yes, they have to mobilize support. i doubt they want the tea party to be the face of the republican party in the face of general elections. can they run a couple steps from the regular republican lenlts, mcconnells and boehners, will they lite ght up a crowd? you have to script a guy like romney. i think john raise as good point again which is why he s at politico doing this. in the general direction the republicans need to move to the middle. they need the enthusiasm of the tea party to get a candidate nominated. i think there will be a moderate versus a tea party-like candidate in the finals for the republican nomination. the general election is about swing voters and the independents who went 18 points for obama in 2008 and 18 points for the republicans in 2010. so that s going to be where the game will be played out. is it possible, john harris, for the democrats to win with the northeast and the west where
midterm they can have clout and nominating contests but when they are on the ballot they don t do as well in the general election. yes, they have to mobilize support. i doubt they want the tea party to be the face of the republican party in the face of general elections. can they run a couple steps from the regular republican lenlts, mcconnells and boehners, will they light up a crowd? you have to script a guy like romney. i think john raise as good point again which is why he s at politico doing this. in the general direction the republicans need to move to the middle. they need the enthusiasm of the tea party to get a candidate nominated. i think there will be a moderate versus a tea party-like candidate in the finals for the republican nomination. the general election is about swing voters and the independents who went 18 points for obama in 2008 and 18 points
into the surge that i think he needed to. but, you know, maybe this marianne gingrich pillow talk, open marriage comment, maybe that will shave a few points off of gingrich. maybe though gingrich picks up a few from perry. in the end it could be a bit of a wash. i think santorum is right to say, look, guys, i m the one who, you know, really did the, you know, heavy lifting in new hampshire and iowa. and i deserve respect in these final days. bill: i think santorum may be the guy who benefits from all of this today. but tomorrow could be more chaos. big news day today. bill: directly ahead, governor romney gives poor black woman cash and is immediately trashed. we will tell you what that is is all about. megyn kelly doing reporting on mitt [ male announcer ] let s level the playing field. take the privileged investing tools of wall street and make them simple, intuitive, and available to all.
president. bill: okay. but she has said that before. it s been around, you know that. when i saw the cut aways of you, you didn t look like you were having a good time there. well, this is not exactly where we go. but, in this campaign, character has become an issue. mr. gingrich has campaigned on a platform that includes a strong stand on family values and the sanctity of marriage. bill: he says is he a converted guy now. it s a redemptive situation that he is a different religion and different guy. you know, i see, i have to put myself in your position. before i say that i want to ask you about, this was debated within abc news, right? some people didn t want to put this on air, i understand? no. that was never the question of whether we put it on the air. it was the question of the timing. we did the story as you mentioned on mitt romney and his wealth and some of his offshore accounts last night. and we felt that both stories, one on romney and one on gingrich should go bef
president. bill: okay. but she has said that before. it s been around, you know that. when i saw the cut aways of you, you didn t look like you were having a good time there. well, this is not exactly where we go. but, in this campaign, character has become an issue. mr. gingrich has campaigned on a platform that includes a strong stand on family values and the sanctity of marriage. bill: he says is he a converted guy now. it s a redemptive situation that he is a different religion and different guy. you know, i see, i have to put myself in your position. before i say that i want to ask you about, this was debated within abc news, right? some people didn t want to put this on air, i understand? no. that was never the question of whether we put it on the air. it was the question of the timing. we did the story as you mentioned on mitt romney and his wealth and some of his offshore accounts last night. and we felt that both stories, one on romney and one on