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Jeff Atwater, Florida’s chief financial officer, on Mitt Romney’s entrepreneurial accomplishments and the RNC.
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Today ahead as an artist chief financial officer Romney campaign surrogate Jeff Atwater mister Atwater great to have you with that's.
Thanks -- good -- it is morning you endorse Romney back in October.
What do you think of the IC so far and isn't the best platform is -- the Republicans doing enough.
To.
-- probably go the distance.
All this -- -- has been a great platform and and frankly you know here in Florida it's the right place to be having the conversation we were hit very hard by international recession.
In -- and governor Romney speaking to that individual entrepreneur who were.
I'd get up let's get going forward growth message and I think that's very positive report which you know was a is going to be a significantly important state in the election.
And I and I think last night's kick off was was extraordinarily strong so I think we're off to a very good start.
Particularly strong in -- you've probably read some of the early morning criticism that perhaps Chris Christie took a little too long to -- Romney's name -- And -- perhaps not.
Specific enough -- trip he was saying with more anecdotal.
I'm stories of their time together.
-- your thoughts your response to that.
I don't see it that way remember what we Republicans believe we grew -- we believe in any any limited federal government.
And that's what's in the power -- of Scott Walker Rick Scott in the state of Florida that's been the power of Chris Christie did we want to know these individual stories and in Chris Christie was clear.
It's not the work we're not against it teachers union but what we believe that we love teachers -- that we believe and and accountability we believe in personal responsibility so.
I think he religious right I think the Romney's in fact I was sitting just in front of the Romney's I think they were very impressed with what the message he laid out it was really one.
Of accountability we're spending people's hard earned money they wanna know we hear about how we spend it we want to keep it in their pocket I think you hit it out of the park.
Paul Ryan what you anticipate from the VP candidates two nights he's known to be very.
Very good at math why toppings that -- -- makes certain voters' eyes glaze over playing devil's advocate here but.
How does the -- you know formulate the best balance and draw voters tonight if you need to.
You know -- it well he he he is all of those things to say but he's also very direct and he's very frank and he's also.
Very positive and so I think again because we know Florida we know that Florida must be -- -- Romney Ryan can't.
He's gonna speak about all the -- tactics that are going on he's gonna speak long term he's going to be about a sustainable America.
Indian American that's prosperous and America that's growing he's gonna be very frank I -- very directed he's gonna say.
We can still fix this and that's going to be his clear message and I think people across America.
We're seeing more and more be filtered through a government system in so little coming back in the ways that are really value added.
There are going to be impressed with Paul Ryan's specificity.
His calculation in his directness and it's going to be again very positive.
We shall see it -- -- speech of his career -- -- ending Wednesday for a while right.
Debt that water running -- thanks so much joining --
