president took office. these last 3 1/2 years have not been good for the dreamers. as the governor just said, we heard a moment ago from one of these business owners that dreamers have had to put their dreams on hold. i got to tell you, that s one reason why so many people are having hard times. i want to get dreamers out there putting their dreams on the front burner again, starting enterprises, putting people to work. bill: let s get to rich lowry, editor for the national review, good morning. dreamers have their dreams on hold. what s the theme here? well, i think that s really the romney case in a nutshell, bill. it s going to be we can do better with this economy. and i think the romney campaign, it doesn t have to be complicated at all, it can be extremely simple, all they have to do is win the debate over the economy. that s going to be the big overwhelming debate in this election, all the microfocus on how is he going to win women, do among latinos, all that is bl
the dallas morning news sass dewhurst has served as a moderate republican. the houston chronicle says dewhurst is considered a moderate. vote against dewhurst on may 29th. by the way, we can have a debate about that s a negative primary ad. some of you are shaking your head. dewhurst is running ads with a little help from his boss, the governor, and former presidential candidate rick perry. you know the d.c. insiders are scared when they spend millions attacking texas conservatives. despite their d.c. double talk, the facts are simple. david dewhurst is a fighter. the wild cards here are
massachusetts, he left massachusetts with the highest per capita debt in the country. so i think it s a very risky move and i m a little dubious about it. rob, you re involved in texas politics a lot. i know you re involved in an outside group that s helping david dewhurst. when i saw an attack ad that say david dewhurst, he s a moderate, i thought was a snl parody. how bad does that damage somebody being tagged as a moderate? it s a silly, silly ad. in texas, moderate is it a bad word? he s not a moderate. he identifies himself among those who identify themselves as a tea party candidate. you look at this and i m not going to say you look back and you say no wonder we re at a
come out of nowhere tend to win general elections frankly rather and in the illinosarat over alaska governor frank murkowski. gray davis did it in california when he won the governorship in 98. why is all this important? can you see the same scenario potentially play out in another two weeks, this time in texas. four candidates are locked in a tough battle, dave dewhurst, cruz, leppert and james.