mitt romney s plan at mitt romney.com, it s very deal tailed for getting this economy moving again, it s contained in a 150 page book, there are 59 proposals, including ten he would take on his very first day as president. i think this is going to be the central issue of the race is who has the skills, the capabilities, the qualifications and the experience to lead this country during very challenging economic times. mitt romney has done it in the private sector. that s where he made his career. and he ll do it as president. jon: your two candidates, romney, your guy, and governor perry, are trading bashes right now, but there s been published speculation that the two could wind up teaming up as president-vice president, you know, candidates. do you see that possibility? well, jon, i think it s too early to speculate about a potential vice presidential pick. it s our focus right now is
jenna: more on this story as we get it, some shocking developments there, william, thank you very much. jon: politics now, rick perry s campaign is trying to paint mitt romney as a flipflopper on education. whaerz what a perry spokesman had to say during america s newsroom this morning. governor romney has a long history of being on all sides of all issues. this is just the most recent example. keep in mind that he praised obama s education secretary the day before the debate, supported raise to race to the top, which is a national curriculum program the obama administration has been pushing. twenty-four hours later, he comes out and said i don t know where that came, from i don t support that program. jon: joining us now to respond, romney senior adviser eric burnstrom. is your candidate on all sides of all issues? jon, i appreciate the opportunity to respond. this is a completely
common ground. for example, we are very much in favor of trying to get the group, the super committee active right now, getting to work, getting to the business of cutting the federal debt. we d love them to think big and to try to come up with some issues so we don t have to revisit this every year. rile, it s a procedural issue, it s about getting folks back to work, it s about getting the bills that fund government passed earlier so that we don t run into government shut down crises. jenna: how do you do that exactly? what is the ultimate goal for you? is it to put out your own candidate, a their party, perhaps? what do you see on the horizon? no, we are not a third party organization. you ve heard of some organizations that are forming to try to present an alternative. some of our members, like myself support president obama, others support romney, perry, huntsman, you name it, go down the line. what we re trying to do is we re
baseless and misleading attack by rick perry. it is true that mitt romney supports high standards, he supports merit pay for teachers, more choice for parents, testing in our schools, accountability for our teachers, but he believes those standards should be developed at the local and state level. there s a reason why rick perry is creating these decoy issues and it s because he left a lot of blood on the stage at that orlando debate last week, and the reason he was bleeding so badly is because of his position in support of polices that encourage illegal immigration to our country. jon: clearly, the perry campaign is trying to paint this flipflopper image of mitt romney. how would you characterize governor perry? well, we ve seen one phony and misleading attack after another coming from the rick perry camp. in fact, i think under a perry administration, the only jobs that would be created are for fat checkers, and every time