tort system. as a result, got a great economic record that he can run on. he can show that he has delivered results. i think that the challenge for president obama he s a great speaker, ran a great campaign four years ago. he had never run anything before he became president of the united states. and i think the voters are looking for a candidate with executive experience, with a proven track record. that s what rick perry can offer. but right now, republicans apparently are splitting between at this point mitt romney and newt gingrich and i know the way this race has gone, one half of that equation seems to change every couple weeks. but are you comfortable if it does come down to a choice between mitt romney and newt gingrich if governor perry doesn t make it into the quote, unquote, finals? oh, look, absolutely. i m going to support whoever our nominee is. the bottom line is, we need a fundamental course direction in this country. i think this next election will be much more a
ron, it doesn t look like it s a winning cain has been getting in trouble with the charges against him, accusations. perry doesn t look like he can handle himself on the stage. there is no huckabee. yeah, well, look, this isn t the pga tour where you can choose which events to enter and which to skip. he has to run in iowa and do well there. i think he s going to find it very challenging. here s the other thing, chris. even if he wins in iowa, there s going to be no quick kill in the race. david was talking about the 2004 democratic race. that went on through march. you had wes clark winning in oklahoma. with the republicans introducing proportional representation in the primaries this time, the fight is going to go on and on and on and we ll see what we ve seen the past month. let s listen to iowa governor branstad on romney out in iowa. let s listen to the governor. i mean, romney is dropping in the polls and i think he thinks
attend the caucuses. she chalks it up to a lack of enthusiasm among those voters. ronit doesn t look like there s a winning. look like it s a winning cain has been getting in trouble with the charges against him, accusations. perry doesn t look like he can handle himself on the stage. there is no huckabee. yeah, well, look, this isn t the pga tour where you can choose which events to enter and which to skip. he has to run in iowa and do well there. i think he s going to find it very challenging. here s the other thing, chris. even if he wins in iowa, there s going to be no quick kill in the race. david was talking about the 2004 democratic race. that went on through march. you had wes clark winning in ho oklahoma. with the republicans introducing proportional representation in the primaries this time, the fight is going to go on and on and on and we ll see what we ve seen the past month. let s listen to iowa governor branstad on romney out in iowa. let s listen to the governor.
herman cain has flamed out a bit. nonetheless, he s still in third place. he is still in third place. you know, most of his votes have gone to newt. it s pretty interesting to see how romney has maintained such a consistent number here within four or five points for basically four years, his numbers haven t budged a whole lot and as each candidate has come and gone, it hasn t hurt mitt a whole lot. you mentioned who wins on-line polls and you said spongebob. actually, ron paul seems to win a lot of them and he s in the fourth position. followed by rick perry in fifth. if he s going to make a comeback, you ve got to figure that rick perry is going to pull a sea biscuit, he better get on it. yeah, if he s going to pull a sea biscuit for a mccain biscuit, you know, from four years ago, the time is right now. if you look back at mccain s numbers four years ago he was down at 16%, 17% and we know how that turned out for john mccain. perry doesn t have anymore time.
that has sent a clear message that they do not believe in the free market enterprise of which i grew up with. they believe that if we would stimulate the economy with more federal money, that if we would pitch more dollars out into the economy, that it would create jobs. we know that doesn t work. my lord, did he say that president obama isn t for the free market? how much more help can the president of the united states give to the financial sector? perry is exactly wrong and off base. federal spending has spurred the economy into 19 straight months of private sector job growth. perry doesn t have a clue on how to save whirlpool jobs. but at least he showed up today. i give him credit for that. iowa front-runner herman cain was a no show. tze pizza man has a direct connection to whirlpool. herman cain supervised the firing of thousands of iowa workers as a member of the whirlpool board of directors. how inconvenient for him to show up today. so he didn t. the republican candidates w