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WEBVTT - https://subtitletools.com 00:00:20.312 --> 00:00:25.651 [Child] You're at, like, 191 and he's at, like, 00:00:20.312 --> 00:00:25.651 259 or something? 00:00:25.651 --> 00:00:28.320 [Mitt Romney] Yeah, yeah. Exactly. 00:00:29.488 --> 00:00:31.907 [Matt Romney] CNN. FOX. MSNBC. 00:00:36.203 --> 00:00:37.621 589. 783. 00:00:37.621 --> 00:00:40.708 That's it. 00:00:40.708 --> 00:00:43.042 [Man] Well, what's-- what's in? 00:00:43.042 --> 00:00:44.712 Uh, 69%. 00:00:46.630 --> 00:00:49.758 [Mitt Romney] Seems awfully early to call it. 00:00:46.630 --> 00:00:49.758 Sixty-nine percent. 00:00:49.758 --> 00:00:52.887 Unless they're looking and seeing that 00:00:49.758 --> 00:00:52.887 counties haven't come in-- 00:00:52.887 --> 00:00:54.596 [Mary Romney] Did they just call Ohio? 00:00:54.596 --> 00:00:56.015 Yeah, supposedly. 00:00:56.015 --> 00:00:58.141 Who called it, CNN? 00:00:58.141 --> 00:01:02.521 [Mitt Romney] Well, if we don't have Colorado... 00:01:02.521 --> 00:01:05.273 [Tagg Romney] ...it doesn't matter 00:01:02.521 --> 00:01:05.273 what happens in Ohio. 00:01:05.273 --> 00:01:09.069 Yeah, but I don't know yet from Colorado. 00:01:09.069 --> 00:01:11.279 [Matt] We can-- we can wait a little bit. 00:01:11.279 --> 00:01:13.281 I mean, it's fine. It's just-- 00:01:13.281 --> 00:01:15.576 [Woman] Let's not rush. Let's not do what Al Gore did 00:01:15.576 --> 00:01:18.412 and let things get bad and jump out in front of it. 00:01:20.956 --> 00:01:22.958 By the way, does somebody have a number for the President? 00:01:22.958 --> 00:01:25.168 - [Man] I do. - Okay. 00:01:25.168 --> 00:01:28.129 I hadn't thought about that. 00:01:28.129 --> 00:01:30.883 So what do you say if we... what do you think you say 00:01:30.883 --> 00:01:32.384 in a concession speech? 00:01:51.445 --> 00:01:52.571 - Papa? - Yeah? 00:01:52.571 --> 00:01:53.864 Make sure I don't hit the pole. 00:01:53.864 --> 00:01:55.449 I'll do my best, 00:01:55.449 --> 00:01:57.534 but if you get too close to the pole, 00:01:55.449 --> 00:01:57.534 you just jump out. 00:01:57.534 --> 00:01:59.036 - Okay? - Just jump? 00:01:59.036 --> 00:02:00.161 You just roll out. 00:02:00.161 --> 00:02:02.330 - You ready? - Not toward the pole. 00:02:02.330 --> 00:02:04.332 - Chloe! - No! 00:02:04.332 --> 00:02:06.418 [Woman] It's okay. You can go on the next one. 00:02:06.418 --> 00:02:08.378 [Mitt] Just jump off. If you get to the pole, jump. 00:02:08.378 --> 00:02:09.755 - Okay, watch out, Chloe. - We're in a race. 00:02:09.755 --> 00:02:11.465 You can't just quit like that. 00:02:11.465 --> 00:02:13.050 - [Mitt] That's true. - Take one for the team. 00:02:13.050 --> 00:02:14.426 Is the pole the finish line? 00:02:14.426 --> 00:02:16.428 [Mitt] Yeah, the first one to the pole. 00:02:16.428 --> 00:02:18.179 [Mary] On your mark, get set, go. 00:02:24.895 --> 00:02:26.396 We gave you new gloves last year 00:02:26.396 --> 00:02:27.689 so you don't have to wear the duct tape ones. 00:02:27.689 --> 00:02:29.232 I know, but these things work great. 00:02:31.276 --> 00:02:32.736 This is where I wanted to be! 00:02:32.736 --> 00:02:34.529 I thought you guys were on my side! 00:02:43.204 --> 00:02:44.665 We're going to go around the room. 00:02:44.665 --> 00:02:45.958 We're gonna vote? 00:02:45.958 --> 00:02:47.501 I'm gonna start there. 00:02:47.501 --> 00:02:48.752 [laughter] 00:02:48.752 --> 00:02:50.004 We're gonna start there. 00:02:50.004 --> 00:02:56.217 [Laurie] I vote for McCain. 00:02:56.217 --> 00:02:58.637 [Mitt] Let's go around the room and get your thoughts. 00:02:58.637 --> 00:03:03.058 And it's going to be on, um, the, uh, reasons to do it, 00:03:03.058 --> 00:03:04.852 the reasons not to do it. 00:03:04.852 --> 00:03:07.228 - The pros and cons. - Pros and cons. 00:03:07.228 --> 00:03:08.897 It's kind of like when we went around 00:03:08.897 --> 00:03:10.315 and talked about our careers and what 00:03:08.897 --> 00:03:10.315 we're thinking, 00:03:10.315 --> 00:03:11.859 and we want the advice of the brothers. 00:03:11.859 --> 00:03:13.192 We kind of did the same thing. 00:03:13.192 --> 00:03:14.486 And it turned into something very natural 00:03:14.486 --> 00:03:16.571 even though it was kind of orderly. 00:03:16.571 --> 00:03:18.448 Well, now it's his turn to get... 00:03:18.448 --> 00:03:19.825 [Mitt] I'm getting advice. 00:03:19.825 --> 00:03:21.618 ...get his advice from the board. 00:03:21.618 --> 00:03:24.579 I think the con would be that you would 00:03:21.618 --> 00:03:24.579 be the president. 00:03:24.579 --> 00:03:27.290 Who wants to have to be the president? 00:03:27.290 --> 00:03:28.458 A giant con. 00:03:28.458 --> 00:03:30.251 - Talk about stress. - Yeah. 00:03:30.251 --> 00:03:33.130 - Talk about stress. - And scary situations. 00:03:33.130 --> 00:03:34.923 You'd be bald in about a month. 00:03:34.923 --> 00:03:36.675 [laughter] 00:03:36.675 --> 00:03:38.927 I think Josh will be gray and bald just 00:03:36.675 --> 00:03:38.927 after the campaign. 00:03:38.927 --> 00:03:40.512 He gets so involved. 00:03:40.512 --> 00:03:44.349 I think emotionally it will just be hard 00:03:40.512 --> 00:03:44.349 on everybody... 00:03:44.349 --> 00:03:47.227 but it'll be an amazing experience. 00:03:47.227 --> 00:03:51.690 No pros? 00:03:51.690 --> 00:03:53.984 The thing that scares me most is that... 00:03:55.443 --> 00:03:58.238 you'll come out, and that message will be lost. 00:03:58.238 --> 00:04:00.949 People will either think it's 00:03:58.238 --> 00:04:00.949 too good to be true, 00:04:00.949 --> 00:04:04.703 or it's not-- it's just kind of a facade, but... 00:04:04.703 --> 00:04:08.415 I mean, I feel like if people really get 00:04:04.703 --> 00:04:08.415 to know who you are... 00:04:09.708 --> 00:04:12.169 it could be a successful campaign. 00:04:13.336 --> 00:04:16.464 As much as we've kind of all 00:04:16.464 --> 00:04:21.136 articulated the risks that we feel for our 00:04:16.464 --> 00:04:21.136 kids and for us, 00:04:21.136 --> 00:04:23.013 we stand strongly enough behind you 00:04:23.013 --> 00:04:24.932 that we want to be there for you. 00:04:24.932 --> 00:04:29.310 I remember talking to your dad before he passed away, 00:04:29.310 --> 00:04:31.646 and asked him, "Should I get into politics someday? 00:04:31.646 --> 00:04:33.107 What would be your advice?" 00:04:33.107 --> 00:04:35.859 And he said, "Don't do it." 00:04:35.859 --> 00:04:38.486 You have an opportunity now 00:04:38.486 --> 00:04:41.281 as a result of so many things that were 00:04:38.486 --> 00:04:41.281 beyond your control, 00:04:41.281 --> 00:04:44.534 to run, that it would be a shame 00:04:41.281 --> 00:04:44.534 not to at least try. 00:04:44.534 --> 00:04:47.412 And if you don't win, we'll still love you. 00:04:47.412 --> 00:04:49.456 [laughter] 00:04:49.456 --> 00:04:52.626 The country may think of you as a laughingstock, 00:04:52.626 --> 00:04:55.963 and we'll know the truth, and that's okay. 00:04:55.963 --> 00:04:58.465 But I think you have a duty 00:04:58.465 --> 00:05:00.467 to your country and to God 00:05:00.467 --> 00:05:02.928 to see what comes of it. 00:05:40.381 --> 00:05:42.383 [Cameraman] Do you mind if I shoot you guys? 00:05:42.383 --> 00:05:44.052 Ask you a couple of questions? 00:05:44.052 --> 00:05:45.262 Ask him. 00:05:45.262 --> 00:05:46.805 They're not from here. 00:05:46.805 --> 00:05:50.058 Did you know that you had a presidential candidate 00:05:50.058 --> 00:05:52.351 sitting right over there at that table? 00:05:52.351 --> 00:05:54.021 Actually we didn't. 00:05:54.021 --> 00:05:57.691 That is Mitt Romney. Does that name ring a bell? 00:05:57.691 --> 00:05:59.860 [Mitt] Sorry, guys, I'm running for President. 00:05:59.860 --> 00:06:01.402 They don't know who I am. 00:06:01.402 --> 00:06:02.821 I did see your commercial yesterday. 00:06:02.821 --> 00:06:04.281 Did you see my commercial yesterday? 00:06:04.281 --> 00:06:05.866 I haven't seen my commercial, so. 00:06:05.866 --> 00:06:08.035 - It looked very good. - Thank you. That's good. 00:06:08.035 --> 00:06:11.370 We're trying to guess which possible 00:06:08.035 --> 00:06:11.370 presidential candidate 00:06:11.370 --> 00:06:13.832 is here in Charleston, South Carolina. 00:06:13.832 --> 00:06:16.168 All my news I get from The Daily Show 00:06:16.168 --> 00:06:18.212 and Colbert Report, so... 00:06:18.212 --> 00:06:19.420 Can y'all give any hints? 00:06:19.420 --> 00:06:21.298 He's from Massachusetts. 00:06:21.298 --> 00:06:23.466 [Man] Oh, okay, yes. You're hot. 00:06:21.298 --> 00:06:23.466 You're getting hot. 00:06:23.466 --> 00:06:26.803 From Massachusetts. A presidential candidate 00:06:23.466 --> 00:06:26.803 from Massachusetts. 00:06:28.347 --> 00:06:30.140 No? 00:06:30.140 --> 00:06:31.850 Theo Epstein. 00:06:32.851 --> 00:06:34.228 It's a Republican. 00:06:34.228 --> 00:06:40.859 Okay. 00:06:40.859 --> 00:06:42.861 - A Republican-- - Romney? 00:06:42.861 --> 00:06:44.696 - Romney. - Never heard of him. 00:06:44.696 --> 00:06:46.698 You know, if I get beaten up, that goes 00:06:44.696 --> 00:06:46.698 with the territory. 00:06:46.698 --> 00:06:48.449 And I have looked, by the way, 00:06:48.449 --> 00:06:51.036 at what happens to anybody in this 00:06:48.449 --> 00:06:51.036 country who loses 00:06:51.036 --> 00:06:53.663 as the nominee of their party, who loses 00:06:51.036 --> 00:06:53.663 the General Election. 00:06:53.663 --> 00:06:55.707 They become a loser for life, all right? 00:06:55.707 --> 00:06:57.667 That's it. It's over. 00:06:57.667 --> 00:06:59.836 And-- and, you know-- Mike-- Mike Dukakis? 00:06:59.836 --> 00:07:02.923 He can't get a job mowing lawns, all right? 00:07:02.923 --> 00:07:04.674 I mean, it's-- I mean, we-- 00:07:04.674 --> 00:07:07.135 we just brutalize whoever loses, all right? 00:07:07.135 --> 00:07:08.970 And I know that, I know that, 00:07:08.970 --> 00:07:10.722 and so I'm going in with my eyes open. 00:07:10.722 --> 00:07:12.599 But I'm going in with my eyes open 00:07:12.599 --> 00:07:14.684 because I think it's really important, and I'm in this-- 00:07:14.684 --> 00:07:17.145 look, there are guys in this room who could 00:07:14.684 --> 00:07:17.145 run the country 00:07:17.145 --> 00:07:18.688 as well as I could. 00:07:18.688 --> 00:07:20.274 But I happen to be in this very funny position, 00:07:20.274 --> 00:07:22.692 having done a couple of things that put me in a position 00:07:22.692 --> 00:07:23.985 where I could do it. 00:07:23.985 --> 00:07:25.528 And if I don't do it, who the heck will? 00:07:25.528 --> 00:07:26.863 And so I'm gonna give it my all, 00:07:26.863 --> 00:07:29.157 and you're gonna give me all the money. 00:07:32.786 --> 00:07:34.704 Careful not to break my hair. 00:07:36.831 --> 00:07:39.251 You saw O Brother, Where Art Thou? 00:07:39.251 --> 00:07:41.544 You've never seen that movie? 00:07:41.544 --> 00:07:43.380 Oh, my gosh, that is the best movie. 00:07:43.380 --> 00:07:44.881 I'm sorry, I grew up in the South-- 00:07:44.881 --> 00:07:46.466 Best movie in America. Oh, you've got to see it. 00:07:46.466 --> 00:07:47.968 I know, but if I hear one more banjo, 00:07:47.968 --> 00:07:49.219 I'll have to kill myself. Deliverance. 00:07:50.470 --> 00:07:51.805 I just can't do it. 00:07:51.805 --> 00:07:53.640 The best lines-- the best political lines. 00:07:53.640 --> 00:07:55.225 You'll hear them the whole campaign. 00:07:55.225 --> 00:07:57.685 [Mitt] ...of all time. Oh, yeah. 00:07:57.685 --> 00:08:01.189 I've already quoted-- I've quoted at least two 00:07:57.685 --> 00:08:01.189 of them this morning. 00:08:01.189 --> 00:08:02.649 You've got to listen to the political lines. 00:08:02.649 --> 00:08:05.152 Listen to Pappy O'Daniel when he talks. 00:08:05.152 --> 00:08:07.362 [Ann] "Just write my concession speech now." 00:08:07.362 --> 00:08:09.239 "Just go write my concession speech 00:08:07.362 --> 00:08:09.239 right now." 00:08:09.239 --> 00:08:10.824 "Okay, we'll go write the concession--" 00:08:10.824 --> 00:08:12.159 All done? 00:08:12.159 --> 00:08:13.576 Okay. No shine? 00:08:13.576 --> 00:08:15.162 - [Woman] No shine. - Is that all right? 00:08:15.162 --> 00:08:16.455 [Man] That looks good. 00:08:16.455 --> 00:08:18.748 You know, the safe thing to do 00:08:18.748 --> 00:08:20.041 is just add a little more light, 00:08:20.041 --> 00:08:21.960 a little more light, a little more light. 00:08:21.960 --> 00:08:24.754 But that's leading us to the thing I always 00:08:21.960 --> 00:08:24.754 try and avoid. 00:08:24.754 --> 00:08:27.924 I try to avoid that flatness, and, uh... 00:08:27.924 --> 00:08:29.676 taking the safe route. 00:08:29.676 --> 00:08:32.387 I think, "Let's go for drama!" We live drama now, don't we? 00:08:32.387 --> 00:08:34.389 We do. Yeah. 00:08:34.389 --> 00:08:37.309 We don't want to offend anybody by 00:08:37.309 --> 00:08:41.062 showing off a flaw, you know, in the candidate 00:08:41.062 --> 00:08:43.898 or in the people that control his lighting, 00:08:43.898 --> 00:08:46.901 because implied in that is a mistake, 00:08:46.901 --> 00:08:49.446 and that means this guy could make a mistake 00:08:49.446 --> 00:08:52.032 when he's president, and we can't bear that idea. 00:08:52.032 --> 00:08:54.409 Of course he's gonna make a mistake 00:08:52.032 --> 00:08:54.409 when he's president. 00:08:57.704 --> 00:09:02.292 He's human. 00:09:02.292 --> 00:09:04.878 Governor, I'm sorry. I was supposed to be there 00:09:02.292 --> 00:09:04.878 face-to-face with you 00:09:04.878 --> 00:09:06.754 in Detroit or Dearborn this morning. 00:09:06.754 --> 00:09:10.050 Mother Nature had other ideas, 00:09:06.754 --> 00:09:10.050 so I apologize. 00:09:10.050 --> 00:09:12.260 I look forward to seeing you next time. 00:09:12.260 --> 00:09:14.346 Let's talk about some of the realities 00:09:12.260 --> 00:09:14.346 of the race, Governor. 00:09:14.346 --> 00:09:17.349 Let's talk about a recent poll said 00:09:14.346 --> 00:09:17.349 that 43% of Americans 00:09:17.349 --> 00:09:19.434 are not even sure who you are. 00:09:19.434 --> 00:09:22.312 Well, at this stage it's real early to have 00:09:19.434 --> 00:09:22.312 people know who I am. 00:09:22.312 --> 00:09:24.731 That's something which will develop over time. 00:09:24.731 --> 00:09:28.527 ♪ ♪ 00:10:07.690 --> 00:10:09.526 [Nicholas] Papa! 00:10:09.526 --> 00:10:11.194 Hi, there! How you doing, Nicholas? 00:10:11.194 --> 00:10:12.820 - How you doing, buddy? - Hi, Greg. 00:10:12.820 --> 00:10:14.322 [Greg] Hey, Nick! 00:10:14.322 --> 00:10:16.116 [Mitt] Hi, there, Joe-Joe. How you doing, buddy? 00:10:16.116 --> 00:10:18.493 Hi, there. Hi, there, sweetie. How you doing? 00:10:18.493 --> 00:10:19.786 Good to see you. 00:10:22.122 --> 00:10:23.957 Chloe, how are you doing, sweetie? 00:10:23.957 --> 00:10:26.876 Good to see you, love. 00:10:26.876 --> 00:10:29.045 Hi, there, Parker. How are you doing, Parker? 00:10:29.045 --> 00:10:31.590 Good to see Parker. Oh, yes, Parker. Oh, yes. 00:10:31.590 --> 00:10:33.425 Ready? 00:10:33.425 --> 00:10:34.759 Who's here? 00:10:34.759 --> 00:10:37.345 Dad. 00:10:37.345 --> 00:10:38.972 Oh, baby. Oh, baby. 00:10:38.972 --> 00:10:40.348 [Matt] You're almost there! 00:10:40.348 --> 00:10:41.724 Oh, baby, how you doing? 00:10:43.017 --> 00:10:44.936 Hey, Benny, how you doing, buddy? 00:10:44.936 --> 00:10:46.271 Love ya. 00:10:46.271 --> 00:10:48.773 There's Josh! 00:10:49.774 --> 00:10:52.777 We got the whole gopher village. 00:10:52.777 --> 00:10:56.114 We got the whole gopher village. Look at these guys. 00:10:56.114 --> 00:10:58.658 [Mitt] Uh, cold and snowy. How you doing, Ben? 00:10:58.658 --> 00:11:00.243 [Ben] Just terrific. 00:11:00.243 --> 00:11:02.996 Good. Can you lean back and talk like Fred Thompson? 00:11:02.996 --> 00:11:05.081 [drawling] Well... 00:11:05.081 --> 00:11:06.791 I can understand that. 00:11:06.791 --> 00:11:09.002 Perfectly articulate at all times. 00:11:09.002 --> 00:11:10.587 Yeah, okay. 00:11:10.587 --> 00:11:12.755 Uh, how about lights? You guys look at the lights? 00:11:12.755 --> 00:11:14.715 [Man] We're doing that right now, sir. 00:11:14.715 --> 00:11:16.635 It is what it is. 00:11:16.635 --> 00:11:19.471 [Man #2] ...just to see what's happening, 00:11:16.635 --> 00:11:19.471 you will not see yourself. 00:11:19.471 --> 00:11:21.097 Good, yeah. 00:11:21.097 --> 00:11:22.765 Would you be more comfortable if the chair was up higher? 00:11:22.765 --> 00:11:24.809 Yeah, the higher the chair is, the better 00:11:22.765 --> 00:11:24.809 I'm gonna feel. 00:11:24.809 --> 00:11:26.019 [indistinct remark] 00:11:26.019 --> 00:11:27.354 Well, I do and I don't. 00:11:27.354 --> 00:11:29.648 My guess is it's already all the way up. 00:11:29.648 --> 00:11:31.441 That's actually how it was all designed-- 00:11:29.648 --> 00:11:31.441 the set, the cameras-- 00:11:31.441 --> 00:11:32.817 designed to make you guys look best 00:11:32.817 --> 00:11:34.402 because that's what Charlie wants. 00:11:34.402 --> 00:11:36.821 He wants to set up a topic at the dining room table 00:11:36.821 --> 00:11:38.532 and have you guys have a conversation about it. 00:11:38.532 --> 00:11:40.241 You're already having us planning on 00:11:38.532 --> 00:11:40.241 talking to each other. 00:11:40.241 --> 00:11:42.369 But we're not supposed to ask each other 00:11:40.241 --> 00:11:42.369 questions. 00:11:42.369 --> 00:11:44.871 You can. You're not coming prepared with questions. 00:11:44.871 --> 00:11:46.873 Pardon? 00:11:46.873 --> 00:11:49.501 We didn't say, "Please come prepared with 00:11:46.873 --> 00:11:49.501 a question for Senator McCain." 00:11:49.501 --> 00:11:51.044 We thought that was gimmicky. 00:11:51.044 --> 00:11:53.296 If you-- if in the course of the conversation there's, 00:11:53.296 --> 00:11:56.090 "Whoa, whoa, Senator, I respectfully disagree 00:11:53.296 --> 00:11:56.090 with that position. 00:11:56.090 --> 00:11:57.716 Is that really...?" 00:11:57.716 --> 00:11:59.553 That would be okay, but we're not, um-- 00:11:59.553 --> 00:12:02.472 That's asking questions of the candidates. Yeah. Okay. 00:12:02.472 --> 00:12:03.973 [Man] Well, you'd better clarify. 