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Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin breaks down the continued battle for the 2012 Republican nomination.
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Good morning Daryn good morning good morning.
Hadn't counted in Florida hiding out getting writing down south Teddy Roosevelt moving slowly along but I'm home now -- radio.
So lawyers so immersed and -- the -- Clinton as there.
And there will be another million out three quarters of the yep I'm on chapter seventeen out of maybe twenty -- is some progress is being made.
And there's just of your take on Teddy Roosevelt -- want.
It's the broken friendship between petty and -- they were great friends before.
They end up running against each other in 2012.
So it's that human dimension but it's also about the press at that time that we these great people.
Called my quakers -- create the climate of reform either type -- step and ray baker William -- -- And they have an extraordinarily strong relationship the -- that helps to produce.
Conservative Republicans to move forward on a lot of the issues that are very similar to today's and that -- feel -- -- still living in today when I looked into its.
Inequality of income in 19100 the need for the government and private enterprise to have some sort of relationship that's been fun it's been fun has always.
-- now -- not on -- -- I never get a title even if you look driver probably came at the last minute I'm horrible untitled.
So old world if you're a Mitt Romney.
You can almost can't say noted -- Bryant.
Right it cannot say now the trouble though it did seem indeed.
A little restrained at that endorsement but of course becoming I think the good thing for Romney was the timing of -- After the unfortunate comments about not being concerned about the very -- Which came right after the big victory in Florida and took some of that bluster about -- It just change the subject yesterday south I think in that sense that was helpful as well.
Well hello my -- -- Ruth I like Romney and I'm I'm probably gonna more -- however.
-- and they were claiming that his comment.
I'm not concerned about support because they have the safety net.
And of the net days fiction I'll fix that.
I think misses the fundamental point and is enormously revealing.
I think about wars and it is and that is that.
Their goal should be not to fix -- Naomi so it's all obvious -- juvenile to even discuss a bit.
Bigger the gold should be not to fix the safety and that position -- -- with the goals shall not have more people.
You're absolutely right I mean it goes to provide an economy that allowed us who wants to work to have the chance to work.
And you know -- at certain weird sense it almost seemed like he was talking in class terms.
You know it is this and the poor and and that the -- to the very rich and -- for the middle class class.
I think I think the problem is that.
I mean I think he's learned a lot from the mistakes of the past and his race for governor in Massachusetts that the Quantum leap from his race against Ted Kennedy.
The race in 2012 of the Quantum leap from 28.
When he lacked a strategy in -- -- he's got his beans.
He answered big problem the flip -- thing by answering I think have been married to one woman didn't want job -- one church is is really good.
Yet in answer for the Massachusetts Massachusetts Health Care thing -- saying let the states determinant.
And it early performances in the debate got better.
This one problem and it's not just single gas not concerned with the -- I'm also unemployed.
Get -- 40000 dollars isn't very much money yeah I I like to fire people.
Each one about -- taken perhaps out of.
I didn't say it.
-- electrified people.
That we highlighted by people who don't get -- services.
Now that's not what -- -- -- ignore what he said was that regarding healthcare.
That that he liked the idea that people have the right.
To fire people not so sure that's what -- guys do and elevated oil but that's what you've got virtue of the New York Times everybody else goes.
You're you're not only due to economic under if you misrepresent what he -- and I think to -- -- should tell me.
But still that's what he said was he -- say like to partner -- nobody sent.
I doubt I will I will stand corrected by my old friend had to think but.
You know I agree I mean I that's paraphrasing but he said it if it did if there wasn't an -- and they act.
I thought -- would and I knew that it had to do it I liked what is what are you.
Know what -- -- saying if they don't provide the services that -- I wanna health care system with -- as I understand that.
-- one thing is issue -- and politics.
You have to be careful for what you're saying yeah.
Can be taken out of context and the trouble with this string of things.
Is that -- have to somehow connect to people for whom there.
I don't have been having at this difficult time I keep saying over and over -- it's not the wealth that matters.
You know Teddy Roosevelt FDR JFK were all incredibly wealthy -- But they'd all have experiences in their lives Teddy losing his wife and mother on the same -- -- -- -- went out west to your glorious west.
And it was with cowboys and -- with the direct writers and they develop a sense of those people FDR's polio took -- out of that privileged world.
And allowed him to connect to people at warm springs that he probably would -- JFK was in World War II.
And also JFK knew how to make fun in a certain sense of all of the well you know when he made that famous statement that -- other incentive that.
I just received the following -- from my generous daddy dear Jack don't buy -- single vote more than necessary -- be damned if I'm gonna pay for a landslide.
Humor can help at a certain level.
But he's got the deal is the one thing an organization can't teach you.
And maybe they just need to put -- in places where he's talking deport people were talking to people that he might not normally do so we can get that.
Cents but they have -- now.
There's some -- also -- the other guy the president is no more in touch with what's going on.
-- -- -- Well and the White House bubble that makes that happen but he's gonna on the campaign trail itself and you know -- 08 he.
But pretty connected to people remember about I mean not campaign there are few moments when he -- -- dumbest statement site in other people clinging to their guns -- their religion.
And no statement just the lack of -- It has as much of on the latest round and so they're -- to a dozen -- we have in this country -- war.
We're we're test -- -- -- well everywhere regardless councils all morning.
And so we're just all the views of some sort of supported the no charge for album -- Lemerre right and your name her husband's -- I don't want.
What do you my friend parliament Illinois -- pictures giant Super Bowl -- And current -- scorer.
Yeah I think it's gonna be a big scoring game.
So I'm gonna get.
Maybe about a six point difference.
What can -- -- specific store should feel like our.
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