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Presidency and getting the grass roots active and passing this agenda, that they can extend the period before he becomes a lame duck. they actually believe they can give-- you know, can get more action done, more of the agenda done prior to the 2014 mid terms and even think that they might be able to win those mid terms in a way that gives him more power in the last two years. very, very ambitious and, well, audacious, words the president used in the past plan. >> if you don't think that those character race particular, assertiveness, self-possession, cockiness are new. some used to describe h...

Leadership, what's wrong with this bill? basically at the end of the day, they didn't want to have a victory for the president right before the election. that's not how i made decisions in the u.s. senate. >> fund-raising, i know it's been a little tougher. connie mack has a long family history in the state. now with mitt romney's help, are you going to be able to financially compete? >> we are financially competing. we have raised about the same amount of money as connie mack iv. we have about the same amount of money cash on hand. we're getting a lot of support in recent weeks as people know...

And i think all of this is part of their new plan to create a character distinction. and i think it really is going to be a character race. >> cynthia tucker, you have been writing for the atlanta paper for a long time. you have known newt gingrich for -- >> i have known every newt, all the newts. >> i'm going to guess this is a rare occasion where you and jennifer are going to gre on almost every point. >> i agree with every point except the business about both sides of issues. that is certainly true for newt gingrich, but it's true for mitt romney -- >> you've probably spent more time observ...