al gore problem romney was in hiding for months, away from the press, he came out because gingrich forced him out. he s going to go right back behind that. you re going to see fewer interviews, town hall meetings. when he has to debate the president, what happens? i think obama kicks his behind. he ll get in his face a little bit, and mitt won t be able to handle it. the president is going to be prepared to do weird things even, unusual, to catch the guy wrong footed. that s the new british phrase now, wrong footed. anyway, they catch the man wrong footed. you ll learn, look it up, it s there. thank you ron reagan, dana millbank. when we return, let me finish with the attack of mitt romney from behind. this is an rc robotic claw.
times i ve said this too. this is an unusual interview. all right, let s do it again. hey, ron, ha-ha-ha-ha-ha. yeah, he s a jolly sort of fellow, isn t he? talk about a legitimate question, and did he not think he was going to have to face that sort of question? he seems like the kind of guy who s not used to meeting people on an even playing field. he s used to being the boss and the millionaire, where nobody asks you uncomfortable questions, nobody puts you on the spot because you ll fire them and you ll like it. well, there is a difference in a business press and the political press, that s for sure. true. it s ha-ha-ha and then ah at the end when he realizes nobody else is laughing. and then he awkwardly moves on. what s important to tell us about a voter right now, about this guy? it tells us in a he has the al gore problem romney was in hiding for months, away from the press, he
let me remind you if you re a candidate. teddy kennedy. the damage he did to who was my candidate at the time, jimmy carter, was so ferocious. by the time reagan came along it was easy. the damage done in primaries does stick through to the primary. but he was the incumbent. that s it different. there is a difference. let me tell you something. thank you. coming up a preview of coming attractions. if president obama runs against wall street greed and mitt romney runs against washington, who wins? by the way, they ve both got a problem. you re watching hardball on msnbc. brad, where we going? just a second. just, just one second. what are you looking at? don t look up there. why are you looking up? get outta the car.
the campaign that obama needs to run against him. it s not so much on policy but inauthenticity. remember gore s wooden problem that became the joke. i think we ll have a similar thing here. ron reagan, let me ask you what you do. the lack of spontaneity lack of problem. remember when the electricity went out and they just stood there? they were like those statues in orlando, they couldn t move. it s hard to be spontaneous when you re always be cal cue lighting at the same time. if you really know what you believe, and somebody throws you into a situation you re unfamiliar with or you re a little rock can i, whatever is coming out of your mouth is going to be authentic. if you re always calculating your response, tayloring it to this audience or that, very difficult to be spontaneous, you saw there too. here s a guy who s like every the kid everybody hates in the playground in grade school. mr. anderson, ricky, broke the
iran. it s involved in politics. not just the survival of israel. thank you, richard engel and bob baer. up next mitt romney seems to have a problem with confrontation and the need to be spontaneous. when things get rough, he gets kind of weird. and that s ahead. this is hardball only on msnbc. [ laughs ] [ mayhem ] please continue to hold. the next available claims representative will be with you in 97 minutes. [ laughs ] and if you ve got cut rate insurance, there s nothing you can do about this. so get allstate. the only insurance company that guarantees your claim experience won t be mayhem. like me. [ dennis ] introducing the claim satisfaction guarantee. only from allstate. dollar for dollar, nobody protects you from mayhem like allstate.