but i have former governor mike huckabee and former prosecutor kimberly guilfoyle, former first lady of san francisco with me. i would be remiss if i didn't have you a political question. i won't ask you about new york state, we will leave what happened with the kind of the rise and fall of the accidental governor david paterson who will not be running. out abouting new york state aside and the situation in new york, let's go to the other big coastal state of california. will jerry brown announce for the governorship, will he be opposed by meg whitman the billion air former owner of ebay? can jerry match meg or will, what do you think of california? >> typically this is going be a good republican year but i love arnold schwarzenegger personally but he has not had a really good run the last couple of years. the economy of california makes the economy of the rest of the country look like it is going swimmingly well. and so in that state because it is an antiincumbent more than just antidemocratic, yes, he has a chance. meg whit man is for sure running. but she has the purse and can dig

and also mike huckabee. thanks.t: for a variety of reasons, we did not spend as much time on the republican race, because it lacked the drama. but there are some things on it romney could to the specific question, there is one of very striking example of the striking public image and private reality and the kiss of romney. mitt romney's public image, if anything, was defined as a competent ceo character. he was an arch catalyst and had run -- arch-capitalist and had run bain capital. he could run government like running a board room. throughout our coverage in the book of romney was the fact that the staff was totally frustrated that he was totally indecisive. he could not decide on something as elemental as picking a campaign slogan. they never came up with a campaign slogan. the consultant side of him actually dominated in some ways. he would ask for more and more input and constantly take more and more time and wanted more and more data, and the deluge of data that he sought actually cut paralyzed and 34 people a

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could talk about mitt romney, between his public image and his relationship with john mccain and mike huckabee. >> for a variety of reasons we didn't spend as much time because it lacked a lot of the trauma that the race had. however there's interesting material in the book of mitt romney. and to the call for specific questions i think there is one striking example of the disparity vision and the public image and private really in the case of mitt romney which is his public image if anything was defined as a competent ceo character. he was an arch capitalist in addition to the governor of massachusetts of course but the notion that he was a pragmatic businessman like he could run the government as if it were a board room. >> guest: the decisis captain of the industry. >> guest: what you see throughout the coverage in the book of romney is that his staff was constantly frustrated the fact he was indecisive and he couldn't decide on things as elemental as picking a campaign slogan to read this discussion went on for months and months and the never came up with a slogan because romney was constan

not a left-wing pollster at all, the 33% who think obama was born outside the country -- i asked mike huckabee, the former arkansas governor, how you handle people who think president obama was born elsewhere, and he said, " i say to them, and you don't think hillary would have found that out?" [laughter] >> look, you have a taliban faction of the republican party , the conservative movement. they are getting the play right now. the game is still light in the center. that is up to the democrats to figure out how to play the game and not seated at ground as they have to the republicans. >> while they are getting the attention right now, they have yet to have real impact, and that was evident at the rnc meeting out there in hawaii where there was a push for a purity test of candidates. not only did they not bring it up for a vote, passed resolutions saying that they were opposed to such a to -- they passed a resolution saying that they were opposed to such a thing. the republican party is well in control of itself, despite pressures from the outside. >> the problem is that ronald reagan, the ico

you've got mitt romney, tim pawlenty, mike huckabee. absent? sarah palin. whether she makes a vice visit as vice president cheney did today. we were able to catch up and speak with some of the biggest stars to take that stage today. >> i look to the future now i think the developments that we've seen over the last several months are enormously encouraging. i think when we can achieve the kinds of results that we've achieved in places like virginia and new jersey and massachusetts -- [ applause ] >> the skies the limit here. i think 2010 is going to be a phenomenal year for the conservative cause. [ applause ] >> and i think barack obama is a one-term president. [ cheering ] >> there's an energy a real understanding of the need for those of us who love liberty and understand the miracle of america to congregate, mobilize in defense of our freedoms our liberties and a way of life that not only has been a great service to the american people but a blessing to the rest of the world. >> cpac is a critical mass of energy for the conservative movement has been for

check five, first lady michelle obama granted fox news guy mike huckabee an interview and tv news camedo you ever watch fox news? [ laughter ] >> you know, i don't watch news that much. >> but you will watch it this weekend? >> i will. i will. i will absolutely got it. >> all right. >> i try to stay away from, you know, news because, um, you know, i want to formulate my opinions based on experiences that i have, so, you know, i will read clips, you know, i get headlines, but i tend -- and i try keep home kind avenues-free zone, you know, it's sort of like when you work above the shop, you can't just bring work home. so when the president walks in the door, i don't want to then start bombarding him you know what i heard? what happened here? what do you think about this? you know, let him have a little dinner, you know, play a little, you know, play sorry or some kind of game with the kids, and bring it down. >> bill: we do hope the first lady sneaks a peek at the factor now and then. finally check 6 jesse waters busy weep attending hemp convention is banned smoking on the premises. of c

spoke here yesterday, john thune from south dakota and mitch daniels, the governor of indiana and mike huckabeentioned mike pence and rick santorum and there is a space for others and maybe we'll put bill hemmer in there. bill: or maybe not, i'm quite happy where i am, beactually, carl. >> reporter: and i said arkansas governor sarah palin and i meant alaska. bill: stand by that correction there and maybe a question hit bore than anybody else, what tea party activists are doing in relation to cpac and it appears they have merged. is that a fair assessment? or not? >> certainly here it is and we have tea party panelists, yesterday, taking part as part of the official program here and this afternoon, another tea party organization, called -- patriots and another group, the tea party express will try a rally in the lobby of the hotel, to show their presence, not a demonstration or a protest but want to be a bigger part of the choir and there is talk about whether or not tea party activists are willing to throw a conservative against a republican candidate, they think might be too moderate but this