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>> i think you did honorably well and came close. he's a northeastern liberal and that's not where we're going. i'm optimistic because there was a very strong republican bench that did not enter the fray. with all of the soul searching what ideology we're going to pursue, is going to comenk it w conservative one. >> what's happened with the republicans is they are the republican partyin a modern family america and it doesn't fit anymore. >> by the way, charles crownhammer used to be a speechwriter for walter mondale. >> he is so out to lunch for a guy asrt as he is. the idea that the problem w...

Ticket, too. but he wants to make sure they don't get the idea he's some northeastern liberal. here's new jersey governor chris christie defending putting gay marriage up for a vote in his state and, by the way, vetoing it to get it there. let's listen. >> put it on the referendum and i'll be ruled by what the people of new jersey want to do. but i am not -- i vetoed the bill. and if they passed it again, i'd veto it again. >> do you not suspect the reason they'll put it on is because there's a reasonable chance it would lose? >> i think it's a jump ball in new jersey. as it is in most places....

Here it comes, that his wife drives a couple of cadillacs. a couple of cadillacs. that will endear him to blou blu collar voters. republicans like jeb bush fear the election is slip away from them. the new battleground map suggests they may be right. mitt was in detroit to push his plan but the optics didn't help. 1200 people there at ford field where the lions play football which means romney dressed 65,000 empty seats. who is the guy's advance man on this one? doesn't help that romney opposed the auto bailout and that's wildly popular in michigan. plus, culture wars. the ultrasound bill in v...

Let's look at another republican guy. the big guy in new jersey who clearly wants to get on the ticket too, but he wants to make sure they get the idea he's a northeastern liberal. here's chris christie defending putting gay marriage up for a vote and vetoing it. >> put it on the referendum, and i will rule on what the people want to do. i vetoed the bill. if they passed it again, i would veto it again e. >> do they do that because there's a reasonable chance it would lose? >> i think it's a jump ball in new jersey. as it is in most places. >> basketball terminology, but it's political reality...

Enormously important. the republicans have not yet gun that process. they need to come to terms with the fact that they just aren't appealing to enough people. they also have what one writer called a culture of contempt in their party. they disrespect voters and other people. they need a friendlier, more uplifting, more inclusive message and if they don't get it, they won't get power back. >> the comment i made was that george w. bush spoke as if it was a foreign language. what's worst, to be condescending or ignorant. they were falling into those two camps, hard right or change with the times...