george bush, ronald reagan, jack kemp, they looked to people in the community colleges and said okay,re maybe on food stamps, but taking two buses, working two jobs and -- >> that's the problem with the 47%. i really don't think that's going to change a vote. i really don't. i do believe, though, that it is deflated conservatives at "the wall street journal." conservatives like david, consertives like myself, conservatives on talk radio. we believe in smaller government because we believe, like jack kemp, believed, like ronald reagan believed, like margaret thatcher believed, that's how you help the most people. i will say still without apology, i believe a rising tide lifts all boats. i believe you unshackle individuals and they can prosper in this country, what's so disturbing about that video -- is like you said, david, mitt romney doesn't get it, he doesn't believe it. and that's what comes. margaret thatcher, shop keeper's daughter would have never said that in a million years. >> never. and you know this is like 4-1, i should be allowed to speak for each one of these people here

guest: i met him at power america, hired by ben webber, former -- it was vin webber, jack kemp, and we were the partners of partner of america and paul ryan was hired as speech writer and staff assistant to jack kemp and also when i needed help. host: do you think he has helped the ticket? guest: yes i do. one thing that he has done that's quite remarkable is he has made the whole debate about medicare a fair debate and a debate which republicans can win. as you know he often says we can win this debate. i don't think anybody thought republicans would have a shot at this debate before paul ryan went in. it's also very interesting, steve, to see the kind of grades he's getting from older americans. and that is a surprise to the media. by paul is smart, he's very persuasive. i think in the next two months he'll be even more of 26 a percentage gain for republicans. host: you look at the latest polls, the president up 11 points in pennsylvania, and the nbc news maris poll has the president winning ohio, florida and virginia. if that happens there's no way mitt romney can win this election.

[cheers and applause] he did work for me and jack kemp. we are friends.0-foot peaks together. i got there three hours after he did, but i got there. [laughter] when i got there, the mountain knew it had been climbed. [laughter] my younger son, our younger son was 14. paul ryan asked if we wanted to go on a hike. my son said, are we going on a trail? paul said, no, we're going straight. straight up they went. straight up my 14-year-old went. he decided he was going to do better next time. he had the last time chance last summer in colorado. now joe bennett, princeton graduate, second united states marine corps. thank you very much. [applause] stayed with him. so did paul's father-in-law who runs decathelons. so did paul's father-in-law who is an iron man. i stayed at base camp, in case -- [applause] -- like on mount everest, in case there is trouble. no, i went behind slowly. true story. paul said, let's hike together. i said, i know the resumes of these guys. you have to be kidding me. but they went ahead, way ahead, and they all stayed together. i stayed

in a jack kemp happy warrior way. i see you have jack welch on next.>neil: and he is supporting linda who is self financing but with people like jack welch you do not have to worry. thank you, charlie. and now, jack welch, mr. passion on something he says is noticeably lacking here. that is next. ney: this president cannot tell us that you're... better off today than when he took office. anncr: well... here's where we were in 2008... tv anncr: the worst financial collapse... since the great depression... tv anncr: american workers were laid off in numbers not seen... in over three decades. anncr: and here's where we are today... thirty months of private sector job growth. creating 4.6 million new jobs. . the president's plan asks millionaires... to pay a little more... to help invest in a strong middle class clean energy. and cut the deficit. mitt romney's plan? a new 250,000 dollar tax break for... multi-millionaires. roll back gulations on the banks that cratered the economy. and raise taxes on the middle class. presidenclinton: they want to go back

[applause] he did work for me and jack kemp. he likes to say he worked for jack kemp.u can't help but. we are friends. we have stood on the top of colorado mountain peaks together. i got there three after -- three hours after he did but region [laughter] i got there. the mountain knew it had been climbed when i got there. [laughter] my younger son, when he was 14, all i ask him to go hiking in colorado. my son asked if we're going on the trail and paul said we are going straight up. straight up they want and my 14- year-old was gasping and decided he would do better next time. he had the chance last summer in colorado. now come joe bennett, second lieutenant in the marine corps, thank you very much -- [applause] stayed with him. so the paul's father and law runs the the the catalog and his brother-in-law who is an iron man. i - [laughter] i stayed at base camp -- [laughter] in case there was trouble. [laughter] no, i i went behind slowly. paul said to fight together and i said i know the resumes of this crowd, you have to be kidding. they went way ahead. they all staye

