democrats are amused by the way republicans cannot disavow even the craziest stuff on the right wing of republican politics. do democrats ever stop laughing about it and use it against them? you would wish. that s, in the piece, i go back to the goldwater campaign, with johnson, they used it against goldwater, the crazy fellow traveling with right wingers, but what happened with the democrats is obama makes a really rather gentile ad attacking bain, not as vicious at newt gingrich s ad, and you have booker and the establishment saying it s frightening the horses. the democrats if they want to win have to go after this radical party for which romney is especially a front man. he s a perfect sort of faux moderate mask.
way republicans cannot disavow even the craziest stuff on the right wing of republican politics. do democrats ever stop laughing about it and use it against them? you would wish. that s, in the piece, i go back to the goldwater campaign, with johnson, they used it against goldwater, the crazy fellow traveling with right wingers, but what happened with the democrats is obama makes a really rather gentile ad attacking bain, not as vicious at newt gingrich s ad, and you have booker and the establishment saying it s frightening the horses. the democrats if they want to win have to go after this radical party for which romney is especially a front man. he s a perfect sort of faux moderate mask.
we re disagreeing with the tactic of attacking bain rather than telling people what your ideas are that are better than mitt romney s so this is a tactical argument, not a policy argument. laura: i beg to differ. i believe that mark halprin s piece is getting at something deeper. he wrote a piece in time magazine that says democrats believe that president obama could lose in november and they re very concerned. true. laura: and i think when you look at this, you look at the bain capital attacks and the railing against profiteering on wall street and so forth, that goes to the heart of the president s understanding of the free market, does it not? and from cory booker to bill clinton, bill clinton gets an enormous amount of money for his global initiative from private equity people, cory booker, has seen new jersey in part transformed because of tax revenues that have come in from private equity. these men understand how the free market works and they made their statements and n
we re disagreeing with the tactic of attacking bain rather than telling people what your ideas are that are better than mitt romney s so this is a tactical argument, not a policy argument. laura: i beg to differ. i believe that mark halprin s piece is getting at something deeper. he wrote a piece in time magazine that says democrats believe that president obama could lose in november and they re very concerned. true. laura: and i think when you look at this, you look at the bain capital attacks and the railing against profiteering on wall street and so forth, that goes to the heart of the president s understanding of the free market, does it not? and from cory booker to bill clinton, bill clinton gets an enormous amount of money for his global initiative from private equity people, cory booker, has seen new jersey in part transformed because of tax revenues that have come in from private equity. these men understand how the free market works and they made their statements and n
we re disagreeing with the tactic of attacking bain rather than telling people what your ideas are that are better than mitt romney s so this is a tactical argument, not a policy argument. laura: i beg to differ. i believe that mark halprin s piece is getting at something deeper. he wrote a piece in time magazine that says democrats believe that president obama could lose in november and they re very concerned. true. laura: and i think when you look at this, you look at the bain capital attacks and the railing against profiteering on wall street and so forth, that goes to the heart of the president s understanding of the free market, does it not? and from cory booker to bill clinton, bill clinton gets an enormous amount of money for his global initiative from private equity people, cory booker, has seen new jersey in part transformed because of tax revenues that have come in from private equity. these men understand how the free market works and they made their statements and n