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the president or mitt romney. if that's the paradigm and the question people ask themselves, i'm confident he will prevail on election day. >> thanks to the all-star legal panel and refusal to bow out. man: 1939 -- my parents ran across an ad for a hot dog cart. my mother said, "well, maybe we ought to buy this hot dog cart and set it up someplace." so my parents went to bank of america. they met with the branch manager and they said, "look, we've got this little hot dog cart, and it's on a really good corner. let's see if we can buy the property." and the branch manager said, "all right, i will take a chance with the two of you." and we've been loyal to bank of america for the last 71 years. [ roger ] tell me you have good insurance. yup, i've got... [ kyle with voice of dennis ] ...allstate. really? i was afraid you'd have some cut-rate policy. [ kyle ] nope, i've got... [ kyle with voice of dennis ] ...the allstate value plan. it's their most affordable car insurance -- and you still get an allstate agent. i to
the president or mitt romney. if that's the paradigm and the question people ask themselves, i'm confident he will prevail on election day. >> thanks to the all-star legal panel and refusal to bow out. man: 1939 -- my parents ran across an ad for a hot dog cart. my mother said, "well, maybe we ought to buy this hot dog cart and set it up someplace." so my parents went to bank of america. they met with the branch manager and they said, "look, we've got this little hot dog...
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david, i think ann romney comes across as more regular than romney and that's why he uses her. >> yeah, both obama and romney struggle to come off as regular and both their wives kim off as more regular. clearly that's a help. what's complicated for romney is congress. we have a very conservative republican house who believes quite deeply in a lot of conservative principles that don't poll especially well with women and as romney is trying to tack to the center he's often going to have the house sort of pulling back to the right on all sorts of issues and that's going to be complicated. >> state legislatures have made things hard for him too. the war on women issues, georgia, around the country. chris: and finally, look at hispanics. among those who would definitely made their choice, obama gets 47%. half the hispanic voters inn this country have made up their mind for obama. particularly astounding when you look at his record. he said he was for immigration and hasn't pursued it at all. he has deported more than any other president. there is enormous latino disappointment yet there is
david, i think ann romney comes across as more regular than romney and that's why he uses her. >> yeah, both obama and romney struggle to come off as regular and both their wives kim off as more regular. clearly that's a help. what's complicated for romney is congress. we have a very conservative republican house who believes quite deeply in a lot of conservative principles that don't poll especially well with women and as romney is trying to tack to the center he's often going to have...
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mitt romney may face some states that may make this year's long slog of romney still longer and sl sloggier. we bring in john and steve. thanks for being here in in maryland and washington good night for mr. romney. he's leading in wisconsin. it's too early to call there. rick santorum is talking about may and future contests. that's in part to say i'm not leaving, don't call for me to get out of the race. does he have a point that he may do well in may and if the race is still seen as being alive that mitt romney might have trouble? >> yeah. the reason he could have trouble in may is because there's been a resistance to mitt romney that's been demographically per sis tent. if you look at the republican voting universe, if that voting universe is 50% or more composed of evangelical christians, rom has not been able to win it. nothing in maryland, nothing in the district of columbia and nothing in wisconsin will change that. if you heard that list that rick santorum rattled off there, you look at those states in may, the republican universes substantially over 50% evangelical christians. the
mitt romney may face some states that may make this year's long slog of romney still longer and sl sloggier. we bring in john and steve. thanks for being here in in maryland and washington good night for mr. romney. he's leading in wisconsin. it's too early to call there. rick santorum is talking about may and future contests. that's in part to say i'm not leaving, don't call for me to get out of the race. does he have a point that he may do well in may and if the race is still seen as being...
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romney can't win them. romney won't win them this time. if he can hold the obama number down, he has a better chance. he is at them and looking at the independent swing voters who recognize a candidate, a party that would be against the student loan extension them would views that as extreme and offputting. the broader point, you have to ask yourself. is there a good cop bad cop routine going on with romney and the republican congress? romney is saying, yeah, at the end of the day, the president is right on this. we have not heard from the republican house. >> we've heard from individual representatives who say they don't support -- >> who are deeply troubled. that raises the question of a potential romney presidency. if he gets in there mouthing words like this on student loans, fine. what happened if a republican, maybe a republican senate next year, this extension comes up again them say we don't want to do it. president romney will sit there and let them do that. >> to that point, isn't that a problem romney has? when he begins to pivo
romney can't win them. romney won't win them this time. if he can hold the obama number down, he has a better chance. he is at them and looking at the independent swing voters who recognize a candidate, a party that would be against the student loan extension them would views that as extreme and offputting. the broader point, you have to ask yourself. is there a good cop bad cop routine going on with romney and the republican congress? romney is saying, yeah, at the end of the day, the...
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contradicts mitt romney. and in our side show, we took a look back at the hits that newt gingrich leveled at mitt romney. take a look at this one, for example. >> there is something so g grotesquely hypocritical. will team obama use biting comments like that to slam mitt romney in the general election? newt seemed less than concerned. >> when somebody wins this nomination, can those of you who have been running stand together and honestly say, i support the endorsement? >> absolutely. it doesn't matter, we just make stuff up, anyway. >> once the obama campaign gets ahold of newt's own statements about mitt romney, they lose any shred of truth. up next, republican senator oren hatch says the obama campaign will play against mitt romney. who says obama is a mormon? by the way, you can twitter me at smerconish. from the postal service. it'll help you and all your franchisees find the customers that matter most -- the ones in the neighborhood. you print it or we'll help you find a local partner. great. keep it mo
contradicts mitt romney. and in our side show, we took a look back at the hits that newt gingrich leveled at mitt romney. take a look at this one, for example. >> there is something so g grotesquely hypocritical. will team obama use biting comments like that to slam mitt romney in the general election? newt seemed less than concerned. >> when somebody wins this nomination, can those of you who have been running stand together and honestly say, i support the endorsement? >>...
