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Histamp was all over the place in tampa. beyond the glossy, he was a nice guy video, substantively, george w. bushs foreign policy was the foreign policy of this republican convention. and apparently, it is the foreign policy of the republican partys presidential nominee this year. mr. bushs brother jeb,brother, paged his convention speech with a well-received defense/celebration of george w. bush foreign policy. >> my granddad, my grandfather and my father have been incredible role models for m...

Dan senor finally did something right. >> maybe he got out of the way. sometimes the best managers get out of the way. didnt screw this one up. >> actually paul was paul. >> really quickly, i mean paul ryan again, we said this before, we saw him introduced him at cpac and he wasnt really -- >> he started in a lovely way. was adorable -- >> was not good with a teleprom ter. last night, man, he was good. i thought he was good. >> you saw the reasons that mitt romney picked him stylistic, tonally, ...

Deficit commission. >> my political analysis and if we want to switch over to substantively what i think -- >> bret: sometimes dont they cross in reality of the world? >> political analysis is what i think the obama campaign will do. they played tough. i think they are going to really scare seniors; even if you didnt know i "it" doesnt affect people 55 and older. substantively is a different situation. it looked at paul ryans medicare plan. i dont find it radical or scary. im on the fence to be ...

You cant ignore the fact that there is -- there is always a racial element to this in the minds of voters. thats something that the romney campaign is not naive about. they understand the kinds of reactions people have when you start talking about welfare and those freeloading welfare recipients who are taking your hard-working money and using it so they can goof off. >> well, there is a big difference between a pac ad and mitt romney saying "i approve this ad." the "i approve this ad" portion i...

There is a technical issue and you can play with the definition of an exit from welfareistutes, you can take credit for things that would have otherwise happened through economic growth. so what they are trying to do is to make it easier for people to stay on welfare longer by jimmying around with the definitions, which are very tough in 407, describing whatistutes work and -- what constitutes work and what constitutes an exit. they said they would have authority over the calculation of particip...

Work. there is a technical issue and you can play with the definition of an exit from welfareistutes, you can take credit for things that would have otherwise happened through economic growth. so what they are trying to do is to make it easier for people to stay on welfare longer by jimmying around with the definitions, which are very tough in 407, describing whatistutes work and -- what constitutes work and what constitutes an exit. they said they would have authority over the calculation of pa...

That was only $1.3 billion. of course, in any other government program, $1.3 billion would be a large amount of money. it was still important, and so i think, yeah, the president sees this right. the people are tired of this excess. theyre tired of getting sent into all parts of the world where we do no good as much as we may be trying. they understand the importance of having a balanced approach. im glad hes doing that. it will be helpful and its accurate substantively. >> that point of working...

Military. that was only $1.3 billion. in any other program, it would be a large amount of money. it was still important, and so i think, yeah, the president sees this right. the people are tired of this excess. theyre tired of getting sent into all parts of the world where we do no good as much as we may be trying. they understand the importance of having a balanced approach. im glad hes doing that. it will be helpful and its accurate substantively. >> that point of working with congressman mulv...

right for america to stand with you. >> mitt romney trailing in polls when they are asked which candidate would handle foreign policy better. its a critical time for him to recover from what some say were big gaffes made in britain. michelle is the co-chair of the obama campaigns national security committee and former defense secretary under president obama and in the situation room during the osama bin laden raid. nice to see you. thank you for talking us with this morning. do you see...

Like me up at 35%. so we know that the tax code is a welfare program for the wealthy. that they have not -- >> thats what i keep trying to tell rattner. i pay what you pay, rattner pays what mitt romney pays. >> you went into the wrong business. what can i tell you. >> we have a 1%er with us. >> hes a 1%er. >> hes hoping to be. >> one of these days. >> joe and i are striving and i dont know where al is. hes kind of my boss. i dont want to get into it with him. >> i think you were right. in gener...