it is obviously true she has never met janet huckabee, my wife of 38 years. but you know, i thought it was a tame joke and a show after all. even chris christy disappointed some people because he spoke from the podium instead of throwing it at the office. >> we are demanding that our leaders stop tearing each other down and work together to take action on the big things facing america. >> and marco rubio who delivered one of the most powerful speeches at this or any other conscrention pulled his punches on the president in a personal way. >> let me clearr so no one understands. our problem is not that president obama is a bad person. he is a good husband and father and thanks to a lot of practice, a good golfer. our problem is not that he's a bad person. our person is that he's a bad president. [applause] >> and even gop nominee mitt romney made clear his sharp differences with the president could have been described by michael. >> it is not personal. it is strikeoutlyy business. >> i wish president obama had succeeded because i want america to succeed. [appl

it's a delight to be here, and i have to say having met janet huckabee, you're exactly right. debby wasserman schultz doesn't know. >> i may send janet to charlotte and let her convince debby wasserman schultz what a strong woman really looks like. and let's talk about the tone of the rnc, a lot of people were kind of surprised not the skin the bark off the trees kind of speeches, i think they were generally tame and to date sharp contrast, but did you feel there was an intentional effort to try to tone down any personal rhetoric toward the president? >> yes, i do. i don't think it's because suddenly the republicans have become kinding and gentler, i think it was a political calculation on their part, governor. and it's basically this, that their target audience, the people they think are going to win this election for them are those people who voted for obama in 2008, but are now on the bubble. i know they even had focus groups of specifically a group of voters going on during the convention and they feel that attacking president obama, who according to the polls, person who i