Maher: Mitt Romney Is A Symptom; The Problem Is The Republican Party

"All week long I've heard that Mitt Romney is a poor candidate," Bill Maher said on his HBO show "Real Time" on Friday. "He may very well be the poor candidate. I happen to think no matter who the Republicans put up would be in the same position. I think Mitt Romney is a symptom; I think the problem is the Republican party."

"Now, last week Laura Ingraham -- Laura Ingraham, Republican commentator, I guess one of your competitors on right-wing radio. She said,'This is a gimme election, or it should be. If you can't beat Barack Obama with this record' -- now we have to go inside the bubble where he has a horrible record, okay -- 'Then shut down the party. Shut it down, start new with new people,'" Maher read.

"You see, this is why you guys will continue to lose. You think it's about new people, it's about new ideas. You need new ideas, not new people. Whatever people you put up there, whether it's Mitt Romney this time, whether it was Rick Santorum --Herman Cain said today he could be doing better," he said.

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