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Has made a big deal. the question, can he transition to talk about the economy? i continue to think he does have a path in places like michigan, tennessee, with an economic populist message. gosh knows there is somebody the exact opposite of an economic populist in this place it is willard mitt romney. rom think? not the populist. santorum with the coal mine, pittsburgh background, all those things can work, the question does he go down that cul-de-sac too far? he is going to have to anticipate the question. >> the romney golden night to is to get under santorum's skin, make him look a little ...

That they can sort of talk their way out of every question instead of just giving a ten-second response and pivoting back to a safer message. no. they want to prove i'm gonna tell you exactly what i did or didn't say and i'm gonna be proven right here. that is not politically helpful. >> santorum's case, talk about what he did in the senate, i'm always like don't say cloture. people don't know what that means. by the way, is this another one of these debates the front runner, i guess is still romney. >> still front runner, i think. >> but it is another one of those debates the focus, a pile on...

It is a fair hit. of course a romney surrogate would say that. >> it is when you are running for president, completely fair point, anything you have said previously is fair game for discussion. the question it being an prived any a way unfair or twisted in a way that is unsnare -- unfair? he goes from being the conservative not romney to being something else that other people can define and that's probably tougher place for him to be. >> you know, row dell, your group that you work with specializes in finding thesing innets of audio and video, that's what you guys do on the democratic side. ar...

Something of importance for michigan that he doesn't seem to know how to do. can you give me an example of a time the potential nominee had this much trouble with the base of their own party and went on to become president? >> went on to become president? no. >> isn't that the dilemma -- >> give you a couple other examples a nominee can have trouble with the base and stagger to the nomination because there is no alternative. dole is not overwhelmingly popular. hubert humphrey -- >> same thing in '68. >> mccain was no favorite of the republican base, none of them got to be president. the other ...

Most people in michigan. he has this awkwardness when he tries say hose. he goes back to michigan and says the trees are the right height or the simple statement, i love cars. >> i'm sure he goes idaho and tells us how many potatoes he airport. his connection to the auto industry is tenuous. have had the headline, romney to auto industry, drop dead. while most michiganers favor it, the word bailout is a -- is a red light. it is more of a question of the broader effort to tie himself to