the republican party is not my republican party of jack kemp who you could disagree with his policiesger. ral john mccain called ralph reed and people like him agents of intolerance. and he had it right. there's a scum bottom-dwelling creature here that has been part of american politics a long time. always on the wrong side. always on the side of the ho homophobes, the hate mongers. he comes up again like when you're car sick. if the ivevangelicals that go f him, bad for them. most know who he is and they will not be swayed by his hate-mongering and asking if obama is worse than hitler. they've seen all this before. it's getting old. he's a loser. he lost for every single person he's worked for recently except for george w. bush, who then got us into a war we didn't need and spent $4 trillion. so much for the track record. you know, forget ralph reed. he's just a hate monger and he's doing it again and it's always for money, as we found with the abramoff scandal. like you said, you might as well bring bernie madoff out of republican to raise money for the republicans. it would make j

>> i would say for him to remember jack kemp's admonition, people don't care how much you know until they know how much you care. bringing in real life stories of americans and the challenges they're facing and why romney presidency would benefit them. i think ronald reagan perfected that in the '80s. that would be the strategy i would advise governor romney to utilize heading down the homestretch in this campaign. >> jennifer: humanizing is always a good one. thank you so much for coming in. former congressman j.d. hayworth. after the break, confuse the middle. we're going to talk about that strategy. how is mitt romney doing it and what does president obama have to do to undo it? michael tomasky of "newsweek" daily beat is going to help us break down that part of mitt romney's strategy. that's next only right here in "the war room." there's joy and now there's joy on current tv. >>i feel like i don't even know you. >>just stay on your side of the screen, okay? >>brought to you by geico. 15 minutes could save 15% or more on car insurance. visit geico.com for a free rate quote. unwra

to brother the words of another mentor of mine, jack kemp -- [ laughter ] >> i had to do that for dr.and that no government in history has been able to do for people what they have been able to do for themselves when they were free to follow their hopes and their dreams. as a matter of fact, on the seven occasions i've been sworn in as a member of congress, i have never taken an oath to the government. the oath that all of us take is to support and defend the constitution of the united states under which government is limited and the people are sovereign. [ cheers and applause ] that's what we do. that's who we are. in the experience of real life, the most important things we belong to, they have an important hold on us. i'm catholic not because anyone order me to accept a creed but because of the grace in truth revealed in my faith and that's how we all feel about the fate we hold. in the same way we americans give ourselves over tory kind of good cause. we do this for the simple reason that our hearts and conscience have called us to do the work that needs doing, to fill a place tha

conservatism i came to washington to be part of in the reagan administration with bill bennett and jack kempracterized that and made it seem as if we're depending the 53% of the taxpayers against those 47% who don't pay any income tax. they're all victims. >> bret: so is he moving past it? one-day deal? >> of course. >> bret: or is it lingering? in your mind -- >> not lingering in my mind. >> bret: clearly it is. >> no. you asked me about it and i answered it. he should move past this and turn it in broader debate of size and scope of government. whether obama -- take obamacare. that is a word maybe the romney campaign could mention occasionally. the legislative achievement of the obama administration. that will increase the size and scope of got massively. it will make people dependent on decisions by unelected bureaucrats in washington. that's something worth criticizing. romney can move by it, having a serious policy debate on president obama policies. including obamacare. >> bret: we have much more on redistribution tape and this tape. and we're going to talk about it online. on the onli

that would be jack kemp.rvatives that ryan is now. he was thrilled to get back in it when bob dole oed h the number two spot on the ticket. at first it fired up the gop base, but by the fall the dole ticket had fallen behind clinton/gore. conservatives grew frustrated and they thought the race wou be cser i thewoul ger clton character issues. dole wouldn't do it. when he delivered a flat debate performance in the first showdown with clinton, the right turned up the heat on kemp. suddenly it was on him to say what they all believed about the president. the first question of the vp debate, kemp g hishanc liver. >>ome supporters of senator dole have expressed disappointment over his unwillingness in hartford sunday night to draw personal and ethical differences between him and president clinton. how do you feel about it? >>ow 90 cond i can't clear my throat in 90 seconds. jim, bob dole and myself don't see al gore and bill clinton as our enemy. we see them as our opponents. >> that was a mature and wohe exact op

