formed around romney since he's been running for public office, that he's something of a flip-flopper, inalloming out now. again, there is obviously this sense that the field is really settling i think we've known all along what kind of campaign this administration, the dnc and super-pacs that will pour in. we've known what kind of campaign they'll run. he put the dog on the roof on a crate. seasonal that weird, john? >> al, that's old news. the reason the obama -- >> old weird news,down. it's still weird. >> the reason they're going after romney is they're scared. obama lost the aaa rating of the united states, and now they know romney is a proven executive, and they're scared of him, so they want to go the worst type of atax. and i think it's pathetic. i wish they would spend more time running the country. >> let me ask you something -- i wouldn't want to talk about a dog on the crate, either, old or new. john, you are talking about the romney that didn't even take a position on the debt ceiling fight until almost it was over. that's the guy that could deal with the debt ceiling. >> he's n

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