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That's remarkable, and to me disturbing. it was disturbing after it happened was the fact that one of the most seasoned journalists figured out before everybody else to go to the faa site and see where private jets were taking off and mark haleprin, you figured out what everybody else didn't know at 6:00 in the morning that a private jet was leaving alaska and flying to ohio. and what was disturbing about it was is we then had the mccain campaign lying through their teeth for the next 12 hours. to journalists, saying no, it's not palin, it's not palin, we're going to have everybody there and t...

And that comment about this is an away game, right? it's all about process. and getting back to the fundamentals of message is always going to be -- >> and again, this isn't that tough. so the question is, how are you going to do in alabama? you're from massachusetts. well, guess what? this isn't about me, first of all. secondly, it isn't about geograp geography. we're all americans and all of america's hurting right now. real unemployment around 15%. gas prices, doesn't matter if you're from boston, massachusetts, or tuscaloosa, alabama, gas prices are too high. >> this is not rocket science....

Conversation leads us. this is such a great film. we can't stop talking about it. and i want to get mitt romney saying he likes grits, but this is just so fascinating. >> let's go to that. >> mark, at what point have you spoken to mccain since the campaign? and got a sense of whether -- what stage he felt he'd made the wrong pick or if he would be candid enough to say he did. or does he still really in his heart of hearts -- >> no, i don't -- you look at what he said. and he defends her consistently, defends the pick, and one point which is made dealt with a little bit in the film. she helped ...

>> well, you know, mark, i have heard that there's a real hostility -- not necessarily between mitt romney and his family and the press, but the top people on the romney team, which is always just stunned me that people are in charge of press operations who let the press know that they hate them. i saw this all the time in congress. and it's just not -- as i always said. people say why do you get such good press? which i did. i said, well, even a dog knows when you hate them. and if you think you can scowl around and treat people that are reporting you like second-rate citizens, don't be shock...

Economy that he knew he could connect with, and those voters were everywhere. he always knew he could find a sweet spot. mark and i spent a lot of time those days good days and bad days. in the '92 campaign, there was a lot of hand wringing about bill clinton looked like he was going to win the nomination, he was going to be a weakened nominee, he was going to be in third place behind president bush and ross perot, there was a lot of hand wringing. >> this sounds familiar, dee. >> on one level. one thing that mitt romney doesn't have that bill clinton had is natural gifts as a campaigner. you'...