00:12:03.973 --> 00:12:05.392 Yeah, I'm being-- no, no, no. 00:12:05.392 --> 00:12:06.934 If we're allowed to ask other questions, 00:12:06.934 --> 00:12:08.395 "Senator McCain, why do you continue to persist 00:12:08.395 --> 00:12:10.355 in saying this and such? That's just not right." 00:12:10.355 --> 00:12:12.106 That is-- Charlie would not allow that. 00:12:12.106 --> 00:12:13.732 Not that kind of question. I'm sorry, I was not 00:12:12.106 --> 00:12:13.732 being clear. 00:12:13.732 --> 00:12:15.276 You're not going to pose a question 00:12:15.276 --> 00:12:16.861 where the debate is going to keep going that way. 00:12:16.861 --> 00:12:18.488 Charlie would come in at that point. 00:12:18.488 --> 00:12:20.073 But what he is looking for is to have you-- 00:12:20.073 --> 00:12:21.491 he's going to set up a topic, 00:12:21.491 --> 00:12:23.368 and he wants to see where the contrast is. 00:12:23.368 --> 00:12:26.120 There are no rules, so this is a scrum. 00:12:26.120 --> 00:12:27.414 Yeah. No, no, no, guys, 00:12:27.414 --> 00:12:29.123 if we're able to just have a conversation 00:12:29.123 --> 00:12:31.000 and he's gonna back out of it, then 00:12:29.123 --> 00:12:31.000 we can have a scrum. 00:12:31.000 --> 00:12:32.960 He's not gonna say, "Time out. That was 00:12:31.000 --> 00:12:32.960 too unfair a question. 00:12:32.960 --> 00:12:34.588 That was too harsh a question." 00:12:34.588 --> 00:12:37.424 No, no, no. Again, he's really not 00:12:34.588 --> 00:12:37.424 looking for a scrum. 00:12:37.424 --> 00:12:39.342 Well, he's not looking for a scrum, 00:12:39.342 --> 00:12:41.219 but if he's basically saying, "Look, I'm 00:12:39.342 --> 00:12:41.219 gonna raise a topic 00:12:41.219 --> 00:12:42.803 and let each of you speak on it," 00:12:42.803 --> 00:12:45.139 then I'm going to be talking about, 00:12:42.803 --> 00:12:45.139 for instance, 00:12:45.139 --> 00:12:46.891 let's take illegal immigration. 00:12:46.891 --> 00:12:48.602 I'm going to talk about my position 00:12:46.891 --> 00:12:48.602 and I'm going to say 00:12:48.602 --> 00:12:50.061 that the other guys have the following positions, 00:12:50.061 --> 00:12:52.188 and then they're going to say, "No, I don't." 00:12:52.188 --> 00:12:53.981 And then we're going to have a debate over whether 00:12:52.188 --> 00:12:53.981 they do or they don't. 00:12:53.981 --> 00:12:56.234 Except that he is prepared to prod 00:12:53.981 --> 00:12:56.234 the conversation along 00:12:56.234 --> 00:12:57.860 to keep it on target. 00:12:57.860 --> 00:13:00.363 It won't need to be prodded, if we're able to-- 00:13:00.363 --> 00:13:01.906 Well, that's known as an argument. 00:13:01.906 --> 00:13:03.283 - [Man] Or a scrum. - [Mitt] Or a scrum. 00:13:03.283 --> 00:13:05.159 Or a dining room table conversation. 00:13:05.159 --> 00:13:07.786 A dining room conversation is among 00:13:05.159 --> 00:13:07.786 members of the family. 00:13:07.786 --> 00:13:10.206 These are all people competing for the same 00:13:07.786 --> 00:13:10.206 job, all right? 00:13:10.206 --> 00:13:12.166 And trying to point out why they're the right one 00:13:12.166 --> 00:13:13.418 and the other guy's not. 00:13:13.418 --> 00:13:15.670 This is a very different setting 00:13:15.670 --> 00:13:17.796 than any of the debates that we've held so far. 00:13:17.796 --> 00:13:20.383 Well, they were all a debate of a certain kind, 00:13:20.383 --> 00:13:21.635 where people are asked questions 00:13:21.635 --> 00:13:22.927 and people responded to questions, 00:13:22.927 --> 00:13:24.596 with a good deal of dignity. 00:13:26.514 --> 00:13:29.850 I have a feeling that this format suggests 00:13:26.514 --> 00:13:29.850 a different outcome. 00:13:29.850 --> 00:13:31.770 [Man] Can you plug me in? 00:13:31.770 --> 00:13:34.689 How in the world do we find these things out 00:13:31.770 --> 00:13:34.689 on the day of the debate? 00:13:34.689 --> 00:13:37.191 This group has aimed a lot of partisan firepower 00:13:37.191 --> 00:13:39.778 at Hillary Clinton, but I'd like, 00:13:37.191 --> 00:13:39.778 if you don't mind, 00:13:39.778 --> 00:13:41.613 to adjust the outcome for a minute 00:13:41.613 --> 00:13:43.239 and walk down this road with me. 00:13:43.239 --> 00:13:47.201 Let's say that Barack Obama is the nominee 00:13:47.201 --> 00:13:48.578 He won the Iowa caucus. 00:13:48.578 --> 00:13:50.538 We have a WMUR poll out just tonight 00:13:50.538 --> 00:13:53.583 that shows it's tied here in New Hampshire, 33 to 33, 00:13:53.583 --> 00:13:55.293 and I'd like to know from you 00:13:55.293 --> 00:13:57.712 why not vote for Barack Obama, 00:13:57.712 --> 00:13:59.880 and not just because he's a Democrat. 00:13:57.712 --> 00:13:59.880 You're not allowed to say that. 00:13:59.880 --> 00:14:05.094 I'd like to hear some specifics on why not him. 00:14:05.094 --> 00:14:06.513 When we sit down and talk about change, 00:14:06.513 --> 00:14:08.097 Barack Obama and myself, 00:14:08.097 --> 00:14:09.974 in that final debate, as you're positing, 00:14:09.974 --> 00:14:12.226 I can say, not only can I talk change with you, 00:14:12.226 --> 00:14:14.853 I've lived it, in the private sector. 00:14:14.853 --> 00:14:18.358 For 25 years, I've brought change 00:14:14.853 --> 00:14:18.358 to company after company. 00:14:18.358 --> 00:14:21.611 In the Olympics, it was in trouble. 00:14:18.358 --> 00:14:21.611 I brought change. 00:14:21.611 --> 00:14:23.488 In Massachusetts, I brought change. 00:14:23.488 --> 00:14:24.989 I have done it. 00:14:24.989 --> 00:14:26.366 I have changed things, and that experience 00:14:26.366 --> 00:14:28.117 is what America is looking for. 00:14:28.117 --> 00:14:30.328 [John McCain] I just wanted to say 00:14:28.117 --> 00:14:30.328 to Governor Romney, 00:14:30.328 --> 00:14:32.413 we disagree on a lot of issues, 00:14:32.413 --> 00:14:35.416 but I agree, you are the candidate of change. 00:14:40.004 --> 00:14:43.466 Look, the difference I would have with 00:14:40.004 --> 00:14:43.466 Senator Obama 00:14:43.466 --> 00:14:46.344 has got to do with national security. 00:14:46.344 --> 00:14:48.888 I know Senator Obama, and I've worked with 00:14:46.344 --> 00:14:48.888 him many times, 00:14:48.888 --> 00:14:51.641 and I respect him, as I respect 00:14:48.888 --> 00:14:51.641 Senator Clinton. 00:14:51.641 --> 00:14:54.853 Senator Obama does not have the national 00:14:51.641 --> 00:14:54.853 security experience 00:14:54.853 --> 00:14:56.813 and background to lead this nation. 00:14:56.813 --> 00:14:59.190 Hillary Clinton and Bill Richardson 00:14:59.190 --> 00:15:01.526 and Senator Dodd and Senator Biden 00:15:01.526 --> 00:15:04.153 all made that same argument. 00:15:04.153 --> 00:15:06.698 And Barack Obama blew 'em away. 00:15:06.698 --> 00:15:08.700 And if you think making that argument 00:15:06.698 --> 00:15:08.700 as a Republican, 00:15:08.700 --> 00:15:10.284 that you have more experience 00:15:10.284 --> 00:15:11.411 and you've been around longer in the Senate, 00:15:11.411 --> 00:15:13.120 that that's somehow-- 00:15:13.120 --> 00:15:14.497 and that you know the Senate cloakroom 00:15:14.497 --> 00:15:15.707 better than he does-- 00:15:15.707 --> 00:15:17.041 that's not gonna work. 00:15:19.753 --> 00:15:21.921 He's not gonna beat Barack Obama 00:15:21.921 --> 00:15:24.465 with another long-term-- 00:15:24.465 --> 00:15:26.760 [Man] He proved that in-- that was proven in Iowa. 00:15:26.760 --> 00:15:28.052 Yeah, yeah. 00:15:28.052 --> 00:15:30.263 He just killed every other-- 00:15:30.263 --> 00:15:33.224 Barack Obama has changed our race. 00:15:33.224 --> 00:15:34.768 He's changed our prospects. 00:15:34.768 --> 00:15:37.061 Ready, and... action. 00:15:39.063 --> 00:15:40.732 I'm Mitt Romney. 00:15:40.732 --> 00:15:43.025 This is an important moment in our nation's history. 00:15:43.025 --> 00:15:45.361 How many more debates do I have to go to? 00:15:45.361 --> 00:15:49.115 I have one next week, in South Carolina. 00:15:49.115 --> 00:15:51.576 This doesn't make any sense. Does it make any sense to you? 00:15:51.576 --> 00:15:53.286 Mitt, you might not have to do it. 00:15:53.286 --> 00:15:55.538 How's that? I mean, I'm going to Michigan, for sure. 00:15:55.538 --> 00:15:57.290 He wants to kick my teeth in. 00:15:57.290 --> 00:16:00.167 Their campaign manager said he wants to shoot me 00:15:57.290 --> 00:16:00.167 in the groin. 00:16:00.167 --> 00:16:02.796 That's what he said. "I want to shoot him 00:16:00.167 --> 00:16:02.796 in the groin." 00:16:02.796 --> 00:16:04.422 And the next time he says, "I want to kick his teeth in." 00:16:04.422 --> 00:16:05.632 I mean, can you imagine? 00:16:05.632 --> 00:16:07.592 Go ahead. 00:16:09.886 --> 00:16:12.555 [Man] Ever once have you thought, 00:16:12.555 --> 00:16:15.683 "This just isn't worth it"? 00:16:15.683 --> 00:16:17.435 You know, it's hard for me to do these interviews 00:16:17.435 --> 00:16:19.520 because I'm so used to doing interviews with the media, 00:16:19.520 --> 00:16:22.064 where I'm so trained to say, "Absolutely not. 00:16:22.064 --> 00:16:23.733 This is such a, you know-- 00:16:23.733 --> 00:16:25.777 It's just been great to get to know the country," you know. 00:16:25.777 --> 00:16:29.196 That's so hard, but to actually speak my mind, 00:16:25.777 --> 00:16:29.196 it's very different. 00:16:29.196 --> 00:16:31.073 Okay, well, let's do this, then-- 00:16:31.073 --> 00:16:33.409 do the media version, and then translate 00:16:33.409 --> 00:16:35.495 what's really going on in your head. 00:16:35.495 --> 00:16:37.538 Okay, what's the media answer to that question? 00:16:37.538 --> 00:16:39.332 Remind me your question. 00:16:39.332 --> 00:16:42.502 Here, the question is, "Do you ever think, 00:16:39.332 --> 00:16:42.502 Well, is this worth it?" 00:16:42.502 --> 00:16:45.630 I just think the opportunity for 00:16:42.502 --> 00:16:45.630 someone like my dad 00:16:45.630 --> 00:16:47.548 to come in and run the country, 00:16:47.548 --> 00:16:50.092 and with the challenges we face in this country 00:16:47.548 --> 00:16:50.092 right now, 00:16:50.092 --> 00:16:52.846 to have someone with my dad's experience, 00:16:52.846 --> 00:16:55.348 his knowledge and his vision for America. 00:16:55.348 --> 00:16:58.726 Uh, someone that can, you know, come in 00:16:55.348 --> 00:16:58.726 and do this, 00:16:58.726 --> 00:17:00.770 you know, it's worth whatever it takes 00:17:00.770 --> 00:17:02.856 for us to get my dad into office. 00:17:02.856 --> 00:17:05.942 Translation: This is so awful. 00:17:05.942 --> 00:17:07.360 [laughter] 00:17:07.360 --> 00:17:09.028 It's so hard. 00:17:09.028 --> 00:17:11.781 Um, I mean, you always hear about-- they talk 00:17:09.028 --> 00:17:11.781 and they say, 00:17:11.781 --> 00:17:13.908 "Oh, why can't we just get someone good 00:17:11.781 --> 00:17:13.908 to run for president?" 00:17:13.908 --> 00:17:15.618 And this is why. 00:17:15.618 --> 00:17:17.578 This is why you don't get good people 00:17:15.618 --> 00:17:17.578 running for president. 00:17:17.578 --> 00:17:20.247 I mean, what-- what better guy is there 00:17:17.578 --> 00:17:20.247 than my dad? 00:17:20.247 --> 00:17:22.208 You know, is he perfect? Absolutely not. 00:17:22.208 --> 00:17:24.836 He's made mistakes, he's done all sorts 00:17:22.208 --> 00:17:24.836 of things wrong, 00:17:24.836 --> 00:17:27.505 but, for goodness sakes, here's a brilliant guy, 00:17:27.505 --> 00:17:29.966 um, who's had-- his experience is 00:17:27.505 --> 00:17:29.966 turning things around, 00:17:29.966 --> 00:17:31.592 which is what we need in this country. 00:17:31.592 --> 00:17:33.636 It's like, this is the guy for the moment. 00:17:33.636 --> 00:17:36.472 And we're in this, and you just get 00:17:33.636 --> 00:17:36.472 beat up constantly. 00:17:36.472 --> 00:17:38.892 "Oh, Mitt Romney's a flip-flopper. 00:17:36.472 --> 00:17:38.892 He's this, he's that." 00:17:38.892 --> 00:17:42.102 And you just kind of go, "Man, is this worth it?" 00:17:42.102 --> 00:17:43.354 This is awful. 00:17:43.354 --> 00:17:46.691 So... that's the translation. 00:17:46.691 --> 00:17:49.360 [laughter] 00:17:49.360 --> 00:17:51.320 I think it's, you know, 00:17:51.320 --> 00:17:53.364 barring some great success tonight, 00:17:53.364 --> 00:17:56.158 if we're virtually tied in the polls now 00:17:56.158 --> 00:17:58.411 and if all the newspapers are gonna be writing 00:17:58.411 --> 00:18:01.956 wonderful articles about why they should vote 00:17:58.411 --> 00:18:01.956 for John McCain tomorrow, 00:18:01.956 --> 00:18:04.500 or Tuesday, when people go to the polls... 00:18:06.044 --> 00:18:09.422 that's not a-- that's not a good thing. 00:18:09.422 --> 00:18:12.550 [Man] Maybe you just wait a few years. 00:18:12.550 --> 00:18:14.928 Yeah. Yeah, I've done it once, though. 00:18:14.928 --> 00:18:16.470 [overlapping reactions] 00:18:16.470 --> 00:18:17.722 See? Look at this. 00:18:17.722 --> 00:18:21.809 Never again. We cannot do this again. 00:18:21.809 --> 00:18:24.687 You can only squeeze the blood out of that 00:18:21.809 --> 00:18:24.687 rock one time. 00:18:24.687 --> 00:18:26.064 One thing's for sure, though. 00:18:26.064 --> 00:18:28.524 You don't, um... you don't raise-- 00:18:28.524 --> 00:18:30.317 you don't put personal money in. 00:18:30.317 --> 00:18:32.236 See, we had to put personal money in 00:18:32.236 --> 00:18:34.822 to establish credibility and build a brand name. 00:18:34.822 --> 00:18:36.741 When this is over, I will have built a brand name. 00:18:36.741 --> 00:18:38.325 [Josh] Yeah, but-- 00:18:38.325 --> 00:18:40.870 People will know me, they'll know what I stand for: 00:18:40.870 --> 00:18:42.580 The Flipping Mormon. 00:18:42.580 --> 00:18:44.874 [subdued laughter] 00:18:44.874 --> 00:18:47.710 [Josh] The guy that'll say or do anything 00:18:44.874 --> 00:18:47.710 to get elected. 00:18:47.710 --> 00:18:49.545 - Oh, great. - Yeah, yeah. 00:18:49.545 --> 00:18:51.756 Quite a brand you've built. 00:18:51.756 --> 00:18:53.883 Yeah, exactly right. 00:19:06.104 --> 00:19:08.439 Our dear heavenly Father, 00:19:08.439 --> 00:19:12.026 once again we bow our knees and in all humility 00:19:12.026 --> 00:19:14.070 come before thee 00:19:14.070 --> 00:19:16.656 and ask thy help. 00:19:18.616 --> 00:19:20.284 We acknowledge all the blessings 00:19:20.284 --> 00:19:22.870 thou hast given us in our lives... 00:19:22.870 --> 00:19:26.707 and acknowledge the most extraordinary children 00:19:26.707 --> 00:19:29.043 that have been given to us, 00:19:29.043 --> 00:19:31.712 to be a guide and a comfort to us. 00:19:31.712 --> 00:19:34.173 We pray that... 00:19:37.051 --> 00:19:40.304 thou would understand that our desires in doing this... 00:19:41.514 --> 00:19:44.725 are pure, and that we are 00:19:44.725 --> 00:19:47.854 grateful for our blessings 00:19:47.854 --> 00:19:51.107 and have a desire to serve thee 00:19:51.107 --> 00:19:53.609 and to bring greater light to this earth. 00:19:55.277 --> 00:19:57.613 We pray that if it be thy will... 00:19:58.531 --> 00:20:00.658 that our desires may be... 00:20:02.869 --> 00:20:05.371 made manifest through thy Holy Ghost 00:20:05.371 --> 00:20:08.875 and through thy spirit to make this a possibility... 00:20:08.875 --> 00:20:10.668 [cell phone chirps loudly] 00:20:10.668 --> 00:20:13.504 ...is our prayer in the name of Jesus Christ, amen. 00:20:13.504 --> 00:20:14.797 [All] Amen. 00:20:14.797 --> 00:20:16.674 [Josh] Tagg did that on purpose. 00:20:16.674 --> 00:20:20.260 - Yeah! - [chuckling] 00:20:20.260 --> 00:20:22.513 [Josh] Jenn, I have to go downstairs. 00:20:22.513 --> 00:20:24.015 Nice prayer, Mom. 00:20:28.561 --> 00:20:30.521 It's gonna be okay. 00:20:30.521 --> 00:20:32.272 We'll be just fine. 00:20:34.108 --> 00:20:36.694 Okay, now I have red eyes from everything. 00:20:36.694 --> 00:20:39.238 You're not feeling like it. 00:20:39.238 --> 00:20:41.240 Okay. Good luck. 00:20:41.240 --> 00:20:42.742 [Josh] We gotta run. 00:20:42.742 --> 00:20:44.493 - [Mitt] Come here. - What are you crying for? 00:20:44.493 --> 00:20:46.913 These aren't tears of sorrow. 00:20:46.913 --> 00:20:49.082 These are tears of gratitude. 00:20:52.001 --> 00:20:54.212 Not tears of sorrow at all. 00:20:56.296 --> 00:20:59.800 Our Republican presidential forum 00:20:56.296 --> 00:20:59.800 continues here on FOX News. 00:20:59.800 --> 00:21:03.470 Mike Huckabee, who served ten years 00:20:59.800 --> 00:21:03.470 as governor of Arkansas. 00:21:03.470 --> 00:21:05.305 Mitt Romney, former governor 00:21:05.305 --> 00:21:07.516 of the neighboring state of Massachusetts. 00:21:07.516 --> 00:21:10.644 And John McCain, now serving his fourth term 00:21:10.644 --> 00:21:12.438 as U.S. Senator from Arizona. 00:21:12.438 --> 00:21:14.648 Gentlemen, welcome. Let's get to it. 00:21:14.648 --> 00:21:16.609 When we talked earlier today, 00:21:16.609 --> 00:21:18.736 you said that in fact you think that your record 00:21:18.736 --> 00:21:20.780 as a flip-flopper pales 00:21:20.780 --> 00:21:24.200 in comparison to some of the other 00:21:20.780 --> 00:21:24.200 people here at the table. 00:21:24.200 --> 00:21:27.995 What I'd say is I'm certainly not 00:21:24.200 --> 00:21:27.995 the only person at this table 00:21:27.995 --> 00:21:30.206 that's changed their mind on a position, 00:21:30.206 --> 00:21:33.167 and I certainly would far be in favor of a person 00:21:33.167 --> 00:21:36.170 who has the willingness to say I was wrong 00:21:36.170 --> 00:21:38.672 and change their position and become right, 00:21:38.672 --> 00:21:40.299 than someone who is so stubborn as to say 00:21:40.299 --> 00:21:42.843 they're not going to change their position. 00:21:42.843 --> 00:21:45.846 I've spent my life in a place where I've 00:21:42.843 --> 00:21:45.846 been able to bring change. 00:21:45.846 --> 00:21:48.099 I will change Washington, 00:21:48.099 --> 00:21:49.934 to make sure that the America 00:21:49.934 --> 00:21:53.520 our kids inherit is every bit as great, even greater, 00:21:53.520 --> 00:21:56.232 than what we received from the Greatest Generation. 00:21:56.232 --> 00:21:57.900 Gentlemen, well, that's it 00:21:57.900 --> 00:22:00.153 for the FOX Republican presidential candidates forum. 00:22:00.153 --> 00:22:03.072 Now the analysis starts about what happened 00:22:00.153 --> 00:22:03.072 here tonight. 