strong following but not enough to become a nominee? but the establishment, that was the other story of cpac, the establishment, nowhere to be found. although the response to chris christie could have been much worse, given what we know about the audience and chris christie s position. it was decent, polite to warm in various ways. the enemy of their enemy, though, is their friend. that s not an establishment audience. let s take that as a given. dan balls. there is no front-runner, good for you. trivia time, it s the colorado state capitol building that sits exactly one mile above sea mile. exactly, 5,280 feet. congratulations to today s winner, g 74, or gdog74. we ll be right back. for the little mishaps you feel use neosporin to help you heal. it kills germs so you heal four days faster. neosporin. use with band-aid brand bandages.
nominee because there s just too much roughness, too many questions about rick perry. when i interviewed him, our assumption was that he would use the opportunity to try to speak to that audience, mostly an establishment audience and say i have strong views, but i can be a little bit more reserved. he didn t back off at all. he said, socialist administration, social security is a ponzi scheme. he is not going to back off. and in romney world they look at that and say, this is going to be even easier than we thought. the guy is doubling, tripling down on everything, stylistically, as well. that s the fight. and if rick perry is right about the nature of the republican electorate, that it is a tea party electorate, different than the establishment that s dominated in the past, he will win, even with rhetoric like that. quickly democratic governor formerly of michigan, how do you size up this race? i think this race is all going to be about obama out there fighting for jobs. and putti
think that romney will be the nominee because there s just too much roughness, too many questions about rick perry. when i interviewed him, our assumption was that he would use the opportunity to try to speak to that audience, mostly an establishment audience and say i have strong views, but i can be a little bit more reserved. he didn t back off at all. he said, socialist administration, social security is a ponzi scheme. he is not going to back off. and in romney world they look at that and say, this is going to be even easierhan we thought. the guy is doubling, tripling down on everything, stylistically, as well. that s the fight. and if rick perry is right about the nature of the republican electorate, that it is a tea party electorate, different than the establishment that s dominated in the past, he will win, even with rhetoric like that. quickly democratic governor formerly of michigan, how do you size up this race? i think th race is all going to be about obama out there fi
socialist. their policies prove that almost daily. look, when all the answers emanate from washington, d.c., one size fits all, whether it s education policy or whether it s health care policy, that is on its face socialism. this is where the fight between him and romney is going to play out. in the end, a lot of people think that mitt romney will be the nominee because there s just too much roughness, too many questions about rick perry. when i interviewed him, our assumption was that he would use the opportunity to try to speak to that audience, mostly an establishment audience and say i have strong views, but i can be a little bit more reserved. he didn t back off at all. he said, socialist administration, social security is a ponzi scheme. he is not going to back off. and in romney world they look at that and say, this is going to be even easier than we thought. the guy is doubling, tripling down on everything, stylistically, as well. that s the fight. and if rick perry s right a