compromise, this insistence creates a problem for governing this country. with me now, both are msnbc analysts. thank you so much. michael, i don t know how you think on this exactly, but i am impressed. jeb bush s sort of heir to the throne if you will. he sits out there as a guy talked up so highly for all these recent months and years as future prospect and here he is saying basically, you have to compromise, accept things like ten for one deals or you re not getting anywhere. i have to tell you, it was music to my ears and i was so grateful to hear the governor put in very raw terms the reality that we have as a party to face. not just now, but into the future. as you look at the the demographic shifts in this country, you and i have talked about this before. the republican party, which i headed for two years, is moving itself out of you know, line with the american people.
that whole thing by the way, the almost religious nature in pennsylvania, the sacredness of penn state football, the way in which the church, the catholic church, my church protects its own, got that huge case going on now and reassigning pastor, reassigning guys involved in this stuff allegedly. let me ask you about this mcquery guy. he was a guy that allegedly saw that raining scene in the shower and then what s going on with that testimony? mcquery was a surprise. there was one witness who was late because his daughter was having surgery, so it surprised everybody that there was mcquery all of a sudden. he was very strong and forceful. i got the impression that jerry mcquecquery, mike, has been wai for a long time to get into the courtroom and have his say about what he saw.
stay away from it. what s he trying to do? is he trying to play the old nelson rockefeller, even though he was loaded with tons of money, he seemed to have a way to connect with people and he connected naturally with people like jack kennedy could. this guy seems to be pretending to be some well meant time who really likes hanging out with regular people and he clearly would prefer not to be there. he s very self-conscious and uncomfortable. he won t eat their poor little cupcak cupcakes. well, it s true. remember what he said when he was in the debates and he said i can t have these immigrants on my lawn. i m running for office for pete s sake. what is he saying? that there are two mitt romney s. one that wouldn t mind and the other who s very troubled by it because he s presenting himself as a persona. and he s acting. he s performing.
what s the guy on frisky juice? sometimes, mitt romney attempts to relate to an audience and they can be quite painful, those kinds of performances, like when he talks about the trees being the right height in michigan. last month, new york magazine asked james lipton, the host of inside the actor s studio, to assess his problem. been criticized by some for not coming across as authentic to your public. maybe you can sort of work on that today. let s start with your laugh. you know, i live for laughter. it isn t working. it just doesn t come across as gener genuine. well, there s a lot about mitt romney that doesn t come across as genuine, but here s james lipton, joining us in this
is. but he never pretended to be anything other than what he was. what you saw is what you got. what you got is what you saw. as a result, there was mice word name for him, reaganesque. i think reagan knew he was lucky. sure. a regular guy that made it. he knew the difference. exactly. fdr was called what, a traitor to his class. he was very rich. did he relate? he certainly did. reverberates to this day. and some of what he left his legacy still being attacked and rolled back. let s talk about the president. the president, you know, i have, him and you have been with him. i m impressed with his absolute cool, i mean, his somewhat detached. i wouldn t say the warmest person. but very detached. very cool and confident that he s who he is. that s what i think. yes. look, let s go back a year to the white heat of the white house press conference.