workers, employers and workers and structural reforms need to be in there. the other thing is how do we improve education so that the skills problem, which is right at the heart of a lot of the unemployment, gets addressed. many of the low-skill jobs will never come back no matter what you do to the deficit. couldn t we be more creative in the debate not just about what gets cut but what gets better in america. we have to prevent the bankruptcy of america. but absolutabsolutely. we re talking about tax reform. we need to make america an attractive place for business investment. i m a manufacturer. i understand that totally. but, again, folks, the problem is we re hurtling toward bankruptcy and we have to prevent that. that s the number one step. can you talk about tax reform that will bring more revenue to the government. people ask they go out, they
him on this economic policy. michelle bachmann is exactly right, the tea party is important. that, but the second thing he did was, he focused, again on barack obama. he seemed supremely confident. but not arrogant. at the beginning, he said, hey, i hope i get it right this time. great to be back. it was a kind of dale carnegie course, actually, playing out on stage. where you always say, oh, what a brilliant point before you then disagree about something. and i think mark is right. i think he s he was a formidable performance. i continue to think that without belaboring the analogy that romney is a lot like bush 41 was in 1988, somebody who was is being attacked as a chameleon, but doing what it takes to get the nomination. and who has a good chance to win next year. on his home turf last night, too, and i think that helped him be relaxed. he connected with the crowd, property owner, new hampshire, talking about the bruins and all
picture. when you get to be a four-star general. you re at the top of the food chain. you include not only precluding anything that s think, then you ve got to resign, and you better do it noisily. mcchrystal was absolutely right about how long it takes to do stuff. so, okay, and mcchrystal wants to stay another decade, we ve already been there ten years. so are you suggesting we stay in afghanistan another ten years? why first of all maybe you could answer this question much better than any policy maker that s been on this show over the past two years. why do we have 100,000 troops in afghanistan? and why should we keep 100,000 troops in afghanistan for the foreseeable future? answer number one, the obvious answer, afghanistan was the base from which al qaeda was able to plan ten years ago. but, you know, ten years is not a long time historically. there are some strategic problems in the world that take a lot longer than ten years.
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why wouldn t he go after it? i don t know. for some reason, people get up there and they freeze. there s nothing more effective than turning and saying, you know, governor romney, i like you. you did a lot of good things. but let s face it, you gave them the blueprint. i know you have to come up here and convince people you didn t. i guess it s wrong. you re good. just be human. guys looking straightforward without looking at the person on his right. it was uncomfortable. let s talk about michelle bachmann. oh. you stay on. i m telling you. she had charisma. she popped visually. took that edge off.