be a mistake. he s not running for re-election. give him credit for putting it on the line. he is entitled to say i m running for president. you are not a florida voter. you didn t vote for him 4 1/2 years ago and support him like i did. fair enough. folks from florida expect their senator to be there and be strong. i will tell you would you like to think you vote for someone who wants the job. not the neck job. isn t that the criticism barack obama gets? bush s criticism of barack obama is revealing and silly. the problem with barack obama is not that he was inexperienced, doesn t have leadership skills. that is a wonderful bush line. the problem with barack obama from a republican point of view, he is a liberal. he s been an effective president. he is a determined guy. he shaped policy the way he wanted to do it. i would be happy if marco rubio was as effective in a conservative direction as barack obama. it s not he doesn t have
rhetoric, it alienates asian american voters, too, it is a full spectrum alienation that s disastrous if they can t do something about it. donald trump fired back against attacks today, the line of attack that jeb bush is taking which as we heard is that donald trump is not a conservative. that s what he s saying. donald trump says ronald reagan wasn t a conservative. he became a great conservative. by the time i m finished, people will say i am a great conservative, far greater than jeb would have the ability to be. do you think this bush line that he is not a conservative, are trump supporters, do they even care, rebecca? that s a great question. from the evidence we have seen so far, it seems like they don t. he has been called a teflon candidate. that s a perfect description of donald trump. he can say anything, you can roll these videos of his past remarks supporting democratic positions, but people aren t in the trump band wagon for the policy, they re in it for his personali
good morning, wendell. is the blaming bush line still working for democrats? reporter: they re still using it bill. the way they put it we re still climbing out of the holocausted by the recession began before mr. bush left office. the economic downturn was the worst since the great depression but it is fair to say that the $800 billion stimulus package didn t buy the recovery the president and his aids promised. the republicans spent their convention blaming him. if you didn t dvr, the basic recap goes something like this. the economy is not doing what it should be. it is all obama s fault. that was a key theme. [laughter] and, governor romney knows the secret to creating jobs and growing the economy. reporter: the president said the issue who really has a plan to grow the
the old playbook, the old republican playbook with words like cut and run, trying to make is t seem somehow if you don t, quote, listen to the commanders in the field, that s the bush line, and i actually disagree with michael a little bit. i don t think that s really the obama line. i think romney is teeing up a possible attack on obama forgetting out of afghanistan too quickly in the fall, in the general election. i don t think it s a smart strategy for romney because the country has moved on. it s not the same hawkish mood. can i just make a point. the reason i began this conversation by saying the huntsman applause shows me where the country has moved. right. is exactly what you said a moment ago. i can remember that to ask on radio whether we should get out of iraq or afghanistan was heresy and i d be inundated with callers saying you re not being supportive of troops as if to somehow plan for their safe return was not to have their best interest at heart, those days are o
that huntsman has been able to get under mitt romney s skin. mitt romney, you know, laid back position towards huntsman is, you know, when it when he says something to me i ll say that s fine and move on because he doesn t matter. huntsman needs to be able to rattle romney, to get under romney s skin because his only path to anything right now is through new hampshire, and right now that s mitt romney s state. jonathan, i think mitt romney violated an attorney s cardinal rule last night. he asked a question that he didn t know the answer to. he actually set up jon huntsman by asking him what exactly is your proposal, and that s where huntsman was able to tee off. well, also romney is using the old playbook, the old republican playbook with words like cut and run, trying to make it seem like somehow if you don t, quote, listen to the commanders in the field, that s the bush line. and i disagree with michael a little bit. i don t think that s really the obama line. i think romney i