for mitt romney to dispatch michele bachmann, so what? but to take out john huntsman after john huntsman had back stab him in the last election. >> in the end of course and spend he sees the writing on the wall and endorses romney, kind of. we do have a clip that we can discuss but this is john huntsman withdrawing from the presidential campaign. >> today i am suspending my campaign for the presidency. i believe it is now time for our party to unite around the candidate best equipped to defeat barack obama. despite our differences and the space between us on some of the issues, i believe that candidate is governor mitt romney. >> matt what do you see in this? >> my favorite part of that is to see how his face shuts down when he gets to governor mitt romney. he didn't want to endorse him. >> it's the only time he mentions mitt romney's name. leading up to that statement he was going off about how horrible the race wasn't how horrible the candidates are for slinging mud the entire time. in fact i can read a little bit from the book perhaps

his wife and a mitt. he was most enthusiastic to be their their of their kids though. >> he had a relationship with the media purdy - - premier of the end of life and he had his first gaf. >> get was at that announcement shortly after word he says at any event it is fun to be here in the united states is on the fourth of july for the first time. the eyebrow raising comment was true they had a vacation home in canada were there with celebrate the most american of holidays each year years later he with a laugh about it. he was one dash she said it was the great line. but back then mitt romney appeared on the news on his own. as he was getting used to the spotlight and then he had his appendix out. reporters once wrote he made $2,000 would actually she pointed firefighters in the direction of the fire. >> he just wanted to be a part of it. >> he said he idolized his father did he follow in the ideological footsteps as well politically? >> yes. this is michigan and you have to learn how to ingratiate yourself

, it's what mitt romney did. he said that he was for creating jobs but we also found in his record shipping jobs overseas. that is what the point is. it's not begrunling anybody for the money they may make or pursuing the american dream. so i think, you know, it's yet to be seen whether those poll numbers for donald will hold up and the reason for it. but i'll ask anybody here and now, do we remember or know where michele bachmann is, who won the 2011 iowa straw poll. we don't know where she is now. >> we can go back to who was leading, joe leishman, rudy giuliani in the past. >> history is a good teacher. >> suzy, mitt romney did not certainly flaunt his wealth the way that donald trump is. he kind of tried to hide it. i'm saying this is resonating with people. donald trump says success. >> he says i'm not one of you. i'm very rich, an he loves himself and hi money. what bothers mitt romney, i ironed my clothes on the kitchen table. sound phony. donald sounds authentic. the other piece is autonomy, he can't be b

and the one exception where mitt lost. lost by, i think it was something like 89% in favor of obama, was who do you think cares more about you? romney won on the economy. who do you think cares more about us? obama carried that with 81%, 91%, something like that. that's why they voted the way they did. because mitt romney had been turned into a villain. i'm up here to tell you about the power of story. if we don't understand the power of story, we'll never win elections against these weanies and losers and these kind of, you think, weaklings and the kind of kids that were at the student council meetings always tell you, if you vote for me, i'll get a longer recess. get out of my face. we're going to keep losing to these weanies if we don't understand the power of story and pop culture. before mitt romney even got into the fight, he was the villain. people don't vote for the villains. best entrance of a villain i ever saw was in a movie called "star wars," i saw it on the roof of a station wagon in 1977. you see a relen all

romney. >> and mitt romney is there, and so is elizabeth warren and both from massachusetts. >> andsh reopened the em bas is si bassy is reopening and doing it again, and this time in the context of world powers, and this is raising longer term questions of will the u.s. ever reopen an embassy in iran, and i asked president obama about it, and he said never p say never, but this is going to be overlaying the 2016 campaign and assuming that the iran deal goes over, how does the iran behave and how does iran behave over the powers, and anything that happens there could become a campaign event, i belie believe. >> and rand paul, how does he run a reelect seat next year? and he got a big help from mitch mcconnell, and making a change, and if the change had not been made, it would not have allowed rand paul to be a senate candidate and presidential candidate, and given the struggles in the presidential race, he would have faced a pressure, but in the crowded field, even though the poll numbers are modest, the loyal support, and the role in debates still makes him an impact player. that i

