involve in 24 hours? i said yesterday that on immigration he did badly. on the question of his romneycare, he was sort of equiequivocal and drew a distinction that was not credible. he handles himself rather well. he is not fostered. there was age he wasn t used to having the followup. that will be his test in the future. bret: steve? i thought the interview was great. the questions were fair but tough. he didn t do himself any favors in part because he is usually who doesn t get flustered. in this case, he was clearly flustered. what i think has to trouble romney supporters this has been a great campaign. so far that his team has run. this is the central question about the romney candidacy. the one you pressed him on at the beginning of this. is that somebody who says things for political expedience, does he have the core convictions and will he be the same guy in the white house? how did he answer for the fact
minds, that john this morning brought this you said it was the most incredible post you ve read from eric erickson. yes. i read eric erickson every morning. and eric does speak for true blue conservative he does and in a very articulate and passionate way. whenever you think about his views, he is a very good representative of a certain part of the republican party. this is a demolition job on mitt romney that basically says, he says he s been sitting, reading 200 pages of opo from the campaign on romney and you come to the conclusion that mitt romney is a man without any core convictions, will say anything to win, totally despicable. he trashes romney on every level and then says he will lose to barack obama. he will destroy conservativism in the process. wow. and then says it is so bad, and he is predicting romney will get the nomination and these things will happen. he says it is so bad i am now reconsidering my previous out of
he s got to pull them over to his side if he s going to win. the question is, is he going to be able to do that without alienating this really agitated, intense republican base out there and is looking for a candidate who reflects their values? i think his big problem people wonder if he has any core convictions? you have to wonder. and you look at all of these issues, global warming, abortion, things that a lot of people have passionate needs about and he s all over the map. if i might suggest that core convictions are exactly what the president currently in the white house has, where we are now. the difference, they re the wrong convictions, dorothy, as opposed to leading to the right direction and to getting back to a better economy and better policies. that s the issue, the republican electorate is looking for somebody who says, here is the direction we re to go in. here is what i really believe and how i m going to get there. mitt romney is basically, you don t know where
he s got to pull them over to his side if he s going to win. the question is, is he going to be able to do that without alienating this really agitated, intense republican base out there and is looking for a candidate who reflects their values? i think his big problem people wonder if he has any core convictions? you have to wonder. and you look at all of these issues, global warming, abortion, things that a lot of people have passionate needs about and he s all over the map. if i might suggest that core convictions are exactly what the president currently in the white house has, where we are now. the difference, they re the wrong convictions, dorothy, as opposed to leading to the right direction and to getting back to a better economy and better policies. that s the issue, the republican electorate is looking for somebody who says, here is the direction we re to go in. here is what i really believe and how i m going to get there. mitt romney is basically, you don t know where
could affect all of us, including our own mail delivery. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. jtsdzer. it all begins in iowa. right now many of the republican presidential candidates are in that state, a state that holds the lead-off contest in 2012. they re working the crowds at the state fair before tomorrow s pivotal iowa straw poll. and they re taking direct aim at president obama s handling of the debt crisis and the u.s. economy. listen to some of the republican hopefuls, including sarah palin, who insists she still hasn t decided whether to run. i think the question should be asked, is the president responsible for the down grade? i would say yes. from the top, that leadership starts from the top. look what happened two weeks ago. when barack obama s back was against the wall. what did he do to try to scare americans to call their members of congress? he threatened social security recipients that their money wouldn t be there. he threatened medicare