but they are supposed to be pivoting to independent voters. they are supposed to be pivoting to mainstream voters, that the value voters want to talk about and want to cheer about. to me this is almost campaign malpractice, to put your main surrogate, who s values are so divergent from mainstream america. let me go to you for a minute, frank. today he talked about big government. he talked about things that he may go to independent voters but he was talking at this kind of conference and these are the kinds of things not only that they believe but let s look at what he has said and what he believes in the past. planned parenthood, i m just not for federal planning of abortions. the dream act as noble as some of those ideas are, it s two wrongs trying to make a right. it s really not about contraception. it s about violating our first amendment rights to freedom of
he s facing it right now too. now mushy land. if he had been specific, directly contradicts what he was saying during the republican primaries. he will have to flip flop in the campaign. that s an etch-a-sketch. he does not appeal to mainstream voters. i m not in that campaign. it s unbelievable. it s frustrating. as it should be easier. there was some expectation this week mitt romney was going to get together with marco rubio who was on the front page of usa today. diffused by what the president did on friday. there wasn t a lot of distance between with what romney was going to announce and the president announced on friday. a little bit. i want to ask you one other thing as a man who served in congress, how do you feel about the use i would ask this about george bush too, of the executive order? in other words, we couldn t get the dream act through congress so he s going to sign something and put it into law, something that could be as easily erased by the next
sports teams rather than being a sports player. his language about his money is the problem. it s gingrich in the sense he has a lack of filter between his brain and mouth when it comes to talking ability his own wealth. that s what s happening him out on the campaign trail seeming like he doesn t understand people s concerns. to add to that, not just easy with wealth but we are at a time people are angry about the ultra wealthy. you know what though? i disagree with that. i disagree with mainstream voters, moderate voters, swing voters. they do not resent wealth. just like my parents growing up. when we were unemployed and struggling. we didn t resent wealth, my parents told me if you work hard you can do it. that concept doesn t apply anymore. yes it does. the american dream is still alive. talk to an immigrant and tell me it s not alive. i brought up joe biden before.
he s had to move so far to the extreme right. hard to position back to mainstream voters. we re not giving michael dennehy short shrift. we re having communication difficulties. i ll brag about mike. he s a great guy. here s a rick santorum won in iowa, and was really the cinderella story there. the person that everyone thought didn t really stand a chance. basically it was a tie so they say it was a win there. who poses a bigger threat to the democrats? mitt romney or is it someone like a rick santorum as you said who will get traction in the southern states? well, rick santorum poses a threat to mitt romney. for democrats, any republican who can reach independent voters provides a serious threat. the reality, though is that we ve seen so many all of them move so far to the right wing. in terms of their rhetoric. in terms of their positions that it s almost it s virtually impossible for them to come back
individuals who might have traction in the southern states. that s going to be his biggest concern to make sure he can secure his position as a front-runner to go into south carolina and then into florida. but clearly you can t discount the organization. obviously, he s polling the best of all of them against barack obama. his downfall though is these debates have become infomercials for anger management therapy. he s had to move so far to the extreme right. hard to position back to mainstream voters. in all fairness, we re not giving michael dennehy short shrift. we re having communication difficulties. i ll continue to talk with you. i ll brag about mike. he s a great guy. here s a rick santorum won in iowa, and was really the cinderella story there. the person that everyone thought didn t really stand a chance. came in second. basically it was a tie so they say it was a win there. who poses a bigger threat to the democrats? mitt romney or is it someone like a rick santorum a