president obama and on obama s record. they ve not really thrown the spotlight on romney. opened romney up. made romney into sort of a dynam dynamic, exciting character and i think now, they re trying to find a way to juice up the ratings. because i think they re not inherently interested in mitt romney and i think if he s going to win, people have to get more interested in who he is and have to like him better. they want to have an audience that s tuned in and going to be interested. and he s not been helped by people like chris christie, who used the pronoun i 47 times and referred to mitt romney just on eight occasions in one paragraph. and even when referring to mitt romney, he was talking about how he s the great truth teller. he wasn t talking really about mitt romney. he was talking about his own image and brand of himself. i think to michael s point, they have to find a way to create that electric atmosphere if the
and help. eric: i heard the reporter say, talk to us about the gaffes. the first gaffe, asked the brights a question whether they were ready for the olympics. and the other one, that is hitting home, is the the one where he is talking to supporters and saying the culture of israel provides if economic growth or success and the palestinians took issue with that. is that a gaffe, though? guest: he tried to plain that more in the interview with carl cameron saying he wasn t talking specifically about palestinian culture. clearly, this is an argument to be made and conservatives have been making the argument that it was indefense ill. it wasn t very diplomatic of romney to say that and bring up that issue. eric: is this a for idea to make this trip? guest: i don t think it will make a lot of difference. i think most people in the political world would say that. i was on a conference call
he wasn t talking about god, he was talking about government. here is a man who believes not just that the government-provided aprilwork of roads, bridges and law enforcement helps the private sector, he believes these things are the nerve center, the driving force, more important than any individual talent, enterprise or initiative. megyn: our focus group is back. representatives today of both republicans and democrats to react. welcome, all. so this this has taken off in a meaningful way online and in papers and so on. kevin mccullough, is it as big a deal, as brit hume and others seem to believe it is? absolutely, it is. i m a small business owner. medicare, obamacare, other things have already weighed on us for the last three years. but then to come to us when we hire three out of every four new workers in the country and to say that we re not putting in the sleepless nights, we re not putting in the blood, sweat and tears to build our business is just an insult, and it s an
business, you didn t build that. somebody else made it happen. he wasn t talking about god. he was talking about government. here is a man that believe not just that the government provided framework of road and bridges, defense, law enforcement helps the private sector, he believes these things are the nerve center, the driving force. more important than any individual talent, enterprise or initiative. as he put it, there are a lot of smart people out there. diligence, there are hardworking people out there. success, you didn t get there on your own. this is a view that successful businessmen and women are the ones that did better at taking advantage of the benefit that government bestowed. he thinks they should be glad to pay share of taxes than they do. he calls it giving back. as if the government conferred on them all they have and shouldn t mind returning more of it to the where they came from. it explains why so much stimulus money was spent to protect government jobs and why l
beth doesn t talk. beth is leading the v.p. search. true to form, she wasn t talking. other campaign aide told fox news, romney and meyers are in the early stages and not read too much in failure to demand paperwork from any given individual yet. rubio told cavuto the news media should take a deep breath. i don t comment on the process. the process is what it is. he is working through it. he will make a great choice. with 23 million people out of work or underemployed they are not saying things are just fine. 700 employers heard romney assail the obama economy. meeting with the small business owners romney tailored to message for the shrektive g.o.p. governors. tennessee, indiana, ohio, wisconsin, iowa. you have seen governors who have taken bold action to make sure that we re not spending more than we take in.