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the idea of rick perry ul p better than rick perry himself. >> he saw his numbers drop from double to single digits. the polls have him at 6%. he takes aims at former massachusetts governor, mitt romney. >> i consider him to be a fat cat but it doesn't matter to me what anybody says about this. i know what will work. >> what he thinks will work is his flat tax plan. it includes giving taxpayers a choice. stick with the current rate or take a flat rate of 20%, reducing the corporate rate to 20%. allowing younger workers to opt out of social security and capping spending to 18%. >> for those at the top, it is hundreds of thousands, even millions of dollars for them. >> but i don't care about that. >> something else perry claims not to care about, the so-called birther issue he helped revive. >> that's all a distraction. i get it. i am really not worried about the president's birth certificate. it is fun to poke at him a little bit. >> a good candidate who is trying to do a relaunch around an issue like taxes does not allow this thing to step on every headline. >> cnbc's chief washington
the idea of rick perry ul p better than rick perry himself. >> he saw his numbers drop from double to single digits. the polls have him at 6%. he takes aims at former massachusetts governor, mitt romney. >> i consider him to be a fat cat but it doesn't matter to me what anybody says about this. i know what will work. >> what he thinks will work is his flat tax plan. it includes giving taxpayers a choice. stick with the current rate or take a flat rate of 20%, reducing the...
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rick perry is down at fifth. soon after rick perry got into the race, he was winning that same poll with 23% of the vote in mid september. by mid october that was down to 12% of the vote. now he is down to 6% of the vote. rick perry is tanking as a candidate. and so time for a rick perry comeback. probably. at least that seems to be the idea. rick perry this week unveiling a kitchen sink strategy of trying everything all at once. since mitt romney has been doing well by being the establishment candidate, tanking rick perry went and got himself establishment republicans to be his new staffers. there are frankly not that be establishment republican staffers out there and still available at this point. there was one guy left over from the first george w. bush run who was still available and still willing to talk to rick perry. perry snatched him up. other than that, perry picked himself up old bob dole staffers from when bob dole, remember him, from when he ran 15 years ago. so tanking rick perry has got himself som
rick perry is down at fifth. soon after rick perry got into the race, he was winning that same poll with 23% of the vote in mid september. by mid october that was down to 12% of the vote. now he is down to 6% of the vote. rick perry is tanking as a candidate. and so time for a rick perry comeback. probably. at least that seems to be the idea. rick perry this week unveiling a kitchen sink strategy of trying everything all at once. since mitt romney has been doing well by being the establishment...
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so far, it is either feast or famine for rick perry. the texas governor brings in $17 million in the third quarter, but his poll numbers are sliding in the opposite direction. at the same time, all of the republican candidates are hammering away at president obama while he is picking a fight with the republicans in congress. >> the republican majority leader in congress, eric cantor, said that right now, he won't even let this jobs bill have a vote in the house of representatives. >> msnbc contributor and managing editor of postpolitics.com, chris cillizza joins us with the daily fix. hey, chris. the president seems to be pointedly ignoring the republican charllengers in the presidential race, but going by name after these house leaders. he really is taking them on. >> no question, andrea. i think it's part of a broader, fire up the base strategy. most people don't know who eric cantor is, but many people in the democratic base, activist types, do know who he is. and look, the president is smart. his job approval numbers in the recent "
so far, it is either feast or famine for rick perry. the texas governor brings in $17 million in the third quarter, but his poll numbers are sliding in the opposite direction. at the same time, all of the republican candidates are hammering away at president obama while he is picking a fight with the republicans in congress. >> the republican majority leader in congress, eric cantor, said that right now, he won't even let this jobs bill have a vote in the house of representatives....
