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Money, no ability to raise money. so that is why we moved the convention back to end of june, mid-july. so now the whole process can move forward without hamstringing your candidate. jenna: quick final question. money is obviously a key issue. the question when you have the convention brings up issue of debates as well. how will this impact the debate schedule? are you worried about voter fatigue from folks seeing the same person eventually again and again from june, july, on? do you think that ...

Adelson troubling. >> its ridiculous candidates for president are trumping out to las vegas to kiss the ring of a billionaire casino own somewhere they think thats going to help them get elected president. >> money is going help them. >> money matters so much less than your own capacity as a candidate. whats your message? theyd be better off spending time where they live instead of flying to las vegas figuring out whats their message, how are they going to convey it to the american public. >> wh...

Too late. mitt romney could not spend enough money. there a couple of things going on. condensing the primary process. instead of months to about four months. that mean fewer debates. he is probably talking about debates and he is probably talking about stories that can be written about republicans attacking republicans. when have a long primary process. the reason they moved up the convention to june as opposed to august is that they can have access to general election money. if you will recall...

Running. there was some emphasis on saying we need to make sure this is long enough that our candidates are vetted. there was a clear interest in protecting whoever obabecomes t nominee. romney spent all summer in 2012 not being able to answer attacks in the obama campaign -- they cast him as an out of touch p t plutocrat. >> i would say mitt romney was passive and out of touch because he was. you can join the calendar, but he still would be out of touch. >> we tried this at the dnc. we added so...

Fund-raising early. you know the obscene amounts of money they will have to raise to run for office. and keep in mind, its going to be a very entertaining 2016 field. its not going to be like the clown car 2012 was for the gop. youll see what passes for heavy intellectual hitters in that campaign. mike lee, ted cruz, marco rubio, jeb bush, chris christie. the anti avengers in a bizarro universe, everyone fighting each other. so i think its going to be a lot of fun to watch. mana for comics. and ...

Would be. the idea that rick perry would be president, it says george w. bush third term. are there any differences policywise? >> im not a fan of either. what i would say is that george w. bush was considerably important moderate than rick perry. bush was not a big fan of abortion but he was not out there promoting and ausing it as a divisive issue. and bush did use gay marriage as a way to get elected on. a personal basis, bush was completely did not care. these are things, perry is much more ...

Talking about our brand, talking about what we believe, going to community events going to swearing in ceremonies being in the community ongoing paid for by the republican national committee to make the case for our party and candidates. >> he said that he is also -- that he would also like to see a shorter primary process and convention. before you leave the house lets get an update from maria molina. while spring may be just two-days away on the calendar i think thats what it says anyway, you ...

Thats a process and those are things that the body will have to buy into ultimately. i think at the end of the day, though, you know, you can have a shortened process. but thats all going to be generated by the number of candidates who are in the primary. whether or not they want to have more debates, its going to be up to them. the networks and the cable stations going to come to them to put on these debates. as we saw in 2012. they will accept or not accept the idea of moving the convention up...

If you have your convention at the end of june or mid-july, you compress the primary process. >> even mitt romneys campaign has said have a such a long and -- battled members. really hurt him in the general election. what will shortening the primary process mean for republicans, david? >> well, craig, i think we all remember the primary process alluded to on the republican side. it wasnt the most glamorous of primaries. there was a lot of sort of misstatements i think, and i dont think the repub...

Which is why campaigns end. >> at the time, republicans tried to justify the long primary as a way of testing the candidate under fire, but his team says it didnt feel that way. i asked what was the low point, the os moment, if you will, of the campaign and heres what the romney folks said. >> colorado, minnesota and missouri because it was just oh -- it was totally o.s. because we had like -- just like another month of this. >> losing michigan would not have been a positive experience. we went ...