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romney drops out of race. endorses santorum and google news had the headline as its lead breaking news story until "forbes" magazine removed the headline. google's aggregator picked it up, made it breaking news. >> mitt romney got punk'd. if you were watching "mad men" last night, it's not much of a spoiler alert actually. you notice the name romney popping up. watch this. >> want me to turn down the tv? >> it's fine. >> henry francis. well, tell jim he's not going to michigan. because romney is a clown and i don't understand him standing next to him. >> that was supporting character henry francis, the director of public relations and research for then new york governor nelson rockefeller. at least in "mad men" taking a swipe at george romney, mitt romney's dad running at the time for re-election in 1966 and would go on to run for president in 1968. in still ahead -- while you're ahead, your inspired tweets and texts. [ female announcer ] the next generation of investing technology is now within your grasp wit
romney drops out of race. endorses santorum and google news had the headline as its lead breaking news story until "forbes" magazine removed the headline. google's aggregator picked it up, made it breaking news. >> mitt romney got punk'd. if you were watching "mad men" last night, it's not much of a spoiler alert actually. you notice the name romney popping up. watch this. >> want me to turn down the tv? >> it's fine. >> henry francis. well, tell jim...
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romney. >> mitt romney, naked and unplugged, is kind of a scary thing. >> he was just throwing out ideas. >> ann romney and mitt romney were described as giddy over last week's hilary rosen flap. >> my career choice was to be a mother. we need to respect choices that women make. >> griddy over what it. >> that was really a defining moment and i loved it. >> that wasn't how it meant it. >> it was politically a gift. >> they were desperate for something, anything! >> she took it, she ran with it, it was a victory for her last week. >> my career choice was to be a mother. we need to respect choices that women make. >> even if you have a child 2 years of age, you need to go to work. i want the individuals to have the dignity of work. >> dignity of working. >> it's the dignity of work if you haven't got any money. >> it doesn't do any good to be malleable with your principles, to be half measured with your principles. >> i placed your tip in this envelope. make sure you give it to your husband when you get home. he'll know best what to do with it. >>> big surprise, the romney campaign was fak
romney. >> mitt romney, naked and unplugged, is kind of a scary thing. >> he was just throwing out ideas. >> ann romney and mitt romney were described as giddy over last week's hilary rosen flap. >> my career choice was to be a mother. we need to respect choices that women make. >> griddy over what it. >> that was really a defining moment and i loved it. >> that wasn't how it meant it. >> it was politically a gift. >> they were desperate for...
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his name is mitt romney. >> yes, indeed, the dynamic duo of romney and rubio. with paul ryan and rob portman among other top prospects, you can see the skin consonants are a key consideration. but to hear senator rubio tell it, he is nowhere near picking out his nomination suit. >> do you still stand by, i wouldn't accept it if he -- >> i'm not going to discuss the process. i'm going to be respectful of the process he has put in place. i'm not going to discuss it. there's a real process put in place. i think it would be wise for republicans to respect that process. >> i'm getting the idea that there is a process and it is in place. what about another famed floridian. one jeb bush. doesn't he get a turn on the dance floor? here ensues a bit of political do-see-do. >> i can't speak for governor romney and i can't speak for senator rubio. if i was on both sides of that conversation, i would ask and i would hope that marco would accept. >> that's very nice of jeb. i hope he'll say yes if future president romney asks hill. i think he would be a fantastic vice presid
his name is mitt romney. >> yes, indeed, the dynamic duo of romney and rubio. with paul ryan and rob portman among other top prospects, you can see the skin consonants are a key consideration. but to hear senator rubio tell it, he is nowhere near picking out his nomination suit. >> do you still stand by, i wouldn't accept it if he -- >> i'm not going to discuss the process. i'm going to be respectful of the process he has put in place. i'm not going to discuss it. there's a...
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romney's bare ankles. today, three years after the freedom of information act requests were filed for it, today the "wired" magazine reporter, spencer ackerman, and the national security a archive at george washington university finally got their hands on a document written by this man, phillip zelikow, he ran the 9/11 commission, was condoleezza rice's lawyer at the state department. at the beginning of the obama presidency in 2009, the obama administration released memos in which the bush administration had told itself that torturing people was legal. that as they read the law, cia interrogaors couldn't be prosecuted for torturing anyone, because torture was legal, as they saw it. torture is not legal. torture is illegal. and as a top lawyer at the bush state department, philip zelikow circulated a letter within the administration saying that essentially the administration was kidding itself in trying to say that there was some way around the law here. they were trying to give a legal green light to cia
romney's bare ankles. today, three years after the freedom of information act requests were filed for it, today the "wired" magazine reporter, spencer ackerman, and the national security a archive at george washington university finally got their hands on a document written by this man, phillip zelikow, he ran the 9/11 commission, was condoleezza rice's lawyer at the state department. at the beginning of the obama presidency in 2009, the obama administration released memos in which...
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mitt romney. >>> a couple of new polls out. the new nbc news "wall street journal" poll -- >> polls -- >> polls indicate -- >> we've got months of this. >> this is the first full week of the full-on campaign. round one of the general election. >> i'm probably going to need a helmet between now and november. what do you think? >> a poll out today shows the president up. >> 42% of registered voters have a favorable view of the president -- >> this is a snapshot in time. >> does 29% see romney in a favorable light? >> president obama leads by ten points in the enthusiasm gap. >> the likability factor is part of all of this. >> and the trustworthy thing. >> romney has a lot more baggage than the president. >> i wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth. >> i know the president likes to attack fellow americans, particularly those successful like my dad. >> the "new york times" poll shows the candidate lost in a dead heat. >> i'll use my energy to help the american people go to work. >> everywhere he
mitt romney. >>> a couple of new polls out. the new nbc news "wall street journal" poll -- >> polls -- >> polls indicate -- >> we've got months of this. >> this is the first full week of the full-on campaign. round one of the general election. >> i'm probably going to need a helmet between now and november. what do you think? >> a poll out today shows the president up. >> 42% of registered voters have a favorable view of the president...