00:22:03.072 --> 00:22:05.574 First off, show of hands, how many of you walked in here 00:22:05.574 --> 00:22:07.868 without a committed candidate? Raise your hands. 00:22:07.868 --> 00:22:10.579 How many of you walked in here supporting Mitt Romney? 00:22:10.579 --> 00:22:13.166 Raise your hands. 00:22:13.166 --> 00:22:16.169 How many of you are going to leave here 00:22:13.166 --> 00:22:16.169 supporting Mitt Romney? 00:22:16.169 --> 00:22:18.420 [cheers and applause] 00:22:18.420 --> 00:22:21.924 [Woman] I just believe that Mitt Romney 00:22:18.420 --> 00:22:21.924 has such presence, 00:22:21.924 --> 00:22:25.303 and he speaks right off the cuff, 00:22:21.924 --> 00:22:25.303 confident, 00:22:25.303 --> 00:22:27.930 and is very, very well versed. 00:22:27.930 --> 00:22:30.933 [cheers and applause] 00:22:30.933 --> 00:22:33.060 You knocked it dead! 00:22:34.561 --> 00:22:36.105 Hey. 00:22:38.232 --> 00:22:39.942 I wasn't feeling very good about it. 00:22:39.942 --> 00:22:41.401 Oh, my-- 00:22:41.401 --> 00:22:43.529 How many are for Mitt Romney after the debate? 00:22:43.529 --> 00:22:46.782 Twenty-eight. Every hand, every hand. 00:22:49.285 --> 00:22:50.494 You were fantastic. 00:22:50.494 --> 00:22:51.704 [Man] I've never seen a better debate. 00:22:51.704 --> 00:22:53.080 How did you feel on the stage? 00:22:53.080 --> 00:22:56.000 - [Mitt] I thought I was dying. - [laughter] 00:22:56.000 --> 00:22:57.918 [Man] Here comes Frank Luntz! 00:22:57.918 --> 00:22:59.879 The blue line represents moderates, 00:22:59.879 --> 00:23:02.298 and Mitt Romney consistently 00:22:59.879 --> 00:23:02.298 got the best responses 00:23:02.298 --> 00:23:03.966 of the entire evening. 00:23:03.966 --> 00:23:06.677 Two days to go, Mitt Romney hit a home run tonight. 00:23:06.677 --> 00:23:08.304 Brit, back to you. 00:23:08.304 --> 00:23:10.014 All right, Frank, thanks very much. 00:23:10.014 --> 00:23:11.389 Chris Wallace, the moderator of 00:23:10.014 --> 00:23:11.389 tonight's forum, 00:23:11.389 --> 00:23:12.933 will join us shortly for a debrief, 00:23:12.933 --> 00:23:14.392 but first, after a break... 00:23:14.392 --> 00:23:17.063 That is pretty rare. That is pretty rare. 00:23:17.063 --> 00:23:19.023 Thanks. 00:23:19.023 --> 00:23:21.067 We're messing his hair up! 00:23:21.067 --> 00:23:23.027 [laughter] 00:23:23.027 --> 00:23:25.154 [Woman] He's gonna fall asleep on his feet. 00:23:25.154 --> 00:23:26.530 Governor, is there a plan "B" 00:23:26.530 --> 00:23:28.199 if things don't go as you hope tomorrow? 00:23:28.199 --> 00:23:30.450 [Mitt] I'm planning on it going real well, thanks. 00:23:30.450 --> 00:23:32.161 I'm very excited about the prospect, 00:23:32.161 --> 00:23:34.288 and last night's debate 00:23:34.288 --> 00:23:36.707 gave me just the boost I need to take it over the top. 00:23:37.875 --> 00:23:39.543 Hillary Clinton beat Barack Obama? 00:23:39.543 --> 00:23:42.338 - [Man] Well, six percent in. - [Woman] Seven. 00:23:42.338 --> 00:23:44.924 Yeah, but that's a bigger poll than I've ever seen. 00:23:44.924 --> 00:23:47.218 You ever seen a poll with 10,000 people in it? 00:23:47.218 --> 00:23:48.468 [Man] Yeah, but it's not a sample. 00:23:48.468 --> 00:23:49.720 [Man #2] What city? 00:23:49.720 --> 00:23:50.971 There's different parts of the state. 00:23:50.971 --> 00:23:52.639 [Mitt] Still. 00:23:55.017 --> 00:23:56.476 And mine's getting worse. 00:23:56.476 --> 00:23:58.145 [Man] Eight thousand votes. And 250. 00:23:58.145 --> 00:24:01.815 I'm sorry, it's getting worse. 00:24:01.815 --> 00:24:04.484 Ooh, that's not good. That's not good. Okay. 00:24:04.484 --> 00:24:06.946 The Flipping Mormon. I can't fix the Mormon side, 00:24:06.946 --> 00:24:08.697 or I won't fix the Mormon side. 00:24:08.697 --> 00:24:09.949 The flipping side... 00:24:09.949 --> 00:24:11.158 And that would hurt the flipping, too. 00:24:11.158 --> 00:24:13.411 Yes, that would, wouldn't it? 00:24:13.411 --> 00:24:17.331 The flipping side continues to be a problem, 00:24:17.331 --> 00:24:19.250 and I think it's the reason, by the way, 00:24:19.250 --> 00:24:21.501 twenty-seven papers here went along with it. 00:24:21.501 --> 00:24:24.630 I can't do anything. I mean, it's like, 00:24:21.501 --> 00:24:24.630 "Your speech has changed! 00:24:24.630 --> 00:24:26.299 See? You're flipping again!" 00:24:26.299 --> 00:24:28.634 It's like, "You can't change your stump speech?" 00:24:28.634 --> 00:24:31.137 That's a flip-flop, if you change your speech? 00:24:31.137 --> 00:24:33.222 I mean, it's literally, there's nothing I can do. 00:24:33.222 --> 00:24:35.933 "He was at Burger King last night, McDonald's 00:24:33.222 --> 00:24:35.933 the night before!" 00:24:35.933 --> 00:24:38.811 I mean, it's really-- is there-- is there 00:24:35.933 --> 00:24:38.811 any way-- 00:24:38.811 --> 00:24:42.356 I mean, do we put on my website 00:24:38.811 --> 00:24:42.356 what my positions are? 00:24:42.356 --> 00:24:44.984 Do we answer the flipping charges? 00:24:44.984 --> 00:24:47.236 And say, here-- you know-- 00:24:47.236 --> 00:24:49.071 this is what his position is on this. 00:24:49.071 --> 00:24:51.489 And it's like, That's where it is, 00:24:49.071 --> 00:24:51.489 and stop saying it. 00:24:51.489 --> 00:24:53.284 You know, it's like-- 00:24:53.284 --> 00:24:55.702 I mean, I keep-- you know, I keep hearing-- 00:24:55.702 --> 00:24:57.413 no, but I keep hearing, for instance, 00:24:57.413 --> 00:24:59.081 "You've changed your position on gay marriage." 00:24:59.081 --> 00:25:00.624 It's like, "Yeah, okay, I've changed my position." 00:25:00.624 --> 00:25:03.669 No, I haven't! But they keep saying it. 00:25:03.669 --> 00:25:07.173 And it's like, is there not some way of saying, 00:25:07.173 --> 00:25:10.217 "Stop buying the dog food that's been shipped to you 00:25:07.173 --> 00:25:10.217 from McCain"? 00:25:10.217 --> 00:25:12.428 I did not change my position on gay marriage. 00:25:12.428 --> 00:25:14.512 - He did. He did. - [indistinct remark] 00:25:14.512 --> 00:25:17.557 Stop-- well, I'm not worried about that. 00:25:17.557 --> 00:25:19.726 Time heals all wounds. I'm not worried about that. 00:25:19.726 --> 00:25:21.895 Really, I'm not. By the time-- 00:25:21.895 --> 00:25:24.064 Ten years from now, no one'll even know. 00:25:24.064 --> 00:25:26.400 It's like, "Weren't you the guy that-- 00:25:24.064 --> 00:25:26.400 I can't remember." 00:25:26.400 --> 00:25:28.402 You know, it's-- I'm not worried. 00:25:28.402 --> 00:25:31.571 But it's-- it's so damaging to me... 00:25:31.571 --> 00:25:34.450 That's how we all remember Kerry. 00:25:34.450 --> 00:25:37.911 It's so damaging to me that-- that-- that, um... 00:25:37.911 --> 00:25:40.873 that I don't know that it's going to be 00:25:37.911 --> 00:25:40.873 that devastating 00:25:40.873 --> 00:25:43.625 in a place like Michigan. Is there any way...? 00:25:43.625 --> 00:25:46.504 And it's like trying to convince 00:25:43.625 --> 00:25:46.504 people that-- that-- 00:25:46.504 --> 00:25:48.381 that Dan Quayle is smart, all right? 00:25:48.381 --> 00:25:50.049 You're not gonna convince 'em that 00:25:48.381 --> 00:25:50.049 Dan Quayle is smart, 00:25:50.049 --> 00:25:52.843 or that Gerry Ford isn't a stumblebum. 00:25:52.843 --> 00:25:54.720 And maybe it's-- I gotta live with that. 00:25:54.720 --> 00:25:56.138 "Oh, you flip on everything." 00:25:56.138 --> 00:25:58.891 In which case, I think I'm a flawed candidate. 00:26:03.603 --> 00:26:05.022 You want me to sign that one? 00:26:10.403 --> 00:26:12.738 [Woman] Good luck. We're counting on you. 00:26:12.738 --> 00:26:15.282 [Man] You must get down. You must get discouraged. 00:26:15.282 --> 00:26:18.744 And... but every time I see you, you're back up again. 00:26:20.120 --> 00:26:22.081 It's these pills I take. 00:26:22.081 --> 00:26:23.999 [laughter] 00:26:23.999 --> 00:26:27.169 When I came as close as I did in both Iowa 00:26:23.999 --> 00:26:27.169 and New Hampshire, 00:26:27.169 --> 00:26:30.089 there's a greater sense of, "Come on, guys. 00:26:27.169 --> 00:26:30.089 Don't you get it?" 00:26:30.089 --> 00:26:32.216 Why don't we say, "Washington is broken." 00:26:32.216 --> 00:26:35.593 People said, "No, that doesn't sound right, 00:26:32.216 --> 00:26:35.593 that doesn't sound right." 00:26:35.593 --> 00:26:37.637 And, uh, you know, "I can turn it around." 00:26:37.637 --> 00:26:39.265 "No, don't use 'turnaround,' 00:26:39.265 --> 00:26:42.101 don't use 'Washington is broken.'" 00:26:42.101 --> 00:26:44.520 Now-- and so they didn't like that early on. 00:26:44.520 --> 00:26:47.064 They liked the idea of change. "Talk about 00:26:44.520 --> 00:26:47.064 change all the time." 00:26:47.064 --> 00:26:49.316 I said, "Well, change is such a trite word. 00:26:49.316 --> 00:26:51.151 It's used all the time." 00:26:51.151 --> 00:26:53.404 And Alex Castellanos, to his credit, said, 00:26:53.404 --> 00:26:56.073 "Just use it. It's good. Just say change." 00:26:56.073 --> 00:26:58.033 I said, "No, I've got to say something 00:26:58.033 --> 00:26:59.952 like 'Washington is broken.'" 00:26:59.952 --> 00:27:02.662 And so we battled a bit, and I used "change," 00:27:02.662 --> 00:27:04.873 but I used it in more of a philosophical way 00:27:04.873 --> 00:27:07.709 than I do now, and I make it more-- more direct. 00:27:07.709 --> 00:27:10.463 So you can tell a difference in listening 00:27:07.709 --> 00:27:10.463 to the speeches, is that right? 00:27:10.463 --> 00:27:13.215 [Man] Yeah, I-I thought there was, uh... 00:27:13.215 --> 00:27:14.550 A change? 00:27:14.550 --> 00:27:17.553 But cars have changed a lot since then, 00:27:17.553 --> 00:27:19.637 because in the places they make cars, 00:27:19.637 --> 00:27:22.558 you either make a better car or your competitor will, 00:27:22.558 --> 00:27:24.268 and he'll drive you out of business. 00:27:24.268 --> 00:27:27.271 You change and get better, or you're gone. 00:27:27.271 --> 00:27:29.231 And it's true throughout the private sector, 00:27:29.231 --> 00:27:31.442 whether you're selling insurance 00:27:29.231 --> 00:27:31.442 or selling shirts 00:27:31.442 --> 00:27:33.569 or making cars or whatever you do. 00:27:33.569 --> 00:27:36.863 You better always be making a better and better 00:27:33.569 --> 00:27:36.863 product or service, 00:27:36.863 --> 00:27:39.950 or somebody else will, and you'll be out of business. 00:27:42.119 --> 00:27:44.246 - [Matt] Is he decent? - Is he decent? 00:27:44.246 --> 00:27:47.249 This is bad news, right? 00:27:47.249 --> 00:27:49.126 Is he decent? 00:27:49.126 --> 00:27:51.420 - Almost. - Is he in the bathtub? 00:27:51.420 --> 00:27:53.339 He's thinking if you're coming up-- 00:27:53.339 --> 00:27:54.923 [Mitt] I've got a robe on. I'm out of the bathtub. 00:27:54.923 --> 00:27:57.343 Thirty-five, twenty-nine, Romney! 00:27:57.343 --> 00:27:58.636 No, really? 00:27:58.636 --> 00:28:00.929 - Yeah, really. - [Matt] Yeah. 00:28:00.929 --> 00:28:02.764 - Are you kidding? - No. 00:28:02.764 --> 00:28:05.142 Can I get a hug? 00:28:05.142 --> 00:28:07.019 I said to Ann, "I think we lost this one." 00:28:07.019 --> 00:28:09.355 Gosh. Unbelievable. 00:28:09.355 --> 00:28:11.315 We won one. Can you believe it? 00:28:11.315 --> 00:28:13.066 - Really? - Good job, Dad. 00:28:13.066 --> 00:28:14.776 It looks like we won one. 00:28:14.776 --> 00:28:16.362 Nice job. 00:28:16.362 --> 00:28:18.238 [indistinct remarks] 00:28:18.238 --> 00:28:19.823 Oh, gosh. 00:28:19.823 --> 00:28:21.992 I can't believe I'm in this thing. 00:28:21.992 --> 00:28:23.452 [cheers and applause] 00:28:23.452 --> 00:28:29.291 [Crowd] Mitt! Mitt! Mitt! 00:28:29.291 --> 00:28:32.336 Let's take this campaign to South Carolina 00:28:32.336 --> 00:28:35.047 and Nevada and Florida and all over the country. 00:28:35.047 --> 00:28:38.050 Let's take it all the way to the White House! 00:28:38.050 --> 00:28:41.512 [cheers and applause] 00:29:00.030 --> 00:29:02.157 [Tagg] So, we're walking back from dinner 00:29:02.157 --> 00:29:04.743 and, uh, I got a call from Will Ritter. 00:29:04.743 --> 00:29:08.080 And Will said that there was a news report 00:29:04.743 --> 00:29:08.080 that Charlie Crist, 00:29:08.080 --> 00:29:11.083 governor of Florida, had endorsed John McCain. 00:29:11.083 --> 00:29:13.544 And Charlie Crist had promised my dad 00:29:13.544 --> 00:29:16.380 multiple times that he was gonna 00:29:13.544 --> 00:29:16.380 stay neutral. 00:29:16.380 --> 00:29:18.632 He talked to many people on our campaign 00:29:18.632 --> 00:29:20.551 He promised 'em all that he was gonna 00:29:18.632 --> 00:29:20.551 stay neutral. 00:29:20.551 --> 00:29:24.430 And now he's announced that he's 00:29:20.551 --> 00:29:24.430 gonna endorse John McCain, 00:29:24.430 --> 00:29:26.306 and it's two days before the election. 00:29:26.306 --> 00:29:27.974 This is a big deal. It's a tight race, 00:29:27.974 --> 00:29:30.644 and it's probably enough to tip it in McCain's favor. 00:29:30.644 --> 00:29:33.021 [Mitt] Wow, isn't this fun? 00:29:34.648 --> 00:29:36.191 You do something like this, you call and say, 00:29:36.191 --> 00:29:37.484 "Look, I've made a decision." 00:29:37.484 --> 00:29:39.403 By the way, we've all talked to him 00:29:39.403 --> 00:29:42.030 and said, "Are you gonna endorse somebody?" 00:29:39.403 --> 00:29:42.030 And he said no. 00:29:42.030 --> 00:29:45.158 Don't you think now, if you lose here with dignity, 00:29:45.158 --> 00:29:48.579 which is that Crist and Martinez endorsed McCain. 00:29:48.579 --> 00:29:51.164 We were tied-- we were tied-- 00:29:51.164 --> 00:29:54.000 We were tied, and they came out 00:29:51.164 --> 00:29:54.000 and endorsed McCain, 00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:58.213 and-- and, um... you know, whatever he promised them. 00:29:58.213 --> 00:30:01.007 And, you know, we lost there, and that's 00:29:58.213 --> 00:30:01.007 just the way it is. 00:30:01.007 --> 00:30:06.138 [Crowd] Romney! Romney! Romney! Romney! 00:30:06.138 --> 00:30:08.390 [chanting subsides] 00:30:08.390 --> 00:30:11.769 [speaking Spanish] Many of you know that 00:30:08.390 --> 00:30:11.769 Mitt Romney is my papa. 00:30:11.769 --> 00:30:14.772 But I also wouldn't be here if I didn't know that... 00:30:14.772 --> 00:30:16.856 ...he would make a great president. 00:30:16.856 --> 00:30:20.068 [crowd chanting] 00:30:23.905 --> 00:30:27.409 [chanting continues] 00:30:28.661 --> 00:30:30.496 [Mitt] Thank you so much. 00:30:30.496 --> 00:30:32.038 [Newscaster] ...right now leading in Tampa, 00:30:32.038 --> 00:30:33.666 leading along the coast in St. Petersburg, 00:30:33.666 --> 00:30:35.083 leading down in Sarasota. 00:30:35.083 --> 00:30:36.960 So, if these numbers hold, 00:30:36.960 --> 00:30:39.379 it looks like John McCain would win the state narrowly... 00:30:39.379 --> 00:30:42.466 We're getting beat everywhere. 00:30:44.843 --> 00:30:46.595 Yeah. 00:30:46.595 --> 00:30:48.764 [Man] ... the war hero who spent almost six years-- 00:30:48.764 --> 00:30:52.601 more than five years-- as a POW in Vietnam, 00:30:52.601 --> 00:30:54.728 the longtime Senator from Arizona, 00:30:54.728 --> 00:30:57.606 an important win for John McCain. 00:30:57.606 --> 00:31:01.318 In Florida right now, beating Mitt Romney, 00:31:01.318 --> 00:31:02.528 John McCain... 00:31:02.528 --> 00:31:05.405 Oh, this feels worse than usual. 00:31:05.405 --> 00:31:06.657 [Woman] Not worse than Iowa. 00:31:06.657 --> 00:31:08.200 What am I gonna say, though? 00:31:09.451 --> 00:31:11.077 "Almost, but not quite." 00:31:12.412 --> 00:31:13.747 "Almost, but not quite." 00:31:13.747 --> 00:31:16.375 Six months ago we laughed at John McCain. 00:31:16.375 --> 00:31:18.001 - [Ann] I know. - Laughed. 00:31:18.001 --> 00:31:21.004 And now he's-- now he's most likely the nominee. 00:31:21.004 --> 00:31:23.590 Even if he gets a majority of the votes on the 5th... 00:31:23.590 --> 00:31:25.843 ...there's still other states after that. 00:31:25.843 --> 00:31:27.553 It's-- it's not over yet. 00:31:27.553 --> 00:31:29.304 But you're gonna have to hit him. 00:31:29.304 --> 00:31:31.390 [Mitt] We've hit him with everything we've got. 00:31:31.390 --> 00:31:34.184 He ran a smart campaign. 00:31:34.184 --> 00:31:35.686 [Man] He's got a vision and room... 00:31:35.686 --> 00:31:39.022 He ran a smart campaign. He beat us. 00:31:39.022 --> 00:31:41.734 [Scott] Why do you give up when you've got a chance? 00:31:41.734 --> 00:31:44.611 If you resign February 6th, fine, 00:31:41.734 --> 00:31:44.611 then do that. 00:31:44.611 --> 00:31:46.780 But until you're out, don't give up. 00:31:46.780 --> 00:31:49.449 No one sends a check in. 00:31:49.449 --> 00:31:52.703 You have to be asked at fundraisers, and 00:31:49.449 --> 00:31:52.703 I mean, it's just-- 00:31:52.703 --> 00:31:54.788 and who's gonna want to come to a big event for me? 00:31:54.788 --> 00:31:56.707 I mean, I didn't even want to go to events! 00:31:56.707 --> 00:31:58.542 "Let me tell you how I'm gonna win this!" 00:31:58.542 --> 00:32:02.087 It's like, oh, gosh, I can't-- I can't fake that. 00:32:02.087 --> 00:32:03.756 [Josh] I don't blame you. I can't blame you. 00:32:03.756 --> 00:32:05.173 - You need to go to bed. - To bed. Let's go. 00:32:05.173 --> 00:32:06.550 [Scott] We need to go to bed, and you need... 00:32:06.550 --> 00:32:08.301 [Ann] Take care of whatever it takes to sleep. 00:32:08.301 --> 00:32:10.220 But you need to realize that you're the best 00:32:08.301 --> 00:32:10.220 candidate... 00:32:10.220 --> 00:32:12.305 - A year ago we told you... - ...and keep at it. 00:32:12.305 --> 00:32:14.933 ...that we'd love you no matter how this thing 00:32:12.305 --> 00:32:14.933 turned out, and... 00:32:14.933 --> 00:32:16.518 - Now you're not so sure. - Now we're not so sure! 00:32:16.518 --> 00:32:18.270 [laughter] 00:32:18.270 --> 00:32:19.688 [Josh] You saw right there, 00:32:19.688 --> 00:32:21.314 he wants us all to have given up. 00:32:21.314 --> 00:32:23.776 He doesn't want us holding on to any hope. 00:32:23.776 --> 00:32:25.778 He hates to disappoint, 00:32:25.778 --> 00:32:28.238 and so this is-- he's disappointed. 00:32:28.238 --> 00:32:30.365 He thinks he's disappointed the family 00:32:30.365 --> 00:32:31.991 and his supporters and all these people, 00:32:31.991 --> 00:32:34.745 and I think that kills him more than anything. 