for president? no, i m not. so, that creates that little opening that now the bloggers will all say stuff on. could america be ready for another bush in the white house? i mean, look, this is a time to serve. there s no question about it. this is piers morgan tonight. governor, welcome. good to be here. i have to start, we ll come to education soon. but i have to start with last night s republican debate. what are your what s your view generally of these debates? how important are they right now? and what did you think of last night? i didn t see it because i was flying out to san francisco. but this morning, bright and early, i saw what other people thought of the debate. and first, i liked the fact that it was focused on the number one issue in the country. up until now, these debates have really a lot of the questions were really on marginal issues to try to divide the candidates, which is entertaining, i guess. but this gave the candidates a chance to
you re not opposed to running for president? no, i m not. so that creates that little opening that now the bloggers will all say stuff on. could america be ready for another bush in the white house? i mean, look, this is a time to serve. there s no question about it. this is piers morgan tonight. governor, welcome! good to be here. i have to start, we ll come to education soon, but i have to start with last night s republican debate. what are your what s your view generally of these debates? how important are they right now? and what did you think of last night? i didn t see it because i was flying out to san francisco, but this morning, bright and early, i saw what other people thought of the debate. and first, i liked the fact that it was focused on the number one issue in the country. up until now, these debates have really a lot of the questions were really on marginal issues to try to divide the candidates, which is entertaining, i guess, but this gav
could america be ready for another bush in the white house? i mean, look, this is a time to serve. there s no question about it. this is piers morgan tonight. governor, welcome! good to be here. i have to start, we ll come to education soon, but i have to start with last night s republican debate. what are your what s your view generally of these debates? how important are they right now? and what did you think of last night? i didn t see it because i was flying out to san francisco, but this morning, bright and early, i saw what other people thought of the debate. and first, i liked the fact that it was focused on the number one issue in the country. up until now, these debates have really a lot of the questions were really on marginal issues to try to divide the candidates, which is entertaining, i guess, but this gave the candidates a chance to speak kind of calmly, sitting down, in a way, about their views about economic growth. so i thought that was goo
because he entered the race late, perry had only 49 days to raise that. compared to rivals who had the whole three-month period. perry has been frugal and boosts $15 million cash on hand. mitt romney mailed $15 million in the first quarter. drop from the preceding second quarter. romney raised [ inaudible ] he banked $35 million by this point in the last white house run no word on cash on hand. it is expected to top perry. after admittedly weak debate performances the texas governor strong fundraising may be the break he needs to get back on offense. lately romney has been the aggressor, though. chalking up steady stream of g.o.p. endorsements and blasting perry. i don t think the major problem is social security is a ponzi scheme. the problem is keeping it from becoming a perry scheme. reporter: less than a day after romney visited the masses, herman cain made a campaign stop there.
i call that being brainwashed, not being open minded. enough of the party hasn t been black friendly over the many centuries. i never said that. speaking to a group of senior citizens in the swing state of florida, mitt romney continued to attack rick perry on his social security position. romney saying that in order to improve the program, you first have to believe in it. i don t think the major problem is that social security is a ponzi scheme, i think the problem is keeping it from becoming a perry scheme. because governor perry says that it s unconstitutional. and we should end it as a federal program and give it back to the states. i just don t know how that would work. let s get social security working for the coming generations as it has worked for the current and past generations, let s solve and save social security as the essential safety net it has been for 75 years. romney continues his campaign through florida today where he ll be in tallahassee to meet with a gr