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it's not that he's talking about ann romney about women, it's that he's only talking to ann romney. why is it when half the electorate is women, he goes to his wife exclusively. >> how about saying he was going to get rid of the department of education. >> he said that's dynamite. it's the politics that he's worried about. >> why would he say i want to consolidate or reduce the impact. >> i thought he was off the record. >> education, as it happen, i've looked at the poll numbers, it's another huge area where there's a gender gap. >> i'm not being judgmental, but i can be. ask any guy who the kids teachers are. the mother tends to be aware of every teacher. has an attitude about them. who are the teachers again? >> i'm staying silent. i don't want to get in trouble with my spouse. >> today, after we have gone through four or five days of hilary rosen, the republicans are in no better shape than they were. >> thank you very much. when we return let me if i thinkish when why what's good for latin america is good for the united states. i was very impressed. things are looking up south
it's not that he's talking about ann romney about women, it's that he's only talking to ann romney. why is it when half the electorate is women, he goes to his wife exclusively. >> how about saying he was going to get rid of the department of education. >> he said that's dynamite. it's the politics that he's worried about. >> why would he say i want to consolidate or reduce the impact. >> i thought he was off the record. >> education, as it happen, i've looked at...
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i know you like romney. if you're president obama are you feeling vulnerable or confident ton in the. >> i think we've seen that president obama's having a little bit of a mini-meltdown. he went after the supreme court on the health care ruling and said you dare not turn it over. he started throwing around words like trojan horses against paul ryan's budget. it seems to me he's having a falling down moment here. from my gatherings, it seems like he's having a little bit worry around what's going on right now. >> yeah, let me ask you, amy, obviously president obama is a very skilled campaigner, he's going to be very well funded. he's a formidable opponent and yet i think only one president in history has ever had this unemployment figure and been elected. been re-elected. >> well, certainly i -- >> what do you think. how do you deal with that? >> the white house is hoping in terms of unemployment that the trend is going in the right direction for them. that is that unemployment is dropping as they head toward
i know you like romney. if you're president obama are you feeling vulnerable or confident ton in the. >> i think we've seen that president obama's having a little bit of a mini-meltdown. he went after the supreme court on the health care ruling and said you dare not turn it over. he started throwing around words like trojan horses against paul ryan's budget. it seems to me he's having a falling down moment here. from my gatherings, it seems like he's having a little bit worry around...
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i have advice for mitt romney. i'm not a romney campaign adviser. don't talk about your wife as your campaign surrogate or your adviser on women. talk about the experiences of women. as michael steele says, men can have empathy, men can learn about what matters to women. that's the point she was trying to make. >> will you accept that, that governor romney put this into play by identifying his wife into the way he sort of gets insight into female voters? >> no, i don't. he's relaying personal conversations. she's not a paid staffer. every candidate who has ever run for whatever office has made that connection with family or voters. i listen to what my wife tells me, or newt talks about his grandkids, and even president obama talks about his children. the infamous carter telling amy, telling him how to decide nuclear policy. but everyone makes that connection in their own way, and i think i'm a little bit overblown to sit there and say it's a foot and mouth disease. >> it went viral today. it got all the way to the president. president obama weighed
i have advice for mitt romney. i'm not a romney campaign adviser. don't talk about your wife as your campaign surrogate or your adviser on women. talk about the experiences of women. as michael steele says, men can have empathy, men can learn about what matters to women. that's the point she was trying to make. >> will you accept that, that governor romney put this into play by identifying his wife into the way he sort of gets insight into female voters? >> no, i don't. he's...
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are they fronting for romney now? now that the national rifle association took it off his website, it kind of gives romney cover. >> what was interesting the alan west quote that president bush had exactly the same experience. really. do you recall a pied piper like donald trump questioning whether president bush was an american. do you remember anybody equating president bush with islamic terrorists the most hated criminals on the earth and repeatedly casting aspersions on his christian faith, do you recall that? of course you don't? mitt romney can't condemn them because he needs their validation more than their veracity. that's why you will never hear him offer a condemnation you said at the beginning of this segment is the decent right and appropriate thing to do. >> he needs that head shaking crowd because of some of his positions on firearms when he was governor of massachusetts and needs the ted nugent mentality behind him. he can't lose that crowd at all because president obama has not been a gun grabber or so
are they fronting for romney now? now that the national rifle association took it off his website, it kind of gives romney cover. >> what was interesting the alan west quote that president bush had exactly the same experience. really. do you recall a pied piper like donald trump questioning whether president bush was an american. do you remember anybody equating president bush with islamic terrorists the most hated criminals on the earth and repeatedly casting aspersions on his christian...
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i didn't think that was a fabulous speech by mitt romney, but mitt romney's better when he's in control. he's a control guy. he doesn't do well in situations or environments where he isn't in charge. and he's in charge now, at least of the republican nomination, and i think that put some wind in his sails and made him more confident. also, i thought the speech was clever in that it tried to go after the president on the grounds of fairness. the speech repeatedly used the word "fairness" and "unfair" and so on. mitt romney's argument being that it's unfair that the markets aren't unfettered to help people get the kind of jobs they need and so on. and there were some clever lines in there. the one i thought was most clever is where he said, it's still the economy and we're not stupid. that's a pretty powerful line. but it's mechanical, it's the result of speech writers. it's romney at his best when everything is smooth. president obama just has a natural gift for being around people and for being on the stage. barack obama loves being on the sta stage. i mean, he was practically doing sht
i didn't think that was a fabulous speech by mitt romney, but mitt romney's better when he's in control. he's a control guy. he doesn't do well in situations or environments where he isn't in charge. and he's in charge now, at least of the republican nomination, and i think that put some wind in his sails and made him more confident. also, i thought the speech was clever in that it tried to go after the president on the grounds of fairness. the speech repeatedly used the word...