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excuse me, he was at 29%, rick perry, that is. september 1st in "the washington post"/abc poll, 16%. october 2nd in t"the washington pos post"/abc poll. so that is not the trend line you want to see if you're rick perry. he needs a second look. i think the money gets him a second look. he started off like a ball of fire. everybody was interested in him. he immediately got to the top of polls, but that has faded badly. the debate performances don't help, some of the negative stories about him out there don't help. the question of, is he ready for prime-time? this money, for people who doubt and are skeptical, people will think, look, if we don't want romney, perry's our best alternative, but he's got to show improvement. he's got to go out and do things well as a candidate, and that starts with debates. >> and that starts with a debate. the next debate is the bloomberg/"washington post" debate. next tuesday, hanover, new hampshire, the dartmouth debate. and that's really a make-or-break moment for him. because perry has to show tha
excuse me, he was at 29%, rick perry, that is. september 1st in "the washington post"/abc poll, 16%. october 2nd in t"the washington pos post"/abc poll. so that is not the trend line you want to see if you're rick perry. he needs a second look. i think the money gets him a second look. he started off like a ball of fire. everybody was interested in him. he immediately got to the top of polls, but that has faded badly. the debate performances don't help, some of the negative...
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rick perry is polling nationally at 6%. 6. that is a problem for rick perry. he is tanking. but tanking rick perry has a solution to this. rick perry appears this week to be launching his comeback plan. step one, he got himself some new establishment republican staff. a lot of bob dole for president staff, if you must know. seriously old school. step two, rick perry got himself a new herman cainesque flat tax. step three, he got himself a donald trumpesque birther platform, playing to the tin foil hat fringe implying that the president is secretly foreign and therefore not really president. as of today some new steps. tanking rick perry also floating the idea that he will fix his being bad at debates problem by going on offense. not by going on offense during the debates but by going on offense against the whole idea of debating. >> actually, these debates are set up for nothing more than to tear down the candidates. it's pretty hard to be able to sit and lay out your ideas and your concepts with a one-minute response. so you know, if there was a -- if there was a mistake ma
rick perry is polling nationally at 6%. 6. that is a problem for rick perry. he is tanking. but tanking rick perry has a solution to this. rick perry appears this week to be launching his comeback plan. step one, he got himself some new establishment republican staff. a lot of bob dole for president staff, if you must know. seriously old school. step two, rick perry got himself a new herman cainesque flat tax. step three, he got himself a donald trumpesque birther platform, playing to the tin...
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rick perry is a true leader. he is a true conservative and he is a genuine follower of jesus christ. would you join me in welcoming the governor of the great state of texas, rick perry! >> that was texas pastor robert jeffers in introducing rick perry at the values voters conference on friday. shortly after, he told reporters that he considered the mormon faith a cult. perry's chief rival mitt romney is mormon. perry quickly distanced himself from the pastor's remarks. but the incident raises questions for both candidates. let's bring back the roundtable again. george, again, this is about this unspoken business of mitt romney's faith, is it going to be a major issue? >> it's a submerged issue. i don't know how big it is. it's an issue primarily with republican voters. i don't think most democrats care about this. however, i think much of the resistance is in the south. whoever the republicans nominate is going to carry itself, the south, regardless of any anxieties about his faith. >> this is interesting. i'm ra
rick perry is a true leader. he is a true conservative and he is a genuine follower of jesus christ. would you join me in welcoming the governor of the great state of texas, rick perry! >> that was texas pastor robert jeffers in introducing rick perry at the values voters conference on friday. shortly after, he told reporters that he considered the mormon faith a cult. perry's chief rival mitt romney is mormon. perry quickly distanced himself from the pastor's remarks. but the incident...
