bush former first lady said she is dismayed by the republic competition. i disagree. the contest between barack obama and hillary clinton in 2008 was certainly bruising. in fact, mrs. clinton did not suspend her campaign until june 7th of that year. you may remember that john mccain had the nomination wrapped up by this time in 2008. of course, mr. obama defeated mr. mccain by a substantial margin so it doesn t really matter how long the primary process goes. and it is easy to see why mitt romney is having a hard time nailing down the nomination. 40% of americans describe themselves as conservative. most of those folks will vote for the most conservative candidate which happens to be rick santorum. so that s why these votes are close. senator santorum is a very big advantage in conservative states like oklahoma. looking ahead, anything could happen in the general election next fall. it should come down to the economy, including gas prices. also, there could be a showdown with iran and
bill: back of the book segment tonight. no doubt the republic competition has been brutal in a negative way. the question will that help barack obama in the presidential election? governor sarah palin joins us. you have got to assume democrats and the obama campaign and the pacs that are going to help him have cherry picked stuff against mitt romney said by republics if, indeed, the governor is the nominee and use it in the general election. how bad do you think that s going to hurt romney and help president obama? you know that brutality, say, for instance, what we just witnessed in florida that brutality via $17 million in negative ads in a 65 to 1 negative ad ratio that was mounted against newt gingrich, which i think did result in him falling there in the polls and in that primary.
bill: back of the book segment tonight. no doubt the republic competition has been brutal in a negative way. the question will that help barack obama in the presidential election? governor sarah palin joins us. you have got to assume democrats and the obama campaign and the pacs that are going to help him have cherry picked stuff against mitt romney said by republics if, indeed, the governor is the nominee and use it in the general election. how bad do you think that s going to hurt romney and help president obama? you know that brutality, say, for instance, what we just witnessed in florida that brutality $ via million in negative ads in a 65 to 1 negative ad ratio that was mounted against newt gingrich, which i think did result in him falling there in the polls and in that primary.
bill: back of the book segment tonight. no doubt the republic competition has been brutal in a negative way. the question will that help barack obama in the presidential election? governor sarah palin joins us. you have got to assume democrats and the obama campaign and the pacs that are going to help him have cherry picked stuff against mitt romney said by republics if, indeed, the governor is the nominee and use it in the general election. how bad do you think that s going to hurt romney and help president obama? you know that brutality, say, for instance, what we just witnessed in florida that brutality via $17 million in negative ads in a 65 to 1 negative ad ratio that was mounted against newt gingrich, which i think did result in him falling there in the polls and in that primary.
bush former first lady said she is dismayed by the republic competition. i disagree. the contest between barack obama and hillary clinton in 2008 was certainly bruising. in fact, mrs. clinton did not suspend her campaign until june 7th of that year. you may remember that john mccain had the nomination wrapped up by this time in 2008. of course, mr. obama defeated mr. mccain by a substantial margin so it doesn t really matter how long the primary process goes. and it is easy to see why mitt romney is having a hard time nailing down the nomination. 40% of americans describe themselves as conservative. most of those folks will vote for the most conservative candidate which happens to be rick santorum. so that s why these votes are close. senator santorum is a very big advantage in conservative states like oklahoma. looking ahead, anything could happen in the general election next fall. it should come down to the economy, including gas prices. also, there could be a showdown with iran and