headache and no debt. we didn t try to buy the iowa straw poll. we continued to stay on message and get as much media exposure as we could, and it started to connect with the american people. so when we went from the straw poll, we then went to florida for the florida straw poll. mike, what a lot of people don t realize, i was out there with my message of simplicity relative to those issues even before i ever declared myself as a candidate. and what happened was that message started to connect with people, and that s when we started to build that momentum. now, jump to the florida straw poll and it was an upset victory. and that was because i wasn t supposed to win it, but i did. and that made a lot of people believers in my campaign. you know the history of the rest of it from there. for four weeks i was number one in the national polls. and we were doing just great
i think at the end of the day we have to make sure that it s a very precise campaign. we are looking at states individually to see what we can to to make a message that fits and it has to be very positive. here s what we are going to do, here s how it better and keep using that word leadership that you can trust. is obama more vulnerable on the international issue if something goes haywire in iran? you can t tell because sometimes people rally around when something goes wrong overseas. except for carter. that s because of a disaster the way he did it. if he ends up with civil wars in afghanistan and iraq because of his policies or the iranian situation blows up, then certainly how he handles it will basically could be a bet meant. how big a deal would it be if israel takes action against eye ran sometime this summer and the president does not do all he can to give them cover by standing with them and providing what has
respect what he s done as far as getting elected. but i think that his policies are the thing. reagan s slogan was leadership that s working. he can spend a billion dollars and can t put the slogan up there because nobody would believe it. you attack his lack of leadership, talk about his policies and how detrimental they will be to the future and how he had many opportunities to fix it and he didn t. it has to be a positive message. there have been good economic numbers the last few weeks, unemployment numbers even though i think they are skewed by the number of people that just quit look for work. but on paper there are some signs of a recovery. does that make it more difficult, and how do the republicans attack that without looking like they are actually not, you know, not happy. you can t cheer for people to be unemployed. you have to cheer for americans to get back to work and that s a very important part of this thing. i think the key thing here is it will be a very close ele
people still like him. he s a likable man and they respect what he s done as far as getting elected. but i think that his policies are the thing. reagan s slogan was leadership that s working. he can spend a billion dollars and can t put the slogan up there because nobody would believe it. you attack his lack of leadership, talk about his policies and how detrimental they will be to the future and how he had many opportunities to fix it and he didn t. it has to be a positive message. there have been good economic numbers the last few weeks, unemployment numbers even though i think they are skewed by the number of people that just quit look for work. but on paper there are some signs of a recovery. does that make it more difficult, and how do the republicans attack that without looking like they are actually not, you know, not happy. you can t cheer for people to be unemployed. you have to cheer for americans to get back to work and that s a very important part of this thing. i thin
up the next morning with no headache and no debt. we didn t try to buy the iowa straw poll. we continued to stay on message and get as much media exposure as we could, and it started to connect with the american people. so when we went from the straw poll, we then went to florida for the florida straw poll. mike, what a lot of people don t realize, i was out there with my message of simplicity relative to those issues even before i ever declared myself as a candidate. and what happened was that message started to connect with people, and that s when we started to build that momentum. now, jump to the florida straw poll and it was an upset victory. and that was because i wasn t supposed to win it, but i did. and that made a lot of people believers in my campaign. you know the history of the rest of it from there. for four weeks i was number one in the national polls.