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. >> what are you smoking, rick perry? >> it is supposed to be taxation tuesday for rick perry. the moment when he reveals his plans for a flat tax for all americans. i'm afraid we must start with the candidate who is smoking up the charts. the got father himself, herman cain. in a brand-new "new york times" poll leads with a full quarter of voters, cruising past mitt romney's 21%. just weeks ago, the two were tied at 17%. the cain train is not only driving the polls, but pushing the gop in terms of policy and influencing the other candidates, jumping on the 9-9-9 bandwagon, the flat tax is the centerpiece of rick perry's plan as announced in the battle ground state of south carolina. today the cain campaign has everyone a twitter. not about taxes, but tobacco as featured in a new web ad. take a look. >> we have run a campaign like no one has seen and america has never seen a candidate like herman cain. together we can do this and take this country back. . >> the somewhat disheveleds smoker in question is mark block, cain's campaign manager and a man with a smoking gun of his ow
. >> what are you smoking, rick perry? >> it is supposed to be taxation tuesday for rick perry. the moment when he reveals his plans for a flat tax for all americans. i'm afraid we must start with the candidate who is smoking up the charts. the got father himself, herman cain. in a brand-new "new york times" poll leads with a full quarter of voters, cruising past mitt romney's 21%. just weeks ago, the two were tied at 17%. the cain train is not only driving the polls, but...
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in that way, rick perry did succeed. now, the back and forth again, i don't know that f that was beneficial to either in them. but in drawing mitt romney out, that clearly worked. >> let me make a point to both of you. this is what mitt romney had to say, and he was basically saying, you know, i was running for office, therefore i made sure that we got rid of these illegals. take a look. >> i don't think we have that tape ready. but can i say, he said, we hired a lawn company to know our lawn. they had illegal immigrants working there. when that was pointed out to us we let them go. we went to them and said, perry said, a year later. and he said you have a problem with allowing someone to finish speaking. but he made the point, romney did, that it was because he was running for office that checked it out. bottom line is it was wrong. why was it happening? >> right. get to perry wants to do. a lot of elections are down to a values choice. you are trying to get at gut level of the voter. what perry has been trying to do an
in that way, rick perry did succeed. now, the back and forth again, i don't know that f that was beneficial to either in them. but in drawing mitt romney out, that clearly worked. >> let me make a point to both of you. this is what mitt romney had to say, and he was basically saying, you know, i was running for office, therefore i made sure that we got rid of these illegals. take a look. >> i don't think we have that tape ready. but can i say, he said, we hired a lawn company to...
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. >> birtherism is born. >> donald trump sells rick perry the brooklyn bridge. >> rick perry a very visible republican flirting with the birther movement. >> he was asked do you believe. >> that president barack obama was born in the united states? >> i had dinner with donald trump the other night -- >> i had dinner with donald trump the other night. >> perry, i have no reason to think otherwise. that's not a definitive yes i believe. >> it's a distractive issue. >> he is eligible to serve. >> karl rove is worried. >> these kind of things do not help. >> i think rick perry may be trying to be too cute. >> donald trump, you associate yourself with a nutty view that and you damage yourself. because it starts to marginalize you. don't associate yourself with sort of this nutty fringe group. >> trump is a vulgar clown. >> rove is even more worried about becky, becky, becky stan. >> cain has had a couple of -- >> he didn't know what the right of return was. he didn't understand what neoconservatives were. apples and oranges. >> apples and oranges. >> then we say he may not be up to this task. >>
. >> birtherism is born. >> donald trump sells rick perry the brooklyn bridge. >> rick perry a very visible republican flirting with the birther movement. >> he was asked do you believe. >> that president barack obama was born in the united states? >> i had dinner with donald trump the other night -- >> i had dinner with donald trump the other night. >> perry, i have no reason to think otherwise. that's not a definitive yes i believe. >>...
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steve forbes has signed on as an adviser to rick perry. and even mitt romney, who has in the past rejects a flat tax, calling it a fat tax -- a tax for fat cats, has been talking more and more favorably about a flat tax. romney already has a fat cat image problem thanks to his background as a turnaround artist at bain. this photo, by the way, take a look at the candidates posing with wads of cash during his bain capital days, continues to haunt, as it shouldn't, mr. romney. the flat tax overwhelmingly helps the wealthiest americans obviously while increasing the burden on the lower income brackets who pay less under the current progressive tax structure. what's going on here? what does it mean for the republican party? is it becoming the party of fat cats? for that, we're joined by democratic strategist michael feldman and republican strategist john feehery. i've got to get john in here, my friend, on the defense here. why would your party start talking basically a flat rate, whereas right now americans, when you start to make more money,
steve forbes has signed on as an adviser to rick perry. and even mitt romney, who has in the past rejects a flat tax, calling it a fat tax -- a tax for fat cats, has been talking more and more favorably about a flat tax. romney already has a fat cat image problem thanks to his background as a turnaround artist at bain. this photo, by the way, take a look at the candidates posing with wads of cash during his bain capital days, continues to haunt, as it shouldn't, mr. romney. the flat tax...
