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Romney's Next Move

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    CKE Restaurant CEO Andy Puzder on Romney's comments on Obama voters.

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All on this out Mitt Romney.

Video that everybody seems to be talking about -- he's defended that comment that forty -- 7% of Americans you know.

Don't pay income -- taxes he does need to -- they target those people -- are already supporting.

-- the president but as we bring -- from Los Angeles -- deposited the CEO CK.

Restaurants his senior economic advisor to the Romney campaign so the question becomes.

And yesterday was supposed to be all about -- -- the shift in focus of people writing about.

-- Romney would start talking about himself not just attacking the president specially is economic.

Message but instead this is gotten a lot of attention what do you make of -- all.

But what it it has gotten a lot of attention but I think it really does bring bring us back to governor Romney's economic message I think the governor -- -- saying look.

People who don't pay taxes and there's about 47% who don't.

And who depend on the government increasingly are reliant on the government for benefits.

-- in all likelihood not going to find a message of reducing taxes.

And shrinking the size of government appealing right and that about 47% of the people there probably will find that -- aside I don't.

I think it really did focus back on the the economy really the message here is.

It's a free enterprise society message from from governor Romney -- a government centered government dependent message from President Obama.

And I think this conversation really focuses about the focus isn't just.

And -- -- so he was just saying at some -- supported this out it your view that you just pointing out who the undecided voters are and what this election is.

Is really about the one of the -- -- points I thought that was brought this morning but it was not Charles -- was just here he was on.

With not -- on -- in the morning and he his point.

Was that.

-- -- if you think that that's fine but don't give up on those people he thinks that you should take your economic message and try to convince more.

Of those people in the quote unquote 47%.

Paid my way is the right -- should just don't write them off.

And that's what we need to do now that's the message -- that -- the governor will begin to right but it wasn't the message in the city over.

That's not the message in the video the message in the video was -- that it was an attempt to describe to people.

How does how the landscape was set up that doesn't mean that governor Romney's giving up on anybody mean I know people.

Better -- that 47%.

To the last thing in the world they would do would be to vote for President Obama so I don't think anybody's giving up and anybody it is an economic message.

It's the message of made this country great it's why my grandfather came -- -- -- -- -- job he didn't come here for a government benefit.

-- so it it's a message -- should reach everybody and I and I and governor Romney will get that out I think.

He was just trying to explain kind of the political economic landscape and when you when you talk 24 hours a day almost which is what these candidates -- you don't always say things exactly the way you'd like to so.

We know if we're gonna -- done we know that if you about that also cannot -- Are -- world war -- strategy that we ask you one other question is a little bit slightly off this topic but it's about the economy in the campaign because I think if you're talking about this we -- be talking a lot about China.

The president yesterday talked tough on China -- Mitt Romney throughout very tough on China so both candidates have this have hey we're gonna be tough on the Chinese message.

As a business person and -- Romney but as a business person all worried that this is -- -- trade war.

Rhetoric that might be harmful to business are now.

Well that there's always -- a there's always a risk that you -- that we will be I would do something to offend China but what we are China's.

Largest customer.

And the last person in the world coupon to -- if you're in business -- -- largest customer so I think taking a stronger stance with China if China is manipulating its currency.

Why wouldn't political candidates want that to stop if it hurts American manufacturers that hurts American business.

And it's hurting American jobs and it and it's not playing by the rules it's doing something people shouldn't do why wouldn't we take a strong -- to -- didn't stop doing that but the Chinese.

Have historically -- friends of the United States going back to the old imperialistic colonial status and other than the the period under mile we've always had very good relationship been since President Nixon we've been improving relationships self.

I don't see the relationship with China deteriorating or disappearing but I do think we need to let them know.

That we're gonna play by the rules and would like them to play by the rules.

Agree tough balance sometimes and because there's these CEO that CKE restaurants also buses the Romney campaign.

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