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you talked about a consultant culture, something that craig shirley and other, i call them true conservativesgrich conservatives, people who grew the majority in the 1980s and '90s they believe the republican party has been taken over by a washington, d.c. consultant culture. >> i believe that. >> that is the culture that nominated, right, mitt romney? >> right. >> he lacked a unified theory of the case and is part of why he has been ineffective at taking advantage of the bad economy. >> he has basically six weeks and the key moment is the first debate. >> but how does a guy who has been unable to speak a vision able to -- >> why is mitt romney unable to turn on a dime? i know the speaker can't say this. in 1992 bill clinton faced a crisis as he went into new hampshire right. >> he to the. he got off the mat. he won. you look at what happened with george w. bush. faced the same crisis. when mitt romney faced a crisis didn't do it on the campaign trail. he ran 30-second ads. >> right. >> he had super pacs run 30-second ads. his crisis and it's the only time the romney people acted scared. when