six or nine months all lacked the fundamental fire in the belly. they all thought they would be a better president than barack obama. they all thought that barack obama is ba bad for the country. but listening to them talk sometimes with me and sometimes in media settings, never had the driving ambition that hillary clinton had in 2008 or john edwards had in 2008 or john mccaine had in 2008. when they got to the edge of it, they looked at what the modern presidential campaign has become. they said, i m just not i just don t have the burning that i need to have to go through that held. the funny thing is, mark, i ll get back to you in a minute. i think you made the point that they had more personal reasons. no one had more personal reasons than bill clinton who said, i won t go in in 89 but i will in 92. these guys say it is not worth
socialist that newt gingrich and mitt romney both advocated for. there is a reason why two of the front runners in this republican nomination were four things that this president has approved and advocated for. and in fact john mccaine was for the cadillac tax. this is a free market approach for the healthcare reform and in the beginning rich era. which is the 20th century but not much different from now. it is capitalism and free enterprise. if you want to drive a car, you have to own one. if you want to drive your car on the freeway you have to have insurance because you might hit them or you might get hurt or worse. it is a self reliant system. if you really got sick, you go to a hospital and wait for them to pay for you and you don t have to pay a nickel. anyway, we know what we are talking about. even newt got caught telling the