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rick perry signed one for texas. mitt romney authorized his state troopers to detain people base and their immigration status. mitt romney ooh -- rick perry opposed this. the reason there's an illegal explosion in texas because rick perry adopted policies that encourage that illegal immigration, specifically opposed a border fence and signed in-state tuition, acts as a magnet to bring people across that border. >> eric, thanks for being with us this morning. appreciate it. >>> i think we have jack hanna, i'm sure you've heard about the wild animals escaped in ohio? >> sounds crazier than last night's debate? >> crazy and quite likely dangerous. back to new york and christine and ali. >> thanks, carol. >>> schools closed in muskegon, ohio. hunting dangerous animals that somehow got out of an exotic animal farm. >> a mystery how this happened. hue are you going to call? how about the legendary jungle jack hanna, director emeritus of the zoo and aquarium next door in columbus. thank you for being with usi know you're th
rick perry signed one for texas. mitt romney authorized his state troopers to detain people base and their immigration status. mitt romney ooh -- rick perry opposed this. the reason there's an illegal explosion in texas because rick perry adopted policies that encourage that illegal immigration, specifically opposed a border fence and signed in-state tuition, acts as a magnet to bring people across that border. >> eric, thanks for being with us this morning. appreciate it. >>> i...
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>> yes, so the most viewed candidate in the past month is rick perry. one of his videos is proven leadership and that's gotten almost 2 million views. other candidates that are doing well as i mentioned are herman cain, who is using youtube to show a more genuine side of his personality. and of course, they're all up against stiff competition in president obama, in the lead up to the 2008 election, he was uploading almost 20 videos a day to youtube. >> you're kidding me, really? oh my goodness. >> yes. no, he has really set the bar pretty high in terms of uploads. the white house uploads about 17 videos a week to youtube. >> all right. ramya raghavan obviously we'll see a lot more coming from youtube in the coming days leading you up to the election. nice to see you. thank you for drawing us. >> thank you. >> i'm veronica de la cruz. thank you so much for joining us. i'll see you back here tomorrow at noon eastern. up next "andrea mitchell reports." with what'setter than gold ? free gold ! we call that hertz gold plus rewards. you earn free days, free w
>> yes, so the most viewed candidate in the past month is rick perry. one of his videos is proven leadership and that's gotten almost 2 million views. other candidates that are doing well as i mentioned are herman cain, who is using youtube to show a more genuine side of his personality. and of course, they're all up against stiff competition in president obama, in the lead up to the 2008 election, he was uploading almost 20 videos a day to youtube. >> you're kidding me, really? oh...
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ultimately, i think it's going to be a rick perry/mitt romney campaign. but keep in mind, last time, mike huckabee actually helped john mccain beat mitt romney. it could be the opposite this time, where the herman cain plays the role of blocking perry. >> look, one thing we know that whomever it is is going to be up fwe against the president. let's check out how the top three are faring against president obama. given what we were hearing a few minutes ago from chuck todd and howard dean, how hard is it going to be for mitt romney to hold on to this lead? i'll give that to you, david. >> i think he is going to continue to be the front-runner, and it will probably be a long slog, though. the republicans have changed their rules this year, so that the early primaries are not winner-take-all, as was usually the case in the republican race. it's going to be proportional allotment of delegates. so you're going to have two candidates, mitt romney and rick perry, who both are going to have a lot of money or at least enough money to stay alive and be like, you kno
ultimately, i think it's going to be a rick perry/mitt romney campaign. but keep in mind, last time, mike huckabee actually helped john mccain beat mitt romney. it could be the opposite this time, where the herman cain plays the role of blocking perry. >> look, one thing we know that whomever it is is going to be up fwe against the president. let's check out how the top three are faring against president obama. given what we were hearing a few minutes ago from chuck todd and howard dean,...
