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Money, no ability to raise money. so that is why we moved the convention back to end of june, mid-july. so now the whole process can move forward without hamstringing your candidate. jenna: quick final question. money is obviously a key issue. the question when you have the convention brings up issue of debates as well. how will this impact the debate schedule? are you worried about voter fatigue from folks seeing the same person eventually again and again from june, july, on? do you think that could hurt your party? >> no. because the nominee is basically chosen in april or may anyway. even t...

Adelson troubling. >> it's ridiculous candidates for president are trumping out to las vegas to kiss the ring of a billionaire casino own somewhere they think that's going to help them get elected president. >> money is going help them. >> money matters so much less than your own capacity as a candidate. what's your message? they'd be better off spending time where they live instead of flying to las vegas figuring out what's their message, how are they going to convey it to the american public. >> what do you make of it? >> he's light on one point they have to focus on their message but wrong ...

Too late. mitt romney could not spend enough money. there a couple of things going on. condensing the primary process. instead of months to about four months. that mean fewer debates. he is probably talking about debates and he is probably talking about stories that can be written about republicans attacking republicans. when have a long primary process. the reason they moved up the convention to june as opposed to august is that they can have access to general election money. if you will recall last time, mid-romney was betting hit on bane capital and he couldn't get access to his big pile of...

Running. there was some emphasis on saying we need to make sure this is long enough that our candidates are vetted. there was a clear interest in protecting whoever obabecomes t nominee. romney spent all summer in 2012 not being able to answer attacks in the obama campaign -- they cast him as an out of touch p t plutocrat. >> i would say mitt romney was passive and out of touch because he was. you can join the calendar, but he still would be out of touch. >> we tried this at the dnc. we added south carolina and nevada. we had the longest primary process in the history of

Fund-raising early. you know the obscene amounts of money they will have to raise to run for office. and keep in mind, it's going to be a very entertaining 2016 field. it's not going to be like the clown car 2012 was for the gop. you'll see what passes for heavy intellectual hitters in that campaign. mike lee, ted cruz, marco rubio, jeb bush, chris christie. the anti avengers in a bizarro universe, everyone fighting each other. so i think it's going to be a lot of fun to watch. mana for comics. and i would love to see sarah palin use that primary process as an excuse to keep her career going a...