lot more apparent. if you look at what happened at the national review institute s conference, just a few days ago, and some of the states that are coming out, govern gindahl saying the republicans are stupid. but gindahl is not the base. no. but i really think that we have to give it time, that the republicans are coming out of shock with the election. a lot of resources went into the romney camp and there was a sense, throw money at the problem and we will win. that did not happen. we ve not begun a serious conversation about the role of racial minorities and the republican party. and i did an op-ed on the new york times online a few weeks ago talking about how the black vote needs to be recaptured and the party needs to become the party of lincoln again, especially in light of the film lincoln which is all about the role of race and rights in the united states and the beginning of the republican party.
bucks on top of the bush tax cuts? $800 billion can t do it, doesn t work. by the way, it doesn t work, if we want to give incentive to businesses, we should give tax breaks to the innovative ones, investing in manufacturing capabilities, alternative energy. so the romney camp is saying that 92% of the jobs that were lost during the recession were with women, what is your response to that? you know what that reminds me of. i used to practice law when i was a kid. it is that old joke about the kid who kills both parents and then pleads for mercy because he is an orphan? what caused all of these jobs to be lost, before then? men and women. before we came into office, 3.5 million jobs were lost. before i lowered my right hand on that magnificent day on
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