[applause] mitt romney: thank you. that's me. y this is.derful dav sometimes a massachusetts, it gets awfully cold, and i say, i wish it would get warm. we have to be careful what we wish for. the truth, lay the vision for where we want to go. basis.n a bipartisan >> how often do you come to the state fair? >> every year. i haven't missed a fair yet. that what is the big jaw? tablet we start from one end and go to the other. i knew mitt romney would be here today. >> how did you find that out? >> we have been doing a little bit of campaigning for him. we have seen him over in greene county. you have only lived in iowa for six years? >> seven years. >> have you been a caucus voted before? >> no. >> will you be this year? >> i doubt it. >> why not? >> i have a job and family. we have been following governor romney around the state as much as we could. >> what did you think of a speech today? , i thought it was excellent. i appreciate the fact that he doesn't dodge issues. he speaks the truth. >> how are you? nice to see you. >> [in

mitt romney wasn't that rich. guess what. it's working for him. evidence, brand-new poll showing him well ahead. carson, cruz, and jeb bush in fourth place. let's start with this. eric, i'm going to toss it to you. i think you had it all wrong. you should have done tours of his multi-car garage in san diego. >> i think both mitt and mr. trump would reject the comparison. i'll tell you the obvious difference. that is mitt romney was the nominee of his party and he was able to unite policy conservatives, foreign policy conservatives, fiscal conservatives. it's an open question whether donald trump can do the same. look, i understand why he's zooming in the polls. he's fresh, he's new. some feel hopeless. millions of people tooned in and they saw that he wasn't the only so the deck was reshuffled. people like carly fiorina, ben carson, even ted cruz to some extent. you don't have to be on the outside of government to be an outsider. even he began to move up in the polls. the challenge for donald trump moving forward is how do i keep my supporters ins

mitt was very rusty. bret asked him some questions about his policy. romney was facing battles of flip-flop. he was asked about his health care plan in massachusetts and romney got very flustered and said this is a very unusual interview and things like that. but yeah, i remember that. this was also the fox news that 12 months later assured its readers that mitt romney was going to win in a land slide, as you famously remember karl rove on election night. poor karl trying to do the math on ohio. so mitt romney did have that somewhat uncomfortable interview with fox in 2011. by 2012 fox news was essentially the marketing arm of the romney campaign. >> ohio is next. bonnie, an independent. what's the name of your town, bonnie? >> willoughby. >> hi. the media almost had me convinced to vote for trump in the primaries, although i can't because i'm an independent and they don't allow you as an independent. the coverage was look how successful he is in business. i'm thinking, wait a minute, didn't he go bankrupt? sure enough during the debates they said oh y

why then is mitt romney's -- was mitt romney's wealth a liability? trump has been able to make it his biggest asset. isn't there something to learn there? >> i done think it was his wealth. i think it was the way the democrats portrayed him and the way he accumulated his wealth. the democrats would do the same thing to donald trump if he came under that kind of scrutiny as the nominee. which i again will reiterate, i do not think is going to happen. i don't tli ithink it's the wea that's a liability. i think what is a liability is this breaux haveovado that is a to women. in a general election, it's a bigger problem. people want to point to it as this great success. i would remind people, mitt romney did win the nomination. so far, donald trump has been able to get 22% of the vote. if he wins the nomination, then he can give advice on whether or not bragging on your wealth is a great political strategy. >> we have more time to go. iowa polls just out. david, katie, andy, thank you so much. great to see you all. >>> "outfront" next, more of our breaki

the airtime costs $3600 and in it i accuse mitt romney of being a serial killer.hter) is that okay, stephen? >> i cannot coordinate with you in any way. (laughter). >> jon: all right moving on. last night the superpac that supports you but which i control independently ran another ad in south carolina at a total production cost of $15,000 equating with a vote for herman cain with a vote for stephen colbert. any thoughts on that, stephen? >> i cannot coordinate with you in any way. (laughter) and i haven't seen the ad but when i watched it, i thought that the final shot of a handsome man smiling could have been a little bit longer. (laughter and applause) and was a little... with a little color correction and maybe you could have done something about the crow's feet. but as i say, i have not seen it, jon, and i cannot coordinate with you in any way. (laughter). >> jon: well, i happen to think it looked nice and it was a very flattering picture of you. >> i wouldn't know. trevor... >> jon: i think we lost him. are you still there? >> yes, i am. >> jon: holy (bleep).