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>> i don't know how much it says about rick perry. i can't read rick perry. i don't have any particular insights about how he feels about black people or african-americans. i was thinking about the clip you played from governor christie where he said this was a word from a long ago past. if you actually read the story and look at the people in the story who know what the camp was called, what they say is, i don't understand, what's the big deal? all these quotes all through the story. it's just what it's called. i don't understand why it would offend anybody. it's quite clear, it's not, we'd like to be from a long ago past, if you read the story it's actually not. >> it's interesting he put that in. it's important that we have put that all behind us. there's this tremendous disquiet when something like this emerges precisely because it seems to invalidate that whole story. >> right, right. well, i think when your constituency is made up and is predominantly white as a conservative movement is right now, you have to answer some pretty ugly questions you wouldn
>> i don't know how much it says about rick perry. i can't read rick perry. i don't have any particular insights about how he feels about black people or african-americans. i was thinking about the clip you played from governor christie where he said this was a word from a long ago past. if you actually read the story and look at the people in the story who know what the camp was called, what they say is, i don't understand, what's the big deal? all these quotes all through the story....
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new comments from rick perry a few hours ago on the president's birth certificate. we will play that for you on "news nation." [ male announcer ] humana and walmart have teamed up to bring you a low-priced medicare prescription drug plan. ♪ with the lowest national plan premium... ♪ ...and copays as low as one dollar... ♪ ...saving on medicare prescriptions is easy. ♪ so you're free to focus on the things that really matter. call humana at 1-800-808-4003. or go to walmart.com for details.
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i would say that rick perry has had the worst week. he has just gotten himself into trouble for the last week for a handful of things we've been stalking about. >> karen? >> i'm going to say that i think president obama has had a very good week. i thought -- pat's laughing because he knew i was going to say that. look, i think it's a good thing that he's continuing, he's been consistent getting out there selling his jobs bill. the poll numbe erers are showin people are responding positively on that. >> give me who had the worst week. >> eric cantor had the worst. >> he's not even part of the group. >> sorry. >> pat, what do you think? >> clearly herman cain had the best week. he's been on fire. he has come from nowhere who is runner-up to mitt romney. nobody would have predicted or expected it. he had a great speech. who had the worst week? i think probably it's going to have to say rick perry had a bad week because of the religious issue. >> everyone has to wave goodbye. ready, bye-bye. see you tomorrow morning, everybody, 10:00 a.m.
i would say that rick perry has had the worst week. he has just gotten himself into trouble for the last week for a handful of things we've been stalking about. >> karen? >> i'm going to say that i think president obama has had a very good week. i thought -- pat's laughing because he knew i was going to say that. look, i think it's a good thing that he's continuing, he's been consistent getting out there selling his jobs bill. the poll numbe erers are showin people are responding...
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perry got him off that game, and i think that's a plus for rick perry, even though rick perry didn't look that good doing it. >> he was biting on his ankle. notice how newt is envies of the fight, saying gee whiz, i wish i was in this fight. >> and newt suggested that the way he would win the presidency is by having seven three-hour debates with barack obama. >> good. >> 21 hours of debates. i agree with josh. what happened here is that rick perry dragged mitt romney down to his rick perry's level which is a tough street fight in a dusty street in texas. >> let's take a look at this. a very telling moment for mitt romney. the former massachusetts governor again in a heated back and forth with perry over the use of illegal immigrants to take care of his property. he defended himself, but listen to the words he uses at the end. they are incredibly incriminating. let's listen. >> we hired a lawn company to mow our lawn, and they had illegal immigrants that were working there, and when that was pointed out to us, we let them go and we went to them. >> are you a -- >> you have a problem a
perry got him off that game, and i think that's a plus for rick perry, even though rick perry didn't look that good doing it. >> he was biting on his ankle. notice how newt is envies of the fight, saying gee whiz, i wish i was in this fight. >> and newt suggested that the way he would win the presidency is by having seven three-hour debates with barack obama. >> good. >> 21 hours of debates. i agree with josh. what happened here is that rick perry dragged mitt romney...
