Nonetheless, this is seen as a victory by those who support legalizing gay marriage. Super confusing. Why are they happy the court did not take the case they wanted them to take . What they want is the court to come down and say on the National Level we will have gay marriage everywhere. There will be a national ruin of that kind. This is the next best wing. They have said in the five districts or states covered it will go on the books in those states. The way the courts work, it expands it to 11 states. Now 30 states, plus the district of columbia, gay marriage will be legal. It is not everyone but still a big ground game victory. The biggest thing we learned is you have four liberal justices. Justice kennedy is now clearly with the liberal justices. Theyre confident someday there will be a vote any big case and there will be much broadening of these rights. They can be happy about that. It is hard to imagine when there is another challenge, given what theyve done today and allowed these laws to go forward and become the law of those states, it is hard to see them going back and overturning what they did today. Leon panetta is in the news today with the release of his new book tomorrow. He is a longtime democratic stalwart, a california congressman, white house chief of staff or to bill clinton, and most recently director of the cia and secretary of defense for president obama. His book made headlines for next up in which he criticized obama for failing to use the leverage he had to secure a status of forces agreement in rock. Today he is quoted saying in the past two years obama has lost his way. When he was asked about it he of Hillary Clinton as commanderinchief, he seemed to take another thinly veiled shot at the president. They want to get it done. It is not just about talking the game. It is about getting something done. When it comes to being president of the united states, it is one thing to talk a good game. It is another thing to deliver and to make things happen. That is what you want in a president. I know one of your favorite movies was airplane. Leon is getting larger in this case. How big of a problem is this . It is a problem. He gets larger tomorrow doing broadcast and cable t. V. This is a dimming critique. The white house is trying not to disrespect him because he has goldplated democratic rentals. Credentials. Privately, he has been critical of the president. To say isis could have been prevented if the president who used his leverage to get the status of forces agreement, that is what republicans have been saying to say the president has lost his way is extremely damning. It will be interesting when he does the interviews prince susan page got the first interview with him. We will see tomorrow when he is on fox and nbc. If he does not back off, the white house better hope there is other news to block this because it is a damning critique. It seems his instinct is to go deeper than the book. Famous in the Nixon Administration for a guy that tells the hard truth. Straight shooter. The political question. He was not an original clinton person but became very much a clinton person. How much is he carrying political water for Hillary Clinton giving her the things she would like to say but cant . There are a lot of democrats who look at the clinton years with some nostalgia if they find some aspects of president obamas leadership wanting. Hes going to be outspoken. I dont think he will back off from the white house. Better hope there is a lot of news to mask what is a damning critique. Think it is possible we will see this in republican ads. Bill clinton today back in arkansas. Thus all is right with the political world. Is there to give hope to mark prior and other democrats on the ballot. Todays the last day of Voter Registration in Marcus Stroman arkansas. He served up a clinton classic. More in sadness than anger, he said republicans were trying to pull a fast one on the voters. They wanted to make this a protest vote. All three races they are saying you know what you have got to do youve got to vote against the president. That is a pretty good scam isnt it . Give me a sixyour job for a twoyear protest. We have to say we could watch that all day. The man is talking the owls down from the trees. Awesome. At the end of campaigns, he gives strategic voting advice. He is basically saying dont vote to punish president obama and by the way there might be a person named Hillary Clinton there that would like to work with mark prior. He is totally on fire. He is in arkansas. He is doing a lot of campaigning from now until election day. He will be in almost every Competitive Senate race in the country. This means more to him. It is probably the place he can move the numbers the most. He will be in arkansas today and tomorrow. He will be back in arkansas at least one more time before election day. I think it matters in that race. Mark pryor is in trouble. Bill clinton can help them. He is going straight into the teeth of the republican argument which is this is a referendum on barack obama. He is saying it is not. You have to focus on this guy. The congressman is saying the clinton years were great. Republicans know bill clinton is not going to swing the race, but he is worth more points on the ground in that state than any other human being alive is worth in any state in the union. He has not just mark pryor the Close Friends of his he would love to help. As the day goes on, he gets better. That was his morning event. He has evens tonight and tomorrow. It was a great poll that came out and said bill clinton is the only endorser in either party who actually matters. It is true particularly among undecided voters. He is over 50 approval. No one else like that. Moving on. The jets got squashed by the chargers. The owner is throwingctual prime time players, republicans who may end up running for president. Attending tonight, mitt romney who will be here in a moment plus chris christie, marco