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There are 47% who are with him and believe that they are victims. they believe the government has a responsibility to care for them and they believe they are entitled to health care to food and housing, you name it. it is entitlement. and they will vote for this president no matter what. >> memo to mitt and anybody else running for office. anytime you are in public there is a camera, a microphone. everything you say can and will be used against you. obviously the 47% did vote for president obama...

There are 47% who are with him and believe that they are victims. they believe the government has a responsibility to care for them and they believe they are entitled to health care to food and housing, you name it. it is entitlement. and they will vote for this president no matter what. >> memo to mitt and anybody else running for office. anytime you are in public there is a camera, a microphone. everything you say can and will be used against you. obviously the 47% did vote for president obama...

Own missteps, which kept romney in the running. >> you didnt build that. >> reporter: neither side saw a major bounce out of the convention. both may be remembered for moments that didnt come from the candidates. >> what do you mean shut up? >> the numbers dont add up. >> reporter: just as romneys campaign was hoping to hit the reset button, another major self-inflicted wound. >> the 47% that are with him, that are dependent on the government. >> reporter: pundits declared doom for the republica...

>> only every six months or so. i dont think this is extraordinary. even in the past four years, we had a series of cliff-like experiences. tracys point, the fact that markets dont see this as remarkable is the biggest thing. if the marks did see this as something stunning that they were unable to reach a deal after saying it was going to be so disastrous, that would be a sign that there is an expectation that the system will work now. we are building an expectation that the system will not work...

Comfortable without paying attention to events in the middle east in particular, comfortable with the prospect of american decline, and comfortable underplaying the continuing threat of international terrorism. and i find that very disturbing. heather: disturbing when we take a larger look at the big picture and some of the issues that we addressed when i was introducing you. long-term issues. those being, what do you think, the long-term issues of the administration is facing that are most impo...

Lets look at this one. lets start with a memorable moment from the spring while we were still in the middle of a tough primary fight that pushed romney to the far right. the question many were asking was could he pivot back to the center in the general election. and then this happened. the number seven quote of the year, lets watch. >> he hit a reset button for the fall campaign, everything changes. its almost like an etch-a-sketch. you can kind of shake it up and we start all over again. >> imp...

Far right. the question many were asking was could he pivot back to the center in the general election? and then this happened. the number seven quote of the year. lets watch. >> he hit a reset button for the fall campaign. everything changes. its almost like an etch-a-sketch. you can kind of shake it up and we start all over again. >> impact statement of etch-a-sketch. >> yeah. it was wonderful because that quote confirmed what everyone suspected about mitt romney. you know, the great thing abo...

With landrys loss, senator jim demint retiring, dick armey leafing freedom works, is it time for the tea party to hit the reset button? >> well, you know, i dont know that its hit the reset button. were going to keep working, and were not giving up. you know, i am happy that senator demint is going to the heritage foundation. i think hes going to have a great impact. we certainly have not seen the last of him. the great thing about this movement is we have no. leaders. its every day average amer...

>> it failed in large measure because the chinese and russians -- with whom we were supposed to have hit the reset button, remember that? -- havent allowed anything to get done. and this person who was supposed to be a superb diplomat hasnt mansioned to get -- managed to get that off square one. the united nations have sent an observer, and what theyre observing is what you described. megyn: do you think another u.n. ambassador could have gotten something done? do you think if we had a john bolt...

What the beltway media thinks is interesting. in any case, with all of the president to ceo chitchat, it does raise the question of whether the president is trying to hit the reset button with the business community in general. specifically, with some of the most powerful and influence executives in the business community. but it also raises questions about the way that big business wields its power in washington. how they wield their power and what they are capable of getting for themselves whe...