die. mitt romney didn t even put it in his nomination speech at the convention, but should ending the war before the president s scheduled timetable in 2014 be a matter of presidential discussion? should it be a matter of debate for house candidates right now? is it a matter for congress to decide? well, it is a matter of our national security, and how does this fit into that. the president is on a course to get this done. it doesn t mean it will take all of that time. but it will be done by that time. and that is progress from where we had been. you have to remember, when president bush was president, there was no plan. we had been there 6 1/2 years with no plan. we routed the taliban, we did not defeat them, and then we left and went to iraq. so president obama had to put a plan in place and a timetable to get it done. so it may not be as fast as we would all like, but the fact is, the cost of this war, in terms of our human treasure, the most important part, our young people, the
mitt romney didn t even put it in his nomination speech at the convention, but should ending the war before the president s scheduled timetable in 2014 be a matter of presidential discussion? should it be a matter of debate for house candidates right now? is it a matter for congress to decide? well, it is a matter of our national security, and how does this fit into that. the president is on a course to get this done. it doesn t mean it will take all of that time. but it will be done by that time. and that is progress from where we had been. you have to remember, when president bush was president, there was no plan. we had been there 6 1/2 years with no plan. we routed the taliban, we did not defeat them, and then we left and went to iraq. so president obama had to put a plan in place and a timetable to get it done. so it may not be as fast as we would all like, but the fact is, the cost of this war, in terms of our human treasure, the most important part, our young
killing kids that don t need to die. mitt romney didn t even put it in his nomination speech at the convention, but should ending the war before the president s scheduled timetable in 2014 be a matter of presidential discussion? should it be a matter of debate for house candidates right now? is it a matter for congress to decide? well, it is a matter of our national security, and how does this fit into that. the president is on a course to get this done. it doesn t mean it will take all of that time. but it will be done by that time. and that is progress from where we had been. you have to remember, when president bush was president, there was no plan. we had been there 6 1/2 years with no plan. we routed the taliban, we did not defeat them, and then we left and went to iraq. so president obama had to put a plan in place and a timetable to get it done. so it may not be as fast as we would all like, but the fact is, the cost of this war, in terms of our human treasure, the most import
was thinking, that s lovely. no, come on. it s paul ryan. here s the bottom line on this. before paul ryan was selected for the ticket you had republican senate candidates airing ads saying, i m not with paul ryan. don t look at me as a paul ryan guy. that s not me. now suddenly you put him on the ticket and you make every republican senate and house candidate have to answer questions about medicare and social security. this week nancy pelosi, the daughter of a very effective politician in baltimore who knows how to jump on things shall started airing ads of pictures of paul ryan and republican house candidates. why? this is a nationalized race. in fact, it s totally legitimate. i think i agree with you, that adding ryan to the ticket definitely upped that. i think we also can t not forget timing, right? the american electorate is also tuned more in now. so something we were saying
calamity. because there are a lot of us that see, with this rolling calamity, not only the collapse of the republican presidential candidate but something that will hurt house candidates, senate candidates and damage the conservative movement for the next four years. any sense that karl rove and the big-money people are starting to lean in on romney and say hey, this is because daniel heninger wrote about it yesterday saying this isn t about you anymore, it s about the rest of us, and you re really hurting the cause. we know that s what the romney campaign has been really worried about behind the scenes over the last week. they ve done these donor finance calls to try to calm people down. hey, don t abandon us yet, et cetera. but i ll tell you, the pressure on him in that first debate, you point out, it s less about even him getting back. he s got to get back in the presidential to give the republicans a fighting chance in the senate.