mitt decided to have a sitdown interview. very rusty -- he was asked normal questions about his policy. romney was facing battles about flip-flop. he was asked about his health care plan in massachusetts. romney got very flustered and said "this is a very unusual interview" and things like that. this is the fox news that, 12 months later, a short its readers that mitt romney was going to run -- assured its readers that mitt romney was going to win in a landslide. mitt romney did have that someone uncomfortable interview in 2011 with fox. news wasfox essentially the marketing arm of the romney campaign. host: ohio is next, bonnie, an independent. go ahead. caller: hi. you know, the media almost had me convinced to vote for trump in this primary, although i really can't because i'm an independent. ohio doesn't allow you as an independent. successful,e, he is he is in business. mind, i'mk of my thinking, didn't he go bankrupt? in the debate, yeah, he went bankrupt four times. but the needy is not emphasizing other people like ha

you work for mitt romney and you are close with him saying she not rich.out him not coming off as a regular guy. he should have done tours with his garage and elevators. >> both mitt and mr. trump would reject the comparison. mitt romney was the nominee of this party. he was able to unite tea party and fiscal conservatives. it's an open question as to whether donald trump can do the same. i understand why he is zooming in the polls. she fresh and new and some feel hopeless. an interesting thing happened after the first debate. millions tuned in and saw he was not the only outsider on the stage. the deck got reshuffled and people like carly fiorina. he began to move up in the polls. the challenge for donald trump moving forward is how do i keep supporters in the tent so they don't drift away? >> that's all true and certainly the outsider thing is huge, but let's stay on the money. as a republican, you have so many candidates, pretty much all candidates as i mentioned traditionally that want to seem like a regular person and don't want to seem like someone w

eric, what was mitt romney's superstition? and -- >> mitt always used to complain when you're standing on the stage under the bright spotlight looking into the cameras, your brain suffers a bit of hypoxia, and you're not operating at full thinking capacity so i think the challenge is to develop goals-based messaging, as opposed to trying to script orear hears your answer, so what is your goal going into the debate? and since it's the first one and the american people don't really nose they candidates except for just about bush or donald trump, i would use this opportunity to introduce yourself. i wouldn't try to score a home run. i think a double would be nice. with so many candidates up on stage, and with donald expected to dominate the conversation i mean let's face it he's why people are tuning in. i would focus on my long game and build my campaign by lays thor foundational bricks. >> mira did any superstitions? >> no not really. she did prep and went band and forth over the q&a, but the important thing was feeling -- when

mitt decided to have a sitdown interview.ery rusty -- he was asked normal questions about his policy. romney was facing battles about flip-flop. he was asked about his health care plan in massachusetts. romney got very flustered and said "this is a very unusual interview" and things like that. this is the fox news that, 12 months later, a short its readers that mitt romney was going to run -- assured its readers that mitt romney was going to win in a landslide. mitt romney did have that someone uncomfortable interview in 2011 with fox. news wasfox essentially the marketing arm of the romney campaign. host: ohio is next, bonnie, an independent. go ahead. caller: hi. you know, the media almost had me convinced to vote for trump in this primary, although i really can't because i'm an independent. ohio doesn't allow you as an independent. successful,e, he is he is in business. mind, i'mk of my thinking, didn't he go bankrupt? in the debate, yeah, he went bankrupt four times. but the needy is not emphasizing other people like hase

isn't jeb the most mitt like of them all. >> mitt was running in a different field. this is a much stronger field with much more serious candidates. almost none of the opponents katie's candidates were running against ran real campaigns. walker's running a real campaign. marco rubio's running a real campaign. romney had an advantage bush doesn't have. he had an existing organization in his 2004 race in iowa. he's at a disadvantage this is a much more conservative electorate than he's positioned himself, he should go where he has a better chance of winning, you can ask president santorum and huckabee how important it was to win iowa for them. >> let me ask you, if you look at the polls, it looks there are fewer and fewer republicans who say, they would never vote for donald trump. it used to be they had 20%, there was a huge number that wouldn't vote for them. that number keeps getting smaller and smaller. he's leading the polls in new hampshire is it time for republicans like jeb bush to stop thinking this is a fluke that's going to go away at any moment? he is the f