00:32:34.745 --> 00:32:36.914 And so, uh... 00:32:36.914 --> 00:32:38.916 hopefully he knows how proud we are. 00:32:38.916 --> 00:32:40.626 We basically just lost the presidency, 00:32:40.626 --> 00:32:42.711 and nobody's that upset. 00:32:42.711 --> 00:32:45.589 So... you know, I think it shows that... 00:32:46.715 --> 00:32:48.717 we wanted to win, yes, but... 00:32:50.093 --> 00:32:52.220 I mean, there's a lot of downside to winning. 00:32:52.220 --> 00:32:55.140 A lot of downside. And now we can avoid all that, 00:32:55.140 --> 00:32:58.351 and now just go back to our lives 00:32:55.140 --> 00:32:58.351 and be pretty happy, 00:32:58.351 --> 00:33:00.729 so, uh, you know what? 00:33:00.729 --> 00:33:02.648 I'm not too upset. 00:33:02.648 --> 00:33:06.151 Um, now we get to go on and do what we want to do 00:33:02.648 --> 00:33:06.151 and live our lives 00:33:06.151 --> 00:33:08.194 and have privacy and all that, so... 00:33:08.194 --> 00:33:09.780 this is not all bad. 00:33:09.780 --> 00:33:11.907 [Scott] But I'll tell you something else: 00:33:09.780 --> 00:33:11.907 in four years, 00:33:11.907 --> 00:33:13.450 the country's gonna be in worse shape 00:33:13.450 --> 00:33:16.578 and gonna want to have a real rethinking. 00:33:16.578 --> 00:33:18.580 I do not believe-- 00:33:18.580 --> 00:33:20.666 there's people saying this is a changing of 00:33:18.580 --> 00:33:20.666 the Republican Party. 00:33:20.666 --> 00:33:22.375 That's not really what's happened here. 00:33:22.375 --> 00:33:24.085 That isn't-- that isn't-- 00:33:24.085 --> 00:33:25.545 We're doing the same thing we've always done-- 00:33:25.545 --> 00:33:27.464 get the old guy who's in line. 00:33:27.464 --> 00:33:29.466 That's exactly right, and the other thing 00:33:27.464 --> 00:33:29.466 is that there's malaise about Bush, 00:33:31.468 --> 00:33:35.013 and-- and-- and that's part of what's going on 00:33:31.468 --> 00:33:35.013 in this whole thing too. 00:33:35.013 --> 00:33:36.849 I got some real bad news. 00:33:36.849 --> 00:33:40.185 If that's the case... you're the next guy in line. 00:33:40.185 --> 00:33:42.228 [Scott] That's right. You're the next guy 00:33:40.185 --> 00:33:42.228 in line in four years. 00:33:42.228 --> 00:33:43.730 [Jenn] Four years. 00:33:57.243 --> 00:34:00.330 They asked again today, some of our advisors did, 00:34:00.330 --> 00:34:03.917 would we think about doing it in four years. 00:34:06.545 --> 00:34:08.588 I think I need to write myself some notes 00:34:08.588 --> 00:34:11.633 as to why I would not want to do that again, 00:34:11.633 --> 00:34:13.593 on how difficult this is, 00:34:13.593 --> 00:34:15.929 and... 00:34:15.929 --> 00:34:19.057 just say, just remind myself, 00:34:19.057 --> 00:34:23.186 "If you're tempted, the answer's no. 00:34:19.057 --> 00:34:23.186 It's too much." 00:34:26.189 --> 00:34:29.860 ♪ ♪ 00:34:37.743 --> 00:34:41.413 [clock ticking] 00:34:56.636 --> 00:34:59.848 ♪ ♪ 00:35:14.654 --> 00:35:18.199 ♪ ♪ 00:35:28.710 --> 00:35:32.089 ♪ ♪ 00:35:48.063 --> 00:35:52.651 ♪ ♪ 00:36:04.955 --> 00:36:07.457 [cheers and applause] 00:36:07.457 --> 00:36:10.710 [Marco Rubio] My fellow Republicans... 00:36:10.710 --> 00:36:12.587 my fellow Americans... 00:36:12.587 --> 00:36:15.173 I am proud to introduce to you 00:36:15.173 --> 00:36:18.343 the next president of the United States of America, 00:36:18.343 --> 00:36:19.803 Mitt Romney! 00:36:19.803 --> 00:36:25.767 [cheers and applause] 00:36:32.231 --> 00:36:35.027 Mr. Chairman... 00:36:35.027 --> 00:36:36.361 and delegates, 00:36:36.361 --> 00:36:37.654 I accept your nomination 00:36:37.654 --> 00:36:39.990 for president of the United States! 00:36:39.990 --> 00:36:44.703 [cheers and applause] 00:36:48.915 --> 00:36:51.710 [Crowd] Mitt! Mitt! Mitt! Mitt! Mitt! 00:36:55.463 --> 00:36:57.090 [Woman] Just three weeks ago, 00:36:57.090 --> 00:36:58.758 the former Massachusetts governor 00:36:58.758 --> 00:37:00.593 was center stage in Tampa, 00:37:00.593 --> 00:37:02.637 at the Republican National Convention, 00:37:02.637 --> 00:37:05.557 rallying his party and making his case 00:37:02.637 --> 00:37:05.557 for the presidency. 00:37:05.557 --> 00:37:06.975 But then... 00:37:06.975 --> 00:37:08.935 There are 47% of the people who will vote 00:37:08.935 --> 00:37:10.603 for the president no matter what. 00:37:10.603 --> 00:37:12.939 There are 47% who are with him 00:37:12.939 --> 00:37:14.774 who are dependent upon government, 00:37:14.774 --> 00:37:16.818 who believe that they are victims, 00:37:16.818 --> 00:37:19.445 who believe that government has a responsibility 00:37:16.818 --> 00:37:19.445 to care for them, 00:37:19.445 --> 00:37:22.949 who believe that they are entitled 00:37:19.445 --> 00:37:22.949 to health care, to food... 00:37:22.949 --> 00:37:27.370 [Woman] Mitt Romney was caught on camera 00:37:22.949 --> 00:37:27.370 criticizing 47% of Americans 00:37:27.370 --> 00:37:29.372 who don't pay income taxes, 00:37:29.372 --> 00:37:33.085 characterizing them as victims dependent upon government. 00:37:33.085 --> 00:37:35.587 The latest polls show President Obama 00:37:35.587 --> 00:37:37.923 with a 5-, 7-, sometimes 8-point lead 00:37:37.923 --> 00:37:39.799 in some battleground states, 00:37:39.799 --> 00:37:41.134 about a week and a half 00:37:41.134 --> 00:37:42.886 until the first presidential debate. 00:37:42.886 --> 00:37:45.055 So the question we've been hearing all week is, 00:37:45.055 --> 00:37:48.433 Can Mitt Romney survive the errors of the past 00:37:45.055 --> 00:37:48.433 few weeks, 00:37:48.433 --> 00:37:51.477 or has the train left the station? 00:37:51.477 --> 00:37:54.231 The comment about the 47% was telling. 00:37:54.231 --> 00:37:57.192 It was... given behind closed doors. 00:37:57.192 --> 00:37:59.527 But I think what's more telling 00:37:57.192 --> 00:37:59.527 are the policies 00:37:59.527 --> 00:38:01.154 that Governor Romney proposes 00:38:01.154 --> 00:38:03.698 because they fit in with that philosophy. 00:38:04.866 --> 00:38:06.451 You know, in a campaign, 00:38:06.451 --> 00:38:08.161 you make hundreds, maybe even thousands 00:38:08.161 --> 00:38:09.704 of speeches and interviews, 00:38:09.704 --> 00:38:11.330 and now and then things don't come out 00:38:11.330 --> 00:38:12.916 exactly the way you meant them. 00:38:12.916 --> 00:38:14.209 That may have happened to me tonight once or twice. 00:38:14.209 --> 00:38:16.294 We'll find out after the debate. 00:38:16.294 --> 00:38:18.130 But I can tell you this: 00:38:18.130 --> 00:38:21.049 My entire life has been devoted to helping a hundred per cent 00:38:21.049 --> 00:38:22.801 of the people. 00:38:22.801 --> 00:38:25.303 Breaks my heart to see the people in this country 00:38:25.303 --> 00:38:27.597 struggling under the policies of this president. 00:38:27.597 --> 00:38:30.391 We've got 43 months with unemployment 00:38:30.391 --> 00:38:32.644 above eight percent. 00:38:32.644 --> 00:38:34.562 That's the longest-- 00:38:34.562 --> 00:38:36.606 Nah, I'm not gonna go that way. Never mind. 00:38:36.606 --> 00:38:38.817 We've had 43 months above eight percent. 00:38:41.236 --> 00:38:42.904 [Ann] We are about to have our first 00:38:42.904 --> 00:38:45.073 presidential debate against Barack Obama, 00:38:45.073 --> 00:38:47.784 October 3rd, 2012. 00:38:47.784 --> 00:38:50.745 Everyone in the world is watching. No pressure. 00:38:50.745 --> 00:38:52.538 I love you very much. 00:38:52.538 --> 00:38:55.083 Just get a little something in your tummy so you're not... 00:38:59.087 --> 00:39:00.797 So, any advice? 00:39:03.508 --> 00:39:05.051 Yes. 00:39:06.136 --> 00:39:08.554 [soft laughter] 00:39:14.644 --> 00:39:18.523 Conviction, from your heart, as to why you're running. 00:39:18.523 --> 00:39:20.859 Conviction that... 00:39:20.859 --> 00:39:22.819 this country's on the wrong course 00:39:22.819 --> 00:39:25.404 and that you are able to put it on the right one. 00:39:25.404 --> 00:39:27.115 Conviction. 00:39:27.115 --> 00:39:29.450 Complete power from within your heart. 00:39:31.536 --> 00:39:33.288 That's all. 00:39:44.341 --> 00:39:45.967 [Josh] We came into this really nervous. 00:39:45.967 --> 00:39:48.261 The polls have been not great. 00:39:48.261 --> 00:39:50.638 They've come back a little bit in the last couple of days, 00:39:50.638 --> 00:39:53.516 but there's a lot of pressure to do 00:39:50.638 --> 00:39:53.516 well at the debate tonight, 00:39:53.516 --> 00:39:56.644 and, uh, we were really nervous, um, 00:39:56.644 --> 00:39:58.479 just thinking about 00:39:58.479 --> 00:40:00.481 President Obama, he's a great speaker 00:40:00.481 --> 00:40:02.108 and, uh, just has-- 00:40:02.108 --> 00:40:03.943 you know, he has the mantel of the presidency. 00:40:03.943 --> 00:40:05.653 So do you think this debate's 00:40:03.943 --> 00:40:05.653 gonna be different 00:40:05.653 --> 00:40:07.280 from the others in that you'll be 00:40:07.280 --> 00:40:09.157 intimidated by the fact that he's president... 00:40:09.157 --> 00:40:10.742 [Mitt] Sure. Are you kidding? 00:40:10.742 --> 00:40:12.618 [Ann] We shouldn't be intimidated. 00:40:12.618 --> 00:40:14.954 You should not be intimidated by him. I'm not joking, Mitt. 00:40:14.954 --> 00:40:17.082 He's a very good debater. He's a lot better than 00:40:14.954 --> 00:40:17.082 the other guys. 00:40:17.082 --> 00:40:19.334 He's a much more effective debater 00:40:17.082 --> 00:40:19.334 than they are. 00:40:19.334 --> 00:40:21.211 Watch his tapes. He does a very nice job. 00:40:21.211 --> 00:40:22.837 I feel like I would be a little intimidated, 00:40:22.837 --> 00:40:24.297 but I think Mom's right. 00:40:24.297 --> 00:40:26.841 [Ann] Absolutely. You should not be, at all. 00:40:26.841 --> 00:40:28.927 My inclination-- see, I would be afraid 00:40:28.927 --> 00:40:31.263 to kind of stand up to him and afraid of how people 00:40:31.263 --> 00:40:33.723 would perceive you standing up to 00:40:31.263 --> 00:40:33.723 the president, but I think-- 00:40:33.723 --> 00:40:35.225 Oh, I think they expect me to. 00:40:35.225 --> 00:40:36.726 I think so too. 00:40:36.726 --> 00:40:39.271 I'm not worried about that. I represent the party 00:40:39.271 --> 00:40:40.855 that represents half the people in this country. 00:40:40.855 --> 00:40:42.857 I got selected by that party. I'm their nominee. 00:40:42.857 --> 00:40:44.067 And they're furious. 00:40:44.067 --> 00:40:45.651 And I'm gonna stand up to this guy 00:40:45.651 --> 00:40:46.778 'cause he's taking us in the wrong direction 00:40:46.778 --> 00:40:48.280 I got no problem doing that. 00:40:48.280 --> 00:40:49.406 When I get intense, 00:40:49.406 --> 00:40:51.574 it looks like I'm angry and mad, 00:40:51.574 --> 00:40:53.743 you know, and my eyes are in caves anyway, 00:40:53.743 --> 00:40:55.995 so it looks like I'm being angry. 00:40:55.995 --> 00:40:58.081 Those are some of-- they showed some of your 00:40:58.081 --> 00:40:59.791 better moments in your debates, 00:40:59.791 --> 00:41:01.500 those are some of your better moments. 00:41:01.500 --> 00:41:02.919 You know, they showed you 00:41:02.919 --> 00:41:04.212 smacking down Newt Gingrich there. 00:41:04.212 --> 00:41:05.546 That was one of your best moments. 00:41:05.546 --> 00:41:07.215 I'll tell you, I'm good at smack down 00:41:07.215 --> 00:41:08.800 if I have a piece of information 00:41:08.800 --> 00:41:10.385 I can smack 'em down with. 00:41:10.385 --> 00:41:12.595 If it's just who can out-verbalize 00:41:10.385 --> 00:41:12.595 someone else... 00:41:12.595 --> 00:41:13.888 - Yeah. - ...I'm... no. 00:41:13.888 --> 00:41:15.640 But the information, you're prepared. 00:41:15.640 --> 00:41:17.558 Just shoot me an e-mail with those numbers? 00:41:21.771 --> 00:41:23.856 Yeah, what's the defense budget, 00:41:23.856 --> 00:41:26.359 you know, what's Medicare budget... 00:41:27.819 --> 00:41:28.903 Okay? 00:41:28.903 --> 00:41:31.197 Thanks. All righty. Okay, bye. 00:41:33.450 --> 00:41:35.452 The thing that I don't get is, 00:41:35.452 --> 00:41:37.495 how come they don't understand, 00:41:35.452 --> 00:41:37.495 like, how bad it is? 00:41:37.495 --> 00:41:40.665 Don't they get how bad it is, for the small business? 00:41:40.665 --> 00:41:42.792 I mean, they-- I think they put 00:41:40.665 --> 00:41:42.792 these things in place 00:41:42.792 --> 00:41:44.502 thinking they're gonna hurt the big guys 00:41:44.502 --> 00:41:47.172 and, you know, put it in place 00:41:44.502 --> 00:41:47.172 for the big banks 00:41:47.172 --> 00:41:48.840 and the big corporations, 00:41:48.840 --> 00:41:51.926 but don't they realize how much 00:41:48.840 --> 00:41:51.926 it hurts the 35... 00:41:51.926 --> 00:41:53.178 Thirty-five people. 00:41:53.178 --> 00:41:54.762 ...people, you know, employees? 00:41:54.762 --> 00:41:56.306 They don't know how hard it is. 00:41:56.306 --> 00:41:58.766 They don't know-- they have not been 00:41:56.306 --> 00:41:58.766 in a setting 00:41:58.766 --> 00:42:00.685 where you're trying to make it, 00:42:00.685 --> 00:42:02.770 where you've got a little business 00:42:00.685 --> 00:42:02.770 and you're trying to make it. 00:42:02.770 --> 00:42:04.063 They don't know how hard that is. 00:42:04.063 --> 00:42:05.731 They're all lawyers, aren't they? 00:42:05.731 --> 00:42:07.359 They're lawyers. They assume it's 00:42:05.731 --> 00:42:07.359 always there, 00:42:07.359 --> 00:42:08.818 and business is always there. 00:42:08.818 --> 00:42:10.945 They don't know that businesses fail, 00:42:10.945 --> 00:42:12.613 that people go out of business, 00:42:12.613 --> 00:42:15.700 that they lose their life savings, 00:42:12.613 --> 00:42:15.700 they lose their job, 00:42:15.700 --> 00:42:17.660 but they start over again, 00:42:17.660 --> 00:42:19.662 but they don't know how hard it is for 00:42:17.660 --> 00:42:19.662 a business to succeed, 00:42:19.662 --> 00:42:22.332 and they keep piling on more and more, 00:42:22.332 --> 00:42:24.125 thinking, "Well, that's okay, these guys will all do fine." 00:42:24.125 --> 00:42:27.295 At some point, they don't do fine. 00:42:24.125 --> 00:42:27.295 That's the-- 00:42:27.295 --> 00:42:30.256 But they, never having been there, 00:42:27.295 --> 00:42:30.256 they don't understand it. 00:42:30.256 --> 00:42:32.175 In those early days at Bain Capital, 00:42:32.175 --> 00:42:34.386 when we were investing in businesses like Sanborn-- 00:42:34.386 --> 00:42:36.429 you remember Sanborn, the centrifuge company? 00:42:36.429 --> 00:42:39.516 I agonized over that. Every night I thought 00:42:36.429 --> 00:42:39.516 about that. 00:42:39.516 --> 00:42:41.142 How are we gonna get that to succeed? 00:42:41.142 --> 00:42:43.228 It was just-- and you know what? 00:42:41.142 --> 00:42:43.228 It didn't make it. 00:42:43.228 --> 00:42:44.812 Finally went out of business. 00:42:44.812 --> 00:42:46.647 And it was like, Oh, boy. 00:42:46.647 --> 00:42:48.274 I'm beginning to realize I have a debate tonight. 00:42:48.274 --> 00:42:50.360 It's tonight, isn't it, that we're doing it? 00:42:50.360 --> 00:42:51.819 Mom, can I have some Chapstick on? 00:42:51.819 --> 00:42:54.072 Look, Mom, this is-- it's not opened yet. 00:42:54.072 --> 00:42:55.532 There was a bunch of 'em on that counter. 00:42:55.532 --> 00:42:59.118 [indistinct conversations] 00:42:59.118 --> 00:43:01.413 Whoa! It's windy! 00:43:01.413 --> 00:43:03.748 [indistinct remark] 00:43:03.748 --> 00:43:05.333 The curtains are blowing. 00:43:05.333 --> 00:43:07.419 [Mitt] Oh, gosh, look at that garbage. 00:43:10.338 --> 00:43:11.839 [Girl] Pull the curtains. 00:43:30.024 --> 00:43:31.776 Thank you. 00:43:31.776 --> 00:43:33.445 [Tagg] Wipe your hands when you're 00:43:31.776 --> 00:43:33.445 done, please, okay? 00:43:33.445 --> 00:43:35.821 This is all stinky. Can you get the door for me? 00:43:39.576 --> 00:43:41.494 [Tagg] We were admiring your purse. 00:43:41.494 --> 00:43:43.121 [Mitt] What is this? 00:43:46.416 --> 00:43:47.917 Go get 'em, Mom. 00:43:47.917 --> 00:43:49.877 [Man] ...not in the car, but he can film 00:43:49.877 --> 00:43:51.754 and then run into the family van. 00:43:51.754 --> 00:43:53.965 [Man #2] Is that all right? I'll be down in a second. 00:43:55.133 --> 00:43:56.675 Jackson, you're up. 00:43:57.927 --> 00:44:00.721 [Man #3] Ann. How are you feeling? 00:44:00.721 --> 00:44:03.057 Right now, very calm, actually. 00:44:03.057 --> 00:44:05.101 Looking outside, looking at the sun... 00:44:06.227 --> 00:44:07.937 feeling very calm. 00:44:12.900 --> 00:44:14.360 [Man] All right. 00:44:14.360 --> 00:44:18.156 Family members, we're gonna get you movin'. 00:44:19.198 --> 00:44:20.741 Ann. 00:44:30.084 --> 00:44:31.794 Ready to go? 00:44:31.794 --> 00:44:34.005 [Man] I'm about to pull the Guv if 00:44:31.794 --> 00:44:34.005 you're ready, John. 00:44:35.423 --> 00:44:38.635 - All right. - Are we ready? 00:44:38.635 --> 00:44:40.178 Here we go. All right. 00:44:45.766 --> 00:44:48.936 Got to keep moving to the elevators. 00:44:48.936 --> 00:44:51.189 [Ann] Let's just get some, uh, dirge music 00:44:51.189 --> 00:44:53.858 so that Mitt's walking to his execution. 00:45:24.597 --> 00:45:27.058 - [Mitt] Off we go. - [Man] Off we go. 00:45:49.372 --> 00:45:52.542 [Woman] Yeah, is that insane that they'd 00:45:49.372 --> 00:45:52.542 close a major freeway... 00:45:52.542 --> 00:45:53.959 [Woman #2] During rush hour. 00:45:53.959 --> 00:45:55.211 For us, it is not today. 00:45:55.211 --> 00:45:57.171 People were having a fit tonight. 00:45:57.171 --> 00:46:00.675 [Josh] The thing we most hoped as we were 00:45:57.171 --> 00:46:00.675 praying as a family 00:46:00.675 --> 00:46:03.135 was that people would see who my dad was, 00:46:03.135 --> 00:46:05.722 that they'd see the guy we know. 00:46:05.722 --> 00:46:08.725 That's what we wanted. 00:46:08.725 --> 00:46:12.228 [Jim Lehrer] Let's begin with jobs. 00:46:08.725 --> 00:46:12.228 What are... 00:46:12.228 --> 00:46:17.149 the major differences between the two of you 00:46:17.149 --> 00:46:21.696 about how you would go about creating new jobs? 00:46:21.696 --> 00:46:25.450 You know, four years ago we went through 00:46:25.450 --> 00:46:27.326 the worst financial crisis since 00:46:25.450 --> 00:46:27.326 the Great Depression 00:46:27.326 --> 00:46:29.621 [Josh] Fast forward an hour, we're at the debate. 