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Former Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez on Romney’s views on health-care reform and the Presidential race.
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It's -- Romney's problems.
Not with swing voters but increasingly we Tea Party is swinging away.
From itself their comments former vice president -- well telling me earlier tea parties have it wrong at the blast and.
-- -- authorities are hurting the party.
No I think the tea party's heart is -- in the right -- but when they still have started going after Mitt Romney saying that he's a flip flopping it has not one of us when he says preexisting conditions ought to stay.
As part of the law to me that's replacing -- through the obamacare.
All right.
Former commerce secretary Carlos Gutierrez on May be a serious rumble on the right.
Secretary I always state -- -- poll numbers of bad people start point fingers announcer it's your -- or fall when they're good all this stuff goes away.
On.
What do you that's going on is there -- on the right no not at all.
Not at all because you Vinci thing is that Mitt Romney has -- we said I'm going to repeal and I'm gonna replace.
That's always been his position.
And in fact he's talked about things that he thought he could keep -- things of that that would be replaced.
So I don't know where this uproar comes from you know it's like people are just looking for.
These things that they can focus on and then you know will be the the electric has been listening to things like he's going to raise taxes on the middle class and lower tax on the wealthy come behind -- do you really believe that.
He's going to destroy Medicare.
So the.
Do you think it's the -- sectors are you wanna present in this hurting and it's a convention bounce in -- what.
But it's a -- now I'd sort of absolutely -- -- -- -- -- of the dozens of commerce secretary is a direct.
Supports 500 exacted on our noses and -- about numbers.
I think people secretary of gotten used to lousy numbers I don't think that's a good thing but I think we've gotten used to anemic growth.
We're grateful if we see one and three quarter eleven -- and I think that's was -- the president if you're used to -- numbers you're grateful if they're just slightly less scrap.
And that's because this administration's.
Expectations are so low.
So really get up and they they they couldn't talk their way through -- 96000.
Month -- it's not bad it could have been worse look what we've done.
So people start believing it.
You know I think our expectations as a nation.
Have been reduce and -- We are changing as a nation meal and it worries me you know that -- Democratic Convention -- what was but somebody said.
We belong to the government that's right that's right in the -- way around the government wants us I mean that this country is chain -- -- But 51% of us are now getting something's gonna government and that many are not pay any income Texas I'm not saying they're certainly a percentage -- -- that.
They can't and shouldn't.
I am I gonna see that but I do think there appears a -- days.
Of protected.
Obama supporters and well and in the American people should wise enough to this that we should never pay taxes.
So that a public servant couldn't.
Patronage work so they can make sure their boats are aligned but that's.
We have people sort of by this -- it.
You have people who -- that the rich should pay more that's only fair and never addressed -- 51% of pay no income taxes and that's -- there.
But it's like -- -- hasn't turned upside down did this statute of limitations on -- I raises the number Democrats last week.
Secretary just said well.
Who's next Millard Fillmore I mean what we do you just say at this -- -- -- two years but then you have to just say aren't enough enough depth and and.
And by the way just -- the amount of misrepresentations.
And this is the thing about.
Howard -- the American people get to know what's really going on Medicare is being raided.
Which by the way is against the regulations because any savings on medication for back in.
It's been raided so that Obama care numbers -- work.
And then they're taking the way they're justifying savings are taking the savings as well.
Bob and they're saying we're not gonna impact consumers of medical care.
Well they're they're reducing the rate the fees to providers.
So over time we're gonna have a country of lower quality hospitals.
Less people going into the medical -- fewer people going to medical profession.
-- word drug innovations fewer medical device innovations that's not what we want but this is what.
Do you worry though and I risen just in -- earliest and and that's if it were not articulating and a you're you're you're seeing the one side but Republicans are not really.
Stating clearly.
Their proactive view of a book.
A society -- government doesn't play such a central well.
What we'll get a chance obviously at the debates interesting thing too is the the governor has -- -- President Obama last -- -- did this legislators month it was last mostly you know ten million dollars in write.
So he is big advertising.
Effort -- lifts the and in Spanish and English and what -- states is now.
President Obama is was before the convention.
So we're to -- -- very.
You write about it I'm -- -- the historical reminder that.
We live in the moment right after convention.
Got caucus could say that sort live.
I think Jimmy Carter could say that short -- and they didn't give governor Romney it you know a day to to get his balance basis it all right sir always a pleasure.
Thank you Carlos Gutierrez all right -- up.
