so joining me now, he is scott hellman from the bossin' globe, also the co-author of the book "the realy." let's start right there. it is amazing when you look at george romney's background as a republican, that it's no wonder mitt romney has such a hard time selling himself as a conner is vat at this time. he was not raised a conservative republican. he was politically raised a moderate republican. >> that's right. you play that clip. inconceivable to imagine george romney saying something like i'm severely conservative. nothing could be further from the words of george rom nichlt he proudly embraced his moderate views. ney. he proudly embraced his moderate views. nichlt he proudly embraced his moderate views. ney. he proudly embraced his moderate views. he was deciding to run for governor and he came down to the dining room and said should i run as a republican or democrat? and that was instilled in mitt romney growing up, that was the father he had, as you say the candidate that mitt himself was up until recently. >> this connection with his father is so deep. at one point, he was te