Romney's 'poor' remark

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I'm in this race because I care about.

Americans.

I'm not concerned about the very poor we have a safety net -- -- -- needs repair I'll fix it I'm not concerned about the very rich they're doing just fine.

I'm concerned about the very heart of America that the 1995%.

Of Americans who right now are struggling.

Mitt Romney on CNN there the day after winning the Florida Republican primary the media focused on the very first part of his phrase there -- Maurice and I'm not concerned about the very poor.

Everybody jumped on that set a hot.

Here is a multimillionaire out of touch right -- have to -- the safety net part which is a trillion dollars in the federal budget they just ignore that part look whatever the meteor confronted by a situation like this kind of quotes.

Think they can apply the Dan Quayle rule.

Are they can apply the Barack Obama -- of the of the -- Barack Obama rule is you ignored 57 states you ignore cling to their guns and religion or is it Dan Quayle rule -- do you focus and pound away forever.

On Murphy Brown or spelling a potato.

And something tells me and I'm trying to think what that area will be -- maybe -- -- -- and Mitt Romney are both Republicans it.

Romney gets the -- -- Obama gets a different treatment just a -- well probably something he wishes he hadn't said Judy but what about the fairness of how it was -- I think it's unfair that conservatives immediately beat up on him for saying.

That he intended to repair of this safety net.

If it needed for a parent I mean I thought the statement was.

Forgive me fair and balanced but it managed to and I both conservative pundits and the little that was kind of an astonishing.

And it had to split.

This week yes some of the some of those conservative pundits thought the message was out of touch where -- right.

No they weren't out -- they weren't out of touch what he should have said was look.

The war on poverty and -- -- for forty some years -- just as many poor people that's when we started his cost over a trillion dollars.

Maybe we ought to try something else but as a template here the media believe that big government is good that it can fix everything.

That giving people who report checks is a good thing to do and if if they can portray Republicans as something on the opposite.

They're gonna do -- How big and others and the media it's now the beauty of this and actually that -- -- -- victim of an idea and let's -- talk about what he said if we actually back up the tape a few notches.

He said I believe in Americans I don't or I care about America that I care about before that we can -- you think at -- as if they're not really Americans.

But clearly this is part of a ongoing issue that he's got -- -- like firing people.

And you know this added to this kind of cavalier attitude in the next day he's got.

Trump endorsing him when the most notorious billionaires in the world -- it only can continue to feed that BP -- you know very well known conservative who says this is ridiculous.

That that he even said this because what conservatives ought to be saying is we want -- lift all boats rising tide lifts all boats and conservative theories will help the war not continued the net for the for the U -- we're gonna we're gonna.

And about we're gonna take that phrase conservatives.

And what he did.

It's gonna asserting that the series will help the though we're gonna take -- okay.

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Wouldn't want to elsewhere for his proved it with that fire people -- -- that's another example that Romney was talking about firing her health insurance company everybody wanted to bring that up but you know we want to know I've never talk like that you know he's that he's he's had a tin -- to this look this is -- a game is -- you take a text.

You create a pretext you taken out of context run and then I think John that's a good commercial Romney took Obama had a conflict and Obama was quoted happy all the -- And -- brag about the Bakley was lying about Obama.

Speaking of which we can expect to see that line from Mitt Romney in a democratic campaign -- assuming Mitt Romney gets the gets the nomination don't suppose I think it's pretty safe to assume that he is.

Right at -- nomination -- politics is unpredictable and of course and what struck me about.

This race this was how not extra apparently negative -- -- And that is driving Mitt Romney's popularity down that it wasn't negative to President Obama.

It was negative to.

And not ready jam yes actually my -- is they would probably will be around -- Obama and oddly enough.

Romney's the one getting getting clobbered the point where Roland Martin and Soledad O'Brien after the book so that Ryan got the potency on CNN.

They actually high five visitors are happy the way they've nailed Romney and now and well and on air that's only -- themselves speeches by itself it talked.

About immediate treatment of the Republican candidates take a look at the cover of Newsweek this week it shows -- Romney and Newt Gingrich as gladiators.

In the arena who will prevail it asks I will I will prevail I -- is actually the topic but.

-- that the media seem to enjoy watching these two Republicans.

-- -- -- -- It's a good thing that country in the world don't have any problems and other.

This race which was kind of a foregone conclusion and -- Nevada and we're gonna have to go through this whole talk and then and then yesterday.

Along comes Donald Trump and makes the spectacle even bigger I like what Rich Galen and is mulling cell blog.

Said he compared it to a grand opera I mean nobody cares about.

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And it didn't look good play and everybody that he's playing a -- played -- you know very well I felt more at.

And all of the attention is on hand which is what.

He you know endorses -- that's for sure but -- and we give them what he wants by the media would focus on whatever you know Italian terrified of matches here that's right up.

-- have actually done thank you up next.

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