Clint Eastwood at the 2012 Republican National Convention does not do the job, we got to let 'em go." The speech ends with a reference to "Go ahead, make my day", spoken by Eastwood character "Dirty Harry" Callahan from the 1983 film "Sudden Impact". Eastwood's speech was viewed live by 30.3 million people, across at least 11 television networks which were broadcasting coverage of the convention. (Those numbers do not count those watching on C-SPAN, whose audience is not measured.) Eastwood's remarks were well-received within the convention hall, but responses were mixed outside the hall. His ex-partner Frances Fisher posted an essay on Facebook criticizing the speech, and
Go Ahead and Break My Heart you just to get me through" and "You know I'm broken, I don't trust anymore / Last thing I needed was to fall in love". "Go Ahead and Break My Heart" was generally well received by music critics. Janine Schaults from "Consequence of Sound" enjoyed the track, claiming that the "rousing duet [was] destined for hitsville", with her thanking Stefani for "com[ing] in to save the day" with her "pouty vocals". Erlewine from AllMusic thought the song would qualify as "an adult contemporary hit". Scott Stroud from "The National" favored it for being "the least subtle" of the "hard-to-miss observations