00:46:29.621 --> 00:46:32.331 First question, my dad just nails it. 00:46:32.331 --> 00:46:34.542 And a woman came up to her with a baby in her arms 00:46:34.542 --> 00:46:37.462 and said, "Ann, my husband has had four jobs 00:46:37.462 --> 00:46:39.422 in three years, part-time jobs. 00:46:39.422 --> 00:46:41.716 He has lost his most recent job, 00:46:41.716 --> 00:46:43.800 and we've now just lost our home. 00:46:43.800 --> 00:46:45.303 Can you help us?" 00:46:45.303 --> 00:46:47.804 And the answer is yes, we can help, 00:46:47.804 --> 00:46:49.682 but it's gonna take a different path. 00:46:49.682 --> 00:46:51.601 And my dad just, one after the next, 00:46:51.601 --> 00:46:54.729 is just answering the questions directly 00:46:54.729 --> 00:46:57.814 with force, with power. 00:46:57.814 --> 00:47:01.193 About ten, 15 minutes into it, it's like, this is going well. 00:47:01.193 --> 00:47:03.154 This is going really well. 00:47:03.154 --> 00:47:05.615 An hour into it, it's like, This couldn't be going better. 00:47:05.615 --> 00:47:07.366 And it's like, Please end. 00:47:07.366 --> 00:47:09.786 End immediately. I was looking at 00:47:07.366 --> 00:47:09.786 the lady next to me. 00:47:09.786 --> 00:47:11.287 I kept looking at her watch. It's like... 00:47:11.287 --> 00:47:12.871 This has got to stop. 00:47:12.871 --> 00:47:14.624 And now, from the University of Denver, 00:47:14.624 --> 00:47:18.294 I'm Jim Lehrer. Thank you, and good night. 00:47:18.294 --> 00:47:21.422 [Josh] An hour and a half later, he just absolutely crushed it. 00:47:25.718 --> 00:47:28.095 [Man] They started off with a handshake 00:47:25.718 --> 00:47:28.095 and a smile. 00:47:28.095 --> 00:47:30.181 They wound up with a handshake and a smile, 00:47:30.181 --> 00:47:32.642 and now they're meeting their respective families 00:47:32.642 --> 00:47:35.812 at the end of this 90-minute debate, as you can see 00:47:32.642 --> 00:47:35.812 on the screen. 00:47:35.812 --> 00:47:39.357 The president actually spoke for more than four minutes... 00:47:49.200 --> 00:47:50.702 [Woman] Way to go, Dad! 00:47:52.829 --> 00:47:54.038 [Mitt] Thank you. 00:47:54.038 --> 00:47:56.040 Good job, Guv. Great job, sir. 00:47:56.040 --> 00:47:57.792 Nice work. Nice work. 00:47:57.792 --> 00:48:00.211 We're running, we're running. 00:48:00.211 --> 00:48:01.713 [Woman #2] Excellent job in there. 00:48:01.713 --> 00:48:03.631 God bless you! God bless you! 00:48:03.631 --> 00:48:05.132 ...gonna walk in real fast. 00:48:05.132 --> 00:48:07.051 [Josh] Can I just ask you, like, how do you feel? 00:48:07.051 --> 00:48:08.344 Great. 00:48:08.344 --> 00:48:10.221 I mean, just like, relieved...? 00:48:10.221 --> 00:48:12.264 Is it like relief or joy or...? 00:48:12.264 --> 00:48:13.850 [Ann] Yeah, come on in. 00:48:13.850 --> 00:48:16.394 [Mitt] Sitting presidents have a very hard time 00:48:16.394 --> 00:48:19.021 in these debates: George Herbert Walker did, 00:48:19.021 --> 00:48:21.858 George W. did, because they feel like, 00:48:21.858 --> 00:48:23.442 "Who is this whippersnapper coming up here 00:48:23.442 --> 00:48:24.777 that knows nothing? 00:48:24.777 --> 00:48:26.571 I'm president of the United States. 00:48:26.571 --> 00:48:28.656 I've been all over the world. I meet with world leaders. 00:48:28.656 --> 00:48:31.450 I'm the commander in chief. I know all these things." 00:48:31.450 --> 00:48:33.327 And they come in, this-- 00:48:33.327 --> 00:48:35.872 and so they don't prepare, they don't prepare, 00:48:35.872 --> 00:48:37.665 and they just think they can just waltz through it. 00:48:37.665 --> 00:48:39.417 'Cause they've done the job. 00:48:39.417 --> 00:48:41.001 'Cause they've done the job and they know everything. 00:48:41.001 --> 00:48:42.503 Then they get crushed in the first debate, 00:48:42.503 --> 00:48:44.380 as George W. did, as George Herbert Walker-- 00:48:44.380 --> 00:48:46.173 and then they come back from there. 00:48:46.173 --> 00:48:47.842 I don't think they got crushed as 00:48:46.173 --> 00:48:47.842 badly as he got crushed. 00:48:47.842 --> 00:48:49.260 No, I think you're right. 00:48:49.260 --> 00:48:51.512 Kerry barely won the first debate 00:48:49.260 --> 00:48:51.512 with George, 00:48:51.512 --> 00:48:52.971 and even in that debate, 00:48:52.971 --> 00:48:55.892 George Bush came across as more trustworthy. 00:48:55.892 --> 00:48:58.436 Kerry looked-- Kerry always looks pedantic. 00:48:58.436 --> 00:49:01.313 [Tagg] We will remind you of that fact four years 00:48:58.436 --> 00:49:01.313 from now. 00:49:01.313 --> 00:49:03.190 [Man] It's unbelievable. 00:49:03.190 --> 00:49:04.941 He'll be better next time. 00:49:04.941 --> 00:49:06.943 [Josh] The guy who did him, Greg, was 00:49:04.941 --> 00:49:06.943 actually really good. 00:49:06.943 --> 00:49:09.697 But you can be better next time too. 00:49:09.697 --> 00:49:11.282 I've got a lot of good stories. 00:49:11.282 --> 00:49:13.075 I've got the guy that-- you know, electronics guy... 00:49:13.075 --> 00:49:14.577 [Scott] Yeah? 00:49:14.577 --> 00:49:16.662 You know, the actual numbers on that, by the way, 00:49:16.662 --> 00:49:18.790 he had four employees, including himself and his son. 00:49:18.790 --> 00:49:20.666 He had to cut two away. 00:49:20.666 --> 00:49:24.336 He makes guitar amplifiers, the guy did. 00:49:24.336 --> 00:49:27.256 And he said they calculated 65% 00:49:27.256 --> 00:49:29.341 of what they earned went to government. 00:49:29.341 --> 00:49:30.802 Sixty-five percent. 00:49:30.802 --> 00:49:32.386 And he said, "We were blown away." 00:49:32.386 --> 00:49:33.721 [Scott] We can't survive that! 00:49:33.721 --> 00:49:35.514 But again-- well, it's-- it's-- 00:49:35.514 --> 00:49:37.600 he said no one ever calculates it this way. 00:49:37.600 --> 00:49:40.770 It's federal income tax, 00:49:40.770 --> 00:49:43.230 FICA, payroll tax, 00:49:43.230 --> 00:49:45.733 state income tax, and then state sales tax. 00:49:45.733 --> 00:49:47.485 They did all their sales tax. 00:49:47.485 --> 00:49:48.694 Real estate tax. 00:49:48.694 --> 00:49:50.321 And, uh, what's the other tax? 00:49:50.321 --> 00:49:51.823 What about Social Security? 00:49:51.823 --> 00:49:53.532 Social Security, that's FICA. Yeah, 00:49:51.823 --> 00:49:53.532 I already... 00:49:53.532 --> 00:49:56.327 - Gasoline. - On gasoline. And gas tax. 00:49:56.327 --> 00:49:58.496 'Cause, you know, you don't think about all those taxes. 00:49:58.496 --> 00:50:00.372 When you take all of the taxes together 00:50:00.372 --> 00:50:02.917 and then you look at how much money his 00:50:00.372 --> 00:50:02.917 business was making, 00:50:02.917 --> 00:50:05.670 he said, "Two-thirds of what we make goes to government. 00:50:05.670 --> 00:50:08.881 And it's like, you know, starting this 00:50:05.670 --> 00:50:08.881 business was high-risk. 00:50:08.881 --> 00:50:12.301 The chance of winning was, like, ten percent, 00:50:08.881 --> 00:50:12.301 so we're making a profit, 00:50:12.301 --> 00:50:14.219 and then they take two-thirds of it." 00:50:14.219 --> 00:50:15.680 He says that's crazy. 00:50:15.680 --> 00:50:17.765 I was with Papa John of Papa John's Pizza. 00:50:17.765 --> 00:50:19.851 He said, "I wouldn't start my company today. 00:50:19.851 --> 00:50:22.102 In this environment, I wouldn't do it." 00:50:22.102 --> 00:50:24.939 I write-- I write down-- they get pretty sprawly here. 00:50:24.939 --> 00:50:26.816 - You can see it. - Doodlies. 00:50:26.816 --> 00:50:28.359 That is amazing. 00:50:28.359 --> 00:50:32.446 I've learned that if I write too much on the paper, 00:50:32.446 --> 00:50:34.824 I won't be able to see it again. 00:50:32.446 --> 00:50:34.824 I'll get confused. 00:50:34.824 --> 00:50:37.326 - All three. - [Ann] Mm-kay. 00:50:37.326 --> 00:50:39.912 That's what I start with: Dad. 00:50:39.912 --> 00:50:41.205 - Dad. - Wait, wait, wait. 00:50:41.205 --> 00:50:42.540 I want to-- will you explain that? 00:50:42.540 --> 00:50:43.791 What is this that I'm looking at? 00:50:43.791 --> 00:50:45.668 I just, uh, that's, um, 00:50:45.668 --> 00:50:47.837 that's my-- those are my notes from the, uh... 00:50:47.837 --> 00:50:49.714 And you write those when you get up there? 00:50:49.714 --> 00:50:51.841 When I get up there-- we didn't have 00:50:49.714 --> 00:50:51.841 any time this time. 00:50:51.841 --> 00:50:53.384 I didn't write as much as I normally do, 00:50:53.384 --> 00:50:56.094 but I normally write more when I get up there, 00:50:56.094 --> 00:50:57.972 just to remind me-- myself of things, 00:50:57.972 --> 00:51:01.057 but because we went into questions with 00:50:57.972 --> 00:51:01.057 no prep time, 00:51:01.057 --> 00:51:02.810 I just wrote down a couple of things. 00:51:01.057 --> 00:51:02.810 I wrote down "Dad." 00:51:02.810 --> 00:51:04.687 I always think about Dad and about-- 00:51:04.687 --> 00:51:06.355 about I'm standing on his shoulders. 00:51:06.355 --> 00:51:08.064 I would not be there-- 00:51:08.064 --> 00:51:10.401 there's no way I would be able to be 00:51:08.064 --> 00:51:10.401 running for president 00:51:10.401 --> 00:51:12.110 if Dad hadn't done what Dad did. 00:51:12.110 --> 00:51:14.070 He's the real deal. The guy was born in Mexico. 00:51:14.070 --> 00:51:15.573 [Scott] You're the real deal. 00:51:15.573 --> 00:51:17.491 No. He didn't have a college degree. 00:51:17.491 --> 00:51:19.994 He became head of a car company 00:51:17.491 --> 00:51:19.994 and became a governor. 00:51:19.994 --> 00:51:24.206 I mean, it would have never entered my mind 00:51:19.994 --> 00:51:24.206 to be in politics. 00:51:24.206 --> 00:51:28.044 This guy-- how-- how can you 00:51:24.206 --> 00:51:28.044 go from his beginnings 00:51:28.044 --> 00:51:30.128 to think, "I can be head of a car company, 00:51:30.128 --> 00:51:32.214 I can run for governor, I can run for president"? 00:51:32.214 --> 00:51:34.884 I don't know how that gap-- all right? 00:51:34.884 --> 00:51:37.386 For me, I started where he ended up, all right? 00:51:37.386 --> 00:51:39.889 I started off with money and education 00:51:39.889 --> 00:51:41.557 and Harvard Business School and Harvard Law School. 00:51:41.557 --> 00:51:44.268 For me, it's moving that far. For him, it was like that. 00:51:44.268 --> 00:51:46.729 So, anyway, I write Dad's name down, 00:51:46.729 --> 00:51:48.606 remembering him, 00:51:48.606 --> 00:51:51.149 and then I have a little sun there. 00:51:51.149 --> 00:51:52.860 "Let your light so shine..." 00:51:54.612 --> 00:51:56.906 You guys want to take a debate ticket 00:51:56.906 --> 00:51:59.241 for your book of remembrance? 00:51:59.241 --> 00:52:01.159 [Tagg] Can we say a thank-you prayer? 00:52:01.159 --> 00:52:05.121 Our Father in heaven, we are thankful tonight 00:52:01.159 --> 00:52:05.121 to be able to gather 00:52:05.121 --> 00:52:07.249 after a successful day. 00:52:07.249 --> 00:52:08.876 We are thankful for the many blessings 00:52:08.876 --> 00:52:10.377 that have been bestowed upon us 00:52:10.377 --> 00:52:12.588 by virtue of the greatness of our parents. 00:52:12.588 --> 00:52:15.382 We love and appreciate them. 00:52:15.382 --> 00:52:20.136 We pray-- thank thee for Ann, my sweetheart, 00:52:20.136 --> 00:52:23.181 for her prayer and her blessing 00:52:23.181 --> 00:52:25.935 that she gives to me and to this effort. 00:52:25.935 --> 00:52:28.771 We're thankful for our loved ones 00:52:25.935 --> 00:52:28.771 throughout the world 00:52:28.771 --> 00:52:30.439 and for the great joy that we have 00:52:30.439 --> 00:52:34.568 to recognize that all of these things 00:52:30.439 --> 00:52:34.568 will pass away 00:52:34.568 --> 00:52:37.321 and thy kingdom and our families 00:52:37.321 --> 00:52:39.323 are that which will endure. 00:52:39.323 --> 00:52:40.908 We say these things 00:52:40.908 --> 00:52:42.576 with thankfulness in our hearts 00:52:42.576 --> 00:52:44.453 in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen. 00:52:44.453 --> 00:52:45.830 [All] Amen. 00:52:45.830 --> 00:52:48.749 She stabilizes my dad completely. 00:52:48.749 --> 00:52:51.251 I mean, she helps him have perspective 00:52:51.251 --> 00:52:54.170 and to unwind and to not get 00:52:51.251 --> 00:52:54.170 too worked up, 00:52:54.170 --> 00:52:56.423 and to be able to relax. 00:52:56.423 --> 00:52:59.802 That's, uh, that's one of her major strengths. 00:52:59.802 --> 00:53:02.513 When I first heard it, my dad told me on the phone, 00:53:02.513 --> 00:53:04.015 and I didn't believe it. 00:53:04.015 --> 00:53:05.474 I said, "Well, that's--" 00:53:05.474 --> 00:53:07.143 It just didn't make sense to me. 00:53:07.143 --> 00:53:08.477 This was my mom. She doesn't have 00:53:07.143 --> 00:53:08.477 multiple sclerosis. 00:53:08.477 --> 00:53:10.186 They've misdiagnosed her somehow. 00:53:10.186 --> 00:53:14.108 I think I was in denial, and didn't realize it, 00:53:14.108 --> 00:53:18.112 and a couple of weeks into it, I realized, 00:53:14.108 --> 00:53:18.112 "Wait, this is for real. 00:53:18.112 --> 00:53:20.196 She's really sick." 00:53:20.196 --> 00:53:22.741 And it hits you slowly. It was right around 00:53:20.196 --> 00:53:22.741 Thanksgiving time, 00:53:22.741 --> 00:53:25.536 and it was really hard. I mean, this is your mom. 00:53:25.536 --> 00:53:28.873 And it just happens to other people; 00:53:25.536 --> 00:53:28.873 it doesn't happen to you. 00:53:28.873 --> 00:53:30.875 And all of a sudden, it's happening to you! 00:53:30.875 --> 00:53:32.626 There have been studies that have shown 00:53:32.626 --> 00:53:34.920 that people who have MS, for some reason, 00:53:34.920 --> 00:53:37.798 respond well to riding horses, 00:53:37.798 --> 00:53:39.550 and they're not quite sure why it is. 00:53:39.550 --> 00:53:42.427 The real factor for her was being able to put 00:53:42.427 --> 00:53:45.056 her heart and soul into something, 00:53:45.056 --> 00:53:49.476 and to connect with them and go beyond herself, 00:53:49.476 --> 00:53:53.647 and so much of that helped pull her out of 00:53:53.647 --> 00:53:57.233 the depression that she was in 00:53:53.647 --> 00:53:57.233 over having her disease, 00:53:57.233 --> 00:53:59.987 and get beyond just concentrating on being sick 00:53:59.987 --> 00:54:02.907 and start concentrating on other things. 00:54:02.907 --> 00:54:05.034 It's when I get little twinges of fatigue 00:54:05.034 --> 00:54:07.036 or I get little twinges of pain or I get little-- 00:54:07.036 --> 00:54:10.789 then I think, "Oh, no! It's coming back!" 00:54:10.789 --> 00:54:14.043 So I'm always fearful that it will come back 00:54:10.789 --> 00:54:14.043 and ravage me, 00:54:14.043 --> 00:54:17.337 but, um, if I really stick to my guns 00:54:17.337 --> 00:54:21.133 and keep myself, you know, this program that I have, 00:54:21.133 --> 00:54:22.760 I do fine. 00:54:22.760 --> 00:54:28.182 And I just have to make sure to not get... 00:54:28.182 --> 00:54:31.309 too overwhelmed with all of the travel 00:54:31.309 --> 00:54:33.604 and all the things that happen in the campaign, 00:54:33.604 --> 00:54:35.689 that it gets me too fatigued, 00:54:35.689 --> 00:54:39.735 and I can do-- two or three days, I'm fine, 00:54:39.735 --> 00:54:42.446 on the campaign trail, and then, day three or four, 00:54:42.446 --> 00:54:44.198 I am drooping and feeling 00:54:44.198 --> 00:54:46.158 pretty wasted and really fatigued, 00:54:46.158 --> 00:54:49.120 and, um, you know, Mitt says, "Get back on your horse," 00:54:49.120 --> 00:54:51.663 and that's all it takes, honestly. 00:54:49.120 --> 00:54:51.663 It's just amazing. 00:54:51.663 --> 00:54:53.540 How 'bout I just take it? 00:54:53.540 --> 00:54:56.668 How 'bout I just take your tongue? 00:54:56.668 --> 00:54:59.004 Then you can't lick me. 00:54:59.004 --> 00:55:01.882 What am I gonna do with your tongue? 00:54:59.004 --> 00:55:01.882 I got it, though. 00:55:01.882 --> 00:55:04.509 [laughter] 00:55:04.509 --> 00:55:05.844 Okay, here we go. 00:55:05.844 --> 00:55:08.222 I feel no pressure at all. 00:55:08.222 --> 00:55:11.767 I'm at complete peace about the whole thing. 00:55:11.767 --> 00:55:16.354 And, um... I'm very confident that Mitt is gonna win. 00:55:16.354 --> 00:55:18.732 I got it on, Garrett. I tied it, I tied it. 00:55:18.732 --> 00:55:20.734 You did, you were able to tie it. 00:55:20.734 --> 00:55:22.236 Well, sort of, kind of. 00:55:22.236 --> 00:55:23.946 I was just about to come see you. 00:55:23.946 --> 00:55:25.781 Frumpy, but I made it. 00:55:25.781 --> 00:55:27.574 Gosh, you look really good. 00:55:29.034 --> 00:55:31.120 You looked at me and you said, 00:55:29.034 --> 00:55:31.120 "You look good." 00:55:31.120 --> 00:55:32.663 You looked at her and you said, 00:55:31.120 --> 00:55:32.663 "You look really good." 00:55:32.663 --> 00:55:34.123 - Look at this. - She's gorgeous. 00:55:34.123 --> 00:55:35.666 [Ann] It-- it looks pretty good, though. 00:55:35.666 --> 00:55:37.751 Yeah, it looks good. I wouldn't fool with it. 00:55:37.751 --> 00:55:40.296 I'm trying to iron something here, so... 00:55:40.296 --> 00:55:43.174 See, the cuff-- this is a new shirt, 00:55:43.174 --> 00:55:45.383 so the cuff is all funny, so I'm... 00:55:45.383 --> 00:55:46.885 [Garrett] Well, that fits you great. 00:55:46.885 --> 00:55:48.470 So I'm trying to-- 00:55:48.470 --> 00:55:50.848 I should have done this before I 00:55:48.470 --> 00:55:50.848 put it on, of course. 00:55:50.848 --> 00:55:53.058 [Ann] Are you gonna iron it on you, seriously? 00:55:53.058 --> 00:55:54.893 - Of course. - [Garrett] Oh, my goodness. 00:55:56.103 --> 00:55:58.147 [Josh] This, uh, this may not end well. 00:55:58.147 --> 00:56:00.149 [Ann laughing] 00:56:00.149 --> 00:56:02.734 [Ann] I love it. 00:56:02.734 --> 00:56:04.195 Look at this. 00:56:06.738 --> 00:56:10.742 It's working. Ouch. It's sort of working. 00:56:10.742 --> 00:56:12.036 Ouch. 00:56:13.704 --> 00:56:15.914 Ouch. 00:56:15.914 --> 00:56:17.791 [Ann] All right, that's good enough, Mitt. 00:56:15.914 --> 00:56:17.791 For goodness sakes. 00:56:17.791 --> 00:56:19.417 In the dark, you can't see wrinkles. 00:56:19.417 --> 00:56:22.213 You got the speech? Can I look at the speech? 00:56:23.379 --> 00:56:25.090 Okay. 00:56:25.090 --> 00:56:27.134 [Ann] I have to go down and make sure I've 00:56:25.090 --> 00:56:27.134 got my lipstick. 