unauthentically. 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 spontaneity is a 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, tailoring 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 30 second rule. you know, have you to get him in trouble.
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. [ male announcer ] you never know when a moment might turn into something more. and when it does men with erectile dysfunction can be more confident in their ability to be ready
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.
reality of the economic reports to come out every first friday of every month which are government jobs have been de deplete depleted. they are shrinking. everyone that lives in places like scranton knows the pressure. you re always letting people go. how can they keep selling the idea we have this gigantic growth of government when we hear daily reports of lost jobs in government? what mitt romney and others who believe that the deficit s growth is a huge problem for the american economy and long-term prosperity, they will focus on the growth of government in the sense of the monetary. the fiscal growth of government. the size of the deficit. the size of debt. that s what he s going to hit on rather than the specific numbers. i think where he also but that s a result of the aging population and unemployment. it s not because they create new ideas to spend money. it s more people turn 65 every day than the day before. more people are getting sicker and using health care because t
about this guy? well, it tells us that he s got the al gore problem,s a was saying. the one bit of good news is, 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. fewer interviews. fewer town hall meetings. fewer availability. ron, last thought. when he has to debate the president, what happens? is this going to hurt him? obama, i think, kicks his behind because he ll get in his face a little and mitt won t be able to handle it. i thing president will be prepared to do weird things even. unusual, off-beat to catch the other guy wrong-footed. that s the new british phrase now, wrong-footed. as long as he doesn t sigh. you catch the man wrong-footed. you ll learn. look it up. thank you ron reagan and dana millbank. when we return, let me finish with the attack on mitt romney from behind him. that s good morning, veggie style.