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Than economic lightweight because i was not a wall street financier like he was. you really believe this country wants to elect a wall street financer. you think thats the experience we need in someone that will take and look after as he did his friends on wall street and bail them out at the expense of main street america. >> maybe everyone here is getting punchy here, but he also said just recently this afternoon, just a few minutes ago, that the unemployment rate doesnt matter in his campaign...

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Theyre both pretty tired. mitt romney was supposed to take a little time off and he didnt to help make sure he wins illinois. santorum has to knock romney out, he cant beat him in delegates. so there are no debates, he doesnt have much tv on the air compared to romney. he has resorted to trying to breakthrough by using hyperbolic language, and its not unprecedented. >> i love the boxing terms, but here is rick santorum defending himself yesterday in rockford, illinois, lets listen to his defense...

President and romney -- >> im not an economic lightweight, president obama is, we cannot replace one light yn weight with another. >> mark halperin, it seems like someone you consider a colleague, calling him a lightweight, is this a new -- youre frowning at my theory here, but what do you think of this? doesnt it surprise you? >> no, it happens in campaigns. neither of these guys is setting the world on fire. neither of them has a coordinated attack that i think is breaking through on their own...

Against romney? >> there are two messages, and theyre not in contradiction, but theyre both difficult to make and certainly at the same time. one is the populist argument, that we need a president that understands the real lives of working people better than romney does. the other message which is what i think he means, is a message about morality, and rick santorum has sort of taken on himself and made himself the vessel of all of the -- that he is not about balance sheets. he is not about tryi...

$100,000 a year. is there some kind of populist anger he can grab and use against romney? >> there are two messages, and theyre not in contradiction, but theyre both difficult to make and certainly at the same time. one is the populist argument, that we need a president that understands the real lives of working people better than romney does. the other message which is what i think he means, is a message about morality, and rick santorum has sort of taken on himself and made himself the vessel ...

Is too much like obama on a lot of issues, he is too liberal. you have romney returning to his experience message. he is say lg i know something about the private economy and santorum is too much like obama and he doesnt understand how the economy works. now you have santorum replying to that and echoing democrat talking points you will hear all fall if romney is the nominee. neither side has a positive message about themselves. they can just knock each other. or attack each other on ideological...