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Our leaders are not smart people. they're incompetent frankly. >> quick question. a new book about george 41 says you called up lee atwater and said, vet me as vp. >> it's interesting because lee was a very good friend of mine, he was a terrific guy, died at a very young age. he came to me when i was quite young and he said, you know, you'd be a great vice president. i said, really? tell me about it. this is like the first time i ever thought in terms of -- i was building my empire, starting to build my empire, i was in the midst of it, i guess. frankly, lee said, you'd be great, and you shoul...

The elder bush said in george bush's presidency, cheney was knuckling under to those who wanted force. cheney never got criticism from george 41. >> i saw my role as being tough and ark greszive to carry out the president's policy. 43's policy to make sure we department get hit again. >> bush 41 said rums feld served the president badly. and bush 43 said. this i am proud to have served with dick cheny and don rumsfeld. i was fortunate to have him by my son. and don rumsfeld ably led the pentagon. and i am grateful to their good advice. and do not forget.

George. bush breaking his silence in his new biograpy. he is dishing out harsh criticism toward dick cheny and secretary rumsfeld as how they reacted to the 9/11 attacks. shannon? >> it was on the elder bush did not sugar coat things when he worked with the author. the american oddessy. that is the opinion of dick cheney. >> he likes cheney, and respects him, but he clearly believed and wanted historical record to reflect that he had objections of how cheney conducted the vice-presidentcy. he felt cheney had changed and

Mixed readings. the christian conservatives are trying to decide who they like in this group. two of them told me today they couldn't vote for romney because he is a mormon. there were others who were obviously very critical of president obama, especially on foreign policy. that seemed to rise to the floor because of rick santorum and the emphasis he put on it this week. on the other hand, democratic mayor in per, iowa, who became a democrat when he calk ewes yeses for obama for you years ago after investigate for both bushes, george 41 and george 43 in the past, you know, said washington can ...