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Our conversation with Rush Limbaugh continues the topic the battle for the White House.
If you think -- is moderate.
Cannot beat Obama or should not be as cited by the Republican Party.
Who is the most conservative.
Who fits the bill what you have you think -- Republican who can beat Obama.
Well.
I think again now if the election were held today -- I know that.
Since I do not subscribe or practice conventional with them.
That my answer here is going to discredit me with -- league.
You know professional political expert but I think right not anybody.
Other than Ron Paul.
Could beat Obama if the election -- war.
Easily.
Who is most conservative.
You know -- Romney and Gingrich are fighting it out.
And all kinds of things -- -- Such as Romney we have a tape.
2002 the other day on the radio program or Romney campaign for governor -- justice and and I don't want anybody be mistaken I'm not a partisan Republican I am a -- okay fine.
Peoples of Russian running for election -- -- got to do that.
My point.
If you're gonna be what you think you have to be here were on one day based on where you are here -- day than people are going to question.
When -- genuine when he comes out with a global warming thing oh yeah I believe it's getting warmer and you got it -- causing it.
That was in answer to wait plant didn't question.
At a town hall meeting repressed -- It was simulcast driving liberal guy who got an -- and asked the question and I'm sure Romney thought -- the best entry can give given that he's in the northeast.
New Hampshire and it was.
And then new.
Writes a book in 2009 praising Andy Stern the SE -- greatest president ever of the hour.
So a lot of things are shaking out here on the other hand.
I know that.
Calls on my radio show talk to people.
A lot of people were hoping Rick Perry catches fire -- or Bachmann or Santorum.
Catch fire in -- Because.
Perception is that.
There's no doubt.
Concerned about their conservative credentials.
There's no doubt that every day.
Either of those three would be fighting.
For the country what they believe in exactly as are campaigning for there isn't any.
Vote qualification of belief over here or change because of where you happen to be -- what the audience is with the audiences.
I don't wanna be misunderstood the seeking perfection because it doesn't exist.
We're all imperfect everybody -- Such thing as perfection.
There and there's no way to remove risk from what we can't achieve perfection is try -- it's great motivation.
You can't remove risk and you can't you can achieve perfection nobody is going to be flawless.
They end of the day somebody's gonna win this nomination fight it's up to them.
To win it it's not up to.
People in the medium to high people who endorse them -- the networks looked anyway.
So at the end of -- day somebody's gonna win this and Bob Hope I have is that there's enough left to unify.
This conservative base behind that candidate because it's gonna take a blaze fully participatory.
Not sitting home.
In a peak of anger because -- McCain's been nominated for example.
They have to be somebody is gonna be inspiring.
-- people will polls.
They'll be lot of fraud do crazy things happening in various states but I I'm imminently.
Profoundly.
Optimistic that we can win.
We name Bachmann and Santorum and parry as -- not like.
Romney and Gingrich where they've had different -- obvious different views on important issues.
Why do you think that Bachmann -- and Santorum.
Can't get any sort of movement in the polls there way low in the polls.
Well.
That's.
I think largely.
Both Romney and Gingrich -- personalities have been around for years.
Newton is larger than life.
-- Is well known.
A lot of people's memory of -- is he's here's a guy actually cut government they're actually balance -- budget is a guy actually.
To -- the house -- and Democrats that's.
A lot of people have that memory.
-- when is a member congress.
-- -- -- -- 100000 people vote for this her first four -- the national stage.
Rick the last four it was a senate defeat.
Perry is -- governor coming out of Texas running on the national stage for the first time.
The voters are I think people are naturally suspicious.
It would take awhile to get to know people.
And are gonna watch these are we debased -- size them up for competence.
Ability to speak all these kind of things.
Lot of it depends on who's asked what in these debates who gets a lot of time who doesn't have so many variables in this but it.
If it boils down to is it is up to these people -- noticed.
It's their job they're running it's up to them to get -- -- them to get the votes it's up to them to make the connection lights people up.
Why some people can do it like I can.
And others can't.
-- what I guess who knows.
The debates have -- all to the American people are.
Not so useful well these are high that that this series have been I think been on -- most double have actually been very good.
They've been very.
-- and I think they've had.
Many many good debates were conservatism was actually well articulated and explained.
And argued about.
I think the early debates there was.
A doubtless unity that the real target here politically was Obama that's who everybody was focused on beating.
-- -- -- to fears -- worries me about about the the whole concept of debates though television is that.
Republicans.
Conservatives.
Are fed up with their candidate being perceived as if it stupid -- -- -- The Democrat candidate is always portrayed as ARIAD -- More will spoke Arctic.
George Bush was not those -- George Bush spoke haltingly.
Red deer in the headlight appearance -- sometimes on camera.
And throughout the eight years the undercurrent was bush was stupid move -- Dole and you never fought back Carl -- -- did not respond to defend any of that stuff Calgary.
So was allowed to sit.
And grow and and faster -- so now the Republicans -- call today.
I'll vote for Gingrich just -- I think -- mop the floor with Obama to debate.
