have to deal with it. everybody can deal with it by distancing them from the comment but you don t wipe out a person s entire life and career. the point is it is a great opportunity i think, chris, not to talk about todd akin. the real issue is let s contrast the difference between any republican, mitt romney, anybody, and barack obama s record on abortion which is so far to the left of most democrats. he three times as an illinois senator voted against a bill that would require medical treatment for a baby that was born alive from a botched abortion. he supports partial birth abortion. he wouldn t take a stand against gender selection abortion. is radical and worth talking about. chris: juan, what are you looking towards this week? i think we are here in florida, chris and i think it is very important that you understand the importance of the hispanic vote to mitt romney and the republican fortunes. right here in the i-4 corridor between tampa and orlando that is where i think thi
certainly will be to three days and possibly to two days? i don t think so. i think we will be able to have a great convention and tell the mitt romney story and prosecute obama on promises made and promises delivered. we are not where we need to be. we have to fire obama and save this country. we will make the case but make the mitt romney case as well. chris: monday was going to be the contrast day when you really went after barack obama. are you going to be able to squeeze that in? we will squeeze that in. most of the messaging that we will put out on monday will be able to be put it in on tuesday, wednesday and thursday. chris: it wasn t your decision to hold this convention it was your predecessor michael steele. any second thoughts about holding a convention in florida during the middle of hurricane season? i don t think so. to his defense we have had conventions in miami, new orleans, houston, i mean charlotte is in the path. new york could be in a hurricane path. i do
will be decided in this state with 27 i think it is electoral votes. it is critical that he start to reach out and spread a message and brand the party. at this moment the party is branded unfortunately for the party by people like akin and extremists in the tea party. that is the dynamic driving this party. the question is what does mitt romney stand for? what is his brand? you see the moderate flip flopper as some said in the republican primaries or is he now and the reason they selected h him i think is he going to be able to appeal to people more toward the middle and say this is a real alternative to barack obama. chris: governor, do you want to answer juan s question? i think mitt romney has a strong message. the biggest thing people are concerned about, are they going to have a job. a lot of people don t have jobs. their houses are underwater. this state in florida an unusually high percentage of people lost their homes or on the verge of losing their homes. they want to kno
he has to make the case and the obama team will be out there this week and next making the case against mitt romney. such a temptation in the romney camp they are hitting us and we have got to hit them back. disciplined andkiss say the american public does not know mitt romney as well as they know barack obama. what is the positive agenda going forward. if this week is about the next four years not about the last four years i think romney wins. they have to make it about the few you tour and lay ou futd lay out the positive message. chris: a couple of minutes left. start with you bill. the two week stretch of the republican convention and then democratic convention the president it is about dead even in the polls but looks like the president has a slight lead. i think 50/50 a winnable race and i think mitt romney s to win.
experience and know-how and will to manage an economy and it is not barack obama. i withdraw my earlier that was so good, i think mike needs a key spot, prime time. i was going say fox had a poll this week and the poll asked the basic question would you approve or disapprove of barack obama s stewardship of the economy. i think 50 something percent said they disapproved. when the wa question was askedo do you trust going forward to manage the economy? it was just about a tie. the reason is i think and we will hopefully see this this week, romney has not come forward for any convincing plan how he will help the middle class and is in touch with issues about the increasing separation between rich and poor in the country. a huge disappointment for a guy saying i m running on my experience as a financial steward and i know how to make money and get this economy working. chris: we have to take a break. when we come back we will