them. he briefly pay tribute the king and the queen consort was whisked to court. we properly won t see much of him for a while. figs properly won t see much of him for a while- for a while. as you say there is a lot going for a while. as you say there is a lot going on for a while. as you say there is a lot going on in for a while. as you say there is a lot going on in the - is a lot going on in the politics in thailand now and wondering how that will impact the process that is under way where they are trying to establish their prime minister. once move forward which try to form government in partnership with mr thaksin s party pheu thai party, blocked by the senate, all parties have been negotiating seriously. their businessman candidate is supposed to be voted on later today, the official candidate put forward by the new coalition of pheu thai party and its former conservative enemies but i understand there s a lot more bargaining going on. we aren t sure who will be premise
awesome businessman candidate. isn t it isn t that sort of underscoring how awesome he is at business that he has made so much money that he is friends with the owners of nascar? he has tons of money to buy tons of detroit cars? bad protectionism. can i just say i wish greg was here with all of the sports talk? all right, coming up, why are we showing video of the two hot people? because we want you to come back. learn how television works before you ask stupid questions. you are watching red eye on fnc so stick around.
welcome back to hardball. after yesterday s spectacular stock market surge, plus huge retail sales numbers over the thanksgiving weekend, could there finally be signs americans can feel that the economy s improving? well, plus, cable tv seems to have rewritten rules for retail politics in a presidential race. has the power of face-to-face, one-on-one politicking, especially in early caucus and primary states been replaced now by the tv debate and by tv republican side on fox? these are the questions for our strategist today. number one, with mitt romney selling himself as the businessman candidate, who ll save the economy, could a better economy be bad for mitt? number two, how does this new political playbook with tv being so important change the game foç both democrats and republicans? steve mcmahon, our buddy on the democratic side, he s a strategist.
welcome back to hardball. after yesterday s spectacular stock market surge, plus huge retail sales numbers over the thanksgiving weekend, could there finally be signs americans can feel that the economy s improving? well, plus, cable tv seems to have rewritten rules for retail politics in a presidential race. has the power of face-to-face, one-on-one politicking, especially in early caucus and primary states been replaced now by the tv debate and by tv interviews, especially on the republican side on fox? these are the questions for our strategist today. number one, with mitt romney selling himself as the businessman candidate, who ll save the economy, could a better economy be bad for mitt? number two, how does this new political playbook with tv being so important change the game for both democrats and republicans? steve mcmahon, our buddy on the democratic side, he s a strategist. todd harris, our buddy on the republican side. gentleman, it s great to have you. let me start with t