has overplayed their hand. obamacare is one of the worst pieces of legislation in the modern history of the country. it is going to increase spending not decrease it. inflate the deficit not decrease the deficit. bret: pawlenty has been compared to ronald reagan. mostly because he has stuck to governing conservatively in a liberal state. many analysts say he lacks reagan s charisma and star appeal. political scientist scientist said this is not a fellow who is going to come across as strikingly charismatic. smart, competent, but not much sizzle. we ve seen sizzle in the current president. i think there s a time in history where sometimes entertainment or you know drama is more important. there s other times when substance and track record and results are more important. i would say look at the results.
confuse that need and strategic objective with his desire to be popular. bret: he also thinks debt is endangering america s future. are there specific programs you can see right now that you would just chop? i think, bret, obamacare is one of the worst pieces of legislation in the modern history of the country. it s going to increase healthcare spending, not decrease it. it s going to inflate the deficit, not decrease the deficit. bret: governor tim pawlenty has been compared and makes a comparison himself to ronald reagan mostly because he stuck to governing conservatively in a liberal state. many analysts say he lacks reagan s charisma and star appeal. a political scientist said this. this is not a fellow who is going to come across as strikingly charismatic. people see he s smart and competent, but there is not much sizzle. how do you respond to that? well, we have seen sizzle in the current president. i think people, there is a
confuse that need and strategic objective with his desire to be popular. bret: he also thinks debt is endangering america s future. are there specific programs you can see right now that you would just chop? i think, bret, obamacare is one of the worst pieces of legislation in the modern history of the country. it s going to increase healthcare spending, not decrease it. it s going to inflate the deficit, not decrease the deficit. bret: governor tim pawlenty has been compared and makes a comparison himself to ronald reagan mostly because he stuck to governing conservatively in a liberal state. many analysts say he lacks reagan s charisma and star appeal. a political scientist said this. this is not a fellow who is going to come across as strikingly charismatic. people see he s smart and competent, but there is not much sizzle. how do you respond to that? well, we have seen sizzle in the current president.
senator there, but he has some star appeal that people are going to want to have rub off on them. jon: when he campaigned, as you said, as the 41st vote against health care, it would seem he would be an unlikely ally for the obama administration in any kind of big health care reform. i mean, they might nibble at it at the sides, i suppose, huh? i think you re right. the only people who aren t admitting that the president s overall health care bill is dead are people in the administration themselves. i think you re hearing in congress, basically, the conditions answer is that the bill pig bill is dead and no matter what the administration says about being around the 1 yard line or 5 yard line or whatever yard line, now with brown coming in there s a chance to to use an overused phrase push the reset button in congress and between the capitol hill and white house, and that the president might be able to get senator brown who comes from a very democratic state to look for some pi
so much about mitt romney s shortcomings as a candidate. he s got to do something pretty soon to make people feel good about himself because all he s been doing so far throughout this campaign is throwing a lot of money at making people feel worse about the other guy. he s got no shot with independents if he makes the general election. chip, let me bring you in with bringing in your heavy hitter in your home state is donald trump. what do you make of this move by mitt romney? he has a star appeal. he ll get big crowds and people in the media like us will cover it. more importantly, we had chuck norris a few years ago. he was our big hitter. four years ago we thought we had