and resonating with voters, so you have to wonder what if former governor mitt romney had pulled out little trump back in 2012? what if he had embraced his wealth like this. >> i don't need anybody's money. i'm using my own money i'm not using lobbyist or donors, i don't care. i'm really rich. oh, yes you are, and we're asking campaign manager katy all it be this. it goes to -- i speak my mind and even in a time when the wealth gap is as wide as it can get. this is resonating, katy. >> well, you know mitt romney spoke his mind too but he wasn't a bragger and didn't have a giant ego, so he wasn't going to talk like that. i don't think he was running because he was laying claim to be the wealthiest man in america. you know, mitt romney was just a different kind of personality he won the gop nomination so far donald trump has hovered up somewhere around 20% and it seems to be dropping a little bit. not sure this is going to work for the long haul. >> wall street journal people found interesting trump is being frying with his cash when it cools to campaigning but reluctant. >> some may s

and mitt romney let himself be demonized and unvilified.u can only go after the other villain and then you can decide who has the best policy thnd we would have won the election. but that didn't happen. because we don't understand the story, the power of what they did when they said mitt romney is a vampire that caused flauts and the election was already over. if we don't understand the power of this we won't win again and i don't want to lose to these people f. we're going to lose, can't we lose it to people with machine guns and tanks or somebody who can respect nazis or communists. do we have to lose the economy to the jug ears narcissist meanies because they can tell a story and we can't. no. not me. so -- so, we have to understand the power of story and we have to understand the power of how the left gets its message into people's hart. they don't do it through websites or pamphlets or brochures or speeches. this is coming as a shock. the young people who voted for barack obama have never listened to a speech of barack obama. i assure

romney. >> i am mitt romney. >> that's it, stay in character.show with steve know sn colbert. >> where are my pancakes. >> that is my jodie fosterim preimpression which is now high mitt romney impression. >> can your cat do this? >> that is a sneeze. kennedy: that is one of the greatest sneezes ever. almost as cute as this. a baby sneezing panda. if you have any stories you would like to see on topical storm, contact me ken donation. >> aming up. train wreck a big hit. but according to one report most guys want nothing to to with these parties girls. >> and a virginia man's wife loves him so much she would >> you should know i'm doing fine. my friends are aus am, i have a great job at a men's magazine. kennedy: i saw that last night, that is "train wreck where i" wy schumer. would a real guy date that character? they asked a ton of dudes if they would ever date a train wreck. the answer of no, you live for train wrecks? >> that is a bold statement. no once again -- thank you. i could play that gai game too,i have to be voice of male heterosexual

i recall seeing both of you on the campaign trail in 2012 with mitt romney so thank you for being here. >> he ran for senate and it didn't work out. i think for people in the city of utah we knew who he was. i think it's hard to realize how popular that made him. here's an example. he was in people's sexiest man alive issue. that is not a joke. and if you ever want to make them embarrassed you can point that out to him. i think what happened is we have olympians who helped him on all of his campaigns after that because it showed a level of hatred to some and a way to -- he led a massive organization. >> i was in college in massachusetts when mitt romney ran against ted kennedy and of course he seemed to be running a times to the left of ted kennedy. obviously of course this is the same guy who for the 2012 election made the speech about how he was a severely conservative governor. in terms, it's interesting you are talking about how he wants to be his father and he wants to follow in his father's footsteps into politics. in your estimation is that the ambition that's driving him much m

took aim at mitt romney, republican candidate of 2012, saying he choked in that election. a lot more. he is a line a minute. there's going to be more later tonight. in a few minutes when he is expected before a crowd, his campaign estimates at more than 1500 people. jeb bush just down the road, about nine miles away, speaking to a crowd of only about 200 people. when asked why he scheduled a town hall at the exact time as bush, trump told a reporter because bush draws so poorly, i figured it would be a good time for me to draw a crowd. it is trump's first town hall as a candidate. we will take you to that in a few minutes. he is also going to talk to reporters shortly which we heard a few moments ago. plus, more good news for trump earlier. that and the latest cnn poll. trump still riding high, not just leading the republican field but closing in on democratic front runner hillary clinton. he is just six points behind clinton in a head to head matchup. two months ago, clinton led trump by a full 20 points. meanwhile jeb bush, he trails clinton in the same matchup by nine p

