this. the gleaming romney family was rolled out yesterday, like this is what it s going to look like. if you vote for me you ll all look like us. look how well we ve done. if you want to be like the romneys, vote for the romneys. maybe that s a brilliant roll-out as i called it in our cold open tonight. chris, i would say part of all politics, president obama tapped into this, too. part of all politics is making people vote aspirational. that is, this is what we want out of our country. now the other part of it but they already have it. right. i agree. the romneys already have it. that s potentially the problem for mitt romney. there is clearly a strain, john touched on this. there s clearly a strain of economic pop limp that exists in both parties. but in the republican party, mike huckabee tapped into that. he was the populist messenger. it s why he beat romney in iowa.
but they already have it. right. i agree. the romneys already have it. that s potentially the problem for mitt romney. there is clearly a strain, john touched on this. there s clearly a strain of economic pop limp that exists in both parties. but in the republican party, mike huckabee tapped into that. he was the populist messenger. it s why he beat romney in iowa. who is that messenger now? newt gingrich is not a populist. rick santorum, maybe, but his time in washington makes it hard. the best populist natural populist in the field is a guy from texas named rick perry who is at 1% in polls and largely irrelevant. and that s the problem. not that mitt romney isn t vulnerable to an economic that there s no message to deliver that argument in this field. you know, it s if you look at the history of the republican party, the democratic party. the democratic party has historically been much more open to old money. teddy roosevelt, frank
if you like the look at this. this is the future. we ve all got it made. chris, i would say part of all politics, president obama tapped in to this, too, part of all politics is making people s vote aspirational. this is what we want out of our country. the other part of it, and i think you ve tapped on something but they already have it. i agree. romneys already have it. that s potentially the problem for mitt romney. but i ll tell you why i don t think it works. there is clearly a string of economic populism that exists in will both parties. but in the republican party, mike huckabee tapped into that. he was that populist messenger. who is that mess will enger now is it i ll tell you who it s not. newt gingrich is not a populist. rick santorum, maybe. the best natural populist in the field is a guy from texas named rick perry who is at 1% in polls and largely irrelevant. and that s the problem.