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Former President George W. Bush Deputy Assistant Matt Schlapp on Romney’s effort to differentiate himself from the former President.
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President Bush and -- are different people and these are different times and that's why my five point plan is so different than what he would have done it.
I'll crack down on China President Bush didn't.
I'm gonna get us to balance budget.
President Bush didn't my priority is jobs.
I know how to make that happen and President Bush had a very different path.
Well they've reportedly undecided -- -- voter S Mitt Romney probably differs from the supposedly evil George Bush weird because.
That isn't the question of the voters undecided and doubly weird because Mitt Romney Natalie took debate and -- might have alienated his base or did he.
Former bush political director -- flat.
Doesn't think so at all.
Arm and Matt.
As.
As a guy who worked for the former president likes of former president knows the former president had to deal about that -- he -- about.
You know I thought actually governor Romney's answer is pretty gentle.
Every person who runs for president has to be -- -- -- think about.
George W.
Bush he had to try to separate himself.
From his father had been president his father had to try to be -- own man when he came to -- -- -- Ronald Reagan and he talked about being.
-- kinder gentler version of Ronald Reagan so.
You know I think governor Romney is Smart -- -- exploit the American people -- be different course -- sick yesterday careful.
Because he -- every single one of those George W.
Bush voters including those voters that really cherish with the president of this country.
All right and there are a lot of those who have been getting my dad who came out and supported governor Romney.
Very early in the process and then.
President Bush is it is it is is on who did the same but much later.
You don't think this rankles them today.
We throw weight behind you when this is I thank us.
You know I think get a -- we use the it was mentioned that President Bush might have been thrown something at the TV.
And these days I think we throw something at the tedious when the cap was thrown interception.
He's probably a word a lot less about the jot and tittle of this presidential race and I think he's pretty -- about the fact that.
Mitt Romney isn't a good position to win the race I don't know if you saw some of the recent numbers that came out but I mean governor Romney's putting himself -- -- to win this.
And the concept that there's kind of any hostility between.
All of us former bush folks and -- a nominee is completed yet.
There is stir the pot -- I'm on stirred -- -- -- -- -- -- -- by the way I think President Bush is far more.
Annoyed about the the Texas Rangers and anything else.
But -- your point is well taken but I guess.
Would all these endorsements it is comes within an and an understanding.
That look.
You're not exactly popular figure Mr.
President when I go out on the -- on the map to differentiate myself from you because fairly -- not hiding his true -- -- -- Deserving of much better -- you're getting now.
But for now all right I will gays and have to distance myself from -- I would imagine that comes up in the.
Discussions.
You know -- I'm not gonna go into the specifics but I heard the president.
First -- tell other candidates.
That -- they should only talk about the president the then president it could help them.
And if it if it hurt them they shouldn't.
And he even told folks that running for office overseas who -- allies.
So I mean he he's he understands politics -- -- it is whole life through gets the fact that sometimes you're down in the polls sometimes you're up in the polls the good news about him this is that.
He's proud of what he did for this country think he knows that history's gonna hold them in high regard for.
-- -- thank you very much good seeing it.
