>> earlier the key issue was talking to people who are otherwise not persuaded. had should not be entertainment for the base or people already committed romney voters but talking to the few americans who don't know who they'll vote for in november or will bother to vote. did you hear any more --
>> i disagree with howard and chris on the ann romney speech. i thought she did a great speech and thought the presentation was tremendous and i think she's done more in that 20 minutes she spoke to humanize and give you human dimensions to mitt romney than any other person, you know, has done over the course of the campaign but when you look at these conventions, you look for a theme to build over the four nights or in this case like the convention four years ago over three nights. and then as it's wrapped up in the most important speech, the nominating address that mitt romney will give. so far in the first night of the convention no unifying theme that's identifiable. you heard nikki haley talk about south carolina . you heard references to ohio. you heard as chris pointed out the best parts of rick santorum 's speech being about rick santorum and his family life . there's been a total lack of focus on flushing out who mitt romney is and what his plan to turn the country around is which i think is the critical bar that republicans have to get over. i think the chris christie speech -- i would disagree with howard. i don't think it came across as a mean speech. i think it was a barn burner speech. i think he's a tremendous political performer, but, again, it lacked the unifying theme, the argument you're trying to make about mitt romney , you know, out to the persuadable universe of voters.
>> there's an argument about chris christie . on my disliking the christie speech, i was prepared to like it. i enjoy the speaking style. i follow him along when he's being mean in a way -- especially if it elicits humor. tiny touch at the top and i thought maybe he'll be funny, the first funny thing that's happened on the stage all night and didn't follow the plot. i didn't see any further humor in it and i think it fell flat. i wanted that barn to be burned and
>> i disagree with howard and chris on the ann romney speech. i thought she did a great speech and thought the presentation was tremendous and i think she's done more in that 20 minutes she spoke to humanize and give you human dimensions to mitt romney than any other person, you know, has done over the course of the campaign but when you look at these conventions, you look for a theme to build over the four nights or in this case like the convention four years ago over three nights. and then as it's wrapped up in the most important speech, the nominating address that mitt romney will give. so far in the first night of the convention no unifying theme that's identifiable. you heard nikki haley talk about south carolina . you heard references to ohio. you heard as chris pointed out the best parts of rick santorum 's speech being about rick santorum and his family life . there's been a total lack of focus on flushing out who mitt romney is and what his plan to turn the country around is which i think is the critical bar that republicans have to get over. i think the chris christie speech -- i would disagree with howard. i don't think it came across as a mean speech. i think it was a barn burner speech. i think he's a tremendous political performer, but, again, it lacked the unifying theme, the argument you're trying to make about mitt romney , you know, out to the persuadable universe of voters.
>> there's an argument about chris christie . on my disliking the christie speech, i was prepared to like it. i enjoy the speaking style. i follow him along when he's being mean in a way -- especially if it elicits humor. tiny touch at the top and i thought maybe he'll be funny, the first funny thing that's happened on the stage all night and didn't follow the plot. i didn't see any further humor in it and i think it fell flat. i wanted that barn to be burned and