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Former Gov. Mike Huckabee, (R-Ark.), on Mitt Romney’s potential running mates to help Romney boost the economy and create more jobs.
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-- -- -- -- up economies still cold as ice and now small business owners saying.
Rice.
Is nice.
A new poll of us could bring ignores the showing nearly a third while governor Mitt Romney to -- Condoleezza Rice says is running mate.
Florida senator Marco Rubio is their second choice and on the phone with -- now is governor Mike Huckabee.
-- -- -- mix of this governor what do you make of this finding.
Well I would be shocked if he picked Condi Rice I don't think that's gonna happen for a number of reasons not the least of which is that.
She's not staunch pro life in the governor has made it very clear he's gonna pick somebody who -- that it would have disastrous consequences on the base of the party if the if the British government promise.
You know the governor what we're seeing in the findings is that.
You don't Condoleezza Rice is a known quantity and Donald Trump has name recognition.
But you know they've they've business people who small businesses who were polled they -- remember really interested in the other choices.
-- like Condi Rice because she's a political outsider what do you make of that.
Well I think everybody's frustrated with the kind of it totaled just deadlock that we've had in Washington and I can understand why small business owners would feel that way I'm also convinced business owners.
Are gonna vote against Barack Obama because of his anti business policies and statements.
And the the vice presidential -- have less consequence on they're going out to both.
And it will on a lot of the F social conservatives in the base of the Republican Party.
Who could very easily just decide to sit on their hands.
If they feel like that our governor Romney has not been faithful to -- promised that to elect -- to accuse somebody is gonna reflect their values.
Governor -- -- do you think is best for the job creation which would be the best.
Vice presidential choice right now.
Well for job creation I think you've got a lot of choice Marco Rubio you could have a Rob Portman.
I frankly I think you could pick anybody -- of -- phone book.
And they would be a better job creator.
And then -- Barack Obama team because they have shown an absolute hostility to business even in contempt for the thinking that if they make money they should be punished.
The only way you get rewarded under the Obama government is that Europe miserable failure.
And if you look squander your profits did you get a bail -- but -- -- successful and profitable.
The Obama administration wants to punish you with higher taxes -- more regulations.
You know they've -- -- journal had an editorial -- saying you know that.
This administration has been nicer to borrowers into businesses -- -- the opening -- but you know governor I mean.
Look at where now -- heading toward its -- jobs report on Friday that may not look so great.
We're basically within the margin of error in a double dip.
How much worse you think this get it gets and you know the other thing too is people wanting to -- and an out -- and and the country thickened.
Philip there's some mystery to what needs to be fixed -- -- here for for -- right governor we saw a crisis in the eighty's SL crisis in the thirties.
Advances -- right before -- right governor.
Well I think a lot of people -- -- -- the crisis the differences.
Those crises were met with leadership that said this is not a time to increase taxes -- to create -- sense of uncertainty that the business climate.
We have to get people them a belief that if they make investments now.
That those investments.
Still whole risk but the risk are going to be against the marketplace not against your own government.
Who make up -- -- -- the market dominance by taking away whatever a potential profit you can make.
Bottom line is people don't invest -- money because they wanna lose -- they invest their money because they want to improve it and gain.
And it they don't think they're gonna do that because the taxes and regulatory environment is gonna kill business they're gonna sit on their money they're gonna ship -- offshore.
They're gonna put another road map out the put it sort of in the marketplace.
You know it's interesting -- Jim Carville who was -- advisor to President Clinton.
And Stanley Greenberg came up with some really interesting focus group information governor about middle class voters and what they found out this is really striking.
They don't like it when the president talks about how he inherited this mess the middle class voter does not want to hear the president -- look.
The cars in the -- -- sitting in the ditch they don't like the political atmosphere -- don't like the tedious orgy of self righteousness going on Washington DC.
They don't want -- they they want the blame game to stop what do you make of the findings from Democrats.
Not at all surprised nobody elect a leader who looks like he's sorry he's been somewhere they look for a leader that looks like he is going somewhere and -- -- equipment.
And this is a president who continues to look in the rearview mirror and complained about what what's back there.
They want a president look at the wind -- and -- come with me we're going to a better place and this president hasn't been able to even picture bit of a better place.
Because the things that he has done has kept our unemployment rate high.
And it really kept their job so -- -- Are right governor Mike Huckabee thank you so much -- times are really appreciate it -- it thought the same here that.
