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>> plastics talked to the president. white house doesnt want us mentioning oil or corn starch or plastics. just wing it. >> front and back. very little romance. >> thats the entire speech. whats left here. ive got hello and prepositions. >> just wing it. thats a clip from the new hbo show "veep." joining us is frank rich. he has a new piece called sugar daddies. the old, rich white men that are buying this election. congratulations on this. its great. >> thank you. its been a lot of fun and work...

Experiencing severe chest pains. we need to get you to the west wing immediately. >> im so sorry. >> "veep," hbos brilliant new comedy captures the essence of the vice presidency in a way that leaves you wondering why any ambitious young politician would ever want that job. mitt romney seems to be conducting on the road auditions for possible vice presidential candidates. today it was romney and florida senator marco rubio doing a joint town hall in eastern pennsylvania. >> i want to say how hon...

>> "veep," hbos brilliant new comedy captures the essence of the vice presidency in a way that leaves you wondering why any ambitious young politician would ever want that job. mitt romney seems to be conducting on the road auditions for possible vice presidential candidates. today it was romney and florida senator marco rubio doing a joint town hall in eastern pennsylvania. >> i want to say how honored i am here to be here today. it would have been unimaginable. half -- about half a century ago...

Everybody aping grnlg per bert walker bush as his running make. the veep stakes good fodder for the political junkies. but in the end, how important is the final choice? of course all comes down to the heartbeat of the one they serve. >> the president is experiencing severe chest pains. we need to get to you the west wing immediately. >> im so sorry. >> our mega panel, david goodfriend, susan and jimmy williams. you know, jimmy, this is what you do. this goes to the three of you. youre in the ro...

Because theres only one sarah palin, no one will ever be like sarah palin, i think. but, look, i think this is a core problem that republicans have, which is they are -- they know that the elderly people -- the elderly are really a pretty solidly republican constituency on the whole. so theyre saying, were going to cut this budget, were going to rein in medicare, but we will not touch anybody now on it or people within ten years of it. we are only going to cut it for younger people. and i think ...

Character flaw, they dont feel the need to sort of further their business interests in the same way through the political system. right often, as cites george saurus, who does have interest in public government, thats the kind of person that might step up, but there arent many of them and he may not. >> fascinating. if you think of politics in structural and not personal terms, if you think about people having zillions at their disposal being able to influence elections almost infinitely, you fi...

Romney stands for the politics and the economic arrangements that we have been living through for the last 20 years or so. that have created rising income inequality. mitt romney has his own story to tell. but each side is going to take statements about the path that were on and finding a better path, and trying to use those as wedge issues. >> hey, shira,ç what about the republican veep buzz, growing lately. we had florida senator marco rubio saying fantastic pick. and jeb bush saying im not ...

Forth. so this is really a numbers game at the end of the day when it comes to those quote-unquote swinger states. i think romney has an battle but still can win the white house. >> right now 69-22 advantage for the president over romney with latinos. he has a lot of ground to make up. >> definitely an uphill battle. sit tight because up next the gop vice president yal pick. well put the big three on the spot and give a nod to a fictional veep. but not how we get there. because in this business,...

And work. every morning. its faster and easier than coffee. every afternoon when that 2:30 feeling hits. -every day. -every day. every day is a 5-hour energy day. [ male announcer ] 5-hour energy. every day. >> liz: hes a member of the "wall street journal" board and writer of best of the web column, james taranto. shes a professor of political science and law at vanderbilt and author of "be the people," carol swain joins us. a democratic pollster and fox news contributor, author of "hopelessly ...