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That both he and the republican candidate who i talk about have run positive campaigns. not a lost mud slinging. this is what i would do as governor, here is what i would try to change. that has been positive for our state. unless something happens unusual, phil will get elected if there is a large turn out. in mississippi in last five governors' elections republicans have won four. the one governor's election won by liberal government because we had unusually small town out and that is why republicans are hoping we will have a big turn out that would be a republican ticket advantage. >> and n...

Not that time. >> well, it appears it is the time because now figures show wall street banks and brokerages have taken in more money under president obama so far than all eight years under president bush combined. that is okay but my guest says this is where it gets tricky bashing the fat cats while taking campaign cash from them at the same time. bob? he says fat cats and millionaires and billionaires but on the other hand he has his hands out saying, donate to my re-election campaign, right? >>guest: sure. it is tricky. out of all the economic indicators it is actually wall street, the dow j...

Lot of republicans have not been zeroing in on this and, when it comes to election, it is about poppism, the populist wins, whoever is fighting for the little guy wins and this is the message into 2012. >> the other thing that you put together the financial regulation reform, the big document that passed, they left fannie mae and freddie mac out, and the executives make, the top executives, make in the neighborhood of millions. right? so is this not wall street fat cats right there? >>guest: the white house knows this is politically unpopular and when the headlines hit john mccain went to the ...

You make decisions and move on. i made what i thought was the right decision. 2012 is an interesting election, most elections to reelect the incumbent, whether the president or governor, they are referendum on the incumbent's records and if the election next year is a referendum on president obama's record particularly his record on jobs and growth we will have a new republican president, but you can see the democrats are trying to make it about anything else but obama's policies and the results they have achieved or not achieved. >> sorry to cut you off, of the group of seven or eight that ar...

The state of ohio similar to what went on in a neighboring state, wisconsin. is that right? >>guest: right. >> and it takes the wisconsin collective bargaining power and expands it further? >>guest: yes, you can look at this a number of ways. this has serious political influence. the republicans would hike to take away some of the power the unions have. but ohio being a state that has high unemployment rate, very union friendly they are looking to have this vote obviously. the last thing the republicans want is to give more power to the unions and the last thing the country needs because when ...