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who exactly is mitt romney? what did his victory speech this week tell us about how he's going to run? >> it's still about the economy. and we're not stupid. >> to the deciders in this election. one key group i can tell you is women. the big question is still, how will they be won over? i'm going to discuss it this morning with two campaign insiders. the senior adviser to mitt romney ed gillespie and robert gibbs, senior adviser to president obama's campaign. >>> also, after the firestorm. she started by going after ann romney. democratic strategist hilary rosen is back, and only here, with a few more things to say. >> also here this morning, msnbc's rachel maddow. republican strategist alex castellanos. and vice chairman of the house republican congress, congresswoman kathy mcmorris-rodgers. >>> plus, it's the morning after. a big night here in washington. the washington correspondence dinner adds a little glitz. it gives the president a chance to use some comedy as a political weapon. >> it's great to be here
who exactly is mitt romney? what did his victory speech this week tell us about how he's going to run? >> it's still about the economy. and we're not stupid. >> to the deciders in this election. one key group i can tell you is women. the big question is still, how will they be won over? i'm going to discuss it this morning with two campaign insiders. the senior adviser to mitt romney ed gillespie and robert gibbs, senior adviser to president obama's campaign. >>> also,...
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. >> a quinnipiac poll out today shows the president up 4 points on mitt romney. >> romney romney wins, beats barack obama in two of the three. >> a new gallup daily poll shows him holding a slim edge over the president. >> both get 46% support. >> despite the see-sawing polls, it is the favorable issue. a brand new "wall street journal" poll showing romney at a 15 point favorability deficit. of the candidates and their wives, he is the only one underwater with higher negatives than positives. and one need look no further than mitt romney's recent roundtable picnic and the outrage being labeled cookie gate to see why. >> i'm not sure about these cookies. they don't look like you made them. did you make them? no, no. they came from the loco over. >> bakery. >> the 7-eleven bakery or wherever. >> it is the first thing he sits down at the table. he would rather die of starvation than eat these horrible insults to gastronomy. never mine they come from beloved landmark bakery, now running a cookiegate special. buy a dozen, get a half dozen free. we know this isn't with cookies, but the prob
. >> a quinnipiac poll out today shows the president up 4 points on mitt romney. >> romney romney wins, beats barack obama in two of the three. >> a new gallup daily poll shows him holding a slim edge over the president. >> both get 46% support. >> despite the see-sawing polls, it is the favorable issue. a brand new "wall street journal" poll showing romney at a 15 point favorability deficit. of the candidates and their wives, he is the only one...
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mitt romney. >> the question is, if i were elected and congress were to pass the dream act, would i veto it? and the answer is yes. the answer is self-deportation is people decide they could do better by going home because they can't find work here because they don't have legal documentation to allow them to work here. i think you see a model here in arizona. >> tonight, romney strategists are staring at what may be a latino lock on the electoral college. a democratic source outlined this scenario to politico. "assuming that obama wins all the states that have been won by every democrat for the last 20 years, luing both gore and kerry, and romney wins all the states that mccain won in 2008, that leaves 10 states. with those ten states, there are 1,024 possible combinations. out of those 1,024 scenarios, obama wins 939 of them, and romney wins 85 of them. all 85 scenarios require mitt romney to win florida." a new robo poll of florida registered voters shows president obama leading mitt romney in f
mitt romney. >> the question is, if i were elected and congress were to pass the dream act, would i veto it? and the answer is yes. the answer is self-deportation is people decide they could do better by going home because they can't find work here because they don't have legal documentation to allow them to work here. i think you see a model here in arizona. >> tonight, romney strategists are staring at what may be a latino lock on the electoral college. a democratic source...
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are they going to switch now to mitt romney? are they going to embrace romney? >> rick santorum said he would do anything -- >> bill: he didn't. >> i didn't say his name once when he said he was going to leave the race. i don't think it will be a natural switch. from what i've heard among conservatives, there is still a little wariness about mitt romney and where he stands on some social issues when you have a guy like rick santorum who is so far right self-professing and socially conservative. you have the massachusetts moderate label that's kind of followed mitt romney around, it might not be a natural switch. i do think at the end of the day, social conservatives and all conservatives want to see barack obama be a one-term president. i would expect them to make the move, though not as quickly as the romney camp would like. >> bill: one thing this surprised me about santorum was after saying that and getting into that little tassel with "the new york times" but after saying mitt romney was the worst person in the country to run for republicans, to put up again
are they going to switch now to mitt romney? are they going to embrace romney? >> rick santorum said he would do anything -- >> bill: he didn't. >> i didn't say his name once when he said he was going to leave the race. i don't think it will be a natural switch. from what i've heard among conservatives, there is still a little wariness about mitt romney and where he stands on some social issues when you have a guy like rick santorum who is so far right self-professing and...
