1 00:00:05,952 --> 00:00:08,760 - Does the government work for us or do we work for the government? 2 00:00:08,760 --> 00:00:12,620 Can a man who essentially agrees with President Obama on all the key issues 3 00:00:12,620 --> 00:00:16,397 realistically become the Republican nominee for President? 4 00:00:16,797 --> 00:00:20,319 - Let me speak very directly and candidly about where I stand. 5 00:00:20,319 --> 00:00:23,462 In 1985 I helped found a company. 6 00:00:23,462 --> 00:00:27,456 I learned how America competes with companies in other countries. 7 00:00:27,456 --> 00:00:29,007 ...in other countries. 8 00:00:29,007 --> 00:00:33,058 - The money he has that he didn't inherit is what he made as a private equity mogul, 9 00:00:33,058 --> 00:00:37,295 *shutting down companies, liquidating their assets, and firing their American workers.* 10 00:00:37,295 --> 00:00:39,472 - Later, when I served as Governor of Massachusetts, 11 00:00:39,472 --> 00:00:45,743 I used the skills I had learned in 25 years in business to streamline state government. 12 00:00:45,743 --> 00:00:50,172 To get that kind of money you've gotta cosy up as an incumbent to all of the special interest groups 13 00:00:50,172 --> 00:00:53,094 who can go out and raise money for you from their members. 14 00:00:53,094 --> 00:00:56,519 And that kind of relationship has an influence on the way you're gonna vote. 15 00:00:56,519 --> 00:01:00,811 *- Romney is one of the biggest flip-floppers to ever grace the GOP stage.* 16 00:01:00,811 --> 00:01:03,588 - I believe that abortion should be safe and legal in this country. 17 00:01:03,588 --> 00:01:06,765 I believe people understand that I'm firmly pro-life. 18 00:01:06,765 --> 00:01:08,926 *- You just can't trust a word he says.* 19 00:01:08,926 --> 00:01:13,078 *- I have never seen a guy change his position on so many things so fast.* 20 00:01:13,078 --> 00:01:16,977 - I have never supported the President's Recovery Act, alright, the stimulus. 21 00:01:16,977 --> 00:01:20,850 No time, nowhere, no how have I supported the President's stimulus. 22 00:01:20,850 --> 00:01:27,781 I think there is need for economic stimulus, Americans have lost about eleven trillion dollars in net worth 23 00:01:27,781 --> 00:01:30,703 and government can help make that up in a very difficult time. 24 00:01:30,703 --> 00:01:34,215 *- He was pro gun control, then he becomes a lifetime member of the NRA.* 25 00:01:34,215 --> 00:01:37,125 *- Mitt Romney is a complete hypocrite and phoney.* 26 00:01:37,125 --> 00:01:42,088 - I think you'll find that I've been as consistent as human beings can be. 27 00:01:42,088 --> 00:01:46,551 If you're looking for someone who's never changed any positions on any policies 28 00:01:46,551 --> 00:01:49,242 then I'm not your guy. I'm not your guy. 29 00:01:49,242 --> 00:01:53,721 - I think Americans just don't know sometimes which Mitt Romney they're dealing with. 30 00:01:53,721 --> 00:01:57,987 *- The new cover of Time Magazine today asks the question, why don't they like me?* 31 00:01:57,987 --> 00:02:01,596 *- Mitt Romney spends little or no time doing interviews on the TV* 32 00:02:01,596 --> 00:02:06,590 *whereas the other candidates are working the Sunday news show circuit like a politician running for President.* 33 00:02:06,590 --> 00:02:09,399 *- Romney often bypassing reporters on the rope line...* 34 00:02:11,552 --> 00:02:14,306 *- Remember earlier this year how Romney got a million dollar donation* 35 00:02:14,306 --> 00:02:18,062 *through an organisation that just suddenly ceased to exist the next day?* 36 00:02:18,062 --> 00:02:21,993 *- It's really someone wanting to give Romney the money while staying in the shadows.