we ve got matthew dowd, who a very smart guy on this. i m bet he s just stunned at what he s been seeing. it s not the party i grew up with or the party we know. attacking romney and bush and kasich, that s really something. so it will change. this is just this moment in time, and the winds of change will come. matthew, jump in. every time we talk, we talk about the unicorns that are the republican party or the republican party that we once knew, right? and the winds of change, it might be a long time before it does, because this is the republican base that gaetz and greene speak for. and feed off of. and apparently the republican party is depending on them now. well, and it s great to be on with the governor, who i ve always been a big fan. i mean, this is the republican party today, and that s what i think people have to face that reality. the only change that s happened over the course of the last five
back now with my experts. john was saying he understood the rationale for him doing it, not that he condoned it. you were saying bannon was trying to get the audience excited by attacking romney. choosing some, i don t know, establishment democrat figure and making personal attacks against them. that s what the audience wants to hear? the whole point is he s attacking mitt romney who is a guy who ran what is the race about? in republican politics today it s about making changes, go with the trump agenda, get rid
back now with my experts. john was saying he understood the rationale for him doing it, not that he condoned it. so essentially, john, you were saying that bannon was just trying to get the audience excited by attacking romney. i think it s interesting that that s what gets people excited. what is it in these the audiences i can t imagine any democrat going somewhere and i don t know, choosing some establishment democrat figure and making personal attacks against them. that s what the audience wants to hear? the whole point is he s attacking mitt romney who is a guy who ran what is the race about? in republican politics today it s about making changes, go with the trump agenda, get rid of the establishment. and what they re really scared is letting somebody like doug
thank you. let s turn back to our political roundtable. mike murphy, that ad in ohio, that issue in ohio, is contentious. the romney campaign is doing this because they see some disadvantage in terms of how he s perceived vis-a-vis the auto industry. in all the metal bending states, the obama campaign has done a good job of attacking romney. i don t like that particular ad, and the reason is it reminds me of the obama ads about the auto bailout, which are incredibly misleading. they have been going on for a year. i think they both get a yellow flag on that. but romney and have a political issue in northern ohio with the political bailout, and he s trying to address that. we ll see if it works. i want to talk more generally about closing arguments on the economy. here is a chart of unemployment through the obama presidency and that final jobs report at 7.9%. if you re president obama, you like that down slope there, don t you? and that s the argument he s making. 7.9%, though, i
like the challenger. that blew my mind. the other winner this is conservatism in the sense when a liberal runs for president, he starts talking like a security. it s all of a sudden about security, not cutting defense. talking about strengths. conservatism is the go-to stance when you want to win. become one? eric: very good. very good. all right, so we each picked our favorite moment from the debate. going to do the five style and start with dana. dana: sure. well, if you d like. eric: start with dana. dana: i believe that this phrase, these six words summed up five words if you contract two words to one. sums up the entire campaign from the obama sand point of attacking romney. take a look. we re talking about the middle east. and how to help the middle east reject the kind of terrorism we re seeing and the rising tide of tumult and confusion. and attacking me is not an