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Continuation of that sort of awkwardness that was originally -- havent mapped out the policy stuff at all. ultimately, you do want to sort of position ryan as the kind of trillion dollar fix-it man but they also have to have a broader economic optimistic outlook that both of them have to share. they have to articulate it. it cant just be about look how lousy things are, this is the presidents fault. they need to get together on really reclaiming a kind of optimistic outlook for the economy and t...

Thinks he will win election regardless of the day-to-day stuff. >> it was interesting when scott walker on this sort of magical mitt-stry tour, i cant get enough of that, walker clarified romneys assessment of the recall, saying he didnt want to fire teachers and policemen and firefighters and also said that romney quote, needs a vision and quote, a message, richard wolffe, which is not exactly what you want to hear. we know romney has a surrogate problem but thats not the greatest message to be...

And see him as a one-termer. >> while i think thats sort of despicable, its almost like politics aint bean bag. is that sort of to be expected -- >> or as your friend mitt says, politics isnt the bean bag. >> politics is not sport. jonathan chait, just playing that sound, in terms of weve talked about mitt romneys surrogate problem. the president has had some issue with folks who are supposed to be in his corner saying things that are not necessarily on message. how much of an issue do you think...

Republicans seem to have their mojo back, they appear more united than ever behind mitt romney, coming off this victory in washington and the president seems to have this surrogate problem undercutting the presidents message. does the obama campaign seem off its game right now? >> not at all. thomas, i respect you and your colleagues at this network and around the country and the great national media, but a lot of times we all get caught up in the process pieces. this campaign, the campaign that...

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Now that means mitt romney rolls out a high profile republican establishment endorsement. last week it was former florida governor jeb bush. this week it was republican senators mike lee and marco rubio and former president george h.w. bush. getting endorsements like that, having high profile surrogates, to talk on your behalf, for mr. romney thats been a doubl double-edged sword this year. on our staff and on our blog we talk about this as mitt romneys surrogate problem. right around the time o...

About this as mitt romneys surrogate problem. right around the time of michigan primary you may remember mr. romney picked up the endorsement of fred upton. how did he express his enthusiasm, he told the michigan press how wrong he was on the auto bailout on one of the biggest issues in his state. how does mr. heck express his enthusiasm. he informed the nevada press core that mr. romney was dead wrong on the biggest issue in his state, housing. how does randy pullen express his enthusiasm. he s...