after another. like the one thing he doesn t want to do is tell us how his budget plan is going to balance by the deductions and the loopholes he is going to close because a lot of those are going to be very unpopular particularly with the middle class. so it s a fine line for him to walk. it s a very difficult task. but if i have to bet, i d bet he comes through. i bet this will be a good convention for the republicans. they ll suppress any floor fights. i think christie, ryan, romney will do b, b plus, maybe even a, a minus speeches. so i think they ll get a bump out of their convention. all right. there is ed rendell setting the bar high for the opposition party. thanks for joining us, governor. as the gop preps for the convention in florida, marie claire magazine asks how pissed off are republican women? what does s.e. cupp think of that? we ll get into it in the next segment. this happy couple used capital one venture miles
nominee is picked? let s look at history a little bit. since 1960. there have been four floor fights at conventions. goldwater in 64, humphrey in 68? mcgovern in 68 and ford against reagan in 76. all four of those lost. what happens is the first ballot everybody is legally bound. sometimes into the second and third ballot. there is one convention in 1924 that went on 105 ballots and took 15 days and they lost to coolidge in the general election. i think we have to avoid a deadlock. greta: so they keep voting and candidates go to the delegates? how involved does this get to get multiple ballots? fdr was nominated because the people who were supporting garner, the texan were
nominee is picked? let s look at history a little bit. since 1960. there have been four floor fights at conventions. goldwater in 64, humphrey in 68? mcgovern in 68 and ford against reagan in 76. all four of those lost. what happens is the first ballot everybody is legally bound. sometimes into the second and third ballot. there is one convention in 1924 that went on 105 ballots and took 15 days and they lost to coolidge in the general election. i think we have to avoid a deadlock. greta: so they keep voting and candidates go to the delegates? how involved does this get to get multiple ballots? fdr was nominated because the people who were supporting garner, the texan were
money when msnbc runs out of air time. the worst thing he has to do is to write himself a check can because he has the nomination and he is not going to give it up. the reason he is emphasizing ohio and he will spend a huge amount of money there and the pac will go after santorum there is because he wants to win this thing, and the biggest danger is if santorum and gingrich stay in it all of the way to the convention and they have floor fights to the platform, and he is continually pushed to the right, and he is upsidedown with independent voters and well behind president obama at this point. he needs the process to end. is this good clean primary politics or blood letting at the best? well, what happened is that the republican party and michael will take great objection to this, but they made a pac pack with the devil, and it has now driven olympia snowe the senator from maine not the run for re-election and you have a grass roots angry and demanding that
arlen specter signs on for the public option by reconciliation. if there are enough of them, majority leader harry reid says he will work with the us who, the house and members of the caucus in an effort to craft a public option that can overcome procedural obstacles and secure enough votes. health care has been knocking me around pretty good. been knocking harry around pretty good. the new public option signal set by the president. the party of no. at cpac, this is dr. no. we will say no to this health care bill because no is what the american people want. yay! no health care reform. no health, yay! but two floor fights. the speaker says the conservatives are not conservative enough and should not have admitted gay conservatives. i d like to condemn cpac for bringing go pride to this event.