on the accomplishment of having forced him to be civil around mitt romney in 2011. you know, a lot of people that are watching this interview because they really were wondering, would you and i be able to sit in the same room and be civil to each other? it was exactly four years ago when we were kind of going through it. so i think we ve proven that people can be civil. mike huckabee not laughing while he said that. mitt romney sort of trying to, ha, yes, my mike huckabee serious as it gets. in describing his discipline in remaining civil while being in the same room as him. the only unanswered question in the republican nominating process right now is whether republicans, like mike huckabee, can choke down whatever it was that made them hate mitt romney so much in 2008 or whether they still hate him so much that the prospect of him getting the nomination is actually scary enough to make republicans give the only person left on the sidelines a second look.
mr. huckabee bragged this weekend on his fox news tv show on the accomplishment of having forced him to be civil around mitt romney in 2011. you know, a lot of people that are watching this interview because they really were wondering, would you and i be able to sit in the same room and be civil to each other? it was exactly four years ago when we were kind of going through it. so i think we ve proven that people can be civil. mike huckabee not laughing while he said that. mitt romney sort of trying to, ha, yes, my mike huckabee serious as it gets. in describing his discipline in remaining civil while being in the same room as him. the only unanswered question in the republican nominating process right now is whether republicans, like mike huckabee, can choke down whatever it was that made them hate mitt romney so much in 2008 or whether they still hate him so much that the prospect of him getting the nomination is actually scary enough to make republicans give the only person le
mitt romney in 2011. you know, a lot of people that are watching this interview because they really were wondering, would you and i be able to sit in the same room and be civil to each other? it was exactly four years ago when we were kind of going through it. so i think we ve proven that people can be civil. mike huckabee not laughing while he said that. mitt romney sort of trying to, ha, yes, my mike huckabee serious as it gets. in describing his discipline in remaining civil while being in the same room as him. the only unanswered question in the republican nominating process right now is whether republicans, like mike huckabee, can choke down whatever it was that made them hate mitt romney so much in 2008 or whether they still hate him so much that the prospect of him getting the nomination is actually scary enough to make republicans give the only person left on the sidelines a second look. this is a serious decision and i m engaging serious
stuff done in corporation and this president has got plenty of a record to talk about, but you ve also got to assert it by getting out there and talking a feisty strong way that makes those differences clear to voters, and i think for both those reasons, political and personal, this moment has come together at this time. alex, i also think, well, when you look at the fact that there was the mid-term elections, the results of sweeping in a new group and what voters did and now what voters are going to assess, look at what david axelrod said about what independent voters did and now what that s going to spring about in terms of going forward. david axelrod. independent voters did, with the best of intentions, was sweeping in the most ideological partisan group of republicans in my lifetime. the same forces that are very much in control of the congress now are very much a force in the republican nominating process. and i think that s going to
general election, though, than in a republican primary. republicans are still very positive about president bush. you know, the truth is, and anybody in texas politics will tell you this. rick perry, and george w. bush are not the closes of friends. the bushes and the per rears not all that close. i suppose that distinction could be made that. but in short, no, i don t think that would particularly hurt perry in a republican nominating process. jenna: it will be interesting to watch. larry sabato we till have some time until the general elections i was skipping ahead. director of the center for politics university of virginia. thank you so much. jon: a manhunt underway he s wanted for attempted murder after firing at deputies. they are looking for him in the woods are montana. we ll update you. t a warm, supes strawberry toaster strudel yeah but now i have nothing to eat sure you do. hey! you can have the pop tart! pillsbury toaster strudel.