saying in republican fashion. let s face it, traditional republicans as opposed to the full mooners on the right radio are the quiet car in the conservative train. they don t yell, they make shir points in ways you have to pay attention to to get. if mitt romney is so great why did john mccain go to alaska to pick an alternative as his running mate last time if why did he pass over the number two candidate in the field, the guy he had to beat the win the nomination? if mitt romney is so great why does huckabee say terrible thing likes why doesn t hack bee have a soul in didn t romney save the salt lake of olympics? why is rick perry talking himself out now? what s the problem? some point backing him health care up in massachusetts. others point to his religion. or is it the empty suit problem, that he s willing to dress for success as a conservative to win in 20 the just as he was willing to dress for success as a liberal up in massachusetts in 2002? i hear about romney being a
and that the republican ideas about medicare have been misrepresented in order to scare voters. what is your response to that? i think his plan scared voters before i even was on the scene. the idea of breaking the promise that we made to our seniors over 45 years ago, doesn t sit well with people. people paid into this program since their high school job. it s not a charity program. i understand the need to get the underlying cost driving health care up under control. that does not mean you touch the beneficiaries. it means you go after the underlying cost of health care, and that is another topic and i have ideas to that and so do thoughtful people in washington, but the bottom line is that there is room for agreement here and i m the type of democrat who represents a republican area that can come to washington and say i have a lot of support from individuals who don t vote democrat and i can t tell you how many times people said that i m the first democrat they voted for in their
medicare have been misrepresented in order to scare voters. what s your response to that? i think his plan scared voters before i even was on the scene. the idea of breaking the promise that we made to our seniors over 45 years ago, doesn t sit well with people. people paid into this program since their high school job. it s not a charity program. i understand the need to get the underlying cost driving health care up under control. that does not mean you touch the beneficiaries. you go after the underlying cost of health care. that s another whole topic. i have some ideas as well as do thoughtful people in washington. the bottom line is i think there s room for agreement here. i can come to washington and say i ve got the support of a lot of individuals who mormly don t ever vote democrat. i can t tell you how many times people said i was the very democrat they voted for in their life. i bring with me the opportunity to work with both sides of the aisle. democrats have given on cutt
clearly there will be a symbolic fight over health care with the house republicans. they re going to be able to put health care up and send a vote to the senate, but it s not going to pass the senate. what sort of struck me today what were the headlines that the new republicans made yesterday? the two headlines were investigations and health care repealing. you say to yourself, okay, the base will be happy about that, but what does this is a first impression that the new republicans are going to make, and you talk to some republicans on the hill and they want their focus to be on jobs, contracting the size of government. this is a schism in the republican party. exactly. are they talking to the broader
willing or likely to vote for sarah palin for president in 2012. it s now under 50%. mike huckabee s number by contrast is down to she s down to 33 in alaska. the significant thing in the last year the sort of the republican information network are starting to turn on sarah palin. it s not just democrats mocking her, it s people like karl rove i m hearing a turn against her. do you think her mission is to run or just be a show? i think she s going to run. look, we re always wrong about these things love it! we re always wrong about these things. that s the quote of the week. you re selling books tonight. john alter, are you selling books tonight? that s a great foreward for a book. let s go to peter baker, he says obama s team is speculating the following, that huckabee may wind up being their opponent. obama s aides doubt sarah palin will actually run and figure that mitt romney cannot get the republican nomination for the simple fact that he enacted health care up in