he did nothing to show mitt romney was committed conservative. it just showed he had tons of money and clever consultants who could carve up anybody in his path. that left him with a lot of making up to do once he secured the nomination. the way he got the nomination as typified by that ad showed weakness this the campaign. >> let's go back to the strategy, which it was, somebody is going to be the republican nominee and that person is going to beat obama. therefore all you have to do is be that nominee. >> that was his theory. >> but as howard just noted and neil sadaka breaking up is hard to do. once he secured the nomination in the early spring having everyone fall in support him, it wasn't there. >> how many verses can you do of that? >> a couple. >> mitt romney pushed himself so fa especially on immigration, that a course direction in general was nearly impossible and i don't think he tried one. here's the immigration exchange that became a defining line on