jack kemp to me was sort of the embodiment of what he called bleeding heart conservatism, somebody withoutconservative who cared about working people, care approximated about ode people. and just revered and honored people without got up every day, packed a lunch, punched a clock, raised a family, worked hard. they didn't have to be entrepreneurs. they didn't have to be impresarios, they didn't have to be starting corporations. i mean they were valued. and mitt romney's america, as outlined in that boca raton statement, they really aren't... they aren't valued people. >> woodruff: do you think what he says has resonance that it will go on and continue to be an issue? >> yes, if you look strictly at the polls, it's hard to see so far, it's still early days, the effect. because if you look at say the gallop poll it's tied. if you look at the average, obama has probably 3 to 5 point lead. and it's tough to see something you can distinctly tie to that comment. nonetheless it is certainly true already that this act, this comment has energized democrats enthusiasm way up this guy has got to be b

to borrow the words of another mentor of mine jack kemp -- kem had to do that for dr.- mitt and i understand, that no government in history has been able to do for people what they have been able to do for themselves when they were free to follow their hopes and their dreams. under the current president, we are at risk of becoming a poor country. because he looks to government as the great benefactor in every life. our opponents even have a new motto, they say, quote, government is the only thing that we all belong to. i don't know about you, but i've never thought of government as something that i belong to. as a matter of fact, on the sear seven occasions i've been sworn in as a member of congress i've never take an oath to the government. the oath is all of us take is to support and defend the constitution under the united states under which government is limited and the people are sovereign. that's what we do. that's who we are. in the experience of real life, the most important things we belong to, they have a very different hold on us. i'm a catholic. not because

>> this not jack kemp.hat like the campian style of conservatism have been disappointed with romney. the romney high command has concluded they are not going to win a referendum campaign on president obama. they have to win a choice election. that is clear. if that is the case -- >> tloing the middle class. they have to link. >> they have to link the case. >> four years. >> you have to link the tax cuts to the middle class and get them out of this mess. >> larry you get disappointed when doesn't mention supply side. >> only supply ciders win. all the other guys, john mccain, bob dole and pa a pa bush, they are not supply cider and they lose. >> he comes from the business world. he comes from the business world. >> roger stone, i think mitt needs better humor. i was watching a video with mitt and anne. i think they are great people. they said what is your biggest treat and anne said having a jelly doughnut that's your biggest treat. that's a little weak. and the interviewer asking mitt, and he says peanut bu

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for both ryan and romney they're pro-growth reaganites jack kemp pro-growth politicians that focus on growing the economy as the number one agenda item. >> rose: but interestingly, when you talk about growth people who are primarily interested in growth worry about cutting spending too much. it's the austerity versus growth debate. >> that's what you need to do tax reform at the same time. it's what reagan did with tax reform early on, reducing marginal tax rates and then '86 tax reform. the necessary part of that is to keep spending from spiraling out of control and particularly from allowing entitlements-- as the electorate ages-- from eating up more and more of the general economy. >> rse: as you know, the perception is that you do not want to compromise. and you don't want people who have signed the pledge to compromise and what's necessary is compromise. alan simpson has articulated this that he doesn't think anybody who doesn't want to compromise must have rocks in their brain. >> well, depends what you mean by compromise. i'm in favor of compromising towards liberty. i'm in fav

[applause] he did work for me and jack kemp or his politics to say, i work for jack can't.t. we are friends. we instead on the the top of colorado's 14,000-foot peaks together. i got there three hours after he did, but -- [laughter] i got there. when i got there, do not knew it had been clients. [laughter] and my son -- our younger son was 14. paul asked him if he wanted to go on a hike in colorado. ms. sun shows shows that every coin on the trail? he said no, we're going straight up. straight up they went and my 14-year-old was gasping and decided he was going to do better next time. hit the next time chance last summer and colorado. now, joe bennett, princeton graduate and the second lieutenant in the united states buried core, thank you very much. [applause] stayed within. so did paul's father-in-law who runs to cap on and paul's brother-in-law who is an iron man. and i stayed at base camp in case -- like on everest, in case their struggle. [laughter] now, i went behind. true story of paul said let's all fight together. is that i know the resume for this job. you've got