rubio, rand paul, and john kasich, all in one very nice living room. A large living room. Why is it all these guys are in new york to do this . Isnt that overkill . When Woody Johnson calls, you come. He is a power in the republican party. The donor clout matters a lot. Anybody who wants to be the next president needs to court the money. Woody has a lot of those people in his pocket. Jeb bush is not there. The fact of the matter is all those guys there have some foothold in the new York Financial community. The favorite is jeb bush. If he gets in the race, almost everybody in that room will be for jeb. If he doesnt, they want to pick up the pieces and get a chunk of the money. Cue the organ. I believe that is the baseball organ. Awesome. For beltway baseball fans, it is the best and worst of times. The orioles completed a threegame sweep of the tigers. They will now move on to play the cinderella royals of kansas city. The nationals are on the brink of being eliminated in similarly decisive fashion by my San Francisco giants. Is there any chance al hunt will not be crying in his beer later tonight . I will say the American League series is awesome. Royals versus orioles. Two exciting, interesting teams. The giants are going to win because potheads beat fatheads anytime. There is speculation mitt romney might want to run for president again. We called in a firsthand person with firsthand knowledge. Mitt romney is here after the break. Our guest has run a lot of things, the state of massachusetts, the winter olympics. He ran for president twice and maybe counting. Thanks for joining us today. We want to ask you about news today. The Supreme Court decided not to take the cases on samesex marriage. The polls suggest the country is moving toward greater tolerance and a desire for legalized samesex marriage. The courts seem to be moving in that direction. Do you think things are headed that way . I think that is the mood of the country and where the courts have been moving. I would have liked to see the Supreme Court take it on and deal with it. They decided to push it off which delays the decision for further down the road. I would have rather seen a decision this year. We talked about leon panetta earlier. He has gone public with his criticism of the president for not obtaining a status of forces agreement that would have left troops in iraq. It is a position you have articulated in the past. What do you think voters should make of leon panettas criticism . Should this matter in the midterm elections . For many years, you have seen American People concerned about their own security. They look at isis and it makes them nervous. They recognize the threat of radical jihadism was not swept off the earth by the obama administration. Instead, it is alive and in some respects more dangerous than it was. What he is saying is consistent with what a lot of people on the left and right have been saying which is we should have had a status of forces agreement in iraq. The president should have taken action earlier in syria to isolate and find moderate voices to arm them so we would not have the kind of threat we are now facing. It is another indictment of the president s bail Foreign Policy. We have panetta is saying it is not just a failed Foreign Policy pretty it is adrift brady does not know where to go. The president has seen his policy has been effective and does not know where to head. Does Foreign Policy matter . Does the fact there are people in the world who want to attack america and American People and our interests around the world does that matter . Of course it does. Does leon panetta making the charge make it more serious . When you have someone clearly identified as a leader and of aquatic circles say what republicans have been saying frankly say what Hillary Clinton said the other day about the president s Foreign Policy saying he does not have one obviously people are saying what i think is now well understood by the American People which is the president was not right about isis being the j. V. Team. He was not right about iraq and the status of forces agreement. He was not right in syria and with regard to russia. Those mistakes have cost us dearly. Your super sick of answering questions about 2016. We have got a theory. In 2012 you basically looked at the field. You did not want to run. You thought it was important for the republicans to nominate someone who could win. You thought you would be stronger and felt an obligation to run. Our theory is that might be true again this time. We are going to show you some tape from last month from one of the best political analysts in america who talked about prospect of jeb bush running and how that might that any calculation you would have. Take a look. I think jeb will end up running. He is probably looking at it carefully. Why does that matter to your supporters . He would draw on a very similar base we would draw on. Im sure he is considering it seriously right now. This woman, ann romney political strategist thinks jeb bush will run. You are not inclined to run. But if you see no jeb bush, no chris christie, no one who can raise the money and compete against the democratic nominee that you will think about it . I think jeb is an excellent person to be a terrific president. I think that about people running on the republican side. My guess is youll see 15 or so people on the stage at the first debate. I dont know who they will be at this stage. Among those people, we will find someone who catches fire, who nights the interest of the republican base, and you will see someone who can go on to become president. That is why i said i am not running, i am not planning on running, i have nothing new on that story. You said circumstances could change. I said i am focused on making sure we nominate the right person who cares about the issues i care about. I will work to encourage us as a party and a group of candidates running i want to help