on actions prior to the bailout which set the template for the bailout and i believe you have to have a principled approach to letting capitalism work or not and the idea of bailing out wall street and bailing out even though they re important institutions, there would be an opportunity for us to recover. i don t think there is any question there would have been a bigger down turn, but we d be on a steeper upturn instead of floundering around. no more too big to fail? no. look, we memorialized it and what do we have? bigger banks with bigger shares which leads to future bailout and also leads to behavior on the part of the bankers that says, you know what? hey, let s take a little take your risk because there is always someone behind us just in case we fail. would you pay huckabee: i hate to interrupt and go to dave. two years ago, my company was
democrats and i know, 06 was a pretty bad year. i happened to run that year. democrats basically ran the table on almost every state where there was a race. we have an opportunity to get a lot of those seats back and we flip it, 23 of those 33 seats held by republicans, we have a 60-vote majority. we only need shift three or four sites and have an opportunity to be a majority and then get some democrats to work with us. democrats, a lot of democrats come from states like i do. they re not big fans of wall street and what went on there. they re looking for something that s reasonable that will allow small business communities to get the loans they need. huckabee: dave? regulations, regulation, regulations. right now, one of the major one that s killing us is health care. on wednesday, our employees saw their new health plan, 2012, the deductible went from $2,250 to $6,000. people were mad. tears were visible. medical savings plans that mothers depend on were gutted. you say you re g
today. and thank you to our panel of three ohioans. we ll see them again in a little while when they give us final thoughts. also, join us again for our next panel who is former senator from pennsylvania, rick santorum. we ll be joined by our panel, elaine, dave, and charlie, forum jobs continues. stay with
huckabee: my assessment, similar to what you said. i agree that governor romney s answer showed a side of him that i had not seen, a deeply personal, passionate, emotional side that we have not really seen. that s been a criticism of governor romney. i thought he really blew that question right i mean the answer right out of the water. it was a tremendous response. i thought newt gingrich tonight, he always has thoughtful, clear and very insightful answers. he knows very specifically what he wants to do. let me say thanks to awful you. charlie, always great to see you. a pleasure having you on my show. secretary chow, it s a delight and honor. dave, you have your own television show one of these days. probably mine. my son huckabee: thank you very much for being here. when we come back, we ll rejoin our panel of ohio residents from
unfortunately, the other panel member, dave and i have something in common. i lost my son in iraq in 2003. and i have a lot of family members that also served and you say you won t cut benefits for any of these heros returning. will you increase them? and if so, how? michael, first let me express my respect and admiration for you and for your family and for the sacrifice of your son. thank you. it is it s something one can imagine, but one can t really feel like i know your family feels it tonight and i appreciate that sacrifice. thank you. no greater sacrifice for no greater country. thank you. we have a debt of gratitude to those who serve this country and for those who come back wounded in particular, we have an obligation to repair their lives