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That's a harsh character attack politics. and i think he owes mr. romney an apology on that. on the issues there's plenty to disagree about. but that's a lot for i think a presidential staffer to say about somebody. it's not fair. the problem with this flip-flop politics, everybody's vulnerable in politics. because when you get new information you change. barack obama ran and beat hillary clinton by being left of the iraq war talking about shutting down guantanamo bay. promise to the country. gets elected. doesn't shut it down. now i'm not going to attack him for that because the reason he doe...

That's a great line. >> if he were doing better in the polls, it might have gotten more press. that was really quite brilliant. i do think that that's his most damaging character stick, and i don't think it's a character assault in the same way as attacking somebody as being elitist, which is such a vague term. it really does have to fundamentally do with your belief system. people can deal with it if they disagree with you on something like that, but they have a harder time when you seem to be finessing your views to fit the circumstances. >> can i jump in? >> sure. >> there's another front t...

But here's a start. don't run a billion dollar presidential campaign on character assault. that would be a good start. that's why i was troubled earlier. >> your point is totally right. the voters have an opportunity to say to people, i'm going to take out the ones who won't compromise, who are not pragmatic, and put in people who will move the country forward. it really is a great democracy and an opportunity for the voter to speak up. >> we talked about, we should show the pictures from this week, again violent clashes in oakland and atlanta, as well, with this occupy wall street movement, a...

Flexible. he doesn't strike me as somebody -- >> i'm playing tough here. i'm playing hardball with real journalists. let me ask you, sam. can you think of something he won't give on? >> you said you were being too tough with susan. i don't need to answer that question, do i? >> here's jon huntsman answering the question. i'm being sarcastic. let's listen. >> this is when the candidates need to stand up and show a little bit of leadership. you can't be a perfectly lubricated weather vain on the important issues of the day. >> perfectly lubricated. where did he get that? that's a great line. >> ...

This is a white house staffer saying the opponent has no core. that's a harsh character attack politics. and i think he owes mr. romney an apology on that. on the issues there's plenty to disagree about. but that's a lot for i think a presidential staffer to say about somebody. it's not fair. the problem with this flip-flop politics, everybody's vulnerable in politics. because when you get new information you change. barack obama ran and beat hillary clinton by being left of the iraq war talking about shutting down guantanamo bay. promise to the country. gets elected. doesn't shut it down. now...