and. laura: our voters weren t inspired for some reason. millions upon millions of republic voters stayed home, governor. and people like gingrich and santorum were warning about that last year. it s always easy to look back and hindsight is 2020. a lot of them were concerned that a more establishment type like mitt romney would not do that type of aggressive messaging on conservative issues that, for instance, won in 2010. and that have been so successful in various governors races as well. two things i want to mention. first, i do want to say i think mitt romney gave it his very best. he worked hard, he worked his heart out. i have got no criticisms of mitt romney. if anybody would want to criticize mitt romney. he was my opponent four years ago when we both ran. you know, i can probably find a way to do it. i m not going to. i worked hard for him because he was the nominee. i think that s what we do as republicans. once we get a nominee. we close in the ranks and we help him.
and. laura: our voters weren t inspired for some reason. millions upon millions of republic voters stayed home, governor. and people like gingrich and santorum were warning about that last year. it s always easy to look back and hindsight is 2020. a lot of them were concerned that a more establishment type like mitt romney would not do that type of aggressive messaging on conservative issues that, for instance, won in 2010. and that have been so successful in various governors races as well. two things i want to mention. first, i do want to say i think mitt romney gave it his very best. he worked hard, he worked his heart out. i have got no criticisms of mitt romney. if anybody would want to criticize mitt romney. he was my opponent four years ago when we both ran. you know, i can probably find a way to do it. i m not going to. i worked hard for him because he was the nominee. i think that s what we do as republicans. once we get a nominee. we close in the ranks and we help him.
a suicide bomber. new developments in the probe into a deadly terror attack. wolf blitzer is off today. i m candy crowley. and you re in the situation room. the battle for the white house now centered in the state of ohio. president obama paid yet another visit to what both campaigns see as a must-win state. and today the president came armed with a new report on tax policy that he used to hammer away at mitt romney. our cnn white house correspondent, dan lothian, is traveling with the president. dan, the president pretty much could take up citizenship in ohio at this point. reporter: that s right. he really could. he was right here in akron almost a month ago. it was part of his bus tour. and since he announced his re-election bid last spring, the president has been to this state about a dozen or so times. this is really a crucial state not only for the president but also for mitt romney. and today the president was going after his opponent on his tax plan saying they
among strong powerful, smart, influential conservatives is palpable. they are furious that newt gingrich sat with nancy pelosi. newt gingrich did criticize paul ryan. we know the strength and weaknesss. romney had it, too. so did every other candidate. what is angering people the guys think this elite group of establishment type say they can tell the tea party and conservatives in this country that is conservative, real conservative can t win. they will be beaten up. is there a backlash to this? i think you are on to something. i think about this in the last two days. it is a black lash effect. the tea party folks, the regular conservatives in america. they are looking at the establishment republicans and saying wait a minute, if they like this guy, i shouldn t like this guy. or if they are criticizing an a
among strong powerful, smart, influential conservatives is palpable. they are furious that newt gingrich sat with nancy pelosi. newt gingrich did criticize paul ryan. we know the strength and weaknesss. romney had it, too. so did every other candidate. what is angering people the guys think this elite group of establishment type say they can tell the tea party and conservatives in this country that is conservative, real conservative can t win. they will be beaten up. is there a backlash to this? i think you are on to something. i think about this in the last two days. it is a black lash effect. the tea party folks, the regular conservatives in america. they are looking at the establishment republicans and saying wait a minute, if they like this guy, i shouldn t like this guy. or if they are criticizing an a