mitt romney is one of the worst debaters. i find it strange -- >> i think nobody would agree with you on that front. we're not here to debate 2012. we're talking about -- we're talking about the future, andy. what i'm saying is that donald trump is an entertainer. i'm all for him staying in the entertainment industry. i do think a lot of women and a lot of weapons are insulted and offended by dragging this kind of drama of name calling and treating women in a dispickab despicable -- it's unacceptable. >> andy, final word. >> i find kateykatie's opinions sexist. he judges people on the content of their character. he runs corporations. if you look at katie's -- >> i'm not a sexist. it's just donald trump that i'm opposed to. >> that's a labor violation. we should have your company investigated. you don't hire men. >> you are right, that's exactly what we should do. >> andy -- >> that's bigotry. >> quick on this final point, what i'm hearing from you is you don't think we will see any difference from donald trump >> what should

mitt romney let us down. he should have won that election. he failed. he choked. in the end, no different than a golfer that misses a putt on the 18th hole. no different than a man who strikes out a baseball player. he let us down. mitt romney should have won that election, and he didn't. something happened to him. and that's not going to happen to me. [ inaudible ] >> i don't know. i can tell you this, he disappeared at the end. he just disappeared. say what you want about obama, he was on jay leno, he was on letterman, he was on all the shows. i called up, i said why aren't you doing more television? obama's on every show, where are you? he just disappeared. something happened. honestly, i think he choked. okay? [ inaudible ] -- when are we going to hear about -- >> i actually saw a doctor, had a physical the other day, and they said, you are really good. you can all hear it, would you like to hear it? i would do that anytime, yeah, very good. [ inaudible ] >> he was 88 years old when he developed it and he died at 94. >> do you have any concerns? >> no. not wha

we saw, this is a similar version of that. >> yeah, but at the same time, mitt romney was not beloved by everyone. donald trump is, he has survived and risen above that because he represents at this point the kind of grass roots anger out there, it's not organized, not particularly improved around certain demographics. it seems to be really individualistic in my ways. across the country, people expressing to pollsters their support for trump. why? because trump just expresses the anger and frustration. details on any of his remedies for the problems we have right now. it doesn't seem to matter. he's a rally, he does have a ceiling of support, he hasn't reached it yet. i have a feeling he's going to get there. in the meantime, he can have a lot of fun up there on stage just throwing out what i call his, it's a trurp speak. you know, where he just attacks whoever he feels deserves it but listens to the cheers of the crowd. >> we have to take a break here. thank you very much for joining us tonight with the big phone call scoop. >>> coming up, another episode of forgotten reagan. the ron

an issue. >> obviously this story is going to be pauling to mitt romney.has a boat to show for it. you might think "the new york times" is wasting time treating inconsequential gossip like this. a reporter felt different. >> your life is open to public scrutiny. this is kind of the game, right? it's a game. what's "the new york times" going to do, exercise editorial control? no. it's like t eir motto says, don't hate the paper, hate the game. they forget what a story like that turns into on the tv. >> splurging on luxury items? get a peek inside marco rubio's bank book. do his past money troubles matter? >> wow. suddenly the man who paid off his student loans and got a boat is printing counterfeit hundreds in his basement. [laughter] i mean, he can't do it in his living room, not with those huge [bleep] windows. [bleep] windows. we'll be right back. we've been compromised!. don't let hunger kill your game. hot pockets brings you new snack bites. bite-size hot pockets sandwiches with 100% real cheese. guy's i'm back! new snack bites from... ♪hot pockets oka

and i knew that mitt romney would be here today. >> how did you find that out? >> we had been doing a little campaigning for him. we saw him over in boomtown. >> you have only lived in iowa for six years? >> seven years. >> have you been a caucus voter before? >> no. >> why not? you this year? >> i doubt it. >> why not? >> i have a job. and we of been following governor romney across these eight -- across the state when he has been here. >> what did you like? >> i like the fact that he does not dodge questions. he speaks the truth. how are you?, nice to see you. >> [indiscernible] i am.mney: well, but not for government managed health care. not socialized health care. that's not what we have in our state. we got everybody on track to get insurance. not with a government plan, not with medicaid, medicare expansion. instead, people are getting private insurance from blue different of the companies that participate in our state. that is the way to do it, not have government take it over. that is my view. the good news is, you do not have to raise taxes. the way we

