we can look back at the romney unpreparedness to the attack on bain, which he was first attack on in 1994. you can look at the decision we will hoard money until the end and not to advertising and allowed the obama campaign to have control over the mitt romney biography over the course of the spring and summer. look at the romney campaign chronologically -- up until the moment of the first debate there had not been a decent moment in the campaign since the spring. he entered that first debate literally looking into the abyss. it was not sandy. it was the accumulation of all these things and some of the demographics we talked about earlier. of course, christie -- this is why it's so pernicious. one of the most popular and dynamic republicans in the country. blaming chris christie for this takes up the table one of the solutions to the problem we talked about. chris christie -- we would be much better opposite party if we had in other tan chris christies, people who are unafraid to stand up to interest groups and the party, agent -- dynamic leader who understood the campaign ended the

a lot less about people and a lot more it seems, getting more and more on this about unpreparedness.uld point out this is really interesting. since 1993, wall street has been talking about contingency plans. if there is an emergency. remember, in 93 the world trade center was bombed. the stock exchange chairman is leading an effort to create contingency plans moving the stock exchange and traders off-site possibly in brooklyn, possibly westchester, that was initial plan. their little electronic trading back then. 9/11, a huge thing, struck down wall street. there was sort of routing lines and electricity. shut down trading for three days. clearly there is something somewhere. a piece of paper of how to set up, and they thought they had it nailed on saturday when they started testing this thing but it seemed that sort of curveba curveball. new york stock exchange coming back with something totally different. we tested all contingencies, wall street should be fully compliant with the system, if they didn't, that is their fault. they came back to us and told us they couldn't comply as w

we talk about task force smith and its impact and unpreparedness as was asked to go into korea post-world war ii. we don't want that to happen again. the second of the army and i have been very clear that we are committed to make sure that we are ready. so no matter what size we end up the one dominant factor is we'll be ready, modernized, be prepared to do whatever mission we have. we've got to make sure we keep that balance. we got to keep reviewing it and adjusting it. we got to make sure that we have a ready capable force to meet the future missions. that's what we are focused on as we go forward as well. we got to make sure we have the right mix of forcers. when i talk about mix, it's about light, heavy, medium. it's about active component, reserve component. it's about the right mix of civilians, military, and contractors. it's about the right mix between the operational army and institutional army. you have to get all of that right as you move forward. and you got to figure out what is that right mix? what are the qualities you think you need to have as you go forward? so we have t

to a hollow army and of course we always talk about in the army task force and its impact and unpreparedness as it was asked to go in to korea forced world war ii. we don't want that to happen. the secretary of the army and i have been clear that we are committed to make sure that we are ready so no matter what size wind up the one dominant factor is we will be ready and we will be modernized and prepared to do whatever mission we have so we have got to make sure we keep that balance and we have to keep reviewing it and keep adjusting it. we have got to make sure we have a ready capable force to meet the future missions and that is what we are focused on as we go forward as well. we have to make sure there's a right mix of forces and when i talk about next, it's about light, heavy medium. it's about active component, reserve component and the right mix of civilians, military and contractors. to the right mix between operational army and the institutional army. you have to get all of that right as you move forward and you've got to figure out what is that right mix and what are the qualities

we talk about task force smith and its impact and unpreparedness as was asked to go into korea post-world war ii. we don't want that to happen again. the second of the army and i have been very clear that we are committed to make sure that we are ready. so no matter what size we end up the one dominant factor is we'll be ready, modernized, be prepared to do whatever mission we have. we've got to make sure we keep that balance. we got to keep reviewing it and adjusting it. we got to make sure that we have a ready capable force to meet the future missions. that's what we are focused on as we go forward as well. we got to make sure we have the right mix of forcers. when i talk about mix, it's about light, heavy, medium. it's about active component, reserve component. it's about the right mix of civilians, military, and contractors. it's about the right mix between the operational army and institutional army. you have to get all of that right as you move forward. and you got to figure out what is that right mix? what are the qualities you think you need to have as you go forward? so we have t

we can look back at the romney coffin unpreparedness to the attack on bain, which he was first attack on in 1994. the three with 18 year dar few feet diffusions, or 18 years at hard you have a chance, that. you can look at the decision we will order money until the end and not to advertising and allowed the obama campaign to have control over the mitt romney biography over the course of the spring and summer. look at the romney campaign chronologically -- up until the moment of the first debate there had not been a decent moment in the campaign since the spring. he entered that first debate literally looking into the abyss. it was not sandy. it was the accumulation of all these things and some of the demographics we talked about earlier. of course, kristi, this is why it is so pernicious for republicans -- christie -- this is why it's so pernicious. one of the most popular and dynamic republicans in the country. blaming chris christie for this takes up the table one of the solutions to the problem we talked about. chris christie -- we would be much better opposite party if we had in o