00:56:27.134 --> 00:56:28.760 [Emcee] It is my great honor 00:56:28.760 --> 00:56:31.305 to welcome Mrs. Ann Romney... 00:56:32.348 --> 00:56:33.932 and the honorable Mitt Romney, 00:56:33.932 --> 00:56:36.268 former governor of the state of Massachusetts. 00:56:36.268 --> 00:56:40.189 [cheers and applause] 00:56:40.189 --> 00:56:42.691 [no audible dialogue] 00:56:44.400 --> 00:56:46.153 And the honorable Barack Obama, 00:56:46.153 --> 00:56:49.990 44th president of the United States of America! 00:56:49.990 --> 00:56:54.578 Well, you are right, a campaign can require 00:56:49.990 --> 00:56:54.578 a lot of wardrobe changes. 00:56:54.578 --> 00:56:56.872 Blue jeans in the morning, perhaps. 00:56:56.872 --> 00:57:00.416 A suit for a lunch fundraiser. Sport coat for dinner. 00:57:00.416 --> 00:57:02.627 But it's nice to finally relax 00:57:02.627 --> 00:57:04.963 and to wear what Ann and I wear around the house. 00:57:04.963 --> 00:57:07.049 [laughter] 00:57:13.931 --> 00:57:15.974 [Man] The window seat on an overbooked 00:57:15.974 --> 00:57:17.935 cross-country flight? 00:57:17.935 --> 00:57:19.686 Don't mind if I do! 00:57:19.686 --> 00:57:24.733 [laughter] 00:57:24.733 --> 00:57:27.111 I ordered myself a "stadium pal" 00:57:27.111 --> 00:57:30.322 and realized that while it might 00:57:27.111 --> 00:57:30.322 make sense in the hospital, 00:57:30.322 --> 00:57:34.076 it really wasn't very practical for day-to-day use. 00:57:34.076 --> 00:57:36.120 In an open-air sporting arena 00:57:36.120 --> 00:57:40.916 a piping hot 32-ounce bag of urine 00:57:36.120 --> 00:57:40.916 might go unnoticed. 00:57:40.916 --> 00:57:45.837 [laughter] 00:57:48.715 --> 00:57:51.009 Um, are-- this is supposed to be 00:57:51.009 --> 00:57:52.636 foreign policy though, right? 00:57:52.636 --> 00:57:54.554 - No, the next one. - Oh, it is? 00:57:54.554 --> 00:57:55.889 This is just the Town Hall. 00:57:55.889 --> 00:57:57.391 This is supposed to be just a brawl. 00:57:57.391 --> 00:57:59.393 So this is-- and is it supposedly 00:57:57.391 --> 00:57:59.393 just the voters 00:57:59.393 --> 00:58:01.312 who are asking these questions, 00:57:59.393 --> 00:58:01.312 or are they--? 00:58:01.312 --> 00:58:03.105 Yeah, but Candy Crowley gets to pick the questions. 00:58:03.105 --> 00:58:05.565 [Mitt] She gets to pick the questions, 00:58:03.105 --> 00:58:05.565 but the rules are 00:58:05.565 --> 00:58:07.443 that she cannot participate 00:58:07.443 --> 00:58:09.611 or ask any follow-on questions. 00:58:09.611 --> 00:58:12.697 I'm just a little concerned that they've spent 00:58:09.611 --> 00:58:12.697 five days in debate prep. 00:58:12.697 --> 00:58:14.325 [Ann] Doesn't matter. 00:58:14.325 --> 00:58:16.076 You know what? Then he's gonna be 00:58:14.325 --> 00:58:16.076 better than he was. 00:58:16.076 --> 00:58:18.454 There's no question he's gonna be better 00:58:16.076 --> 00:58:18.454 than he was. 00:58:18.454 --> 00:58:20.538 He was-- he was a disaster last time, 00:58:20.538 --> 00:58:21.999 and he will not be a disaster this time. 00:58:21.999 --> 00:58:24.335 But you know what? You won't, as long as-- 00:58:24.335 --> 00:58:27.963 You just do well yourself. Don't worry 00:58:24.335 --> 00:58:27.963 about how he does. 00:58:27.963 --> 00:58:30.632 - Just be yourself. - What you got there? 00:58:30.632 --> 00:58:32.426 Oh, the mother lode! 00:58:32.426 --> 00:58:35.137 Dad, it wasn't like he just lost last time. 00:58:32.426 --> 00:58:35.137 You won. 00:58:35.137 --> 00:58:37.889 Yeah, do what you did last time. 00:58:35.137 --> 00:58:37.889 It was awesome. 00:58:37.889 --> 00:58:39.350 Yeah, it's easy. 00:58:39.350 --> 00:58:41.059 Here's my hypothesis on the race. 00:58:41.059 --> 00:58:43.437 There are a lot of people who are 00:58:41.059 --> 00:58:43.437 disappointed in Obama 00:58:43.437 --> 00:58:45.063 and don't want to vote for him, 00:58:45.063 --> 00:58:47.024 but they're not sure if they can vote for you 00:58:47.024 --> 00:58:49.276 because they think that there's this bad 00:58:47.024 --> 00:58:49.276 caricature of you out there. 00:58:49.276 --> 00:58:50.861 Right. 00:58:50.861 --> 00:58:52.779 And the last debate was the first time they've seen, 00:58:52.779 --> 00:58:54.490 "Oh, wait a minute, maybe he's not." 00:58:54.490 --> 00:58:56.200 So tonight's just another chance for you to show 00:58:56.200 --> 00:58:57.909 that you're a good person with good ideas. 00:58:57.909 --> 00:58:59.661 That was Murphy's comment. 00:58:59.661 --> 00:59:01.538 My team thinks, no, I've got to be the aggressor. 00:59:01.538 --> 00:59:04.958 I've got to be out there prosecuting, 00:59:01.538 --> 00:59:04.958 pushing hard. 00:59:04.958 --> 00:59:07.794 - I agree. - Well, you-- you can't-- 00:59:07.794 --> 00:59:09.629 You can be a good guy and be pushing hard. 00:59:09.629 --> 00:59:11.340 I agree with your team. Do what your team says. 00:59:11.340 --> 00:59:12.883 They have a much better sense. 00:59:12.883 --> 00:59:14.343 You did it exactly right last time. 00:59:14.343 --> 00:59:16.428 He did both. He did both last time. 00:59:16.428 --> 00:59:19.014 You know, though, you've been more 00:59:16.428 --> 00:59:19.014 aggressive, I think, 00:59:19.014 --> 00:59:20.974 than in the last-- in the past, 00:59:20.974 --> 00:59:22.351 so you can do it. You've done it before. 00:59:22.351 --> 00:59:24.061 We can't give him any more advice. 00:59:24.061 --> 00:59:26.063 - I think it's a bad idea. - We must all be quiet. 00:59:26.063 --> 00:59:28.524 Oh, no, no, no, no. I appreciate the counsel 00:59:26.063 --> 00:59:28.524 and advice, 00:59:28.524 --> 00:59:31.693 I just don't listen to it. I'm kidding. 00:59:31.693 --> 00:59:35.239 I was reading John Kerry just went on 00:59:31.693 --> 00:59:35.239 a 10-minute tirade about you. 00:59:35.239 --> 00:59:38.616 He said-- the example he gave was, uh, 00:59:38.616 --> 00:59:40.827 that Romney's got elevators for his cars 00:59:40.827 --> 00:59:43.497 and in the State House he had his own personal elevator, 00:59:43.497 --> 00:59:46.041 which is rich, coming from John Kerry, 00:59:43.497 --> 00:59:46.041 of all people. 00:59:47.709 --> 00:59:50.628 But I will bet you the elevator 00:59:47.709 --> 00:59:50.628 comes up tonight. "It was for my wife's M.S., 00:59:54.425 --> 00:59:57.344 you A-hole." 00:59:57.344 --> 01:00:00.264 [laughter] 01:00:00.264 --> 01:00:02.807 I would love just being asked the questions. 01:00:00.264 --> 01:00:02.807 That'd be great. 01:00:02.807 --> 01:00:04.768 It's all the things I've got to do: 01:00:04.768 --> 01:00:07.229 the moderator and Barack Obama 01:00:04.768 --> 01:00:07.229 and attack him. 01:00:07.229 --> 01:00:09.356 Stuart says, "Look, on each question, 01:00:09.356 --> 01:00:11.691 you've got to make a connection with the person 01:00:09.356 --> 01:00:11.691 that asks the question. 01:00:11.691 --> 01:00:13.569 Then, number two, you've got to answer 01:00:11.691 --> 01:00:13.569 the question. 01:00:13.569 --> 01:00:15.320 Then, number three, you've got to set 01:00:13.569 --> 01:00:15.320 the broader stage. 01:00:15.320 --> 01:00:17.072 Number four, you've got to attack Barack Obama 01:00:17.072 --> 01:00:18.615 so he has to respond to you." 01:00:18.615 --> 01:00:21.118 It's like, "I've got a minute." 01:00:21.118 --> 01:00:23.787 I mean, you know, that's 120 words. 01:00:23.787 --> 01:00:25.830 It's like, I can't do that. 01:00:25.830 --> 01:00:28.459 Again, I'm really, really glad that it's 01:00:25.830 --> 01:00:28.459 you and not me. 01:00:28.459 --> 01:00:31.295 I just-- and when I try-- when I try and do it, 01:00:28.459 --> 01:00:31.295 I can't do it. 01:00:31.295 --> 01:00:34.465 When I try and practice it, it's like I can't get 01:00:31.295 --> 01:00:34.465 all that stuff in. 01:00:34.465 --> 01:00:36.633 I can't do it all, and then I start speaking fast, 01:00:36.633 --> 01:00:38.469 and people say slow down. 01:00:38.469 --> 01:00:39.886 It's like, you know, all right, 01:00:39.886 --> 01:00:42.222 you've got to slow down and be calm. 01:00:42.222 --> 01:00:44.099 Don't speak so quickly. 01:00:44.099 --> 01:00:46.684 Well, he's not gonna do it either, 01:00:44.099 --> 01:00:46.684 in a minute. 01:00:46.684 --> 01:00:49.396 But I look at it and say, hey, if we 01:00:46.684 --> 01:00:49.396 come out where people say, 01:00:49.396 --> 01:00:51.565 "He did a good job, you know"-- 01:00:51.565 --> 01:00:55.193 our guys say we won, their guys say 01:00:51.565 --> 01:00:55.193 they won, fine. 01:00:55.193 --> 01:00:57.571 Yeah. 01:00:57.571 --> 01:01:00.532 [Laurie] All right, well, be a good boy for 01:00:57.571 --> 01:01:00.532 Kinsley, okay? 01:01:04.495 --> 01:01:07.289 [Josh] I wish you a very happy birthday, 01:01:07.289 --> 01:01:10.208 and we appreciate all the work you're doing. 01:01:10.208 --> 01:01:12.252 I got him psyched up. 01:01:12.252 --> 01:01:15.172 It's like, old Obama's gonna tell us 01:01:12.252 --> 01:01:15.172 what he's gonna do. 01:01:15.172 --> 01:01:18.967 Oh. Hmm. Hmm. What am I gonna tell us we're gonna do? 01:01:20.927 --> 01:01:22.387 Remember to answer all the questions, 01:01:22.387 --> 01:01:23.847 but remember to tell us what we're gonna do. 01:01:23.847 --> 01:01:25.641 [Josh] Bye. 01:01:25.641 --> 01:01:28.685 [Laurie] Is everybody else doing all right? 01:01:25.641 --> 01:01:28.685 The baby's okay? 01:01:33.190 --> 01:01:37.986 [Announcer] This is ABC World News 01:01:33.190 --> 01:01:37.986 with Diane Sawyer. 01:01:37.986 --> 01:01:39.737 [Diane Sawyer] Good evening on 01:01:37.986 --> 01:01:39.737 this Tuesday night. 01:01:39.737 --> 01:01:41.698 As we come on the air, President Obama 01:01:41.698 --> 01:01:44.826 and Governor Mitt Romney are preparing to head 01:01:41.698 --> 01:01:44.826 into the arena 01:01:44.826 --> 01:01:48.705 for their second big debate, and both men 01:01:44.826 --> 01:01:48.705 are on the ground 01:01:48.705 --> 01:01:50.957 just outside New York City. 01:01:50.957 --> 01:01:54.794 They know the power of one night in this race. 01:02:00.467 --> 01:02:02.678 You know, I think any of these attacks on wealth 01:02:02.678 --> 01:02:06.223 are something you can just deflect. 01:02:02.678 --> 01:02:06.223 This isn't about... 01:02:06.223 --> 01:02:08.850 The American people, they understood how 01:02:06.223 --> 01:02:08.850 I spend my money 01:02:08.850 --> 01:02:12.396 and how we're going to spend theirs. 01:02:12.396 --> 01:02:14.690 The president's-- the president's spending 01:02:14.690 --> 01:02:16.983 trillions of dollars of your money. 01:02:27.952 --> 01:02:29.996 - Love ya. - You're gonna do it, Dad. 01:02:29.996 --> 01:02:31.915 Love ya. Love ya. 01:02:34.125 --> 01:02:35.586 Love ya. 01:02:35.586 --> 01:02:38.046 [camera shutter clicking] 01:02:38.046 --> 01:02:40.507 You gonna still love me when it's over? 01:02:40.507 --> 01:02:41.925 Just like Michelle loved him. 01:02:41.925 --> 01:02:43.427 That's what she said to Barack 01:02:41.925 --> 01:02:43.427 on the stage. 01:02:43.427 --> 01:02:45.845 - Yeah, right. - "I still love you." 01:02:45.845 --> 01:02:47.431 That's right. 01:02:47.431 --> 01:02:51.602 [indistinct pleasant chatter] 01:02:54.438 --> 01:02:56.440 Is there a bathroom in here, is that what this is? 01:02:57.857 --> 01:02:59.443 There's one back there, yes, sir. 01:02:59.443 --> 01:03:01.361 That's what it is? Yeah, okay. Thanks. 01:03:01.361 --> 01:03:03.238 Wow. 01:03:03.238 --> 01:03:05.782 Closing in, I want to still get 01:03:03.238 --> 01:03:05.782 a lot of people in. 01:03:05.782 --> 01:03:07.284 I want to ask you something, Mr. President, 01:03:07.284 --> 01:03:09.202 and then have the governor just quickly-- 01:03:09.202 --> 01:03:11.705 your Secretary of State, as I'm sure you know, 01:03:11.705 --> 01:03:14.832 has said that she takes full responsibility 01:03:14.832 --> 01:03:18.253 for the attack on the diplomatic 01:03:14.832 --> 01:03:18.253 mission in Benghazi. 01:03:18.253 --> 01:03:20.756 The day after the attack, Governor, 01:03:20.756 --> 01:03:24.050 I stood in the Rose Garden, 01:03:24.050 --> 01:03:26.344 and I told the American people and the world 01:03:26.344 --> 01:03:29.013 that we were gonna find out exactly what happened, 01:03:29.013 --> 01:03:32.100 that this was an act of terror, 01:03:32.100 --> 01:03:34.352 and I also said that we're gonna hunt down 01:03:34.352 --> 01:03:35.979 those who committed this crime. 01:03:35.979 --> 01:03:37.814 And the suggestion 01:03:37.814 --> 01:03:39.483 that anybody in my team 01:03:39.483 --> 01:03:41.985 would play politics or mislead 01:03:41.985 --> 01:03:44.279 when we've lost four of our own, Governor, 01:03:44.279 --> 01:03:46.490 is offensive. 01:03:46.490 --> 01:03:48.074 That's not what I do as president, 01:03:48.074 --> 01:03:51.161 that's not what I do as commander in chief. 01:03:53.246 --> 01:03:56.124 Governor, if you want to reply, just quickly, to this, please. 01:03:56.124 --> 01:03:58.627 I think it's interesting the president just said 01:03:56.124 --> 01:03:58.627 something 01:03:58.627 --> 01:04:00.962 which is that, on the day after the attack, 01:04:00.962 --> 01:04:02.422 he went in the Rose Garden 01:04:02.422 --> 01:04:04.882 and said that this was an act of terror. 01:04:04.882 --> 01:04:06.426 That's what I said. 01:04:06.426 --> 01:04:09.137 You said in the Rose Garden the day after the attack 01:04:09.137 --> 01:04:10.597 it was an act of terror. 01:04:12.182 --> 01:04:13.891 It was not a spontaneous demonstration, 01:04:13.891 --> 01:04:15.185 is that what you're saying? 01:04:15.185 --> 01:04:16.645 Please proceed, Governor. 01:04:16.645 --> 01:04:19.731 I want to make sure we get that for the record, 01:04:19.731 --> 01:04:21.566 because it took the president 14 days 01:04:21.566 --> 01:04:24.611 before he called the attack in Benghazi 01:04:21.566 --> 01:04:24.611 an act of terror. 01:04:24.611 --> 01:04:26.196 [Barack Obama] Get the transcript. 01:04:26.196 --> 01:04:27.531 He did in fact, sir. 01:04:27.531 --> 01:04:29.032 So let me call it an act of terror. 01:04:29.032 --> 01:04:30.534 Can you say that a little louder, Candy? 01:04:30.534 --> 01:04:32.160 [spectators laugh and applaud] 01:04:32.160 --> 01:04:34.871 He did call it an act of terror. 01:04:34.871 --> 01:04:36.832 It did as well take-- 01:04:36.832 --> 01:04:40.669 it did as well, uh, take two weeks or so 01:04:40.669 --> 01:04:43.129 for the whole idea of there being 01:04:40.669 --> 01:04:43.129 a riot out there 01:04:43.129 --> 01:04:44.631 about this tape to come out. 01:04:44.631 --> 01:04:46.132 You are correct about that. 01:04:46.132 --> 01:04:49.177 The administration-- the administration indicated 01:04:49.177 --> 01:04:53.264 that this was a reaction to a video and was 01:04:49.177 --> 01:04:53.264 a spontaneous reaction. 01:04:53.264 --> 01:04:54.808 It did. 01:04:54.808 --> 01:04:57.310 It took them a long time to say 01:04:54.808 --> 01:04:57.310 this was a terrorist act 01:04:57.310 --> 01:05:00.146 by a terrorist group, and-- and to suggest-- 01:05:00.146 --> 01:05:02.899 am I incorrect in that regard? 01:05:02.899 --> 01:05:05.318 On Sunday, the, uh, your Secretary-- 01:05:05.318 --> 01:05:06.737 Excuse me. 01:05:06.737 --> 01:05:09.030 The ambassador to the United Nations 01:05:09.030 --> 01:05:10.990 went on the Sunday television shows 01:05:10.990 --> 01:05:13.159 and spoke about how this was a spontaneous 01:05:10.990 --> 01:05:13.159 reaction... 01:05:13.159 --> 01:05:15.662 I'm happy to have a longer conversation 01:05:13.159 --> 01:05:15.662 about foreign policy. 01:05:15.662 --> 01:05:17.372 Absolutely, but I want to move you on... 01:05:17.372 --> 01:05:19.165 [Barack Obama] Okay, I'm happy 01:05:17.372 --> 01:05:19.165 to do that, too. 01:05:19.165 --> 01:05:22.168 Well... how bad was it? 01:05:22.168 --> 01:05:24.045 What do you mean? 01:05:25.589 --> 01:05:27.758 It was. Tough format, though. 01:05:27.758 --> 01:05:28.884 It wasn't good. 01:05:28.884 --> 01:05:29.926 I thought we did really well. 01:05:29.926 --> 01:05:32.011 That question they got wrong-- 01:05:32.011 --> 01:05:34.222 that one thing he got wrong when he said 01:05:34.222 --> 01:05:37.851 he didn't say in the Rose Garden-- 01:05:34.222 --> 01:05:37.851 who briefed him on that? 01:05:37.851 --> 01:05:40.520 I just don't know who briefed him on that, 01:05:37.851 --> 01:05:40.520 but someone got it wrong. 01:05:40.520 --> 01:05:43.940 [Laurie] I just kept looking at my watch-- 01:05:40.520 --> 01:05:43.940 how many more minutes? 01:05:43.940 --> 01:05:45.024 [soft laughter] 01:05:45.024 --> 01:05:47.193 It's just so painful for me. 01:05:47.193 --> 01:05:50.321 It is tough. 01:05:50.321 --> 01:05:52.657 Good job. Really good-- 01:05:50.321 --> 01:05:52.657 no, it was. 01:05:52.657 --> 01:05:55.744 He did a lot better this time. He did really well. 01:05:55.744 --> 01:05:57.662 You also did really well this time. 01:05:57.662 --> 01:05:59.205 It was not a win for him at all. 01:05:59.205 --> 01:06:01.999 Well, I'll bet it's 70-30 in the polls, so-- 01:06:01.999 --> 01:06:03.209 No. 01:06:03.209 --> 01:06:07.464 Yeah. Eighty-twenty? Ninety-ten? 01:06:07.464 --> 01:06:09.299 Republicans are gonna think you won, Democrats are 01:06:07.464 --> 01:06:09.299 gonna think he won. 01:06:09.299 --> 01:06:10.926 That's right. 01:06:10.926 --> 01:06:14.763 The CBS poll, if you're curious, 01:06:10.926 --> 01:06:14.763 is 37% Obama won, 01:06:14.763 --> 01:06:17.432 30% you, and 33% tied. 01:06:17.432 --> 01:06:19.893 That's not bad. 01:06:19.893 --> 01:06:21.812 [Jenn] Good fight. Sixty-three percent. 01:06:21.812 --> 01:06:24.815 Thirty-seven percent Obama, 30% Dad, 33% tied. 01:06:24.815 --> 01:06:26.524 They both did well, then. 01:06:26.524 --> 01:06:28.067 [Craig] That's exactly what you needed. 01:06:29.152 --> 01:06:30.862 [Laurie] Yeah, a draw. 01:06:30.862 --> 01:06:34.532 In this format, that's really good, 01:06:30.862 --> 01:06:34.532 I think. 01:06:34.532 --> 01:06:37.118 [Craig] Yeah, that's exactly what you needed. 01:06:37.118 --> 01:06:39.078 The other thing is, you know, I wanted to come back 01:06:39.078 --> 01:06:41.038 and talk about him and his China stuff. 