sounds familiar, they said he was an elitist, ultraliberal and he was a flip-flopper, they did all of those things and is that similar to mitt romney? i think so you know, there s a school of thought, joanne, if you try to paint mitt romney as a moderate that you know exhe is not liked by the republicans and the argument would be then because he is not conservative enough, it hurts you in the general election. right r i think that s absolutely true. i think what the obama campaign is not going to want to push s moderate. that is what newt gingrich is going to be trying to do so mitt romney has sort of discarded his competition, he thinks he is putting newt gingrich away. that was his main competitor. i think in the republican race you have that. he s a moderate, not conservative enough for us, but on the obama side, they want him to appear to be too conservative on immigration reforms, saying he vetoed the dream act. they want him to appear to be too far to the right and not a mo
welcome back to hardball. if you saw tuesday s presidential debate, the republican one, you know there s no love lost between rick perry and mitt romney. and the new attack ads out this week from both campaigns continue to knock down the nature of the primary. is that bad news for mitt romney, who many people presume to be the likely nominee? is rick perry essentially doing the obama team s dirty work for them? there s another school of thought, of course, there always is one, that romney is getting battle tested, ahead of the general election, and a drawn-out campaign against perry could help him build organization in many different states, something many said that helped obama in 2008 during his contest with now secretary of state hillary clinton. well, that s the first question we re going to ask our strategist tonight, then we ll turn to the politics of taxes. herman cain has his 9-9-9 plan, and rick perry said he s going to unveil his plan for a flat tax. both plans will help th
welcome back to hardball. if you saw tuesday s presidential debate, the republican one, you know there s no love lost between rick perry and mitt romney. and the new attack ads out this week from both campaigns continue to knock down the nature of the primary. is that bad news for mitt romney, who many people presume to be the likely nominee? is rick perry essentially doing the obama team s dirty work for them? there s another school of thought, of course, there always is one, that romney is getting battle tested, ahead of the general election, and a drawn-out campaign against perry could help him build organization in many different states, something many said that helped obama in 2008 during his contest with now secretary of state hillary clinton. well, that s the first question we re going to ask our strategist tonight, then we ll turn to the politics of taxes. herman cain has his 9-9-9 plan, and rick perry said yed he s going to unveil his plan for a
welcome back to hardball. if you saw tuesday s presidential debate, the republican one, you know there s no love lost between rick perry and mitt romney. and the new attack ads out this week from both campaigns continue to knock down the nature of the primary. is that bad news for mitt romney, who many people presume to be the likely nominee? is rick perry essentially doing the obama team s dirty work for them? there s another school of thought, of course, there always is one, that romney is getting battle tested, ahead of the general election, and a drawn-out campaign against perry could help him build organization in many different states, something many said that helped obama in 2008 during his contest with now secretary of state hillary clinton. well, that s the first question we re going to ask our strategist tonight, then we ll turn to the politics of taxes. herman cain has his 9-9-9 plan, and rick perry said he s going
kudlow, that i will be and other candidates will be as well. it seems like he s relying on the fact that maybe per se one of the monthly flashes in the pan. i think his team feels he will flame out and say something silly and another ben bernanke moment and it s not a safe strategy. rick perry has shown in several polls that he is ahead and he has shown in early states that he is ahead. if perry does well tonight at this debate that will go a very long way to easing donors concerns and republican members concerns about him. if you see people drift from mitt romney to rick perry, that s a problem. that transition is good for you, chairman steel. watching tonight, they may have one eyebrow raised about rick perry and the joe scarborough school of thought. can this guy carry swing states, but it was not as if they were enamored. first, i say run, rudy, run.