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Challenge the president, not to be overly aggressive. was that the smart way to handle it? >> it was frustrating for me as it was for you. i sat there watching the tv and with my body language i wanted him to throw more punches. but i think the key thing was romney did not want to make news in this debate. he did not want to change the subject the last two weeks of the election. he has got the election now squarely focused on the economy. all the polls so show that by to to one he is more trusted on the economy. and, therefore, the news he wanted to make, the sparks he wanted to fly were about...

Able to tell the american people that barack obama has screwed it up. now what you are doing and not only has he screwed up the economy, excuse me, he screwed this up. so it's a competency issue. what would have been wrong with that? >> because, you never know how it's going to play out. you never know how it's going to work. you never know what the ricochet is going to be. overwhelming facts on your side. >> so what he had facts on his side in the second debate and it didn't work out on libya. i think that he was very right for making this focus on the economy. but the broader picture, bill, ...

Half, more than that since. jerd arguably and by eyewitness accounts haoes heinous horrible crimes. six people died, gabrielle giffords still recovering. i want to draw a comparison to the movie "massacre" the guy who claims, i'm the joker. could we see the same sort of thing, chip merlin in that case? there d could be a real hurdle here for prosecutors to prove that guy is competent. >> well, except that they never raised the competency issue at the hearing last week. i was kind of surprised that wasn't raised by the court, the prosecution and especially the defense team. it might be because ...

Federal law have to be out 45 days before march 6th. that would be january 21st. bill: you're saying perry, huntsman, santorum and gingrich have a shot at winning with this? >> i think they have a shot. people did not expect that at first but this judge opened the door to that. we'll see what the fourth circuit says because it is getting so late in the game. it is punishing candidates who followed the rules. i think competency issue. virginia go back and say we don't want to go through this again. we want more options on the ballot for republican voters in the primary but you're challenging pe...

President obama so i don't -- it's going to be interesting to see how this story unfolds but i do think that the attorney general is in trouble. >> i do think this -- if you listened to the press conference yesterday, so many reporters were asking tougher questions now. starting with the first one, they seem to be trying to -- to drill down on a lot of these issues. >> i think you're right in the sense that the individual reporters sense that there's something not right. i think it's more of a competency issue than a corruption issue. you know, president obama i don't think is a corrupt -- i c...