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“The Amateur” author Ed Klein on why Obama’s attack ads against Romney could hurt Obama’s likeability.
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-- Ed Klein author of the New York Times the book the amateur how many weeks is about the best selling well.
-- -- that's time flies here have a great success congratulation thank -- We're watching something I don't know but -- Expected to see even though everybody had told me this would be the dirty -- campaign and presidential history.
This is the White House -- a campaign and their surrogate.
Who are jobs.
They're there is no high road here it is all loan.
Ground you know would remind me 2000 -- 2000 and Rudy Giuliani was gonna run against Hillary Clinton.
And Ed Koch wrote a book called Julianne the -- the man.
This -- -- to -- of Obama -- if he meant.
What does Obama have going for him you know that was record he doesn't have the economy.
Doesn't have anything that is suppose that like ability.
I'm hearing is turning himself into that read half -- guy I don't think it I don't understand.
This priorities USA.
I mean on.
Its -- it is.
Untrue or totally -- -- it is easily dismantle the Romney campaign is done so.
The national media that is not complicit.
With this frustration right.
-- have done so.
What it.
What is the impact is -- such a thing as paying the penalty for being that egregiously dishonest like you know I think the president is going to pay a penalty in my view -- If he continues as he has throughout this campaign.
-- a -- be nasty guy.
The very.
Support of this campaign which is is so poll.
This so called electability factor is going to wrote.
Because already you see him coming -- -- as.
Mr.
meet mr.
his negatives are rising he is still considered very popular by any Paul his numbers fell remain.
I even the most depressed levels in the mid forties.
He and Romney are locked up tightly in this race running -- statistical dead heat.
The president.
It's not also being forced to account for.
And eight point 3% unemployment rate 2325.
Million people depending you -- Were unemployed underemployed -- given up being employed an economy that's growing at best.
A rate of one and a half percent.
He's being called were taken into account for this at all in the campaign at this mall that's the puzzle of this campaign which is that.
Mitt Romney.
Critique.
The Obama administration doesn't seem to have gained traction yet.
And it may not have gained traction because he hasn't gotten gotten the convention under his belt if you've gotten his vice president under -- belt.
He's not yet been totally completely crowned as the Republican.
Front runner immediate the front -- obviously put it -- one -- the nominee that nominee.
And I think that will I think that's going to be a turning point.
When he does get that final.
Vote and is the nominee of we -- hearing that there that the governor main -- -- -- where it and make his announcement.
-- his running made decisions perhaps this week do -- next we.
Is that too soon ours is at the correct time -- what is your judgment as big as to the wisdom of that decision.
I think he needs a little bit of a kick in the behind.
In a positive sense of the word from a vice president of -- from a good.
Vice presidential choice somebody who brings some excitement to the campaign that he seems to -- black so far.
-- is as we watch the governor speaking he's speaking straightforwardly -- -- to these issues.
Just in dismissing intelligently the the this had the most recent.
But there's no buyers there's no action there's.
Well there's not stop there earth this is a man of considerable accomplishment and it'll lack.
He's articulate -- -- but mine.
Where is the energy and that and that and that and the dry you know the interesting thing -- people who -- -- -- say that -- private.
Barack Obama is very introverted.
Very enclosed but in public -- this expansive character.
And a very good -- -- wrongly it's just the opposite not very good on the campaign trail in small groups very good.
He doesn't seem to have what it takes so far to really campaign for large.
Audiences and especially with the television audience broke quickly the kick in the -- you're talking about partner about his tries to run with him on the ticket.
We do think it should be I personally would like to -- Marco Rubio because I think.
He is the most exciting new face of the party you also it hasn't got a lot of Tea Party support which I think would be very.
Useful permit -- course of the Hispanic and Florida vote our Ed Klein.
Author of the amateur.
And again congratulations on -- the success of your long running vessel.
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