01:06:41.038 --> 01:06:43.040 She keeps interrupting me. "No, no, you can't 01:06:41.038 --> 01:06:43.040 talk about that." 01:06:43.040 --> 01:06:45.794 Why can't I talk about that? He talked about that. 01:06:45.794 --> 01:06:48.797 He talks about whatever the heck he wants to. 01:06:45.794 --> 01:06:48.797 I can't do that. 01:06:48.797 --> 01:06:51.633 [Laurie] Her excuse was the time, but 01:06:48.797 --> 01:06:51.633 that was irrelevant. 01:06:51.633 --> 01:06:53.384 [Tagg] But he had more time than you had. 01:06:53.384 --> 01:06:56.262 [Laurie] It didn't matter. It mattered who got 01:06:53.384 --> 01:06:56.262 to go last. 01:06:56.262 --> 01:06:58.181 But-- but he has this interesting point: 01:06:58.181 --> 01:07:00.558 "If Candy Crowley thought Romney was right 01:07:00.558 --> 01:07:02.560 in the spirit of the law, why--" 01:07:02.560 --> 01:07:04.604 which is what she said in her walk-back-- 01:07:04.604 --> 01:07:07.398 "why was she so aggressive correcting 01:07:04.604 --> 01:07:07.398 the letter of the law?" 01:07:09.400 --> 01:07:11.319 Yeah. Good point. 01:07:11.319 --> 01:07:15.907 I asked him whether he called the attack 01:07:11.319 --> 01:07:15.907 a terrorist attack. 01:07:15.907 --> 01:07:18.368 [Laurie] How are you wrong? How is that a misspeaking? 01:07:18.368 --> 01:07:20.662 [Mitt] How is that-- that's both technically right 01:07:20.662 --> 01:07:22.789 and in the spirit right, both. 01:07:24.582 --> 01:07:27.043 All of us complain there's no food at 01:07:24.582 --> 01:07:27.043 La Guardia airport. 01:07:27.043 --> 01:07:28.879 There is so much food 01:07:28.879 --> 01:07:31.214 in that food court to the left, you won't believe it. 01:07:31.214 --> 01:07:35.176 In the La Guardia Delta terminal, 01:07:31.214 --> 01:07:35.176 there is no food. 01:07:35.176 --> 01:07:37.679 What are you talking about? 01:07:35.176 --> 01:07:37.679 You're crazy. 01:07:37.679 --> 01:07:39.723 Mister-- Mr. Fly Private. 01:07:39.723 --> 01:07:41.641 Let me give you-- let me give you-- 01:07:39.723 --> 01:07:41.641 give you the reason. 01:07:41.641 --> 01:07:42.934 Can you look it up on your iPad? 01:07:42.934 --> 01:07:44.268 I'm gonna look it up right now. 01:07:44.268 --> 01:07:46.730 Look at terminal "E" or whatever it is. 01:07:46.730 --> 01:07:48.398 - But, uh... - [Ann] It had a dining room? 01:07:48.398 --> 01:07:50.191 It's changed since you were there. 01:07:50.191 --> 01:07:53.277 You're thinking of the shuttle. 01:07:53.277 --> 01:07:56.573 The shuttle has one area 01:07:53.277 --> 01:07:56.573 with eight gates. 01:07:56.573 --> 01:08:00.284 But then the regular Delta has, like, 01:07:56.573 --> 01:08:00.284 twenty gates, 01:08:00.284 --> 01:08:01.995 and it's the other direction. 01:08:01.995 --> 01:08:04.539 You go through the same entry, 01:08:01.995 --> 01:08:04.539 same security, 01:08:04.539 --> 01:08:06.583 and you go left to the regular Delta. 01:08:06.583 --> 01:08:08.668 They have 20 gates and they have a huge 01:08:06.583 --> 01:08:08.668 food court. 01:08:08.668 --> 01:08:10.795 [Matt] Tagg, just give up. You don't stand a chance. 01:08:10.795 --> 01:08:13.256 - Have you found it yet? - He's still debating. 01:08:13.256 --> 01:08:16.217 - He's got you! - That's right! 01:08:16.217 --> 01:08:18.011 Where was this guy tonight? 01:08:18.011 --> 01:08:21.264 [laughter] 01:08:21.264 --> 01:08:24.434 Pretty good. 01:08:24.434 --> 01:08:26.019 Did you see it? Could you see it, Tagg? 01:08:26.019 --> 01:08:29.188 Yep. And you were wrong. I'll show you how I know. 01:08:29.188 --> 01:08:32.067 Yes. Look, I'll show you. 01:08:32.067 --> 01:08:33.568 [Jenn] I wouldn't cross him. 01:08:33.568 --> 01:08:35.904 Here's the map of the terminal. 01:08:37.864 --> 01:08:40.700 There's the Delta shuttle Marine Air 01:08:37.864 --> 01:08:40.700 Terminal right there. 01:08:40.700 --> 01:08:43.036 What Marine Air Terminal? 01:08:43.036 --> 01:08:44.746 That's the Delta shuttle. 01:08:44.746 --> 01:08:47.415 They moved the shuttle terminal to this 01:08:44.746 --> 01:08:47.415 little marine-- 01:08:47.415 --> 01:08:48.917 I'm talking about it's over here-- 01:08:48.917 --> 01:08:50.835 Over here is the Delta terminal 01:08:50.835 --> 01:08:52.712 that you cannot get to from the Delta shuttle-- 01:08:52.712 --> 01:08:54.839 I'm not talking about the Marine Air Terminal. 01:08:54.839 --> 01:08:56.257 I'm talking about over here. 01:08:56.257 --> 01:08:58.760 But this is where the shuttle is now. 01:08:58.760 --> 01:09:00.136 If you take the shuttle to Boston, 01:09:00.136 --> 01:09:01.846 it's out of the Marine Air Terminal. 01:09:01.846 --> 01:09:03.264 They've moved Delta over to the Marine air terminal? 01:09:03.264 --> 01:09:04.891 About eight years ago. 01:09:04.891 --> 01:09:06.601 [Jenn] That is true, that is true. 01:09:06.601 --> 01:09:08.645 Who is it? Oh, it's US Air. Is it US Air? It's US Air. 01:09:08.645 --> 01:09:10.480 - You're thinking US Air. - The US Air. 01:09:11.439 --> 01:09:12.941 I won a debate! 01:09:12.941 --> 01:09:14.400 [laughter] 01:09:14.400 --> 01:09:15.610 [Ann] You finally! 01:09:15.610 --> 01:09:17.654 You went down! 01:09:17.654 --> 01:09:19.363 Sweet dreams. 01:09:19.363 --> 01:09:21.240 Love ya. Take care. 01:09:21.240 --> 01:09:22.450 It was a good fight. 01:09:22.450 --> 01:09:23.910 You did great. It was-- 01:09:23.910 --> 01:09:26.245 - It was a difficult debate. - It was. 01:09:26.245 --> 01:09:27.664 That was-- that was tough. 01:09:27.664 --> 01:09:29.582 - And that threw you off. - And it threw me off. 01:09:29.582 --> 01:09:32.168 I was like, I was like, this is like your SAT 01:09:32.168 --> 01:09:33.670 you know when you, you know, three questions in a row 01:09:33.670 --> 01:09:35.379 you don't know the answer to, it's like, 01:09:35.379 --> 01:09:37.966 "Oh, no, I'm gonna flunk out. My life is over." 01:09:37.966 --> 01:09:40.677 Nope, nope, not at all. 01:09:40.677 --> 01:09:42.470 It was awesome. Let's go, guys. 01:09:42.470 --> 01:09:44.347 I told my dad, I said, "Dad, 01:09:44.347 --> 01:09:47.224 think of yourself like Rocky, and you're in the ring, 01:09:47.224 --> 01:09:48.893 and you're getting your face beat in, 01:09:48.893 --> 01:09:50.812 but you've got to show you can take a punch, 01:09:50.812 --> 01:09:53.023 and you gotta get up off the mat and keep fighting, 01:09:53.023 --> 01:09:54.858 and don't go down until this thing's over. 01:09:54.858 --> 01:09:56.317 And whether you win or not, 01:09:56.317 --> 01:09:57.610 you want to be known as a fighter. 01:09:57.610 --> 01:09:59.529 And this thing's far from over. 01:09:59.529 --> 01:10:01.280 [Man] Oh, my gosh, look at this. 01:10:01.280 --> 01:10:02.824 Are you guys watching this? 01:10:02.824 --> 01:10:05.242 - The doors opening. - Wow, that's cool. 01:10:05.242 --> 01:10:07.078 [Mitt] Hold on, hold on. 01:10:07.078 --> 01:10:08.621 - Don't look. - You're gonna miss it. 01:10:08.621 --> 01:10:10.165 Yeah, don't look. 01:10:10.165 --> 01:10:11.916 [indistinct happy shouts] 01:10:11.916 --> 01:10:15.962 [Crowd] Mitt! Mitt! Mitt! Mitt! Mitt! 01:10:15.962 --> 01:10:18.381 Wow. 01:10:18.381 --> 01:10:20.550 Wow! 01:10:20.550 --> 01:10:22.177 Mitt! Mitt! Mitt! Mitt! 01:10:22.177 --> 01:10:24.846 [Mitt] It's wide open. Maybe we should start walking. 01:10:24.846 --> 01:10:26.389 [chanting continues] 01:10:26.389 --> 01:10:32.145 [Mitt] What are you doing? 01:10:32.145 --> 01:10:34.230 [Announcer] Ladies and gentlemen, 01:10:32.145 --> 01:10:34.230 please welcome 01:10:34.230 --> 01:10:37.692 the next president and first lady 01:10:34.230 --> 01:10:37.692 of the United States, 01:10:37.692 --> 01:10:40.195 Governor and Mrs. Romney! 01:10:40.195 --> 01:10:41.821 [cheers and applause] 01:10:41.821 --> 01:10:44.699 [Crowd] We want Mitt! 01:10:41.821 --> 01:10:44.699 We want Mitt! 01:10:52.790 --> 01:10:54.209 [Mitt] We have journeyed 01:10:54.209 --> 01:10:56.544 far and wide in this campaign together, 01:10:56.544 --> 01:10:58.254 for America's future, 01:10:58.254 --> 01:11:00.090 and now we're almost there. 01:11:00.090 --> 01:11:02.717 One final push, we'll be there. 01:11:02.717 --> 01:11:05.845 You know, it's some long days and some short nights, 01:11:05.845 --> 01:11:08.472 and now we are very, very close. 01:11:08.472 --> 01:11:11.851 The door to a brighter future is there, 01:11:11.851 --> 01:11:14.145 it's open, it's waiting for us. 01:11:14.145 --> 01:11:17.273 I need your vote, I need your work. 01:11:17.273 --> 01:11:18.942 Walk with me. 01:11:18.942 --> 01:11:22.153 Together, tomorrow is another day. 01:11:22.153 --> 01:11:24.488 [cheers and applause] 01:11:45.843 --> 01:11:48.972 [camera shutters clicking] 01:11:48.972 --> 01:11:52.267 [indistinct chatter] 01:11:56.187 --> 01:11:58.189 Thank you. Good to see you again. 01:11:58.189 --> 01:11:59.899 [Woman] Governor, how are you feeling today? 01:11:59.899 --> 01:12:01.859 - [Man] Who did you vote for? - [Mitt] Very good, very good. 01:12:01.859 --> 01:12:03.653 - [Man] Who did you vote for? - [Mitt] I think you know. 01:12:03.653 --> 01:12:05.571 - [Woman] Good luck. - Thank you. 01:12:05.571 --> 01:12:07.865 Thanks much. Bye-bye, guys. 01:12:07.865 --> 01:12:09.159 - Good morning. - Hey, guys. 01:12:09.159 --> 01:12:11.161 Good luck to you, sir. 01:12:11.161 --> 01:12:15.999 [indistinct pleasant chatter] 01:12:15.999 --> 01:12:17.834 Who did you vote for? Did you vote? 01:12:17.834 --> 01:12:20.503 [chuckling] 01:12:24.132 --> 01:12:25.591 Oh, my goodness. 01:12:25.591 --> 01:12:27.218 There are a lot of people out there. 01:12:27.218 --> 01:12:28.511 Yeah, yeah. 01:12:28.511 --> 01:12:30.138 Yeah, there are a lot of people. 01:12:30.138 --> 01:12:32.307 I mean, usually it's empty in here, 01:12:30.138 --> 01:12:32.307 as you know. 01:12:32.307 --> 01:12:34.058 We come in, there's nobody here. 01:12:34.058 --> 01:12:36.393 There's a big line down the street. 01:12:36.393 --> 01:12:38.521 So people are turning out to vote. 01:12:38.521 --> 01:12:42.108 I talked to a radio host in Cleveland. 01:12:42.108 --> 01:12:45.611 He said the suburban voting places have 01:12:42.108 --> 01:12:45.611 long lines, 01:12:45.611 --> 01:12:47.655 much, much longer, he said, than when, um, 01:12:47.655 --> 01:12:50.658 John McCain ran four years ago. 01:12:52.118 --> 01:12:53.661 Yeah. 01:12:55.330 --> 01:12:56.706 Interesting. 01:12:56.706 --> 01:12:58.708 [camera shutters clicking] 01:12:58.708 --> 01:13:01.085 See you guys. See you, buddy. Love you. 01:13:01.085 --> 01:13:04.005 Take care. Allie, bye-bye. 01:13:04.005 --> 01:13:05.256 See you tonight. 01:13:05.256 --> 01:13:07.591 Jennifer. Wanna come with me to Cleveland? 01:13:07.591 --> 01:13:10.887 [indistinct remarks] 01:13:10.887 --> 01:13:13.097 I'm leaving right now. See you guys. 01:13:13.097 --> 01:13:15.350 It's Morning Edition from NPR news. I'm 01:13:13.097 --> 01:13:15.350 Steve Inskeep. 01:13:15.350 --> 01:13:16.976 And I'm Renée Montagne. 01:13:16.976 --> 01:13:18.978 This is a day that many Americans will spend 01:13:18.978 --> 01:13:21.356 staring at maps of the United States. 01:13:21.356 --> 01:13:23.233 Some who are not staring already have 01:13:23.233 --> 01:13:24.775 the electoral map in their heads 01:13:24.775 --> 01:13:26.819 as they calculate ways that President Obama 01:13:26.819 --> 01:13:30.073 or Mitt Romney can win 270 electoral votes. 01:13:30.073 --> 01:13:32.867 In order to win, President Obama would 01:13:30.073 --> 01:13:32.867 need to hang on 01:13:32.867 --> 01:13:35.286 to painfully close leads in several states. 01:13:35.286 --> 01:13:37.788 Mitt Romney needs to win the states he leads narrowly 01:13:37.788 --> 01:13:40.791 and also capture a few states where the President leads. 01:13:40.791 --> 01:13:46.630 [indistinct conversations] 01:13:46.630 --> 01:13:49.092 Tonight I want to speak about what lies ahead, 01:13:49.092 --> 01:13:50.927 about the tomorrow we can build together. 01:13:50.927 --> 01:13:54.013 That freedom, so integral to the American experience, 01:13:54.013 --> 01:13:57.016 will again propel us forward to new heights of discovery, 01:13:57.016 --> 01:13:59.227 to new horizons of opportunity, 01:13:59.227 --> 01:14:02.188 and to new dimensions of prosperity. 01:14:02.188 --> 01:14:04.899 We're-- anyway, you get the idea, 01:14:02.188 --> 01:14:04.899 you get the idea. 01:14:06.734 --> 01:14:08.611 [Man] Yeah! Yeah! 01:14:08.611 --> 01:14:11.447 What's going on, you guys? Huh? 01:14:11.447 --> 01:14:13.324 What up? 01:14:13.324 --> 01:14:15.743 [laughter] 01:14:15.743 --> 01:14:17.203 [Paul Ryan] Good to see you. 01:14:17.203 --> 01:14:18.913 Hey, buddy. How are you doing? 01:14:18.913 --> 01:14:20.039 - Good. - Doing good. 01:14:20.039 --> 01:14:21.249 We're doing well too. 01:14:21.249 --> 01:14:23.334 It's all good. Boy, these crowds. 01:14:23.334 --> 01:14:25.378 You're coming here. Joe Biden... 01:14:25.378 --> 01:14:27.880 We just saw his plane. Yeah, he was just leaving. 01:14:27.880 --> 01:14:30.341 They were talking about how we're 01:14:27.880 --> 01:14:30.341 desperate, you know, 01:14:30.341 --> 01:14:32.260 we're desperate, we're going out 01:14:30.341 --> 01:14:32.260 on election day. 01:14:32.260 --> 01:14:33.594 Funny thing. 01:14:33.594 --> 01:14:35.763 Funny thing, he's in Cleveland too. Strange. 01:14:35.763 --> 01:14:38.975 [indistinct chatter] 01:14:38.975 --> 01:14:41.436 Janna reminds me of that every time. 01:14:41.436 --> 01:14:43.813 She does. She's like... yeah. 01:14:43.813 --> 01:14:45.440 How was the voting? 01:14:45.440 --> 01:14:49.235 It was, um, it was different, than my usual voting. 01:14:49.235 --> 01:14:52.280 [laughter and happy chatter] 01:15:04.459 --> 01:15:06.877 Well. 01:15:06.877 --> 01:15:08.463 Welcome to Pittsburgh. 01:15:08.463 --> 01:15:10.298 This is our last campaign stop. 01:15:10.298 --> 01:15:11.799 [Man] It's our last campaign stop. 01:15:11.799 --> 01:15:13.634 [Man #2] Well, we'll see. 01:15:13.634 --> 01:15:15.345 [Man] There's probably a Chipotle around. 01:15:15.345 --> 01:15:18.722 This is our la-- [laughs] This is our last-- 01:15:18.722 --> 01:15:21.558 I was suggesting to Ken we do an OTR at a bar 01:15:18.722 --> 01:15:21.558 on the way back. 01:15:21.558 --> 01:15:23.686 [Mitt] Guys, look at the parking garage. 01:15:25.438 --> 01:15:27.190 Look at the parking garage. 01:15:27.190 --> 01:15:28.399 Wow. 01:15:28.399 --> 01:15:29.733 Oh, my God. 01:15:29.733 --> 01:15:33.237 [cheering and shouting] 01:15:46.834 --> 01:15:48.878 Look at this in here! Wow! 01:15:48.878 --> 01:15:52.923 [cheers and applause] 01:15:52.923 --> 01:15:55.092 [Woman] Great to see you. 01:15:55.092 --> 01:15:56.677 Thanks for your work. 01:15:56.677 --> 01:15:59.596 Gosh, you guys are fabulous. Thank you so much. 01:15:59.596 --> 01:16:03.518 [cheers and applause] 01:16:03.518 --> 01:16:05.102 Hey, you guys, how are you. 01:16:05.102 --> 01:16:06.687 Thank you for fighting for my dad's business. 01:16:06.687 --> 01:16:08.856 Thanks so much, thank you. 01:16:08.856 --> 01:16:10.691 Hi. How are you? 01:16:10.691 --> 01:16:13.069 - Good to see you guys. - [Woman] Yeah, hold on. 01:16:13.069 --> 01:16:15.946 Judy, hold on, he wants to talk to you. 01:16:15.946 --> 01:16:17.948 Hold on. That's my supervisor. 01:16:17.948 --> 01:16:20.243 Hey, Judy, this is Mitt Romney. How are you? 01:16:21.785 --> 01:16:22.953 Oh, wow. 01:16:26.874 --> 01:16:28.876 He look bigger in person. 01:16:28.876 --> 01:16:30.253 Hey, guys. How you doing? 01:16:30.253 --> 01:16:31.879 - Good, how are you? - Good to see you. 01:16:31.879 --> 01:16:33.672 - How you guys doing? - Wonderful, how are you? 01:16:33.672 --> 01:16:36.092 - I'm doing good, thanks. - Blowin' leaves. 01:16:36.092 --> 01:16:38.302 You're blowing leaves today? 01:16:38.302 --> 01:16:39.887 The sunshine is good in Ohio. 01:16:39.887 --> 01:16:41.638 It's a good day when it's sun-shining. 01:16:41.638 --> 01:16:44.183 I love the leaves when it's sun-shining outdoors. 01:16:44.183 --> 01:16:45.560 When I was a boy we used to burn the leaves. 01:16:45.560 --> 01:16:47.395 They don't do that anymore, of course. 01:16:47.395 --> 01:16:49.021 But we used to put them in front of the street, 01:16:47.395 --> 01:16:49.021 you know, 01:16:49.021 --> 01:16:50.898 and burn them, and they'd smoke. 01:16:50.898 --> 01:16:53.359 I love the smell. How you doing? 01:16:50.898 --> 01:16:53.359 This your son? 01:16:53.359 --> 01:16:55.694 [Mitt] Can you hold that for me, for the car? 01:16:59.240 --> 01:17:02.410 Mitt and I want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts 01:17:02.410 --> 01:17:04.620 for this great effort, 01:17:04.620 --> 01:17:06.372 and I just want to introduce to you, 01:17:06.372 --> 01:17:08.165 because of your hard work, 01:17:08.165 --> 01:17:10.501 the next President of the United States, 01:17:08.165 --> 01:17:10.501 Mitt Romney. 01:17:10.501 --> 01:17:15.423 [cheers and applause] 01:17:19.676 --> 01:17:22.472 [no audio] 01:17:30.438 --> 01:17:33.274 [no audio] 01:17:52.335 --> 01:17:54.753 You know I always slept well before an election. 01:17:54.753 --> 01:17:57.298 That's because I knew I'd given everything, 01:17:57.298 --> 01:17:59.425 so I didn't worry, I did everything I could, 01:17:59.425 --> 01:18:01.218 and after that it's out of my hands. 01:18:01.218 --> 01:18:03.304 That's what I feel. Left it all on the field. 01:18:07.057 --> 01:18:09.685 [Mitt] Traffic is unbelievable. 01:18:09.685 --> 01:18:12.104 Is it real-- Can-- can you see it? 01:18:12.104 --> 01:18:14.315 - You see it out there? - Oh, my goodness! 01:18:16.609 --> 01:18:18.653 And it just goes on and on and on. 01:18:16.609 --> 01:18:18.653 Way down there. 01:18:18.653 --> 01:18:20.070 They've shut down the roads. 01:18:20.070 --> 01:18:21.322 - Why? - At five. 01:18:21.322 --> 01:18:22.865 Why? 01:18:26.619 --> 01:18:28.579 [Man] Secret Service has everything shut down 01:18:28.579 --> 01:18:30.747 as if you're the president of the United States. 01:18:33.543 --> 01:18:35.378 Queen for a day. 01:18:37.630 --> 01:18:42.051 [Announcer] ABC News live coverage 01:18:37.630 --> 01:18:42.051 of Election Night 2012. 01:18:42.051 --> 01:18:43.969 No surprises yet in the presidential race. 01:18:43.969 --> 01:18:46.013 The big battleground states are still out. 01:18:46.013 --> 01:18:48.641 We are here with our entire team 01:18:46.013 --> 01:18:48.641 of experts and analysts. 