CONTRIBUTOR AND VAUGHN HILLYARD
JOINS ME IN STUDIO.
I’M GOING TO START WITH
SOMETHING BRAND NEW.
STEPHANIE RUHLE SAT DOWN WITH
MITT ROMNEY WHO KNOWS ABOUT
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES, AND SHE
ASKED HIM ABOUT IT.
LET’S JUST TAKE A LISTEN.
I WON’T TRY TO DESCRIBE IT, LET
HIM DO IT.
>> THERE’S TALK TODAY ABOUT A
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE MAYBE AS
EARLY AS JUNE.
I KNOW DEBATES WERE IMPORTANT TO
YOU.
THEY CERTAINLY GOT YOU A LOT OF
MOMENTUM IN 2012.
DO YOU THINK THEY MATTER TODAY?
IN MANY WAYS WE KNOW A LOT ABOUT
THE TWO PEOPLE RUNNING.
DO YOU THINK IT WILL IMPACT
VOTES, MAYBE EVEN YOUR VOTE?
>> WELL, THE IMAGE THAT COMES TO
MIND IS THOSE TWO OLD GUYS ON
THE MUPPET.
>> STATLER AND WALDORF.
>> THAT’S WHAT COMES TO MIND.
I THINK THERE WILL BE A HUGE
AUPD
AUDIENCE FOR THESE BE DEBATES.
I THINK THEY HAVE LOW
EXPECTATIONS ABOUT WHAT
PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL DO, I THINK
THEY HAVE HIGHER EXPECTATIONS
ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HIS
COMBATIVENESS.
>> WHAT ARE YOUR EXPECTATIONS?
WE’LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
I’VE INTERACTED WITH PRESIDENT
BIDEN AND FIND THAT WE’VE HAD
GOOD EXCHANGES.
HE’S CAPABLE.
I LIKE THE MAN.
I KNOW PRESIDENT TRUMP, I WATCH
HIM AT HIS RALLIES.
HE SEEMS ENERGETIC AND FORCEFUL,
BUT YOU KNOW, RALLIES ARE KIND
OF EASY.
YOU GOT A CHEERING CROWD AND
YOU’VE GOT TELEPROMPTERS YOU CAN