with the vp candidate in herman cain who is gunning for the shot today when he said, you have the wall street experience and i have my main street experience and that is the next line like let s partner up and go for it. will the christian conservatives stay home if mitt romney is the nominee? i think that the mormon issue in the south and north carolina will be big. they want to get rid of barack obama. there s no staying home for conservatives, and so you put up two people who ostensibly have business credentials, and you know, mitt romney looking like a strong figure and i think that herman cain comes in with the true blue conservative credentials and it is tough for the president to beat. and he gives you the evangelical republican right, and he gives you the protestant image that mitt romney needs if he wants to go in. chris matthews was suggesting another character john thune for that position, and the same phenomena, romney with a mormon go who is a protestant christian an
the style and that he looked unsteady, but also the substance. he but the anti-romney. the true blue conservative. bret: you could have one debate around the it around? it would help him on style but substance he was hit by santorum and bachmann on immigration. also issues that matter to the right. people who support him in the poll and the race surprise to find he is not the guy down the line checks all the boxes. when attacked from the right, they said if he is not the con seventive, why am i going for him? but look at mitt romney liberal moderate position. he has had years to fix that. er perry came in with very little preparation and he could have fixed any of the problems with a great
the style and that he looked unsteady, but also the substance. he but the anti-romney. the true blue conservative. bret: you could have one debate around the it around? it would help him on style but substance he was hit by santorum and bachmann on immigration. also issues that matter to the right. people who support him in the poll and the race surprise to find he is not the guy down the line checks all the boxes. when attacked from the right, they said if he is not the con seventive, why am i going for him? but look at mitt romney liberal moderate position. he has had years to fix that. er perry came in with very little preparation and he could have fixed any of the problems with a great
obama white house is the most afraid of. i think that s actually a ploy. i don t believe a word of it. the question is is today s republican party prepared for a moderate? i think this is not the cycle for it, particularly if you look at the midterm election of last year. it wants a true blue conservative, a constitutionalist of sorts. i m not sure that he will be the one. but he is an accomplished governor and a manager. i think that will help him a lot. bill: last question. if your assessment is accurate then, mitt romney doesn t fit that either because is he not a traditional conservative man. he is not. he is not as far to the left as huntsman will position himself and also romney has a track record. he went through the cycle once. he did get some conservative support. and he is extremely organized and, also, in this cycle, he could present himself as the kind of moderate manager with
obama white house is the most afraid of. i think that s actually a ploy. i don t believe a word of it. the question is is today s republican party prepared for a moderate? i think this is not the cycle for it, particularly if you look at the midterm election of last year. it wants a true blue conservative, a constitutionalist of sorts. i m not sure that he will be the one. but he is an accomplished governor and a manager. i think that will help him a lot. bill: last question. if your assessment is accurate then, mitt romney doesn t fit that either because is he not a traditional conservative man. he is not. he is not as far to the left as huntsman will position himself and also romney has a track record. he went through the cycle once. he did get some conservative support. and he is extremely organized and, also, in this cycle, he could present himself as the kind of moderate manager with