he s right. what governor romney did, and we know this governor romney didn t campaign as the governor of massachusetts. had he done that he might have won. he went so far to the right to appease republican primary voters, that it was impossible for him to get back and claim the center. what jeb bush is trying to do with compassionate conservativism, stake out the center hope there are enough right-wingers in the primary, that there s enough vote that wants to win and understand there has to be a compassionate conservativism, so that s a winning formula for him not only to get through the primaries, but to contend in the general election. let me push on that because you know jeb bush could have a problem with the tea party conservatives in states like iowa and south carolina. and here s what he said recently about the primary process. i kind much of know how a
do, is unclear right now. on the other happened, apparently governor romney didn t make it. greta, if you look at just the last couple of weeks, you ve seen romney world perhaps talk that mr. romney would run again. you know, what is interesting is that he s real bush is really banking on south carolina and this has been a fire fall for the bushes in many cases in bush world. but how would he be able to win early states like iowa and new hampshire or will he bank entirely on that. they were thinking about it and saying things that may not help him with the base and whether people like him or not as a candidate. and he s doing things that to me are inexplicable. he s gotten, in the last year, involved in private equity and
do, is unclear right now. on the other happened, apparently governor romney didn t make it. greta, if you look at just the last couple of weeks, you ve seen romney world perhaps talk that mr. romney would run again. you know, what is interesting is that he s real bush is really banking on south carolina and this has been a fire fall for the bushes in many cases in bush world. but how would he be able to win early states like iowa and new hampshire or will he bank entirely on that. they were thinking about it and saying things that may not help him with the base and whether people like him or not as a candidate. and he s doing things that to me are inexplicable. he s gotten, in the last year, involved in private equity and
caused reporters to speculate about her relatability leading up to the 2016 campaign. but she joins a long list of politicians whose comments on wealth have have fallen a little outside of the relatability spectrum. who can forget this moment from the 2012 campaign. you know, i m just saying, you re for individual mandates, my friend. you know what, you ve raised that before, rick, and you re certainly wrong. it s true now. rick, i ll tell you what. 10,000 bucks. $10,000 bet. i m not in the betting business, but i ll show you. the $10,000 just kind of off-hand bet and we ll be betting 10,000 here and there and then the moment when governor romney gave students in ohio some advice on how to start a business. we ve always encouraged young people. take a shot, go for it. take a risk, get the education.
that the republicans i don t think suffer from as much. and they, i think we have to go back, like you said, to fdr or jfk to see how they managed that better than seem to do today. perfectly acceptable to be a magazine conservative. speaking of which, let s just listen for a moment weighing in on this and let s just take a minute and i ll let you respond. not a problem of people being rich in this country. romney didn t lose but i think when you re perceived of being out of touch with people that are struggling and people out there working hard, i don t think flying on private jets and collecting $250,000 for a speech is considered to be hard work. so, now, i mean, the party that gave us 47% and mitt romney and the angst that came along with the last election is suggesting that potentially hillary clinton is falling into the same trap. but i do want to come back to