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Bred to be number two. all number ones in ability and accomplishment. that s what you want. somebody who can be number one and will accept the understudy role for a period of time and help you lead a successful administration. i think they would do that very well. i think tim pawlenty. i was just going to mention him. he has the experience of running, being in the big time. some would say he got out too soon, because he ran out of money after the ames straw poll. you mentioned bobby jindal and john thune. what about john thune? i think john thune is terrific. i think john is terrific. he, of course, represents a smaller state. but he s got great legislative experience, a strong leader. on the list as well. i, myself, think any would be very, very powerful. very good. ....
Lead. mitt romney will be campaigning in pennsylvania tomorrow when he will meet privately with rick santorum for the first time since the republican from pennsylvania dropped out of the race. harris. harris: tell us about romney s former rival and potential partner. reporter: he will campaign with two today. the potential partner would be outgoing governor of virginia, bob mcdonnell. he said he would consider it if romney were to ask but makes the point he is not campaigning for it. not asking for the job. mcdonnell is term-limited. he can t run for re-election in virginia. he is definitely aware romney wants to company pain with as many as potential running mates as possible. like it or not, today for mcdonnell, amounts to something of an audition. joining romney, former rival, michele bachmann the minnesota congresswoman who founded the house tea party caucus and won the ames straw poll last year and no other states. she trashed romney pretty hard on the campaign trail but now fou ....
I have ever covered, there are that ames straw poll that all of us followed heavily back in august, everyone was offered free food, free transportation to go. there s always some type of rigging involved. the people usually complaining are the ones who did not win. what s surprising, however, is mitt romney decided to play the game this time. he of course decided not to play in ames. he s decided not to do well in other straw polls, but his team obviously decided they wanted to do something. we ll talk about maine in a minute and the complaint from ron paul or implication coming from him, but i want to talk about michigan. if he does defeat mitt romney, what does that mean for romney s campaign given many he was born in michigan and we know his father was governor. i also want to ask you about the auto bailout. will that be a factor in the ....
Romney just lost your state to rick santorum and to ron paul. you dropped out of the race in august after you lost the ames straw poll to michele bachmann and ron paul. i don t mean to cast aspersions, they seem like junior leaguers compared to you and mitt romney. why are they beating guys like you in the midwest this year? well, actually, michele bachmann beat me in the straw poll, i came ahead of rick. it is early on and people get acquainted for the first week or month where they have a surge, it s a lot of media hype, a lot of hype but then of course the media and opponents go through the record and introduce or reintroduce candidates. one has been able to stay at or near the top of the heap and that is mitt romney. he personally is a sturdy person, someone who can endure not only a campaign but be president. the gaunltlet of running and be president you have to be on your a game or nearly so every day ....
Romney just lost your state to rick santorum and to ron paul. you dropped out of the race in august after you lost the ames straw poll to michele bachmann and ron paul. i don t mean to cast aspersions, they seem like junior leaguers compared to you and mitt romney. why are they beating guys like you in the midwest this year? well, actually, michele bachmann beat me in the straw poll, i came ahead of rick. it is early on and people get acquainted for the first week or month where they have a surge, it s a lot of media hype, a lot of hype but then of course the media and opponents go through the record and introduce or reintroduce candidates. one has been able to stay at or near the top of the heap and that is mitt romney. he personally is a sturdy person, someone who can endure not only a campaign but be president. the gaunltlet of running and be president you have to be on your ....