the decisions happen quickly. a typical c eo makes decisions really kind of on a moment s notice. it is not the same sand in the gears way that washington works or a state capital works and, in fact, when romney was govern nor of massachusetts, he didn t like dealing with the legislature. he was not much of a pol in the sense of working the room or getting to know people or dealing with people in the way that we think of, you know, a master politician like lbj or bill clinton. i m not sure, though, we have a large representative sample of really successful business people who gone in to politics. i think the kennedy family was very successful in business and politically. i d say differently but mike bloomberg is as successful a businessman as we have ever seen and successful politically, and his style is that which, you know, articulated in the vanity fair piece and adapted to the political environment with great success. so, i actually think you can t
actually doing that. david brooks had a good column i think yesterday in the new york times of one of the dumbest cam pans he s seen in sometime from both sides because nobody s talking about the issues that matter. so the big question and the romney folks are not clear on this, will they come out and intellectually sort of set the terms of a debate that s different, thrilling to people looking for new ideas and looking for people to challenge the conventional wisdom in both parties. you know, jim, andrea here in washington. why. the numbers with so many headwinds on the economy that mitt romney isn t doing better and that the president is holding his own and if you believe this these polls on these battleground states doing as well as he is in the three states. if he does this well in the three states he s got it locked. that has to be troubling of the polling number this is morning. the fact that the favorable i
pictures will release the interview at a limited number of theaters tomorrow. more than 200 theaters are expected to show the controversial comedy. this comes despite threats from hackers with possible links to north korea. tracie potts is live in washington for us. she has been following this. what does this mean for sony that it has done an about face here. it may mean they can recoup some of the $100 million they were expect the to lose after they canceled the release. president obama chided them for that. now, the white house says that he welcomes the chance for americans to get out to see the movie and make up their own minds to exercise their free speech. hello, north korea! reporter: sony says the interview will debut in more than 200 independent theaters at some s tickets sold out in an hour. i was willing to go on christmas and say, we are not going to stand up for this bullying and childish behavior.