As Expected, David Gregory of 'Meet the Press' Calls It a Two Person Race

Between Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum. This despite the fact that the Santorum "surge" occurred before anyone has had a chance to take a look at him. Friends who know Santorum tell me that once the stories come out on this guy, he will flame out. He will get the evangelical vote, but that will be all.

Here's Gregory. He is forced to mention Ron Paul in the start of the clip, but then throws him down the memory hole and calls it a Romney-Santorum race.

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Monitoring the Milken Institute Global Conference

Alan Prest of PEU Report emails:
 
Bob,

I ran across the speaker list for next week's Milken Institute Global Conference "Shaping the Future." 

You'll recognize many names, including:

Austin Beutner, City of Los Angeles
Leon Black, Apollo Management
David Bonderman, TPG Capital & GM Board of Directors
H. Rodgin Cohen
Robert Dove, Carlyle Group Managing Director, focus infrastructure
Numerous Goldman Sachs people
Nouriel Roubini
Meredith Whitney

There are lots of private equity, pension fund, and politicians (US & international)..  The media reps include John Carney, David Gregory & Andrew Ross Sorkin.