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Willing to compromise on revenues, because democrats will offer to compromise on entitlements. but the president's coming out swinging, and i can tell you that a lot of democrats feel relieved about that. and i think he is -- there's an updraft from the occupy wall street movement. a lot of people who are feeling that the republican solutions are not the solutions that will bring back middle class jobs or address middle class issues. >> mike murphy, we've talked about this over the last couple of weeks. 74% of the country think we're off on the wrong track, $14.9 trillion of debt. you heard da...

They've got terrible numbers on the economy, which is a lead ing issue in a general election. the country is ready to fire him. the question is a year from now who the republican is and how the campaign is prosecuted. what surprised me, and not a lot surprises me in politics, was that mr. plouffe went for direct personal character assault on mr. romney. 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 preside...

Looked at new information or done anything is vulnerable to 9 flip-flop attack. certainly romney is but it's unfair to make that a character assault. >> let me introduce, we talked about what's going on in iowa right now, walter isaacson you look at the new presidential field poll among republicans, and it's still herman cain on top. he's -- this is "the new york times." this is the national number that shows cain at 25, romney at 21. and we reference what's happening with iowa, where it's still cain on top, and it's romney second. 23 to 22. >> i once served on a corporate board with herman ca...

>> and i guess the question is what breaks that? i mean you could say we could solve some things in an election, mike, next year, but the issues are just as hard. >> well, yeah, and we're going to -- the american voters are going to have to step up and reward political courage at the polls, which is a new concept. 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 the opportunity to say to people, i'm going to take out the ones who won't comprom...

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