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and he did it in perrys home state. >> thank you. thank you. >> during a speech to the veterans of foreign wars convention in san antonio, romney pointed to his own business resume and then took a shot at people he called career politicians. >> im a conservative businessman. i spent most of my life outside politics. dealing with real problems in the real economy. career politicians got us into this mess, and they simply dont know how to get us out. get ready for even more romney vers...

Boil down to the people, men and maybe women who have the guts to say yes and get in and all politics is relative. you know that, michael. people make judgments ultimately not on what they wish for but on the choices in front of them. i think romney, pawlenty, a lot of the guys could come out strong after a competitive primary process. >> i didnt mean to imply that all is well on the right for former governor palin, by way of example, here is karl rove last night on fox talking about the prospec...

People make judgments ultimately not on what they wish for but on the choices in front of them. i think romney, pawlenty, a lot of the guys could come out strong after a competitive primary process. >> i didnt mean to imply that all is well on the right for former governor palin, by way of example, here is karl rove last night on fox talking about the prospect of her candidacy. >> my sense is, her people dont think she needs to have county chairmen and organizations and go around and line up peo...

Maybe women who have the guts to say yes and get in and all politics is relative. you know that, michael. o so people make judgments ultimately not on what they wish for but on the choices in front of them. i think romney, pawlenty, a lot of the guys could come out strong of a a competitive primary process. >> speaking of mitt romney, here he is on the campaign trail in iowa earlier today. lets watch this. >> im the same guy as i was last time. its juf the things i know and the -- uh-oh. they wa...

Fringe right who thrive on this stuff seem to take hold of the republican party? its certainly not an issue to attract independent swing voters in the 2012 election. is it time for the gop to say good-bye to the birthers? for more, im joined by two political analysts. jonathan alter and jonathan connish. first of all, michael, will they get rid of the birthers and say no more pandering and applause lines at the convention? no more feeding the crazies? >> no. thats not going to happen and the rea...

The opposition party try to offer something worse than that. is that a fair assessment? >> yes, it is. we saw that yesterday with the republican congressman apologizing to bp. im sorry you destroyed the gulf. whats he apologizing for? >> thats beyond beyond. is the ultimate problem, and then ill let you go, the fact that we dont have a competitive primary process? so were not getting the yield of the competition that may be better because the incumbents are reelected 95% of the time. as a result...

If one candidate gets more than 60% of the vote at the may state convention he becomes a nominee without a primary. otherwise only the top two finishers face off in a june primary, become a referendum. the club for growth is joining for bennett big time, claiming he is asking delegates to lie about their support for him in order to pack the convention with his supporters. look, tonights going to be the first round in what could be a very ugly nominating contest. the ability to highjack this prim...

Civility also requires being able to disagree without being disagreeable. civility is not a sign of weakness. now, i am the first to confess im not always right. michelle will testify to that. but surely, you can question my policies without questioning my faith. or for that matter, my citizenship. [ applause ] >> wow. a direct response to the birthers out there who question whether hes an american or not on the far right. that was president obama this morning at the national prayer breakfast. w...

Civility is not a sign of weakness. now, i am the first to confess im not always right. michelle will testify to that. but surely, you can question my policies without questioning my faith. or for that matter, my citizenship. [ applause ] >> wow. a direct response to the birthers out there who question whether hes an american or not on the far right. that was president obama this morning at the national prayer breakfast. what an interesting place to raise that issue. he will have a tough time fi...

Breakfast. what an interesting place to raise that issue. the tea party convention opens tonight in nashville. a workshop called defeating liberalism via the primary process. on saturday, attendees will hear correlations between the current administration and marxist dictators of latin america. thats interesting. on saturday night theyll hear from governor palin in their keynote address. does this woman have the staying power in the republican party. political director of atlantic media and susa...