i think i still have faith he will, because romney s strategy ultimately is not to play this out in the summer but to play it out when people really pay attention beginning the convention and forward. and i think that s ultimately the end game. bob shrum, this makes rick santorum look like a soothe sayer. much of these missteps are tied to health care and just not being able to and i recognize what michael steele said a moment ago. drawing the bright line between obama care and romney care. but essentially saying it s hard to turn around, is it not? sure it is. and look, he never got romney never got pushed hard in the ç primaries. santorum tried to push him, but now he s in the big leagues and not doing well. just before the health care decision he said if he were in the white house, the obama people in the white house shouldn t sleep well that night. he assumed the law would be thrown out. you can t do that in the middle of a campaign. i actually think the summer is a
begin playing attention beginning at the convention and forward. bob, this makes rick santorum look like a soothe sayer. i recognize what michael steele said, drawing that bright line, but where they re essentially the same, this is hard to turn around. is it not? sure it is and he never got, romney never got pushed very hard in the primaries. santorum tried to push him and now, he s playing in the big leagues and he s not doing very well. a day before the health care decision, he said theç people the obama white house shouldn t sleep well that night. he raised expectationexpectatio. you can t do that in a campaign. i think the summer is a critically important period where candidates get defined and
something that remains viewed less favorably. we can go at him on this. it s very hard for him to do. mitt romney doesn t want to relitigate massachusetts in any way, shape, or form. he makes rick santorum look like a soothe sayer. it s complications like this i think santorum had in mind. why would we put someone up who is uniquely pick any other republican in the country. he is the worst republican in the country to put up against barack obama. why would wisconsin want to vote for someone like that? mark halperin, did he have it right? as chris just said, there s still a problem here and i don t think it s played out. but republicans are united more than they re divided on obama care. this is a point of tension. they want to all repeal it, including mitt romney. they all point to the tax increases in obama care that
he makes rick santorum look like a soothe sayer. it s co why would we put someone up who is uniquely, pick any other republican in the country. he is the worst republican in the country. to put up against barack obama. why would wisconsin want to vote for someone like that? mark halperin, did he have it right? as chris just said, there s still a problem here and i don t think it s played out. but republicans are united more than they re divided on obamacare. this is a point of tension. they want to all repeal it, including mitt romney. they all point to the tax increases in obamacare they say are bad. they think it s bad to have a federal takeover of health care and they think you can talk about obamacare as something hurting the economy. this though is what rick
the end game. bob shrum, this makes rick santorum look like a soothe sayer. much of these missteps are tied to health care and just not being able to and i recognize what michael steele said a moment ago. drawing the bright line between obama care and romney care. but essentially saying it s hard to turn around, is it not? sure it is. and look, he never got romney never got pushed hard in the primaries. santorum tried to push him, but now he s in the big leagues and not doing well. just before the health care decision he said if he were in the white house, the obama people in the white house shouldn t sleep well that night. he assumed the law would be thrown out. you can t do that in the middle of a campaign. i actually think the summer is a very critical important period when candidates get defined. and i think right now romney s getting defined whether it s this outsourcing stuff, whether it s the offshore accounts, bain, immigration, health care.