has. i think the statements that he made were remarkable in the sense that just two years ago, the governor of texas openly talked about leading texas out of the united states of america and now he s this campaign is caused him to profess his love to the united states. ity it s a remarkable turnaround. any day now, rick perry will ask to see the president s birth certificate. but, look, these are the kind of crazy arguments that you have and the kind of crazy things that you re going to see much, much more of as each of the three candidates seeks to out do each other to pledge allegiance to the tea party to pick this nominee. mitt romney was openfully talking about his excitement about a flat tax though a few years ago, he called it a tax cut for fat cats. rick perry called social security a ponzi scheme. these are statements that you re going to see more and more of. rick perry pledging his love for
that s why it s important to help small businesses in the way that the sba announced yesterday, why it s important for us at usda to work hard to make sure that folks in rural america know where the jobs are that are available. that s why we re working with the department of labor and a unique partnership to get the field offices at usg arkusda toe department of labor about jobs. we re going to look for ways to continue to spur manufacturing. if we can become a country that builds, creates, innovates, we can export to the rest of the world and we can create wealth. it s an untold story, pat. we re seeing record exports, a $42 billion surplus of agriculture. folks may have debt, but we ve got soybeans. the last time i checked, they can t eat debentures but can soybeans. rick perry of texas is in the state of iowa right now. he was governor. you served as governor of iowa. what do you know about him? what do you think about him as a
and grandchildren with debt, the republicans sat around the table and said, we can t do this. they wouldn t take yes for an answer because quite frankly, they were pledging allegiance to the tea party. a very slim faction in the republican party. and instead of doing something on bhaf of the united states of america, they re doing something on behalf of the political party. robert gibbs, you ve received political advice from the bush white house and the buchanan for president campaign. all for you. that s great. he s an offensive coordinator. yes, yes. robert filibuster. great to see you again. look well. we ll talk to you soon. coming up, talk to former iowa governor and current secretary of agriculture, tom vilsa vilsack. and eugene robinson of the washington post. and up next, chuck todd traveling with the president in iowa.