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Convention because, you know, you were still thinking about michelle and how good she was. [ cheers and applause ] or maybe you're still talking about president clinton and how he broke it down. [ cheers and applause ] well, i want everybody to be clear, the path i'm offering isn't quick or easy. it's going to take more than a few years to deal with all the challenges that we face. but let me tell you something, when i hear the other side talking about how the nation is in decline, i tell them, you must not be getting out much. because this is america. and we've still got the best workers in t...

Are they? >> well, the wheels aren't coming off but they are wobbly. the obama campaign isn't where they thought they would be in january with a weak republican nominee, a weak mitt romney emerging as the nominee. they thought and everybody thought they would have about a 15-point lead right now. but instead obama is weak and obama is strong than pretty much anybody calculated and the obama campaign seems to be flat foot. they haven't captured the spirit and enthusiasm they had four years ago. they appear listless and are driven by events. they have had their share of mistakes and the polls fe...

Convention this summer. here is what he had to say on the "today show" this morning. >> we'll see very shortly that the con there are this race will rise, they will continue to start winning states like i have. when we go to this convention if that's where we end up, it's a conservative party, they are not going to dominate. if the opportunity provides itself in an open convention they are not going to nominate a moderate massachusetts governor who can't win the election outright. jamie: mitt romney appears to have the edge nationally. the latest real clear politics average shows santorum trai...

Every day. that's the real tragedy. what we've got is a soft president. >> bret: okay, jonah. >> who is running the white house communication shop? i mean at best he just misspoke. but it's a bizarre sort of jimmy carter malaise kind of thing to say, blaming the american people, blaming the country under two different administrations for the economic problems that we have today. mean while, his own administration is pushing policies that are making us less competitive is just a weird strange thing for him to say. >> bret: a lot of people are not noting he went on to say in the interview he wou...

In recent years. >> the way i think about it is, you know, this is a great, great country that had gotten a little soft and, you know, we didn't have that same competitive edge that we needed over the last couple of decades. we need to get back on track. but, you know, i still wouldn't trade our position with any country's on earth. we still have the best universities, best scientists, and best workers in the world. we still have the most dynamic, economic system in the world. so we just need to bring all those things together. >> hmm. in a separate interview with miami radio station -- with a...