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mitt romney is at 37. what do you see in the republican menu of issues that could possibly help mitt romney close that gap? >> i think this is romney's real on problem, i look at the average. obama's up two to three percentage appointments in the past week. it isn't that much. it's a swing of 1.5 to 2% of the electorate. so i don't think romney's getting that far behind. the problem is, what romney has is this argument for competence is an argument that i know what the economy needs. the issue for him is that he's not been able, either because of internal party politics or a look of creativity or political courage to come out with an agenda that seems in any way relevant or in proportion to the severity of the economic condition right now. he comes forward and says, look, i've got a very big tax cut. i've got some very, very big cuts to spending. i have some regular -- deregulation i want to do. i'd like to repeal obamacare. i'd like to repeal most of dodd/frank, most of sarbanes-oxley. people talk about h
mitt romney is at 37. what do you see in the republican menu of issues that could possibly help mitt romney close that gap? >> i think this is romney's real on problem, i look at the average. obama's up two to three percentage appointments in the past week. it isn't that much. it's a swing of 1.5 to 2% of the electorate. so i don't think romney's getting that far behind. the problem is, what romney has is this argument for competence is an argument that i know what the economy needs. the...
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mitt romney knows that. so mitt romney has delegated the crisis management of his nugent problem to ted nugent. who today, tried to explain himself to friendly interviewers. >> if it wasn't for the federal government, my life would be perfect. bottom line is, glenn, i've never threatened anybody's life in my life. i don't threaten. i don't waste breath threatening. i just conduct myself as a dedicated we the people activist. i'm a nonviolent guy. i don't threaten. i wouldn't waste my time threatening. i've never threatened anybody's life in my life. i certainly wouldn't threaten the life of the president or anybody in public office or anybody anywhere. >> i'm a black jew in a nazi clan rally. >> that guy knows something about damage control. and the only thing about ted nugent that seems to bother the romney campaign is nugent's claim that romney solicited nugent's endorsement. ted nugent announced his endorsement on twitter after a long heart and soul conversation with mitt romney today, i concluded this go
mitt romney knows that. so mitt romney has delegated the crisis management of his nugent problem to ted nugent. who today, tried to explain himself to friendly interviewers. >> if it wasn't for the federal government, my life would be perfect. bottom line is, glenn, i've never threatened anybody's life in my life. i don't threaten. i don't waste breath threatening. i just conduct myself as a dedicated we the people activist. i'm a nonviolent guy. i don't threaten. i wouldn't waste my time...
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they start to move towards romney. dead even among basically middle income folks that make less than $100,000. look at this one here. our next graphic here among college graduates. there it is. move too fast. a little touch screen tonight lawrence. romney won that catcategory. this is where santorum won among non-college educated republicans. not the case in wisconsin. the evangelical vote which was not large in wisconsin in comparison to ohio. look at this. santorum is going to win them, but only by two points. so what we're seeing in our exit polls, what we're seeing in the actual raw returns is that that co-lessing is starting. in wisconsin when you think about it, lawrence, there were two big popular republicans in the conservative movement who got behind romney over the weekend. one is ron johnson, the big tea party favorite and the other one is paul ryan. watching ryan introduce romney tonight and seeing how base republicans reacted to president obama targeting paul ryan today in that speech, i think there's goin
they start to move towards romney. dead even among basically middle income folks that make less than $100,000. look at this one here. our next graphic here among college graduates. there it is. move too fast. a little touch screen tonight lawrence. romney won that catcategory. this is where santorum won among non-college educated republicans. not the case in wisconsin. the evangelical vote which was not large in wisconsin in comparison to ohio. look at this. santorum is going to win them, but...
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romney must accuse the president of trying to create a new religion, a religion newer than mitt romney's. religiously mitt romney lives in the glass house of american politics. that's what these polls tell us. 22% unwilling to vote for a mormon for president. mitt romney knows that the press wouldn't let him get away now with accusing barack obama with being a secret muslim, which is an even bigger glass house in american politics. polls show that 46% of voters would be reluctant to vote for a muslim candidate. so instead of calling barack obama a muslim mitt romney is now calling him an atheist. >> i think there is a desire to establish a religion in america known as secularism. and i know that based upon reports the obama administration gave this a lot of thought, a lot of discussion. >> so having failed to make barack obama a muslim, republicans led now by mitt romney are hellbent on making him an atheist. and here's why. in the politics of religion in this country, the only thing that's worse than being a mormon or a muslim in the eyes of our extremely religiously intolerant electora
romney must accuse the president of trying to create a new religion, a religion newer than mitt romney's. religiously mitt romney lives in the glass house of american politics. that's what these polls tell us. 22% unwilling to vote for a mormon for president. mitt romney knows that the press wouldn't let him get away now with accusing barack obama with being a secret muslim, which is an even bigger glass house in american politics. polls show that 46% of voters would be reluctant to vote for a...
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because romney is a clown and i don't want him standing next to him. [ phone rings ] >> romney's a clown? that, of course, was a jab at george romney, mitt's father, who served as michigan's governor back in the '60s. of course, if romney wasn't running for president today, that line wouldn't have been in the show. even though we're in the thick of this year's election cycle, a lot of people are wondering what's to come in the 2016 face-off? will hillary clinton be on the ticket? former president bill clinton weighed in during an interview with nbc's luke russert. >> she wants to come home, get a little rest, do some other things. she's told you and everyone else she thinks she'll probably never run for office again. but i've been there. i know what happens when you go through this decompression after years of relentless high-pressure activity. and i just think she needs to rest up, do some things she cares about and whatever she decides to do i'll support. >> so it might be no for now but perhaps we should take it with a grain of salt. >>> up next, mitt romney is lining up endorsements
because romney is a clown and i don't want him standing next to him. [ phone rings ] >> romney's a clown? that, of course, was a jab at george romney, mitt's father, who served as michigan's governor back in the '60s. of course, if romney wasn't running for president today, that line wouldn't have been in the show. even though we're in the thick of this year's election cycle, a lot of people are wondering what's to come in the 2016 face-off? will hillary clinton be on the ticket? former...
