paul ryan arrive. two big speakers, chris christie and mitt s wife, ann. i like my speech. i really like ann s speech. our sons are already in tampa and they say it s terrific there, lot of great press. we re looking forward to a great conventi convention. can you give us a little preview? thank you, ladies and gentlemen. two big speeches from ann romney and chris christie represent the two key goals that romney needs to achieve to make this convention a success. call it the soft sell and the hard sell. ann romney, who has been married to mitt romney for 43 years, her job is to humanize her husband a little bit and make him more three dimensional, if you will. i wish everyone could see him how i see him, because as a mother, i ve seen him, how compassionate he has been with me, as a wife and raising these small children. and how he always valued my work as being more important than
hi his. campaign tweeted this fogt off ann romney, making welsh cakes to bring to the convention. not worried about her speech. and tough love, which is what he s known for, christie will argue the job of a leader is to make tough decisions, no matter how unpopular they may be in the short term. he previewed his speech on the today show. we ll wait till tonight but i will say i ll use new jersey as an il administrative experience as what can happen if you stick by your principles and look for ways to solve problems. but one illustrative example he probably won t point to is new jersey s unemployment rate. matt lauer also asked christie who famously said you can t lead by being an enigma, about romney s tax returns. he s not releasing any more of his tax returns. at some point, 7 0 days out, we
their policy. it s intertwined. oh, sure. a lot of time studying, gets to know governor romney. his faith say huge part of his life. unlike other politicians over the years, he doesn t share. he hasn t in the past. i think he has naturally talked about policy. but i haven t heard or read what he has said but bob white, close friend. he will tell a very personal story about governor romney. ann romney tonight will also be critical. if you want to see the nucleus of that family and how they operate and raised these five wonderful kids, you have to look at ann romney and the trials she went through with ms sw & those things. a, it s more trouble for the obamas because people will fall in love and say gosh, these people did go through some trials. despite some of the rhetoric to try to, you know, portray him as something that he s not. they have a wonderful family. a lot of members on congress
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