them recognize how important foreignpolicy is, how important it is to deal with the economy create jobs, and deal with the looming issue of poverty. That has become a greater issue over the last six years which is not being addressed. Image and Hillary Clinton. One thing you know a lot about his grand parenthood. The clintons just became greg is pretty you have any advice . Love it. It is the best part of life. You dont have to discipline. You get to be with grandkids and watch every action with the greatest amount of joy and enthusiasm. I love being a grandparent. It is a lot easier than being a dad. The rewards are enormous. It is really fun. Do you have a british itunes account . I have itunes. I dont know if it is british. If you had it, you could be watching Downton Abbey. I do watch the show. How do you feel about the show preand postmatthew . I think the show was most enjoyable in the first season. When matthew went off to war, it was a departure from where we had been the first couple of seasons. For those that dont already know, his passing was unfortunate for the show. But i still love it. It is enjoyable. I like the downstairs part more than the upstairs part, even though i think mary is a delightful character and i love watching her. Why do you like downstairs more . I think the characters are more full and enjoyable to watch. Are we really talking about Downton Abbey . We are. The dog is named isis. Do you think the dog will have an image problem . I did not know the dogs name was isis. I love watching it at the beginning of the show. We know you like movies, books. I was looking at a list of some of your favorites. Twilight, hunger games, divergent. Im curious about how you have the taste of a 13yearold girl. I read a lot of things. There is nothing wrong with 13yearold girls and their tastes. I want to be able to identify with my granddaughters. They are also fun. I also like science fiction, orson scott card. I read lee child and the jack reacher series. Mostly i read more serious stuff like the kinds of things you read. If you get sleepy at the end of the day, you want Something Like that to knock you out. Why is it so many people want to take selfies with you . It is a strange thing in america today. If you are famous or have been on t. V. People want to take a selfie and put it on facebook and say heres me with a famous person. I wish i could say all those people voted for me, and i could have won by a wide margin. Im convinced most are just looking for someone they have seen before. They dont all know who i am. They come up and say i know you somehow, who you are you . I said im tom brady. One person believed it for the others laughed. You traded the convertible in for a minivan . A maxivan. Why did you do that . This is from our home in massachusetts to get to the summer home. Getting them from Logan Airport two New Hampshire is a twohour drive. No one could fit their entire family in the mustang. Now they can fit in this big econoline. The dealer said we have never in the history of this dealership ever had someone turned in a mustang for a ford van. What is the weirdest thing that happened to you as a president ial candidate . I shook so many hands at a couple of events that i began to get a kink in my back. I asked the guy that traveled with me if he could find someone to give me back massage at the hotel. We are at the marriott San Francisco airport hotel. He got a massage therapist from the ritzcarlton to come over in our room. He sat there to make sure we had two people there at all times. She gave me a massage. She was hispanic american. After i left to go get changed and showered, she turned to him and said, is he a dancer . [laughter] garrett said yes. That was the best compliment i have ever had. The legs, strong legs. They are bird legs, but she thought they were strong. We are not done with you yet. That story was something. We will be right back. We will do something more fun. Sounds good. This may not end well. I love it. That is a scene from the netflix movie that came out earlier this year. It got a lot of praise because it showed a side people had not seen. Warm, funny, ironic, and human. I wonder how may people voted for president obama and saw that movie and said if i had seen it before, i would have voted for him . That has not happened that has happened. Guys like you already knew me and would not have changed their vote. Some say that those 32nd ads did not capture my whole human life. That would not be a big surprise. I did have one very famous hollywood leftwingers say to me in my business you have to be a liberal democrat to get a job but no one knows how i really vote. There are more of us than people would guess. We want to show this photo that shows all but one of your grandchildren. I want you to run the wall point to them all. Start with the cute boy on the left. All 21 names. We will give you 30 seconds. Nate, miles, johnny eleanor, sole, quiran. Who can i see back here . Lets see. We have thomas back here. In this little one crying is david. Allie. Lets just say you proved your point. Give you credit for that. I know all my grandkids. Governor, thank you very much. Thanks, guys. We will be back in just a minute. We are only on the air half an hour a day, but we are live 24 7 on bloombergpolitics. Com. Bill leach has written a great article about beltway basket baseball. The nationals look like they are about to lose tonight. It is a great piece. Sasha has written a piece about the science and persuasion of Political Science and sociology rapped into one. They have a smart take on the Supreme Court decision or nonsolution nondecision and what that could mean for the midterm election. Scott walker, longtime opponent, said it is done. Nothing is going to change. We will be back in 23. 5 hours. Taking stock is next. Hello. I am pimm fox print this is what i am taking stock up on this first monday in october. The Supreme Court cleared the way for