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mitt romney versus barack obama. tonight, mitt romney went on the attack against his opponent in november. >> four years ago, barack obama dazzled us in front of greek columns with sweeping promises of hope and change. after we came down to earth, after the celebration and the parades what do we have to show for 3 1/2 years of president obama? is it easier to make ends meet? >> no. >> is it easier to sell your home or buy a new one? >> no. >> have you saved what you needed for retirement? >> no. >> are you making more at your job? >> no. >> do you have a better chance to get a better job? >> no. >> are you paying less at the pump? >> no. >> you know, if the answer were yes to those questions, then president obama would be running for re-election based on his record. and rightly so. but because he has failed, he will run a campaign of diversions and distracts and distortions. that kind of campaign may have worked at another place, and in a different time. but not here. and not now. it's still about the economy. and we
mitt romney versus barack obama. tonight, mitt romney went on the attack against his opponent in november. >> four years ago, barack obama dazzled us in front of greek columns with sweeping promises of hope and change. after we came down to earth, after the celebration and the parades what do we have to show for 3 1/2 years of president obama? is it easier to make ends meet? >> no. >> is it easier to sell your home or buy a new one? >> no. >> have you saved what...
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grace notes for romney, any nod towards romney. fit was a lovely speech. very well done and very touching. but he did not give any sort of consideration to romney. he's going to need to start that process. as joe says, you work your way through that. how well he does that and how effective he is -- he endorsed mitt romney in 2008. if he can return and play that role, if he can find a way to be a spokesman on social issues for mitt romney and make the same kind of case that he just made for that crowd at gettysburg, if he can do that he will be an indispensable man for the republican party. megyn: mitt romney's campaign just made a statement on this. senator santorum is an able and worthy competitor. i congratulate him on campaign he ran. he has proven himself to be an important voice in our party and in the nation. we both recognize that what is most important is putting the failures of the last three years behind us and setting america back on ought path to prosperity. joe, let me ask you on this. when -- take us back to 2008 when
grace notes for romney, any nod towards romney. fit was a lovely speech. very well done and very touching. but he did not give any sort of consideration to romney. he's going to need to start that process. as joe says, you work your way through that. how well he does that and how effective he is -- he endorsed mitt romney in 2008. if he can return and play that role, if he can find a way to be a spokesman on social issues for mitt romney and make the same kind of case that he just made for that...
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mitt romney finishes third. the republican establishment goes to work and romney walks away with the delegates, the majority of the delegates. i understand the rick santorum camp is pretty hot about this process. isn't this ignoring the will of the people when they caucus? what do you make of this? >> this isn't a general election. it's a caucus process in the republican party. the romney campaign is ready for prime time. they followed the rules. they got the delegates. another example of rick santorum's campaign not being ready to play at this level and that's why his campaign is all but over as we come to tonight and mitt romney is on the edge of being the nominee. >> romney did have some of his attorneys to that campaign this weekend. they must have done some pretty fast talking. romney looks like he's going to be get it, we might as well go with him? what about that? >> it's very powerful. the idea of being the insurgent is that you can steal momentum and build on it. we have seen a number try to get it and
mitt romney finishes third. the republican establishment goes to work and romney walks away with the delegates, the majority of the delegates. i understand the rick santorum camp is pretty hot about this process. isn't this ignoring the will of the people when they caucus? what do you make of this? >> this isn't a general election. it's a caucus process in the republican party. the romney campaign is ready for prime time. they followed the rules. they got the delegates. another example of...
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romney by six points. as we all know, presidential elections are won and lost in those crucial swing states. and unfortunely for that gop, new polling from fox news suggests republicans are in a real battle for those battlegrounds. in ohio, the president leads romney by six points. 45-39%. almost an exact flip from a few months ago. not exactly the direction romney wants to go. in florida, it is the president up by two. a tight race within the margin of error. but the difference is much more stark with the nonwhite vote. breaking two-thirds for the president with just one in five backing romney. just one more thing, mr. romney, as bit of back ground and position. florida's hispanic population, up 54%. black population, up 26%. it's the white vote that is actually shrinking. our political panel is here with us now in minneapolis. ana marie cox. jonathan capehart, an opinion writer for the "washington post" and strategist julian epstein. one is hispanic, where he is down about 70 to 20, depending on which po
romney by six points. as we all know, presidential elections are won and lost in those crucial swing states. and unfortunely for that gop, new polling from fox news suggests republicans are in a real battle for those battlegrounds. in ohio, the president leads romney by six points. 45-39%. almost an exact flip from a few months ago. not exactly the direction romney wants to go. in florida, it is the president up by two. a tight race within the margin of error. but the difference is much more...
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governor romney's plan does the opposite. if you believe his deficit reduction targets it's better long term. it will mean less debt holding back the economy. but he's going to take a lot more of that demand out of the economy right away with more dramatic budget cuts right now. and if that happens, then what c.b.o. scoring would suggest is that is likely to slow the economy when the recovery is still pretty feeble. gwen: why is it so feeble? what are the signs? i feel like there are some weeks where it feels like we have turned the corner and begin to get these reports about construction and housing and housing starts. and it doesn't ever consistently get on an upward path. >> well, it is sort of on a consistent upward path. just not a very steep one. gwen: slow. >> two steps forward, one step back. you can think of it like we keep eating a lot of sugar and it wears off and we slow down and eat some sugar and it wears off and we slow down. the problem with this economy is the fundamentals underneath it aren't very strong sti
governor romney's plan does the opposite. if you believe his deficit reduction targets it's better long term. it will mean less debt holding back the economy. but he's going to take a lot more of that demand out of the economy right away with more dramatic budget cuts right now. and if that happens, then what c.b.o. scoring would suggest is that is likely to slow the economy when the recovery is still pretty feeble. gwen: why is it so feeble? what are the signs? i feel like there are some weeks...
