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Kurtz Previews 2012 Campaign Trail

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    Journalist Howard Kurtz discusses whether the president will get re-elected in 2012.

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A -- the Rolling Stone volatile electorate that like to.

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But I like to regional electric fact that you write more -- -- I have -- that did have some help from our Washington bureau of -- -- president.

Moving to the left -- -- two years of trying to compromise with the Republicans and making deals on taxes and kicking off his base.

I think we're seeing -- you know return to the more populist Barack Obama be a campaign in the early months.

-- -- -- -- -- -- Well thirteen months Election Day -- 9% unemployment is a major major problem.

War president and they know -- news flash there.

In fact.

David plot for the senior White -- -- told me in an interview that.

You know -- line in the speech is gonna convince people that there are some of these guys out there.

When you have these dark cloud in the -- because so what is Obama doing well -- at a meeting.

Just after that would budget talks broke down there can walked there was a meeting where they have -- I will briefly what are we gonna do.

And the president says bring me jobs bill it's not just something that's that's cautious and modest until it -- -- the contests.

The Republican House how He was -- bigger and older weather depressed.

Congressman.

Important fact is that meetings says it's time to draw some lines in the sand against the Republican Party so you've got this afford to keep.

Billion dollar package much of which probably not prepared congress but what does -- do for -- it seems that -- campaign against millionaires and billionaires.

Corporate jet -- getting tax -- and hedge fund managers.

A lot of the targets at least stepped up is rhetoric -- the targets that the left which obviously quite -- above at this point.

Conservatives -- as good campaign thing.

How many senior White House officials -- other.

Does it it is a large corporate have some -- -- -- burgers.

But in this piece.

We actually quote many of them on the record -- book talk to us.

We talked to -- their production run assembled over the campaign have sort of and -- so that the Republicans have done diabolical we well He says it's.

It's that creating a dysfunctional political system and then blaming it on Obama -- his.

Partisan take we also talked Austan Goolsbee it or reject some people but -- -- -- -- pretty -- that.

You know Obama's recent political mistakes but they believe.

You know still has a shot at reelection of course that depends -- Who would Republicans put up with a Chris Christie is the very simple.

To -- a senior White House official.

I'm trying to figure out all -- solved by noon on the new war.

Like other general that's fifty year.

Well the journalistic code is that senior White House officials anybody above the level the guy who cleans up -- -- after reports.

Sort of real idea -- a couple hundred people.

I've never seen or heard -- -- junior what costs -- sort of positive.

First.

We're talking about trust issuance up to well you know it's remarkable -- sitting here chuckling and in the budget decision reporters some Chinese -- -- -- bus.

Or bus tour through earlier.

-- are developing over Donald Trump war He was running for three weeks -- just you know painting over the notion of Chris -- getting into the -- -- look at that videotape.

But the governor of the jurors -- things go go go about derive no way I'm not ready I'll kill myself first.

Kinda hard to walk that back so I doubt he's gonna get into this at this late stage put you know the press.

Get so bored so easily with Kennedy -- actually are running do you you know if you brought three weeks you have to carry vs probably storyline.

They're just they're just dying for an oversized.

Personalities.

And personality.

Talking about the guys -- April the first -- -- Chris Christie to get into the race they would be thrilled.

If you can just incumbent socialist Europe.

Singer essentials.

And -- Christie administration.

Tell me here that is not going to run.

Or.

There's not gonna -- down -- so are you ready to get on McCain draining out.

Like Dick -- case seriously as serious as a candidate.

That'd -- a charismatic.

It'll produce it was the combination.

He was that -- of straw poll -- -- -- up in the polls.

People kind of laughingly dismissed him to beat the guy I wouldn't go to the great so -- -- to -- a lot of folks.

If you or a Democrat or does it ever wanna cover nearly as rich as one of the great American story is -- We were sort -- order for it you can hear it or like this you know but I mean the fact it is.

A Republican and the conservatives.

Declares of what has -- and Frank Rich front line we've got a target many many times -- Feels.

Call.

Are comfortable in making observations.

That are.

Derogatory about Carmen can not racist -- -- -- but.

That He would not make about -- mr.

came.

-- after an African American Democrats just.

All real friends and I -- got to talk to Jeff -- -- Or walls who -- brought him in my view and they're great deflation different standards do.

Why won't say this if its currency continues to edge up in the polls really does emerges as an effort to win this nomination.

You'll get a whole different level of course helping other -- no question about it just spectacle there aren't that many problem in Africa record in the Republican Party so.

But novelty factor alone helps to have been a great speaker -- has a business background and travel we -- this is but.

He's basically getting coverage right now kind of entertaining.

-- if if tomorrow we will woke up and says you know this strike could be Romney couldn't -- He carried could be -- -- pick -- pretty -- suddenly you'll see a lot more scrutiny of things He -- about don't like to point muscled and cabinet the other.

Controversial statements that he's made it seems like we have because of about the setting that -- I think we should take the ball seriously either anybody -- -- an asterisk.

But we only really.

Take a serious look at wanted to get into these forty that -- what type of world we week.

Cover for the -- -- but I think.

The other -- -- -- -- -- what we're certainly with that it's a mixed -- you get more attention is certainly is -- Rick santorum's suddenly.

If Michelle -- understated is getting a lot less coverage of the changes -- on the cover of Newsweek.

But with that extra attention as governor -- -- I think you know comes much harsher spotlight.

There are many and African community.

Who feel all enjoy the luxury referring -- A black Democrats and I hideously.

Room and using -- usually pejorative appellation -- On the announced.

A scan about that tomorrow but that's just -- Say that there -- -- have been brainwashed -- to the Democrats.

Why did you say they're all on each person discordant this and maybe Eric give us and assisting use of a -- but well it's certainly true that that that but it didn't say all -- does all reported Carolina I -- -- -- but -- -- But it it certainly to the democratic -- you know forward decade now has been able to figure African American vote.

For us.

Why overtime collect talking to Ron Howard sergeant --

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