part of his campaign rally everywhere we go, or he goes. we hear him talking about millionaires and billionaires and executives and wall street. its a very envy oriented, attack oriented approach. and i think it will fail. >> this, chris, and this gets into a broader discussion of why romney needs to be scripted. why hes really good with a...

the governor says, well, i dont have a definitive answer because hes never seen my birth certificate. the interviewer points out this is an odd answer, but you, youve seen his. which governor perry reports, i dont know. have i? you dont believe whats been released? i dont know. i had dinner with donald trump the other night. the governor said, and i quote, i dont have any idea. it doesnt matter. hes the president of the united states. hes elected. its a distractive issue. keeping them ...

put to rest months ago. it began over the weekend in "parade" magazine. here is the part of the interview that got people talking. when asked, governor, do you believe that president barack obama was born in the united states? governor perry says, quote, i have no reason to think otherwise. the interviewer points out thats not a definitive yes, the governor says, well, i dont have a definitive answer because hes never seen my birth certificate. the interviewer points out this is an odd...

which governor perry reports, i dont know. have i? you dont believe whats been released? i dont know. i had dinner with donald trump the other night. the governor said, and i quote, i dont have any idea. it doesnt matter. hes the president of the united states. hes elected. its a distractive issue. keeping them honest, if its such a distractive issue to use governor perrys own words, then why bring it up? heres how he answered. >> i said its a good issue to keep alive. donald has got t...