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Thank you, richard engel and bob baer. up next -- mitt romney seems to have a problem with confrontation and the need to be spontaneous. when things get rough, he gets kind of weird. and that's ahead. this is "hardball" only on msnbc.
About this guy? >> well, it tells us that he's got the al gore problem,s a was saying. the one bit of good news is, romney was in hiding for months away from the press. he came out because gingrich forced him out. he's going to go right back behind that. fewer interviews. fewer town hall meetings. fewer availability. >> ron, last thought. when he has to debate the president, what happens? is this going to hurt him? >> obama, i think, kicks his behind because he'll get in his face a little and mitt won't be able to handle it. >> i thing president will be prepared to do weird things even. unusua...
Junioristjunio journalists. let's turn to romney. mitt romney has what might be called an al gore problem. even if he's being genuine, he seemed ersat. >> i covered the democratic field in 2008, so i didn't get to know him very well, but i think also it's this -- i hate to use the term "boredom," but they're familiar with mitt romney. we've told mitt romney's story in 2008. everybody is looking for the new thing to keep viewers and readers paying attention. and everybody knows that candidates, flash in the pan candidates like donald trump or palin, get clicks. they get more readers. we create ...
Do know romney. romney did a complete roundabout on gay rights. i remember the '94 campaign. i worked on that campaign. he was claiming he was better on gay rights than ted kennedy. not today he doesn't claim that. this week he claimed he was for the auto bailout when he was against it two years ago. the media knows -- >> a policy basis because he changed his view. >> in his track record and you hear it from republicans, too. >> there is plenty to criticize on romney's record if you want to go after flip-flops and authentici authenticity. the problem is the press has decided that's the narrati...
Particularly when it's such a competitive market competing for clips, ads, for viewers. that's what it's about. i think this is the dirty little secret among some net works where they're afraid somebody like pawlenty being asked about his amount of charisma as the nominee, viewers will turn the channel and not pay attention to presidential debates a year from now. >> it's more than a ratings game. i think howard was right, it's personal feelings. reporters didn't like gore as much as they liked bush on the campaign plains and reporters don't like mitt romney partly because they think he's a ph...