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former clinton white house official david goodfriend and jennifer rubin.ton post"" right turned blog. the republican party has cleat kplooetly changed. this is a reformist party. it's on budgets and taxes and regulation. it's in the party platform. question -- after getting drubbed in '06 and '08, they had a big comeback in 2010. will this complete the comeback in 2012? >> that's what they hope. they incorporated the stae party movement. they brought them in the house. this is a united republican party. i think you're right, they're focused on concrete solutions in contrast to an incumbent president who literally has no specifics for his second term. i think they have latched on to the formula for winning in america once again. we are a center right country that wants to get out of the economic ditch. and they're saying that's the choice? >> my friend david goodfriend, it seems to me now the tables have turned. it's the democrats who are the tax and spend party surnd obama and the's the democrats who have lost the confidence of business. >> well, larry, th

david goodfriend was an adviser to president clinton.democratic strategist in washington tonight. robert, how effective was the speech and how concern are you that mitt romney did not make the emphasis on tax cuts that larry kudlow was talking about? >> look, mitt romney had to introduce himself to the country tonight. this is one of his better speeches. romney showed heart. he often times has the appearance of a former bain capital executive. he really can't make the case for himself on a personal letter. so he needed to talk about business, talk about his family, and that's what he did here tonight. >> one thing i would say here on this -- again, i agree that the narrative was good, and i think he came off as a humble, likable guy. but on taxes, one thing he didn't do, he did not mention the personal individual tax cut. this troubles me. he has a 20% tax cut, lower rates for everybody across the board. now, he did say he would not raise taxes on the middle class. but he did not say that he would cut taxes on the middle class, and his 2

david peters falls into that category. >> after serving 30 days in segregation after fighting alongside his goodfriend delshaun bloodworthvid peters was given another chance to live on a general population unit. it didn't last long. he joined four others in assaulting another inmate on the unit and is now back in segregation. but he says the other guy is the one who started it. >> i guess he had an issue with one of my friends. he thought that the best way to handle it would be to try to swing on my friend. so when we all seen that, we all reacted, and the first thing that we did, we threw him on the floor, flipped him, started stomping his head into the tiles. we only could do so much, because we're all in the way. i'm trying to kick him, but my man's right there. i'm trying to hit him. it's all -- it was crazy. it was crazy, but, yeah, he caught the worst end of it. >> hey, guys. >> deputy stangle will decide how many days peters must serve in segregation. >> you guys kind of messed up yourself the way we look at it. that was a one on one between that man and lewis. >> yeah, but you know -- >> yeah, i know, you guys al