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Under fire. his discussion about romney care, his stance on abortion. i'm curious who is the mitt romney that is running for president? and is he the same one that sat in the state house, a republican governoring a largely democratic state? >> yeah, i think he's the same guy. he's a very tough-minded guy. he's got a lot of executive ability. he was able to attract people to work in state government who would not come work for me two terms earlier. doug foye who ran environment and economic development together, bob posen senior financial executive. so he's a real born chief executive. and that...

endorsements but a bit of a dark cloud on the horizon. more on that in just a moment, but, first, his fight for the gop nomination. a new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll shows him with a commanding lead over mitt romney. the other candidates trailing far behind. paul steinhauser is in washington. paul, the same poll shows gingrich struggling in a head-to-head race against president obama. tell us about that. >> that horse race poll and two others indicate the same thing. way ahead in the horse race. look at this, hypothetical matchups next november. president obama versus gingric...

End of the time period, the best secretary of defense, but that best was because of the his decision-making ability, his executive ability. he brought that to the white house. george w. bush does not possess that ability, ergo guess who became president in that first term. >> more strong words. that's why we love having you on, real truth, that's what we try to get here. retired army colonel wilkerson, as always, a great pleasure to have you. >> thanks for having me. conservatives were always praising george w. bush for being tough on terror. now they're saying bin laden should not have been...

>> he is brilliant. >> a business leader. good communicator. knows what he believes and thinks not as the executive ability. but when you think about it, it is right. the sadness that barack obama would represent the first black president when you think 20 years in reverend wright's church what does that have to do with what the average african american? >> why is this a race issue. i think it is unfortunate that he says a real black american. barack obama is a black american. we don't need to have a debate this. we need real issues. >> sean: how about barack obama stop changing his mind on fo...

Him. he is not another guy who is trying to figure out where he should stand. he is not looking at the board and moving pieces around. he just says what he believes which is kind of refreshing. >> sean: which the other candidates are. >> the larger point and i think it is sad that our first black president is barack obama. you have to remember he may not yet be a serious candidate but he is a serious man, herman cain. i interviewed tim. >> he is brilliant. >> a business leader. good communicator. knows what he believes and thinks not as the executive ability. but when you think about it, it is...