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rick perry was in a distant second at 14. then there was a key party meeting at -- outside chicago. 77% of the votes went to herman cain. >> it took some patriots that were passionate to start of this nation. it will take the same to save the nation. >> there was conversation about governor rick perry not acting sooner to remove a racial slur from a rock at a popular hunting spot. >> it was painted over, but how long ago? >> then there is new jersey gov. chris christie, who has yet to decide. >> if he is happy to -- if he wants to come play, we will be happy to have him come. >> some accuse president obama for not defending a gay slur. >> [unintelligible] >> you want to be commander -- commander in chief you can start by standing up for the men and women that wear the uniform for the united states even when it is not politically convenient. >> we have abbie phillips with "politico." >> thanks for being with us tonight. let's talk about this continued rise for herman cain. he is starting to make his way through a lot of polls
rick perry was in a distant second at 14. then there was a key party meeting at -- outside chicago. 77% of the votes went to herman cain. >> it took some patriots that were passionate to start of this nation. it will take the same to save the nation. >> there was conversation about governor rick perry not acting sooner to remove a racial slur from a rock at a popular hunting spot. >> it was painted over, but how long ago? >> then there is new jersey gov. chris christie,...
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ken herman, you've known rick perry and covered rick perry longer than any of us. i want you to listen to the exchange last night. if you talk to the romney people today they'll say rick perry landed blows but this expoesd hip as mean-spirited. anderson cooper trying to get the governor to answer the question about the 14th amendment. >> let me ask a question, governor perry, the 14th amendment allows anybody a child of illegal immigrants born here is automatically an american citizen. should that change? >> let me address herman's issue -- >> i'd rather you ask the question -- answer that question mr. i understand that. you get to ask the questions and i get to answer like i want to. and herman, herman talked about -- >> that's a response. that's not an answer but go ahead. >> what did you see in governor perry last night? anything new or is this a familiar governor? >> no, it's a familiar governor. he's combative and people have asked me, is rick perry mean? and i guess the question is, which rick perry? the rick perry i've known professionally and casually for 2
ken herman, you've known rick perry and covered rick perry longer than any of us. i want you to listen to the exchange last night. if you talk to the romney people today they'll say rick perry landed blows but this expoesd hip as mean-spirited. anderson cooper trying to get the governor to answer the question about the 14th amendment. >> let me ask a question, governor perry, the 14th amendment allows anybody a child of illegal immigrants born here is automatically an american citizen....
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rick perry was the latest flavor of the month. right now herman cain is the new flavor amongst the conservatives that don't like romney. someone has to organize the vote es around someone else. romney's not really trying to win in iowa. if you get to where they divide up the vote, romney could do well in iowa as well. >> liz, one of your folks put together a piece noting that maybe perhaps the field is starting to target mitt romney. romney faced relentless criticism four years ago for changing his positions on abortion and gay rights and gun control. this year the massachusetts governor has largely escaped such attacks. that might be changing. >> certainly starting to change. up until this point what you've seen is the candidates, the republican rivals tepidly, tentatively trying to do this line of attack. but nobody has really had any success. and nobody has really gone full blazing at him on this issue. this is what he was tagged with before. his equivocations on a range of issues. you talk to his team and what they say is they
rick perry was the latest flavor of the month. right now herman cain is the new flavor amongst the conservatives that don't like romney. someone has to organize the vote es around someone else. romney's not really trying to win in iowa. if you get to where they divide up the vote, romney could do well in iowa as well. >> liz, one of your folks put together a piece noting that maybe perhaps the field is starting to target mitt romney. romney faced relentless criticism four years ago for...