way, mitt romney is not as good at explaining the angst people feel as ginrich is. romney will talk about american exceptionalism in a different way. it just doesn t hit. it doesn t get to the solar plexus like it does when newt says it. what i think we have seen with romney is inability to speak convincing convincing conservative pop list many. he has a really hard time pulling it off. a colleague of yours from slate. can i add a different one? absolutely no passion with mitt romney. the public wants anger and passion and hope, some emotive hook that lets him know this guy nut gingrich is real. look at his line and there is a soap opera every day. people relate to that. everyone in this room has known personal pain. not everyone in the room caused that personal pain. absolutely. with mitt romney he is, as he
of them. i m hoping if the campaign doesn t hit back hard as it ramps back up that there are some superpacs and messaging c-4s that message back on what is from one end insensitive to racist undertones we ve heard through an entire gop primary season. and if that doesn t happen, i think there s a missed opportunity because there are a lot of americans, not just those that are black or disenfranchised that don t want to hear somebody running for president using that kind of racist language to represent any citizen of the united states. absolutely. and the fact that most people on food stamps are white. and many of them work every day. jeff johnson and maria teresa kumar. thank you both for being with me tonight. thank you reverend. ahead, the inspiring story of the legendary tuskegee air men hits the big screen tonight. we ll hear from one of those heroes tonight. and my take on president
the nominee, phil rucker in the new york times is saying his problem is he s not connecting, still not connecting. he has lay-up shots and doesn t hit, you know, can t take advantage of them. he is, you know, boardroom cool versus living room warm. according to the new york times. and that s a pretty good take on him. and i think that the problem that romney still has, with all of this training in the debates is that he still doesn t get the detailed can i raise the big question? jack, let me start with you, which is, at this point, does the president have to level with the american people and say, look, the conversation in washington stopped about jobs, about what government can do to somehow stimulate economic growth. we ve got to focus on other things. maybe it s tax reform. but we can t do it at the moment. you disagreed with that earlier, saying he can do something about the economy. i think he can do a lot about the economy. he could look at drilling for oil. he can b
new york times is saying his problem is he s not connecting, still not connecting. he has lay-up shots and doesn t hit, you know, can t take advantage of them. he is, you know, boardroom cool versus living room warm. according to the new york times. and that s a pretty good take on him. and i think that the problem that romney still has, with all of this training in the debates is that he still doesn t get the detailed can i raise the big question? jack, let me start with you, which is, at this point, does the president have to level with the american people and say, look, the conversation in washington stopped about jobs, about what government can do to somehow stimulate economic growth. we ve got to focus on other things. maybe it s tax reform. but we can t do it at the moment. you disagreed with that earlier, saying he can do something about the economy. i think he can do a lot about the economy. he could look at drilling for oil. he can by himself can drive that posture.
watergate, gets down to like 20% under bush. well, now it s down to a historic low point of 15%. so if you re a democrat, the party of government, you can t run, i m government, he s the market. you cannot run that campaign. you have to confuse that debate the way bill clinton did, the way obama did in 08 by being post-partisan. what i see obama doing is being the liberal fighter over the last couple of months, and that may help with the fund-raising, but i do not see that winning. one of the things that david was just pointing out about mitt romney, i mean, it s barack obama compared to what? what. and if mitt romney does become the nominee, phil rucker in the new york times is saying his problem is he s not connecting, still not connecting. he has lay-up shots and doesn t hit you know, can t take advantage of them. he is, you know, boardroom cool versus living room warm. according to the new york times. and that s a pretty good take on him. and i think that the problem that