a real republican anymore. no, actually i am, it s just this is lunacy. this is the sort of thing that not so many years from now, richard hoss, people will look back at these candidates and say what idiots, what total, absolute idiots. i suspect we ll have, you know, we ll do what republicans do, there ll be a shakedown, all the idiots will be thrown overboard, and we ll end up nominating a really boring gerald ford, bob dole, john mccain type and get mitt romney and maybe lose. there s got to be some sane conservatives out there. you ve got a lot of them not running. jeb bush, chris christie. let me ask you this so you named the people that i say i would love to run. paul ryan he didn t run, jeb bush, he didn t run, chris christie, he didn t run. mitch daniels didn t run, haley
time it gets, it absolutely is the background noise on the ground in iowa among republican evangelicals and all states among republican evangelicals. there s no question about it. though mitt romney calls it out as bigoted and bill bennett denounced jeffress and jon huntsman demanded rick perry repudiate the reverend, that is the background noise and it s especially important in the bible belt. in iowa, yes, but also in the southern states. and that s one reason why when the haley barbour didn t run and governor huckabee, mike huckabee didn t run and so forth that rick perry s sitting over there in texas says i ve got an opportunity to get in this race because there s no way the southern bible belt republicans will vote for a mormon. that was part of his calculation from the beginning even if he and his aides didn t say it.
terms of its public presentation, in terms of television, how much more air time it gets, it absolutely is the background noise on the ground in iowa among republican evangelicals and all states among republican evangelicals. there s no question about it. though mitt romney calls it out as bigoted and bill bennett denounced jeffress and jon huntsman demanded rick perry repudiate the reverend, that is the background noise and it s especially important in the bible belt. in iowa, yes, but also in the southern states. and that s one reason why when the haley barbour didn t run and governor huckabee, mike huckabee didn t run and so forth that rick perry s sitting over there in texas says i ve got an opportunity to get in this race because there s no way the southern bible belt republicans will vote for a mormon.
there s no question about it. though mitt romney calls it out as bigoted and bill bennett denounced reverend jeffress, even though jon huntsman demanded rick perry repudiate the reverend, that is the background noise and it s especially important in the bible belt. in iowa, yes, but also in the southern states. and that s one reason why when haley barbour didn t run and governor huckabee, mike huckabee didn t run and so forth that rick perry s sitting over there in texas says i ve got an opportunity to get in this race because there s no way the southern bible belt republicans will vote for a mormon. that was part of his calculation from the beginning even if he and his aides didn t say it. howard fineman, thank you for joining me tonight. thanks, lawrence. the occupy wall street protests are adding an unpredictable element to the