table. but the president needs to understand that it would be a violation of international law for him to do so. syria, as vicious as the assad regime is, has every right to defend itself from rebels, just as obama would have the right to defend himself if people on the streets were shooting at the white house. and the united states has no legal right to interfere. we haven t been asked to interfere by the syrian government obviously. the syrian government doesn t present a threat to us. they haven t attacked us. they re not about to attack us and the u.n. has not authorized us to punish them for their supposed use of chemical weapons. why does the president want to go in there? because of a stupid mistake he said during the political campaign when he was running against mitt romney a year ago, and he s too thin-skinned to say i was wrong then, forget about it. steve: the gaffe then was about the red line. and then the gaffe yesterday was john kerry answering a question at a press con
story is becoming a distraction. it dominants the coverage which makes it harder to talk to people about growing jobs and about a positive vision for virginia. terry mcauliffe leads cuccinelli by four points and chuck todd the story keeps growing and it used to be that bob mcdonnell was bob for jobs. that s how he won the race. it s an extraordinary downfall when you think about it. bob mcdonnell was a semiserious running mate option for mitt romney a year ago coming from a swing state in virginia. he was a conservative that got elected and governed more center right. figured out how to get bipartisan stuff done. the transportation bill in virginia seemed to be something that might actually work. it s been a great white whale, if you will for a lot of governors in virginia. and in ken cuccinelli was desperate to have mcdonnell the irony here is now he s trying to run away from him.
for how to run a bad campaign. and his most important legacy, ultimately, may be to convince the republicans and they want to convince themselves with this, that this problem was not out of touch policies, but out of tune communication so they can again, indulge their own self delusions. now, cynthia, we are seeing here where the governor told politico or source told politico that romney has been out of the news and it was purposeful. he didn t want to say something on the fiscal cliff and have the president use it as a wedge between the speaker and the minority leader. he s been purposely taking a low profile. well, as bob says, he doesn t have a political platform from which to speak, anyway.
oh, yeah, as the science course is creationism. yes, that s exactly right. e.j., when you look at reince ps reince priebus, opportunityism working on voters but the same policies, i mean, do they get it? i think the newer slogan is don t worry, be happy. that happiness would be nice compared to what we have. he did say the party needed to be more welcoming and inclusive. the problem is that that takes them away from having to think about what actually failed them. mitt romney got in trouble because a lot of people had
from the white house thrown by hotel chairman and good friend bill marriott. and everyone in attendance left with a party favor. some pearls of wisdom from the party itself. he began by telling everyone in the crowd, we lost. huh? we lost? what is this we? i m pretty sure he lost. but, anyway, romney went onto say i m not going away. i will continue to help. wow. he s going to continue to help. it s christmas come early for the democrats. i wonder how the republicans reacted? huh? oh, i m hearing we have a video of the reaction from the actual lunch. it s important.