* 37 00:02:21,993 --> 00:02:25,863 *- Mitt Romney stealing all of Barack Obama's big dollar Wall Street donors.* 38 00:02:25,863 --> 00:02:28,380 *- A good chunk of his funds came from his buddies on Wall Street* 39 00:02:28,380 --> 00:02:31,222 *like Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Bank of America.* 40 00:02:31,222 --> 00:02:35,974 - To get that kind of money you've gotta cosy up as an incumbent to all of the special-interest groups 41 00:02:35,974 --> 00:02:38,073 who can go out and raise money for you from their members. 42 00:02:38,073 --> 00:02:41,812 That kind of relationship has an influence on the way you're gonna vote. 43 00:02:41,812 --> 00:02:44,236 Now look, I'm not gonna spend my time going after Ben Bernanke. 44 00:02:44,236 --> 00:02:48,034 I'm not gonna take my effort and focus on the Federal Reserve. 45 00:02:48,034 --> 00:02:51,568 - Would the chairman of the Federal Reserve be appointed again? 46 00:02:51,568 --> 00:02:53,326 - I think he's doing a good job. - You do? 47 00:02:53,326 --> 00:02:57,257 - Yes I do. And I think it's important to have the Fed as an independent agency. 48 00:02:57,257 --> 00:03:03,611 I do not think you wanna have the Congress of the United States trying to pull strings at the Fed. 49 00:03:03,611 --> 00:03:06,474 - He physically, personality-wise, comes across 50 00:03:06,474 --> 00:03:11,890 as if he was designed by East German scientists to be the perfect android politician. 51 00:03:11,890 --> 00:03:14,801 - In fact I thought it was such a disastrous interview from Mitt Romney. 52 00:03:14,801 --> 00:03:20,105 *- Romney's donations from lobbyists actually come to more than all of his GOP counterparts combined.* 53 00:03:20,105 --> 00:03:22,880 *- Do you really want this cat to be president?* 54 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:24,952 *- Romney can't win, he's dead in the water.* 55 00:03:24,952 --> 00:03:27,483 - There are a lotta reasons not to elect me. 56 00:03:28,944 --> 00:03:32,286 [*Music: The Who - Who Are You*] 57 00:03:32,301 --> 00:03:33,798 I will be a pro-life president. 58 00:03:33,798 --> 00:03:37,213 I believe that abortion should be safe and legal in this country. 59 00:03:42,166 --> 00:03:47,195 We do have tough gun laws in Massachusetts, I support them, I won't chip away at them. 60 00:03:47,195 --> 00:03:51,505 As Governor I worked closely with the NRA and the Gun Owner's Action League 61 00:03:51,505 --> 00:03:55,082 to advance legislation that expanded the rights of gun owners in my state. 62 00:03:55,667 --> 00:03:59,635 -Thank you for your understanding. Can you assume the position you were just moments ago? 63 00:03:59,635 --> 00:04:02,103 - If the Federal Government expands at the kinda rate it's expanding, 64 00:04:02,103 --> 00:04:08,431 buy car companies, bail out banks, we have every good reason to be alarmed and to speak our mind. 65 00:04:08,431 --> 00:04:11,372 We didn't waste a lot of money right then, that was an investment made 66 00:04:11,372 --> 00:04:15,084 to try and keep a collapse of our entire financial system from occurring. 67 00:04:18,376 --> 00:04:22,450 But I like mandates, the mandates work... - I beg your pardon? 68 00:04:22,450 --> 00:04:25,306 I didn't know you were gonna admit that! 69 00:04:25,306 --> 00:04:30,527 - The Federal Constitution does not allow for mandates to be provided by the government. 70 00:04:30,527 --> 00:04:34,071 -You like mandates? - Let me tell you what kinda mandates I like Fred, which is this... 71 00:04:34,071 --> 00:04:36,573 - [mandates] which you come up with? 72 00:04:36,573 --> 00:04:37,967 [laughter] 73 00:04:37,968 --> 00:04:40,813 I'd like to ask you to just pass this message along to a friend. 74 00:04:40,813 --> 00:04:43,000 Thanks so much.