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obama versus romney. game on. >>> we'll have exclusive interviews with top officials from both camps. chief strategist from the obama campaign, david axlerod and senior romney advisor, ed gillespie. axlerod and gillespie. only on "fox news sunday." >> iran and north korea continue to pursue their nuclear programs. we'll ask our sunday panel is another round can rein in the rogue nation. >> i remember my dad. >> what do you make of mike wallace from brookline, massachusetts, having had this extraordinary journey. >> it is extraordinary. >> all right now on "fox news sunday." >> hello again from fox news in washington. first i want to thank all of you who sent me notes on the loss of my father. some of you met my dad for a moment, some watched him on television for years. but he meant something to you and your notes have meant so much to me. i'll have more on my father later in the program. >>> now on to the 2012 battle for the white house which shifted to the general election this week when mitt romney bec
obama versus romney. game on. >>> we'll have exclusive interviews with top officials from both camps. chief strategist from the obama campaign, david axlerod and senior romney advisor, ed gillespie. axlerod and gillespie. only on "fox news sunday." >> iran and north korea continue to pursue their nuclear programs. we'll ask our sunday panel is another round can rein in the rogue nation. >> i remember my dad. >> what do you make of mike wallace from...
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people thi mitt romney thinks obama is out of his head. mr. obama says mitt romney is out of touch. also the latest on the secret service scandal tonight including hot new details on just what happened. >>> the world's most exclusive fraternity. right now there's only five members, the five living presidents of the united states. >>> if you're running for senator of massachusetts, there is one organization -- hint hint -- you don't want to have on your side. the new york yankees, believe it or not, and fortunately for him, brad made the mistake of taking a check from them. political director and chief white house correspondent, and msnbc political analyst. gentlemen, let's look at the numbers. let's take a look at how mitt romney and barack obama match-up in terms of favorability in that new poll in west virginia. people positive about the president at 48, positive about mitt romney 33. negative feelings, obama edged out 39 to 36 on that one. >> part of it is almost all improvement among young voting groups. when you look at it, we know all the ballot matchups, obama's favorite rati
people thi mitt romney thinks obama is out of his head. mr. obama says mitt romney is out of touch. also the latest on the secret service scandal tonight including hot new details on just what happened. >>> the world's most exclusive fraternity. right now there's only five members, the five living presidents of the united states. >>> if you're running for senator of massachusetts, there is one organization -- hint hint -- you don't want to have on your side. the new york...
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romney? >> he has no understanding of what it is like for ordinary people. he is just building a zillion dollar house in california with an elevator for his car in it. he had bank accounts in switzerland, invest in the cayman islands. nothing illegal about any of this. a guy who brags on the stump that his wife has two cadillacs and that it was funny when shut down a factory. this is a decent guy and i think governor romney is a doesn't guy and santorum is right he is a moderate at heart but has no connection to the ordinary americans of this country. >> chris: all right, governor barbour i will let you wrap tup. the same amount of time. the basic case against barack obama. >> the case against barack obama is his record. here is a man that cannot run for reelection on his record and normally presidential elections are referendum on the president. in this case the policies are not only unpopular, they make it harder to create jobs when the government sucks owl of the money out of the economy.
romney? >> he has no understanding of what it is like for ordinary people. he is just building a zillion dollar house in california with an elevator for his car in it. he had bank accounts in switzerland, invest in the cayman islands. nothing illegal about any of this. a guy who brags on the stump that his wife has two cadillacs and that it was funny when shut down a factory. this is a decent guy and i think governor romney is a doesn't guy and santorum is right he is a moderate at heart...
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-- romney is toast. i would stake my reputation. for honesty and political insight. now if will you excuse me, rose, blanch, sofia and i have an amaretto cheesecake we have to get to. (applause) all right. that was a pretty hard-core slam on romney. this pivot now that he's going to be the nominee should be interesting. >> in terms of the factor of will conservatives rally to romney, i think they undoubtedly and unquestionably will in massive numbers with tremendous enthusiasm. (laughter) >> jon: are you [bleep] kidding me? conservatives will never go for this guy to he's the greatest thing since sliced reagan. that is a serious pivot. i will give dick morris the benefit of the doubt. perhaps he spent some time with mr. romney, has learned about his position,s had an epiphany, a conversion, if you will, based on principles. and i will continue to believe that until or unless i'm presented with evidence that this was, in fact, a cynical opportunistic and utterly without foundation conversion based solely
-- romney is toast. i would stake my reputation. for honesty and political insight. now if will you excuse me, rose, blanch, sofia and i have an amaretto cheesecake we have to get to. (applause) all right. that was a pretty hard-core slam on romney. this pivot now that he's going to be the nominee should be interesting. >> in terms of the factor of will conservatives rally to romney, i think they undoubtedly and unquestionably will in massive numbers with tremendous enthusiasm. (laughter)...
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you know, he doesn't like romney because romney is an elitist. he's trying to be a working class republican and he knows you can't get away with that hanging out with guys like romney. is that a strong statement? >> i think that's a little strong telling about his relationship or how he feels about him. welcome back, chris. i think the reality is, i think your opening, though, is correct. i think you're seeing the parties settle. i think the party is going to come, as we've been talking about for pay long time -- this is no news, really -- >> when you get married, do you sort of look forward to it? >> i'm not going to equate getting married to choosing someone for president. >> you're telling me they don't have cold feet. >> you're telling me stuff people already know. this has been baked into the equation for some time now. >> it's not april, it's not january anymore, we're not up there in iowa anymore, we're not in new hampshire, we're not in all those states, we're not in michigan, we're not in ohio, we're not in nevada, all those states were
you know, he doesn't like romney because romney is an elitist. he's trying to be a working class republican and he knows you can't get away with that hanging out with guys like romney. is that a strong statement? >> i think that's a little strong telling about his relationship or how he feels about him. welcome back, chris. i think the reality is, i think your opening, though, is correct. i think you're seeing the parties settle. i think the party is going to come, as we've been talking...