circuitry. >> mitt romney should have won that election. i said why aren't you doing more television obama is doing every show. where are you? >> sorry, everyone. just trying to ruin the shot. be a second. >> i'm on fox news. >> trump though insult candidate never insults one candidate. one candidate who has escaped his triumph like machine gun of insults. >> when it comes to trump, i like donald trump. i think he is terrific, brash, speaks the truth. >> that's what ted cruz says every time trump the insult candidate insults his way in to trouble. >> frank, let me get to it -- heed not a war with hero. >> he's a war hero. >> he's a war hero because he was captured. i like people who weren't captured. i hate to tell you. she gets out and starts to ask ridiculous questions and you could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever. >> between trump's insults to john mccain a month ago and his insults megyn kelly, every republican candidate has found something to criticize in what donald trump has said except te

but now they are careening on a path to even get less of the hispanic vote than mitt romney. and in key battle ground states that makes it almost impossible for them to win. >> and chairman steele. let me ask you this. i want to play some of the trump's immigration remarks that are getting the most attention. take a listen. >> we have to make a whole new set of standards. and when people come in they have to come. >> you are going to split up families. >> no. we have to keep the families together. but they have to go. >> -- >> they have to go. >> what if they no place to go? >> we will work with them. they have to go. >> trump is finally getting into the specifics about the immigration policy but are they the specifics that are going to help republicans or are they going to hurt them in 2016? >> i think a lot of that remains to be seen ayman. you cite a poll that is five years old. america's attitudes may be different and more pronounced but then again maybe not. and that is the point of the trump campaign. there is a pulse going on out there. that a lot of the conventional t

hill pointed out today the former senior adviser to mitt romney called trump's immigration plan a punwithin ji stake pit for other candidates. and they should not fall into a trap of looking like they oppose reform. earlier today, i spoke with katie packer gauge, who served as deputy campaign manager of the mitt romney campaign in 2012, about a piece she wrote back in june, headlined, don't repeat mitt romney's mistake on immigration. i asked her what message that piece was sending to fellow republicans. >> i actually didn't write that part of it. that was a headline that was assigned to the piece. just to be clear. you know, i think that when i was trying to convey by the piece that i wrote is that some of these candidates, you know, they sort of lurch around, trying to, you know, chase the shiny object, during presidential primaries. and it can sometimes come back to haunt you in a general election. and i think it's really, you know, applicable to what's been happening in the last couple of days, with all this talk about repealing the 14th amendment, you know, donald trump called th

you do a great mitt romney? >> i am mitt romney. >> that's it. stay in character. >> where are my pancakes? i was told there would be pancakes. >> i like that a lot. didn't he do this when he went out and he was with -- i'm trying to think of the rapper's name out in michigan. eminem. he was with eminem. colbert went out with eminem and he did a little bit. he pretended like he didn't know who eminem was. >> "the colbert report" he was a fake conservative. >> i don't know if you can pull that off on network television night after night. i think it's a broader audience. i think it's an exciting show. it's going to give us great material in attracting great guests. >> what do you think of the fake dumb act going on as the tv host? >> i don't know if it is sustainable to do it every night. mix it up. he can play multiple characters. i thought mitt romney was adorable. >> some people say i do that every night. >> i wasn't going to say that. stop stop. i'm not going to pull a geraldo on you. >> he's going to mimic you. >> what's going on? >> last thou

he talks about his -- he said mitt romney choked. these other candidates wouldn't even say the word choke and yet that's the way we talk. your thoughts? i know it's not as important as policy questions, but there's something in the style, that hillary ought to learn from the style. >> it's all style. he's fun to watch. he's very loose, he revels in the attention. and frankly, he's got nothing to lose. donald trump, again, in my opinion, is not really running for president. i don't think he really wants to be president. >> what's he doing? >> he's running for the attention. >> how does he get off the stage? >> i think he runs as an independent eventually if he likes this well enough. he runs as an independent. and think of the possibilities there, with donald trump running as an independent. >> if he loses that gets ten points and brings down the republicans, they'll hate him for it, like democrats are angry at ralph nader still. >> but he doesn't care. he doesn't care. what does donald trump care whether the republicans are mad at hi

