s.e.c., the federal reserve. what i did was really a congressional populist revenge on t.a.r.p. bailouts. if we re bailing out these seven companies and only these seven, we ought to fix their pay. so it was a very narrow mandate to begin with. but you talk, the book is fascinating. one of the things you talk about is almost the psychology of ceo pay. i will read an excerpt. you write compensation mirrored individual fulfillment, that without generous pay, company officials would view themselves as failures. individual success could be determined only by comparing oneself to the competition and dollars paid would be the deciding factor. by comparison, family, friendship and community respect paled in significance. when something is that deeply ingrained in a culture, you know, katrina, i would love to hear your thoughts on this, how does regulation even compete? that s what made it so emotional. it wasn t just about another car or another summer home or sending your kids to private
they think tell take very good health care away and that it will bust the budget, which we know. the problem for romney is, he has no body language that shows he is against it. in fact, there is an emotional vacuum in this race, whether it is on the deficit or health care for republicans, in which i look at a candidate and i say, my god, that man really has a passion on that issue. romney could have a narrative. it is please, don t bring it up. it s painful you know what, doug, santorum expands the argument and says romney and gingrich both sided with barack obama in the individual mandate health care, cap and trade and t.a.r.p. bailouts and i, rick santorum, he argues, are the only person who can contrast with barack obama. two-thirds of the republican primary voters are self-described conservatives, some states, 60, 70, 80% are evangelicals. rick santorum understands that if he can turn this into a one on one or one on two contest, he
one is a serial hypocrite. another a counterfeit conservative. finally, a flip-flopper who s been on all sides. supported t.a.r.p. bailouts and provided the blueprint for obama care. three men, one vision. wow. there s also speculation out there of whatever word that ron paul has been laying off romney, not hitting him hard, to somehow pave the way for his son senator rand paul of kentucky to be in the front-runner s good graces down the road. here s the candidate himself taking on that question in an interview last night. i have my job, and he has his job. and that just doesn t seem to be appropriate. the last thing i ve done is talk to mitt romney. besides, he wouldn t talk to me about that. it s supposedly been promoted by somebody who s superinvolved in conspiracy theories. that s santorum s doing that. my son can take care of himself. oh, god. every man for himself, i guess,
let s take a look. one is a serial hypocrite. another a counterfeit conservative. finally, a flip-flopper who s been on all sides. supported t.a.r.p. bailouts and provided the blueprint for obama care. three men, one vision. wow. there s also speculation out there of whatever word that ron paul has been laying off romney, not hitting him hard, to somehow pave the way for his son senator rand paul of kentucky to be in the front-runner s good graces down the road. here s the candidate himself taking on that question in an interview last night. i have my job, and he has his job. and that just doesn t seem to be appropriate. the last thing i ve done is talk to mitt romney. besides, he wouldn t talk to me about that. it s supposedly been promoted by somebody who s superinvolved in conspiracy theories. that s santorum s doing that. my son can take care of himself. oh, god.
too far. what exists and what is in reality is governor romney is a gentleman and dr. paul and governor romney speak. they have a cordial relationship. when we talk and coordinate on some scheduling things and stuff like that when it makes sense for both campaigns. lines of communication are open. we are running to win this campaign. i would like to point out we have four tv commercials and a couple million of pieces in mail contrasting our records and pointing out his support for tarp bailouts. we re running to win, but like i said, governor romney is a gentleman and we talk. real quick. the article says romney s aids are quietly in touch with ron paul. is that true? i speak with his campaign staff maybe once a week or so to touch base on common scheduling items and things like that. his staff is class acts. again, they are committed and we re committed to having an