today would be a harder battle, but if we did a better job of declaring the benefits we accrued from developing those programs, benefits that accrued into medicine, technological, manufacturing, communications, we perhaps would have a better success record today if we could get the public and the congress to listen to that. neil, the problem is, we don t have a mission. we don t have a goal. tell me from a taxpayer s point of view, and from someone who is very interested in space, what are we trying to accomplish? we re putting six people and certainly not all americans on a space station, which is a very valuable asset. always have to hit you right back. well, it takes three people to operate and keep 24/7 to operate the station and three people to do science.
don t mean that in a pejorative way, but in terms of if and company didn t make an investment, 70% turned out to be winners, which how does that compare to the industry? that s a very good record, very good, indeed. normally, with this kind of venture capital activity, you might get one or two big winners out of ten ideas. so a 70% pretty good success record, that s good megyn: so the notion that romney and bain were going in and raiding and bankrupting these companies and leaving with the spoils no. megyn: do the facts bear that out? i reject that on the grounds that they were not predatory capitalists, they were trying to develop capital, develop private enterprise. megyn: all right. let me ask you about two specific examples. first, there s ampad, all right? american pad and paper company which is a company that bain bought in 2002, and i believe it is featured in this gingrich/pac-backed movie where they have a lot of folks complaining about mitt romney. i think we have a
that destroyed us. no matter what you think of mitt romney s private protecter background, these are really strong words from struggling americans that are now on the screen. is the campaign that this bain controversy is going to stick? well, i don t think so, because when you really analyze bain capital, you re going to find out there is a lot of people right in my district in staten island and brooklyn that worked for companies like staples, sports authority. we can go on and on. domino s pizza. the success record that he s had is part of the reason i m supporting him. we want somebody in the white house that has private sector experience and understands the first answer to every problem is not big government but it s usually a private sector solution. that s what mitt romney is, and of course you can paint the picture however you want, it s an open canvas. that s what it s going to be, but he s been consistent, he s been steady and he ll be able to get through this. we expect ob
the bells ring, let s go out front. hello, everyone. out front live in las vegas. feels good to say that. we re just an hour away. we have seven republican candidates squaring off for their party s nomination to challenge president barack obama next november. herman cain surging in the polls to defend his front of runner status. rick perry could be dropping and that could be the comeback story of the night and mitt romney, slow, but steady. in a poll released this morning and lagging behind cain in likability, can he pull more gop voters to the side? we have a lot lined up for you. we want to begin with two of our special guests, john avalon, senior economist for news week and the daily beast, cnn chief political analyst and all of this action was buzzing around as the show began. a lot of people over there. the motorcycles came. that s right. they ve got a lot to prove, gloria. sure is. and i think this will be a transition thing because we re going to see if r
and romneycare was obamacare. he doesn t seem to have it, what i watched all my life that thing in politics that makes a person interesting, intriguing, you want to hear their next word what they are up to you care about them, fascinating, obvious an attractive man, a good success record, a good family, i like him when i meet him. i don t feel that curiosity about him that i do about great politicians. your thoughts. me in my broad tastes, i think that he s actually a very interesting guy. what are you curious about him? what would you like to know what he doesn t want to know? i think he is attractive now. what about mitt romney, what do you find interesting about him? his background. he s a businessman. olympics, governor, he has done a loft things in his life. makes him interesting? huh? okay. he s more of a known commodity that actually helps him to some extent. some of the stuff he had to go through in 2008, not go up through again, put the mormon question to r