mitt romney could have gotten 40% of the latino vote and still lost the election. it was not key to the election. i have no problem with being more hawkish on immigration. there are better ways to say that the donald trump has. host: what about the weight jeb bush talked about it monday? [video clip] focusing onid i was a specific targeted kind of case where people are organizing to bring again women into the country where they have children so that children can become citizens. tot is fraud and we need enforce the law. we need to create a more secure border not just at the border but across the spectrum. 40% of the people that come here illegally came on a legal visa. and portion the immigration laws needs to be a high priority. -- put more resources >> how will you refer to these issues? >> give me the name you want me to use and i will use it. guest: i sympathize with jeb bush. there are some people who illegally, cross the border because of their rp

obama oebl beat mitt romney among asian-american voters by 47 points. obama, 73, mitt romney, 26.utal. and with a history like that from the last two presidential elections, we can only speculate on how the asian-american vote will go in this next election. particularly if the current prohibitive front-runner for the nomination begins becoming the republican nominee. >> i mean, you know, negotiating with japan. negotiating with china. when these people walk in the room, they don't say hello, how is the weather? it is so beautiful? how are the yankees doing? they're great. they say we want deal. >> we want -- it's nice the way he opens his eyes really wide and does the crazy monster hands. says republican presidential front-runner donald trump. you can see that clip online today all over the place under headlines like this. trump ill person it is a asian negotiators. that happened last night in dubuque, iowa, that rally in dubuque. that was the rally immediately after his contend shus press conference where he told the most prestigious latino reporter in the nation and then forced

what hillary clinton did with the law firm records is not as interesting as what mitt romney did with the scissors in 1955. the democrats get a different standard on personal behavior, on scandals, on policy positions than republicans get. for example, the michele bachmann piece. a gay activist group sent a hidden camera in, and abc did a huge story on it. these are the same people that don't want to cover a hidden camera inside planned parenthood. they have a very demanding double standard on what they decide the new should be. host: is it because republicans run on morals? guest: that is part of it, but the question you would ask yourself is -- mrs. clinton is running on feminism. it is just as much of a moral issue in a different way. certainly, the idea that the democrats will run on populism -- the newspapers are doing them but the networks have not been that interested in them right now. the republicans will use that against mrs. clinton. donald trump will compare wealth. host: welcome to the conversation. you're on the air with tim graham. caller: my question is, have any news

that's assuming that the republican does as well as mitt romney did among minority workers. mitt didn't do all that work for minority members. >> right now we're pushing the hispanic vote away with donald trump's response. >> there are two ways to get there. you either get this as a republican, this unprecedented number of white voters, the 64% to 65% what you are telling me is unattainable, or you growth the tenth. on that score, i want to put on the screen the result of a gallop survey that polled on the republican candidates and found that donald trump has a negative 51% approval rate. what does that mean, by the way, neil? >> what does a negative 51% approval reading or rating mean? and that's among hispanics, i hope i'm making that clear. because i get called to my radio show with people saying, michael, i think trump runs well with hispanics because those played by the wheel are mad at those toting the line. >> the key number in there is that many people have a favorable view of donald trump. usually you get a vote from those with a favorable impression of you. if he c

mitt romney hit 59, which was good enough for george w. bush to win when he was running for election. in order to hit 64% number you really have to polarize the electorate. that's assuming that the republican does as well as mitt romney did among minority voters. getting just 27% hispanic vote. right now we're pushing the vote away with us with some of donald trump's comments. >> you either get this unprecedented percentage of white voters, the 64 or 65%, which you're telling me is unattainable or you grow the tent. on that score i want to put on the screen the result of a gallop survey that polled on the republican candidates that found that donald trump has a negative 51% approval rating. what does that mean? >> even the most unseasoned poll pollster will say that's not good. >> that is among his panic. people are saying i think he will run well will hispanics. how is trump running among hispanics. he's at negative 51. >> the key number that comes from that 51% is 13% of hispanics have a favorable impression of donald trump. usually you'