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will the real mitt romney please stand up. with his three primary wins yesterday he has all but won the nomination. now the task of defining romney is on, and the obama campaign is happy to paint him as a wealthy flip flopping tool of the right. today romney responded and said that the president is hiding his intentions until after the election. one thing that everyone agrees on is that romney needs to do something to jump start his campaign. is there anyone out there who could join a romney ticket and make a difference? meanwhile is it possible that the only person in america that doesn't know that rick santorum is dun is rick santorum? does he think he can win, or is it erasing the legacy of a big loss in 2006. americans are divided between black and white and democrat and republican for the trayvon martin shooting. and what republican senator is staying close to obama and away from romney. we begin with the race to define romney. michael steele was chairman of the republican party, david corn is the author of "show down" bo
will the real mitt romney please stand up. with his three primary wins yesterday he has all but won the nomination. now the task of defining romney is on, and the obama campaign is happy to paint him as a wealthy flip flopping tool of the right. today romney responded and said that the president is hiding his intentions until after the election. one thing that everyone agrees on is that romney needs to do something to jump start his campaign. is there anyone out there who could join a romney...
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here's what romney said about hud. quote, i'm going to take a lot of departments in washington and is agencies and combine them. some eliminate, but i'm probably not going to lay out just exactly which things are going to go, things like housing and urban development, which my dad was head of, that might not be around later. but i'm not going to actually go through these one by one. on the department of education, the department of education, i will either consolidate with another agency or perhaps make it a heck of a lot smaller. i'm not gog get rid of it entirely. >> show to have. >> mitt romney naked and unplugged is kind of a scary thing. it just goes to show you that everyone knows that mitt romney is not being level when he comes in the public, when he talks out. whether it's immigration or anything else. fred barnes had a piece in the wall street journal a few days ago saying he was talking to a private adviser to romney saying, don't worry. his real immigration stances are a lot different than what he says in p
here's what romney said about hud. quote, i'm going to take a lot of departments in washington and is agencies and combine them. some eliminate, but i'm probably not going to lay out just exactly which things are going to go, things like housing and urban development, which my dad was head of, that might not be around later. but i'm not going to actually go through these one by one. on the department of education, the department of education, i will either consolidate with another agency or...
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romney? >> guest: no understanding of what it is like for ordinary people. he built a billion house in california with an emivator for his car. and there is nothing illegal about that. but he brags on the stump that his wife had two cadillacs and it was funny when he shut down the factory. he is a decent guy, and i think santorum is right he's a moderate at heart but no connection to the ordinary americans in this country. >> chris: governor haley barbour same amount of time basic case against barack obama. >> the case against barack obama is his record. he cannot run for reelection on his record and normally presidential elections are referundums on the president. in this case the president's policies are not only unpopular, they make it harder to create jobs the government sucks all of the money out of the economy . potential employers are told that the president is going to stick them with the largest tax increase in american history. 1.5 trillion in new taxings. how do potential employers
romney? >> guest: no understanding of what it is like for ordinary people. he built a billion house in california with an emivator for his car. and there is nothing illegal about that. but he brags on the stump that his wife had two cadillacs and it was funny when he shut down the factory. he is a decent guy, and i think santorum is right he's a moderate at heart but no connection to the ordinary americans in this country. >> chris: governor haley barbour same amount of time basic...
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romney obliged. ted nugent has put mitt romney and the republicans in a political untenable position. if romney throws nugent under the bus, he's got problems. nugent takes this head-shaking crowd with him. these are the guys standing in the nra crowd shaking their heads in accord, yeah, right. this crowd is stuck with mitt romney, because mitt romney has a shaky record on gun control and they're nervous about it. romney needs to have these people if he wants to get elected. he can't afford to lose this crowd. bottom line, romney needs to sweep these nugent comments under the rug. get them out of here. it's amazing what the right wing can get away with, isn't it? they just say, hey, he's a rock star. he's free to speak his mind. nugent, his comments go beyond with hateful rhetoric. he was basically advertising violence. republicans in the romney campaign, how have they responded? like cowards. they are afraid to throw this guy under the bus after saying that we should chop their heads off on election
romney obliged. ted nugent has put mitt romney and the republicans in a political untenable position. if romney throws nugent under the bus, he's got problems. nugent takes this head-shaking crowd with him. these are the guys standing in the nra crowd shaking their heads in accord, yeah, right. this crowd is stuck with mitt romney, because mitt romney has a shaky record on gun control and they're nervous about it. romney needs to have these people if he wants to get elected. he can't afford to...
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the romney campaign knows it. one of the things mitt romney was overheard telling campaigners last weekend, his campaign would be doomed if he can't get his numbers up among latino voters. how do you get your numbers up among latino voters when you say you would veto the dream act or self-deportation, please see yourself out. and you adopt as immigration adviser, the guy who co-wrote the arizona papers please law where they can walk up to you on the street and demand to see your immigration papers, not if you were doing anything illegal but if you looked like you conceivably might be illegal based on how you looked. how can you attract voters when you say that state's immigration laws should be a model to the nation. >> you talked about self-deportation, if businesses do their job asking for dochlts people will leave? what about arresting as the sheriff indicates? >> i think you see a model in arizona. they passed a law here there at says people who come here and try and find work, the employer is required to look
the romney campaign knows it. one of the things mitt romney was overheard telling campaigners last weekend, his campaign would be doomed if he can't get his numbers up among latino voters. how do you get your numbers up among latino voters when you say you would veto the dream act or self-deportation, please see yourself out. and you adopt as immigration adviser, the guy who co-wrote the arizona papers please law where they can walk up to you on the street and demand to see your immigration...