01:18:48.641 --> 01:18:50.643 We have our reporters out in the battleground states. 01:18:50.643 --> 01:18:53.937 The two of you have been there 01:18:50.643 --> 01:18:53.937 at this very moment. 01:18:53.937 --> 01:18:57.274 What's going on upstairs where the candidates are? 01:18:57.274 --> 01:18:59.610 What are they saying to each other at this moment? 01:18:59.610 --> 01:19:02.655 I feel like I need to lay down on the ground 01:18:59.610 --> 01:19:02.655 and throw up. 01:19:02.655 --> 01:19:04.198 Get him some ice water. 01:19:04.198 --> 01:19:06.158 How is everyone so calm? 01:19:06.158 --> 01:19:08.952 Oh, my gosh. I'm just dying. 01:19:08.952 --> 01:19:10.871 It's finally hitting me. 01:19:12.248 --> 01:19:14.291 - Get the panic out. - Panicsville. 01:19:14.291 --> 01:19:16.460 [Craig] I really want to go slap him 01:19:14.291 --> 01:19:16.460 in the face right now. 01:19:16.460 --> 01:19:18.795 Slap me, hard as you can. Go for it. 01:19:18.795 --> 01:19:20.964 Lay it on me. Go for it. 01:19:22.633 --> 01:19:24.218 I need one on the other side. 01:19:24.218 --> 01:19:26.220 Match it up. Match it up. 01:19:26.220 --> 01:19:29.056 [laughter] 01:19:29.056 --> 01:19:30.391 That's pretty good. 01:19:30.391 --> 01:19:32.268 [laughter subsides] 01:19:32.268 --> 01:19:34.729 Funny. Right now CNN has you, 01:19:34.729 --> 01:19:37.398 you're up by 500 votes. 01:19:38.608 --> 01:19:40.443 - [Craig] Where? - That's not good. 01:19:40.443 --> 01:19:42.152 - [Ben] Florida. - That's not good. 01:19:42.152 --> 01:19:45.573 A squeaker in Florida, Ohio, there's just no way. 01:19:45.573 --> 01:19:46.865 [Ann] I know. 01:19:46.865 --> 01:19:49.243 It was up, like, six points, 01:19:49.243 --> 01:19:51.954 and we were hoping for Pennsylvania or Michigan. 01:19:51.954 --> 01:19:55.165 - I mean, you know, hoping. - Yeah. Both called. 01:19:55.165 --> 01:19:57.209 I wonder what the story is in Wisconsin. 01:19:57.209 --> 01:19:58.877 Oh, that's probably gone too. 01:19:58.877 --> 01:20:01.422 [Chloe] Did you know you know that you lost Wisconsin? 01:20:01.422 --> 01:20:03.090 Chloe, we're not coming in with updates. 01:20:03.090 --> 01:20:05.134 There we go. There we go. 01:20:05.134 --> 01:20:06.761 Okay. 01:20:06.761 --> 01:20:08.721 Did that just get reported? 01:20:08.721 --> 01:20:10.514 It's okay. You can give us updates. 01:20:10.514 --> 01:20:12.683 I want to know the states that 01:20:10.514 --> 01:20:12.683 we win and lose. 01:20:15.018 --> 01:20:18.147 Right? 01:20:18.147 --> 01:20:20.190 Nope. Chloe. No updates. 01:20:20.190 --> 01:20:21.734 Don't. 01:20:22.777 --> 01:20:24.111 Mmm. 01:20:30.534 --> 01:20:33.162 Look at this trash here. Whose stuff is this, 01:20:30.534 --> 01:20:33.162 do you know? 01:20:33.162 --> 01:20:34.455 Some of those are mine. 01:20:34.455 --> 01:20:36.791 So far George Allen is up two percent. 01:20:36.791 --> 01:20:39.251 Ninety-six percent in. 01:20:39.251 --> 01:20:41.295 Oh, that's good to hear. 01:20:41.295 --> 01:20:43.589 That's amazing, is what that is. 01:20:46.759 --> 01:20:48.719 That's really amazing. 01:20:51.639 --> 01:20:53.766 - [Ann] You get 'em to sleep? - [Jenn] They're asleep. 01:20:53.766 --> 01:20:55.434 [Ann] Wow, good job. 01:20:55.434 --> 01:20:56.644 [Tagg] Wow. Amazing. 01:20:56.644 --> 01:20:58.771 Wow. 01:20:58.771 --> 01:21:01.231 Wow, that's too bad. Boy, all those states, huh? 01:21:01.231 --> 01:21:04.318 Wisconsin, Michigan, Nevada. 01:21:04.318 --> 01:21:07.446 Well, so the-- our only hope is Ohio. 01:21:07.446 --> 01:21:09.782 Right? Yeah. 01:21:09.782 --> 01:21:12.535 We're hanging our hat on one state. 01:21:12.535 --> 01:21:14.203 All right, bye. 01:21:18.957 --> 01:21:20.668 Yeah. Yep. 01:21:20.668 --> 01:21:23.420 [Josh] I just can't believe you're 01:21:20.668 --> 01:21:23.420 going to lose. 01:21:23.420 --> 01:21:26.256 Doesn't it make-- it makes your life 01:21:23.420 --> 01:21:26.256 a lot better, doesn't it? 01:21:26.256 --> 01:21:28.925 Yeah, but still I just don't believe 01:21:26.256 --> 01:21:28.925 it's possible 01:21:28.925 --> 01:21:30.594 that you can lose. 01:21:31.928 --> 01:21:33.556 It doesn't change your life, does it? 01:21:33.556 --> 01:21:34.890 Ben? 01:21:34.890 --> 01:21:36.726 Hmm? No. 01:21:36.726 --> 01:21:39.520 The pathway still is, you know, Florida and, 01:21:36.726 --> 01:21:39.520 uh, Virginia, 01:21:39.520 --> 01:21:41.230 which is really close. 01:21:41.230 --> 01:21:44.191 And Ohio, which they're still feeling good about, 01:21:44.191 --> 01:21:47.110 'cause it's still just absentee ballots 01:21:44.191 --> 01:21:47.110 right now. 01:21:47.110 --> 01:21:50.865 And then we've got to pick off Colorado or Iowa 01:21:50.865 --> 01:21:52.533 or New Hampshire or Nevada. 01:21:52.533 --> 01:21:53.826 [Mitt] It comes down to Ohio, folks. 01:21:53.826 --> 01:21:55.828 [Garrett] It does, it does. 01:21:58.664 --> 01:22:00.499 [Ben] Ohio. 01:22:04.127 --> 01:22:06.338 You know, we talked to Senator Portman. 01:22:06.338 --> 01:22:09.174 He thinks that we're going to have a margin 01:22:09.174 --> 01:22:11.761 that we can't catch up to in Ohio. 01:22:11.761 --> 01:22:14.221 We might come up just short there. 01:22:14.221 --> 01:22:17.725 And so, we don't want you to 01:22:17.725 --> 01:22:20.770 look like some-- you know, John Kerry... 01:22:20.770 --> 01:22:22.104 [Mitt] Hangin' on, you mean? 01:22:22.104 --> 01:22:23.773 Hangin' on. Like Newt Gingrich. 01:22:23.773 --> 01:22:25.148 [Mitt] Yeah. 01:22:25.148 --> 01:22:27.401 We just want to do it right, for you and-- 01:22:27.401 --> 01:22:29.069 Ed talked to Karl. 01:22:29.069 --> 01:22:31.655 Karl is the last of the guys out there fighting, 01:22:31.655 --> 01:22:35.075 and Karl knows now that the numbers aren't there, 01:22:35.075 --> 01:22:38.203 and he's going to speak now and... 01:22:38.203 --> 01:22:40.205 He's gonna make clear on FOX News that, 01:22:40.205 --> 01:22:43.083 the Ohio numbers, we can't catch up 01:22:40.205 --> 01:22:43.083 with what's coming in. 01:22:43.083 --> 01:22:45.001 Okay. 01:22:45.001 --> 01:22:46.462 So what do you say? 01:22:46.462 --> 01:22:49.172 What do you think you say in a concession speech? 01:22:54.094 --> 01:22:56.931 Let me read you what I have here 01:22:54.094 --> 01:22:56.931 and see what you think. 01:22:56.931 --> 01:22:58.933 I've just called President Obama 01:22:58.933 --> 01:23:00.726 to congratulate him on his victory. 01:23:00.726 --> 01:23:03.395 His supporters and his campaign also 01:23:00.726 --> 01:23:03.395 deserve congratulations. 01:23:03.395 --> 01:23:04.939 I wish all of them well, particularly 01:23:04.939 --> 01:23:06.732 the president and the first lady 01:23:04.939 --> 01:23:06.732 and their daughters. 01:23:06.732 --> 01:23:08.734 This is a time of great challenges for America 01:23:08.734 --> 01:23:11.069 and I pray that the President 01:23:08.734 --> 01:23:11.069 will be successful 01:23:11.069 --> 01:23:13.906 in guiding the nation. 01:23:13.906 --> 01:23:15.449 No one's listening. 01:23:15.449 --> 01:23:17.743 I was following. I was following you. 01:23:17.743 --> 01:23:19.328 Shall I send you this? 01:23:19.328 --> 01:23:22.038 Do you want me to send it to you? 01:23:19.328 --> 01:23:22.038 Shall I do that? 01:23:22.038 --> 01:23:24.207 - Then we can-- - What's going on? 01:23:24.207 --> 01:23:26.335 We're writing a concession speech. 01:23:27.503 --> 01:23:29.505 - It's finished? - Yeah. 01:23:29.505 --> 01:23:32.215 [Craig] Can you be gracious and still say 01:23:29.505 --> 01:23:32.215 what you think? 01:23:32.215 --> 01:23:34.217 I hope so, but... 01:23:34.217 --> 01:23:37.471 Because I don't-- What's--? I mean... 01:23:37.471 --> 01:23:40.557 I don't know the story. Obviously you don't want 01:23:37.471 --> 01:23:40.557 him to look like a jerk, 01:23:40.557 --> 01:23:42.142 but he's in this race 01:23:42.142 --> 01:23:44.019 because he's passionate about what he believes in. 01:23:44.019 --> 01:23:46.229 Why not say, "This is what I believe"? 01:23:46.229 --> 01:23:47.815 No one thinks he just spent two years 01:23:47.815 --> 01:23:49.692 because he doesn't believe in it. 01:23:49.692 --> 01:23:53.153 And there's tomorrow and there's the next 01:23:49.692 --> 01:23:53.153 day and there's-- 01:23:53.153 --> 01:23:55.781 But what? For what? 01:23:55.781 --> 01:23:58.367 To go out and make the case. 01:23:58.367 --> 01:23:59.827 I mean-- 01:23:59.827 --> 01:24:01.578 He's not going to run for anything again. 01:24:01.578 --> 01:24:02.872 [Mitt] That's for sure. 01:24:02.872 --> 01:24:04.164 To make the case. 01:24:04.164 --> 01:24:06.249 [Mitt] How would I make the case? Where? 01:24:08.711 --> 01:24:10.963 My time on the stage is over, guys. 01:24:10.963 --> 01:24:12.798 I mean, I'm happy for the time I had there, 01:24:12.798 --> 01:24:14.508 but my time is over. 01:24:14.508 --> 01:24:15.885 I think you're under-- 01:24:15.885 --> 01:24:18.804 How-- but to do what? We're done. 01:24:18.804 --> 01:24:21.431 I think there's almost a pastoral role you're playing 01:24:21.431 --> 01:24:23.559 in the political world, 01:24:23.559 --> 01:24:26.854 and... the... 01:24:26.854 --> 01:24:29.439 and part of what you're playing, 01:24:26.854 --> 01:24:29.439 I think... 01:24:31.274 --> 01:24:32.985 ...is soothing people. 01:24:32.985 --> 01:24:34.695 I... yeah. Okay. 01:24:34.695 --> 01:24:37.322 That's-- I don't think this is a time for soothing 01:24:37.322 --> 01:24:39.033 and "everything's fine." 01:24:39.033 --> 01:24:41.702 I think this is a time for, "This is really serious, guys. 01:24:41.702 --> 01:24:43.370 This is really serious." 01:24:43.370 --> 01:24:48.124 To get up and soothe is not-- is not my inclination. 01:24:48.124 --> 01:24:51.545 I cannot believe that he's an aberration in the country. 01:24:51.545 --> 01:24:55.173 I believe we're following the same path 01:24:51.545 --> 01:24:55.173 of every other great nation, 01:24:55.173 --> 01:24:57.676 which is we're following greater government, 01:24:57.676 --> 01:25:01.388 money, tax the rich people, 01:25:01.388 --> 01:25:03.473 promise more stuff to everybody, 01:25:03.473 --> 01:25:06.309 borrow until you go over a cliff. 01:25:06.309 --> 01:25:08.395 And that's-- and that's-- and I think-- 01:25:08.395 --> 01:25:11.065 I think we have a very high risk of 01:25:08.395 --> 01:25:11.065 reaching that tipping point 01:25:11.065 --> 01:25:12.524 sometime in the next five years. 01:25:12.524 --> 01:25:14.568 I'm just-- I'm just-- 01:25:14.568 --> 01:25:16.695 And the idea of saying, "Hey, It's fine, 01:25:14.568 --> 01:25:16.695 don't worry about it." 01:25:16.695 --> 01:25:18.280 No, it's really not. 01:25:18.280 --> 01:25:21.157 This election is over, but our principles endure. 01:25:21.157 --> 01:25:23.660 I believe the principles upon which this nation 01:25:21.157 --> 01:25:23.660 was founded 01:25:23.660 --> 01:25:25.955 are the only sure guide to a resurgent economy 01:25:25.955 --> 01:25:27.623 and to renewed greatness. 01:25:27.623 --> 01:25:29.959 Ann and I join with you to earnestly pray for him 01:25:29.959 --> 01:25:32.836 and for this great nation. 01:25:32.836 --> 01:25:35.547 We're 593 words, so that's about six minutes. 01:25:35.547 --> 01:25:36.757 Probably be a lot of applause. 01:25:36.757 --> 01:25:38.842 How long are you aiming for? 01:25:38.842 --> 01:25:41.136 That's fine. I think that's fine. 01:25:38.842 --> 01:25:41.136 Don't you think that's fine? 01:25:42.429 --> 01:25:43.889 Hey. 01:25:43.889 --> 01:25:45.390 Hey, Matt. 01:25:46.266 --> 01:25:48.811 Don't do it yet? Okay. 01:25:48.811 --> 01:25:51.480 All right, how long do you think? 01:25:54.357 --> 01:25:57.069 Okay. All right, we'll hold tight. 01:25:59.404 --> 01:26:01.615 Rhoades says don't do it yet. 01:26:01.615 --> 01:26:03.575 "Don't do it" meaning "don't call Obama yet"? 01:26:03.575 --> 01:26:05.577 - Don't call the president yet. - Why? 01:26:05.577 --> 01:26:07.830 They all just called and said don't call 01:26:05.577 --> 01:26:07.830 the president yet. 01:26:07.830 --> 01:26:09.957 - Why? - I don't know. 01:26:09.957 --> 01:26:12.084 It's not over yet. 01:26:12.084 --> 01:26:13.585 Premature. 01:26:14.503 --> 01:26:16.463 Why, if we lost Ohio? 01:26:16.463 --> 01:26:20.634 Well, he's saying we-- there's a chance we'll 01:26:16.463 --> 01:26:20.634 still win Ohio. 01:26:20.634 --> 01:26:22.344 This is not what they're reporting in Ohio. 01:26:22.344 --> 01:26:24.346 Doesn't sound like there's a very good chance, 01:26:24.346 --> 01:26:25.848 and that's the issue for me. 01:26:25.848 --> 01:26:28.767 Tell them to wait. Karl Rove is redoing the Ohio map. 01:26:30.602 --> 01:26:33.438 You're, uh, you're up in the popular vote, 01:26:30.602 --> 01:26:33.438 by the way. 01:26:33.438 --> 01:26:36.108 Mmm. 01:26:36.108 --> 01:26:39.194 Yeah, we haven't gotten California yet. 01:26:39.194 --> 01:26:42.197 Well, even reporters like Ben Smith 01:26:42.197 --> 01:26:44.158 and people are saying it's crazy 01:26:44.158 --> 01:26:46.409 for Romney to rush to concede. 01:26:50.288 --> 01:26:53.208 - Prolong the agony. - Prolong the agony. 01:26:53.208 --> 01:26:54.668 Did you call it? 01:26:56.086 --> 01:26:59.131 - It's 12:04. - What about Colorado? 01:26:59.131 --> 01:27:01.967 We're down four points in Colorado. 01:27:01.967 --> 01:27:04.136 [Mitt] Four points? 01:27:04.136 --> 01:27:05.971 I think it's time. 01:27:08.974 --> 01:27:11.226 [Mitt] May I use the house phone? 01:27:12.268 --> 01:27:13.896 It's okay, honey, it's okay. 01:27:13.896 --> 01:27:15.355 [Mitt] Garrett? 01:27:16.272 --> 01:27:17.524 He was just in the hallway. 01:27:17.524 --> 01:27:19.193 I was just going to tell you, 01:27:19.193 --> 01:27:22.320 you know, my-- my own view of the Secret Service is, 01:27:22.320 --> 01:27:23.780 I want to get a ride home tomorrow 01:27:23.780 --> 01:27:25.782 'cause I don't have a car to get there, 01:27:25.782 --> 01:27:29.036 but then pull up stakes. 01:27:29.036 --> 01:27:32.122 I have no interest in having them stay around 01:27:29.036 --> 01:27:32.122 for any more time. 01:27:32.122 --> 01:27:35.417 Yeah. You know, I think you should go 01:27:32.122 --> 01:27:35.417 with what they suggest 01:27:35.417 --> 01:27:38.128 in terms... they'll pare it back. 01:27:38.128 --> 01:27:42.091 The idea of them driving me one mile once I'm home-- 01:27:42.091 --> 01:27:45.427 I... it's like, I will feel ridiculous. 01:27:51.141 --> 01:27:52.893 [Garrett] We need to hold for just a second. 01:27:52.893 --> 01:27:54.310 [Mitt] Okay. We'll hang on. 01:27:54.310 --> 01:27:56.438 Then we'll start... calling out... 01:28:00.609 --> 01:28:02.611 [Man] Um, it's been an amazing honor 01:28:02.611 --> 01:28:07.074 uh, that-- to work with someone like the Guv, 01:28:07.074 --> 01:28:08.742 of such high character. 01:28:08.742 --> 01:28:13.622 Um, he's a true, you know, he's a role model to me. 01:28:14.957 --> 01:28:17.417 You know, it goes without saying 01:28:17.417 --> 01:28:21.130 I'd rather lose with this guy than win with anybody else. 01:28:21.130 --> 01:28:23.757 It's a real honor. Governor Mitt Romney. 01:28:32.348 --> 01:28:34.434 I won't quote him by name. He's here, 01:28:34.434 --> 01:28:37.146 but he said to me, he said, "You know, Mitt," he said, 01:28:37.146 --> 01:28:39.731 in some ways we kind of had to steal 01:28:37.146 --> 01:28:39.731 the Republican nomination 01:28:39.731 --> 01:28:43.777 because our party is Southern, evangelical and populist. 01:28:43.777 --> 01:28:45.946 And you're-- and you're Northern, 01:28:45.946 --> 01:28:48.073 and you're Mormon and you're rich. 01:28:48.073 --> 01:28:50.408 - And these things... - [laughter] 01:28:50.408 --> 01:28:53.120 ...these do not match well with our party. 01:28:53.120 --> 01:28:55.455 Let me just note a couple of other things, 01:28:55.455 --> 01:28:57.040 and that is, um, 01:28:57.040 --> 01:28:59.501 I have long since learned that the, 01:28:59.501 --> 01:29:02.045 uh, greatest source of, um, 01:29:02.045 --> 01:29:04.214 of true wealth in life 01:29:04.214 --> 01:29:07.092 is the associations you have with other 01:29:04.214 --> 01:29:07.092 human beings. 01:29:07.092 --> 01:29:08.635 Uh, most importantly 01:29:08.635 --> 01:29:10.679 the person you fall in love with, 01:29:10.679 --> 01:29:12.430 your family, uh, 01:29:12.430 --> 01:29:14.390 but also the people you work with 01:29:14.390 --> 01:29:16.143 and that become your friends. 01:29:16.143 --> 01:29:19.021 We want you to have a glorious life. 01:29:19.021 --> 01:29:21.106 We want you to be successful 01:29:21.106 --> 01:29:23.441 in whatever you choose to do. 01:29:23.441 --> 01:29:26.444 And we want you to be effective in helping 01:29:26.444 --> 01:29:28.738 pass along a nation which is 01:29:28.738 --> 01:29:30.949 more free and more prosperous than we found it. 01:29:34.911 --> 01:29:36.997 [Mitt] He has to leave at five. 01:29:42.085 --> 01:29:44.296 It's funny, it is like at a funeral, 01:29:44.296 --> 01:29:46.131 which is that the family, you know, 01:29:46.131 --> 01:29:48.050 you've gone through your mourning, 01:29:48.050 --> 01:29:50.010 and you stand there and shake hands with other 01:29:48.050 --> 01:29:50.010 people coming through, 01:29:50.010 --> 01:29:52.470 and when they see you, they weep, they break down, 01:29:52.470 --> 01:29:54.848 because they haven't, you know... 01:29:54.848 --> 01:29:57.059 - [Ann] They haven't mourned. - They haven't mourned yet. 01:29:57.059 --> 01:29:59.353 And as the family, it's like, 01:29:59.353 --> 01:30:01.355 "Yeah, I can't mourn any more." 01:30:01.355 --> 01:30:03.690 [Ann] Boo-hoo! 01:30:03.690 --> 01:30:06.151 - That's enough! - [laughter] 01:30:06.151 --> 01:30:08.195 Sir, it was my pleasure. Absolutely, it was. 01:30:08.195 --> 01:30:09.738 Thank you. Thanks for taking care of her. 01:30:09.738 --> 01:30:11.865 I worried about her, but with you guys around... 01:30:11.865 --> 01:30:13.616 No problems. 01:30:13.616 --> 01:30:15.035 You've got a sense of normalcy. 01:30:15.035 --> 01:30:16.578 - We do. - Yeah, yeah, that's true. 01:30:16.578 --> 01:30:18.080 Well, we enjoyed every minute of it. 01:30:18.080 --> 01:30:20.374 - It was an honor. - God bless. Thanks, guys. 01:30:20.374 --> 01:30:22.167 - Bye-bye. - Take care.