four years ago, mitt romney said in a debate with the president that russia was a great threat to us, and the president knocked him and said the 19 70's are calling and asking for their foreign policy back. it is a cute line. it is instructive to note that mitt romney was right about that and we should have listened to him and on a lot of other issues as well. paul: on the related topic, a question here, why does the united states not provide defensive weapons to pro-western democratic countries like ukraine, who are attacked by external forces coming from russia? gov. christie: i think we should be arming more folks around the world, the kurds should be armed more aggressively. and for the folks in ukraine, we should have a sears conversation with them about their need for additional weapons from the united states and how do we go about doing that. there is no reason for us not to have those conversations. we need to send signals about the limits of our patients -- that we have reached the limit. paul: we were just talking about india. would you continue president obama's policy buil

mitt romney only got 20% of hispanic voters. now it is in the interest of the individual candidates or members themselves to be against immigration reform because they're going to be attacked as providing amnesty and they face a primary challenge at home or face the wrath of adopted trump and the 20%, 30% of voters on the republican side who back him in a presidential election. gwen: how nervous does this make mainstream republicans and how nervous does it make conservatives? i talked to rob vander plat and i said do you think he's with you? he seemed to think he was capable of converting trump to his way of thinking but-up not sure -- he's playing all possible angles. >> remember, if he hadn't insulted john mccain at that event in iowa a few weeks ago he had insulted the catholic faith but by suggesting that sometimes he goes to church to eat the crackers and drink the wine and they don't care. it makes no sense other than the fact they see 20%, 30 october of iowans -- iowans and that's enough to win the caucus. >> when trump s

mitt romney had trouble with that. if you look at who supports donald trump, at least some segment are people who say he may be superrich but he understands the middle class. olivia: there has been no video licet of a product party were donald trump says that 47 -- although that is the kind of thing he would say. what did he have to say about jeb bush? mark: he has been critical of jeb bush. jeb bush has been fighting back against him. john and i have talked about this. a world-class kneeler. he knows how to get into people skin. we saw -- we showed him video of jeb bush. we asked him if he seems low energy. he said, no, he seemed higher energy but he still put in a big dig -- a bit of a dig. why would folks prefer someone like donald trump who is superrich versus a mitt romney who was also superrich? -- that is a some question that everybody in politics wants to know. i think what it is is trump's speaking style, his attitude , andds career politicians it accounts for his ability to draw support from working-class peo

going to ron reagan, and a form he adviser to john mccain and mitt romney. yesterday on fox news, trump elaborated on his plan to fight isis by taking their oil. >> now you have isis and others, but you have isis cutting off christians' heads and others. they cut off anybody's head. they're drowning them, cutting off their heads. we have to go in with forceful we have to take the oil. >> you're going on surround the perimeter. take the oil. what else do you have to do to stop isis? >> that will be the beginning of the end. that cuts off the money. that cuts off the head. >> a lot of people can laugh at donald trump here and say he's not being specific. he is saying things that will not match up with reality. but there is a real appeal to what he's doing. i think we've seen it before. the idea of the tough guy. people investing in the idea of the tough guy. i always think back to richard nixon. he had the secret plan to end the vietnam war. he wonderful tell anybody but people bought into the idea that richard nixon is the guy who can do it. >> well, richard

[laughter] mitt think they both had on black leather jackets and medvedev related try to expand rush says horizon but putin said he will be prime minister then to hold those elections our flow of the irregularities. the my opinion did not count he attacked me for causing to have a protest. i said that is not the way it works but he is determined, relentless pursuer of his vision of a russia from the past and it is unfortunate with the united states to make very clear that whenever his vision is, it cannot upset the stability and order that was established in europe after the second world war and the collapse of the soviet union and again will take patience to send that message to him. it is a complicated situation is that we have to watch closely some leadership connected with one of the most fun parts of the book is to learn what these people are like as real people not just figureheads. we're actually just about out of time i will have one last question budget you acquired a new title during the four years of secretary that his mother of the bride . .ome difficult losses including