to go up for some people. something he has not acknowledged before. this is going to make the debate in washington even harder for him should he become president and actually propose it. right. i m not sure from that interview that a lot of people are going to come away fully clear about what the 9-9-9 tax plan means for them individually. because he didn t answer this ish beau state taxes and whether they would be kept alongside his 9-9-9 plan. but i take a step back and say the thing that herman cain has to do is kind of, no offense, but he s got to get more people to believe he can be the nominee. he still has a little bit of this sense of being the curiosity of the month. let s go to romn and the keys to victory here. i go through them this time. we re going to play the waiting game. maintain the campaign war chest. gain acceptance among the base, emphasize the busines credentials. you know, when you look in our nbc/ wall street journal number, his supportsthe quintessential
katty, he says in our interview today, tes are going to go up for some people. something he has not acknowledged before. this is going to make the debate in washington even harder for him should he become president and actually propose it. right. i m not sure from that interview that a lot of people are going to come away fully clear about what the 9-9-9 tax plan means for them individually. because he didn t answer this ish beau state taxes and whether they would be kept alongside his 9-9-9 plan. but i take a step back and say the thing that herman cain has to do is kind of, no offense, but he s got to get more people to believe he can be the nominee. he still has a little bit of this sense of being the curiosity of the month. let s go to romn and the keys to victory here. i go through them this time. we re going to play the waiting game. maintain the campaign war chest. gain acceptance among the base, emphasize the busines credentials. you know, when you look in our nbc/ wall
window. now, mitt romney, we have been talking a few minutes here and nobody s brought him up. what can he do to slow down rick perry or even get back in the game? here is a guy that was a front-runner ten dayes a i go. what s happening? someone asked him that a couple days ago. he essentially said, i m just a guy in a race. his strategy is and always has been, being the tourist. under the radar. sticking close to his script on the campaign trail. i have seen him a number of times. i think he is better than people think he is. he is very competent and clear being cool and calm but he is losing it now. when he took this drop, look at this. he can t take not being the front-runner too well, mr. cool blew it. do have you a question? do you have a question? and let me answer your question. you had your turn madam, let me have mine. listen, i have the microphone. let me complete. i m sorry, it s my turn.
can they keep that extreme base of people supporting them or does the party become so divided because of this passion that its strength is in democrats michigan way? i think republicans want to win. when the party is around a front-runner, they will back this person, whether it is romney, perry. because they want this president out of office. so i definitely think we will see co-lessing around whoever the winner is. they ve got billions of dollars in some of the packs. they will run all sort of ads. that s what my sense is. i disagree. i think think co-opted the tea party to win in with 2010 and that s a problem for them. they should be third party. they should be ross perot people. co-opting the it together will tear them apart. i think they ought to leave it alone. democrats ought to let them drive it that political cliff. a wise man once told me, if you see the man at the edge of the cliff, give him room.
i don t want to make her mad, please go. you are in good hands. gibbs will call last question. thank you. go ahead. sean: he stays there an hour, taking questions. and he was good. he was good sean! i will say this, i thought he drove home the point without a teleprompter in an ad lib style that would far exceed anything barack obama would have done in the same situation. i think the president yielded because he knew it was good to get the democrats, those that are against him right now, especially those leaning far left, to understand here s a i go that was able to go centrist in 94 when perhaps he s facing the same thing now. sean: how far we ve come. they played the race card me [ unintelligible ] what a long way, you that think barack obama the last thing he wants to do is to