had the chance to offer that speech. and i mean i i think like most guys who have lost their mom and dad we think about them a lot. i think about them when i pray. i think about them in the day time. chris: what do you think he would say about you having taken this step that he was unable to and being the republican nominee? he gave some advice to the new governor of michigan john engler years ago and i heard him give it to many people which is be bold. don t worry about what people think. just be bold and get the job done. that is the advice he would give me. chris: thank you and have a great week in tampa. thanks, chris. chris: up next, a side of mitt and an romney you you have never seen with their family at their summer home in new hampshire as we ten from tampa, florida, site of the republican national convention. [ female announcer ] need help keeping your digestive balance?
chris: governor as we pointed out so rudely by mr. kristol. incredibly rudely. you you were supposed to address the convention monday night. yes. chris: do you know if you are going to speak and if so what night and what is it the romney campaign wants you to do? first of all, i don t know if i will be speaking. i offered if they need the time for other people i m he totally okay with that. chris: you have three hours a day in your syndicated radio show. that is exactly right and there are other people who don t have that so i understand. i don t know if we will be incorporated into the other nights. the night was going to be a positive one. it was going to be we can do better. we need to show there is a fundamental difference in the way that these two men approach this country, its problems and its solutions and i don t think that is being negative. i think that is being honest. the whole idea that we can do better is an optimistic positive hopeful message. i hope the
republican notables in this country at this point who is defending todd akin the congressman who made the remark about legitimate rape. i understand loyalty. but isn t todd akin toxic. i m not defending what todd akin said. that. that is indefensible. he repudiated his statement. it was factually and medically wrong and he has admitted that. my point was not to say that was no big deal. my issue was you had so many republicans who distanced himself from him over a comment he made when i think of all of the republicans who have done foolish and ridiculous things and you haven t seen that kind of backlash. isn t it still toxic for romney? nobody likes it when someone makes a gaffe. it is not a good thing and you
taking their grandchildren on the campaign trail with them. a couple of months ago, four-year-old nate asked papa, have you beaten barack obama yet? the governor had to tell his grandson not yet. up next, our sunday group joins us here in the fox news sky box to talk about the weather. and what mitt romney needs to do in tampa. forz(power!) andiamo! andiamo! (let s go! let s go!) avanti! avanti! (keep going! keep going!) hahaha.hahahaha! you know ronny, folks who save hundreds of dollars by switching to geico sure are happy. and how happy are they jimmy? happier than christopher columbus with speedboats. that s happy! get happy. get geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more.
winning point. chris: and what about the idea of humanizing him and getting people to see him in a different light. people care if he can get the job done. you don t care about his bedside manner, you care about his surgical skills. that will get the job done for mitt romney. chris: check out panel plus where the panel picks up on our website. we will post the video before noon eastern time. follow us on twitter @ fox news sunday. wallabwe ll be right back withe final thoughts. hello? the words are going this way-there s no way.