[applause] he did work for me and jack kemp. or as paul likes to say, i worked for jack kemp.e friends. we have stood up on 14,000 foot peaks together. i got there three hours after he did, but -- i got there. when i got there, the mountain new it had been climbed. -- knew it had been climbed. [laughter] [applause] my anderson hill was 14. pa asked if he wanted to go hiking in -- my youngest son was 14. paul asked if he wanted to go hiking. my 14-year-old was gasping and decided he was going to do better next time. he had that chance last summer in colorado. now joe bennett, princeton graduate, second lieutenant in the united states marine corps, to give very much. [applause] -- thank you very much. [applause] it stayed with him. so did paul's father in law and brother who is an iron man. and i stayed at base camp in case there is trouble. [laughter] no, i went behind slowlypbehindaul -- i went behind slowly, y. they went way ahead. they stay together. i still behind. -- i stayed behind. a guy passed me on the trail. he said do i know you? i said not anymore. but paul ryan is

jack kemp believed in an opportunity society. conservatism works when you basically have a group of people who are evangelicals for the free market system, not because you want to separate the, quote, victims from the producers, but because you want -- i'll just say it -- you want -- you believe -- i still believe a rising tide lifts all boats, left wingers who i've just offended. let me say it again. a rising tide lifts all boats. and mitt romney doesn't believe that. he believes he can win with 51% and let the 49% take care of themselves. >> well, that's why so much of the conversation ought to be on how you get economic growth back. if you have economic growth that's at the level that has historically been for the last 50 years which is just over 3%, if you do that, it will not only deal with jobs but questions and problems part of this debate. ultimately the fault line in the united states is not the fault line between the people receiving federal assistance and those who aren't. what we want to do is get people off those thi

guest: i met him at power america, hired by ben webber, former -- it was vin webber, jack kemp, and weere the partners of partner of america and paul ryan was hired as speech writer and staff assistant to jack kemp and also when i needed help. host: do you think he has helped the ticket? guest: yes i do. one thing that he has done that's quite remarkable is he has made the whole debate about medicare a fair debate and a debate which republicans can win. as you know he often says we can win this debate. i don't think anybody thought republicans would have a shot at this debate before paul ryan went in. it's also very interesting, steve, to see the kind of grades he's getting from older americans. and that is a surprise to the media. by paul is smart, he's very persuasive. i think in the next two months he'll be even more of a percentage gain for republicans. host: you look at the latest polls, the president up 11 points in pennsylvania, and the nbc news maris poll has the president winning ohio, florida and virginia. if that happens there's no way mitt romney can win this election. gues

jack concern -- there's no more jack kemp in the republican party.d in savanna and in orlando on my way and i talked to people and you know, sort of unsurprisingly, everyone i talked to on the bus, i talked to some church volunteers that were feeding the working poor in savannah and they all said look, nobody cares about us anymore. the idea that those of us that have the least are being protected or helped, has sort of gone out the window. i talked to one guy robert in jacksonville. he's from indiana. he had moved down to florida to try to get work as a construction -- in the construction industry. he tried to start his own small business. and he found it sort of impossible. the jobs he got paid almost nothing and he ended up on food stamps living in a weekly rent hotel on the side of route 1. he had to call his mother in indiana to get her to wire him money so he could get back to live with her. he was on his way home to indiana. >> bill: tough stories out there that we never hear about these people. it is like they don't even exist. >> right. exac

to borrow the words of another mentor of mine, jack kemp, i had to do that for dr. bennett.applause] mist and i understand that no government in history has been able to do for people what they have been able to do for themselves when they were free to follow their hopes and their dreams. [applause] under the current president we are at risk of becoming a poor country because he looks to government as the great benefactor in every life. our opponents even have a new motto. they say, quote, government is the only thing that we all belong to. i don't know about you, but i have never thought of government as something that i belong to. as a matter of fact, on the seven occasions i've been sworn in as a member of congress, i have never taken an oath to the government. the oath that all of us take is to support and defend the constitution of the united states under which government is limited and the people are sovereign! [cheers and applause] that's what we do. that's who we are. [applause] . in the experience of real life the most important things we belong to, they have a very