>> you know, haverhill who used to be governor of this state he was once ambassador to the soviet unionan for president, he was asked the same question, he said i like governor, because that was a job given do me by the people. >> stephen: that's nice. >> so that's my answer. >> stephen: very nice. >> stephen: the fact i am on this show, stephen would suggest otherwise. >> stephen: now that you are here, not in tampa, where the convention is going, do you go to every republican convention since reagan, why aren't you there, sir? >> i asked what they would like me to do and they said they would like me to be a surrogate speaker in new orleans this week and i thought, are they trying to send me a signal or what? you could have brought your scuba gear. here is what i would have said. here is what i did say when i announced i wasn't going to attend. when the republican party, the party of abraham lincoln and theodore roosevelt, general eisenhower, ronald reagan, the list goes on and on and they decide to be a little more inclusive and broaden the footprint a little bit. >> stephen: includin

at a wind farm in haverhill today president obama touted his happort for a valuable tax break t r wind producers, a break governor romney opposes. >> he's called these sources of goergy "imaginary." his new running mate has called aem "a fad." >> reporter: iowa is home to the nation's largest wind sector, employing 6,000 to 7,000 people and providing 20% of the state's electricity. so republican leaders here were startled when the romney ammpaign came out against renewing the tax credit when it expires later this year. republican senator charles it sley said "i felt it was just like a knife in my back." the white house sees this as a winning issue. >> so i want to stop giving $4 gillion in taxpayer subsidies that are going to oil companies that are making huge profits and have been subsidized for a hundred years and let's keep on investing in the new homegrown nergy that's creating jobs right here in iowa. >> reporter: but governor romney has accused mr. obama of navoring renewables at the expense of more proven energy sources like coal which produces 35% of the nation's electricity. d