this was repudiation of obama care. >> absolutely. >> tea party was built by obama care. and you saw that the democrats who lost a lot on the -- lot of them -- >> lost the house. >> who voted for it, and so obama care was the number-one thing. now -- [overlapping speakers] >> what impact will it have on the presidential race if the supreme court tosses out obama care? constitutional? >> first it will make the supreme court a major issue in the campaign. secondly, it will moralize and the conservatives, but the people defeated the democrats in the others if this whole thing goes down, and obama -- they can say look, it could energize those folks as well. my guess is the president, however, does not want to campaign in the fall on an issue obama care per se, that is as unpopular as you say, but some of the aspects of it like preexisting conditions -- >> look like obama will have -- >> the presidential mandate. >> the republicans will say the guide -- he's a constitutional lawyer who acted unconstitutionally! >> why did he do it? >> because it was the big centerpiece of obam

i think she's better off if obama isn't re-elect. but i do think, 68, she doesn't look like a person who wants to go through the gauntlet of running for national office. and remember, she didn't run a fantastic campaign. chris: how many people have been set up in american politics, senator from new york, secretary of state, first lady and then say i don't want it? >> not many people do. hillary clinton was on the cover of "look" magazine. you guys will remember it. many in the audience won't. that was 1969, three years before they -- she met bill clinton. my point is hillary clinton was ambitious. she had a sense of her trajectory and other people who looked at her similarly had a sense of her tragedy ect roye and destiny decades ago. somebody like that i don't think gets to a certain age and says, you know what? i'm done. time to coast. if she sees an opportunity she will dick -- take it. ing chris: paut -- put it all together would you say take a year off? relax, get in shape, enjoy life, get all this office out of your head and th

they hate obama? >> yes, and some of them are not ideological, but businessmen who want regulations repealed and not reinstated and they have specific business interests and then there are those who hate the president. >> and he was brilliant, but anybody who watches can understand this, they go to a simple congressman or woman who is doing a job and say, if you don't vote for this creepy deal for the corporations that gives them a tax break for debt that nobody in the district has heard of, we are dumping a half billion against you and blowing you a wway and the congressman says, well, we will do it. >> well, the thing is that they don't have to say it. these ads can happen with a week left when the candidate does not have the ability to come in to put up an ad and they can buy up all of the ad time in the district and so people are preemptively looking out for what not to do. >> and so they kiss the butt of the right wingers. and now looking at the staggering difference of the spending of the superp

when he won last time barack obama got 43% of white voters. in this week's wall street journal poll he got 40%. whites it -- have tipped dramatic throy romney. 42% said they would be pessimistic abandon worried if probe was re-elected but only 22% said they would be if romney won the what's going on? had >> barack obama did not get a big majority of white voters last time and he's not going to get it this time. his main problem is white men. he's running closer to 34%, 35%. he's losing white men both under age 50 and if ne make less than $50,000 a year and it's very hard to imagine he's going to get more than i got last time the chris: is it about jobs, unemployment, more? >> he hasn't made a clear case to those voters about why he deserves a second term. that's what the next six months are going to be about. chris: i thought most of us know that the candidates that win tentd to be the optimistic, sunny ones. does romney represent that to people? >> no. not right now. some of the most striking poll numbers have been the romney numbers on gener

also on obama, the same guy. when we return, what is all this about mitt romney reverng to moderate roots if he won? where's the evidence he would split from the far right who brung him to the white house? scoops and predictions from the note books of the reporters. [captioning made possible by nbc universal] chris: welcome back, there's a mini debate among democrats abt the president's best attack on mitt romney. one side says, play romneas a flip-flopper. they look at polls like this from nbc last week. only 18% of all-important independent voters say they view mitt romney as more consistent than barack obama. but other democrats say forget the flip-flopping and go with this. >> i've fought against long odds in a deep blue state but i was a severely conservative republican governor. chris: wow. helene, you wrote in your piece, you quote obama, as saying "romney is the most conrvative nominee since barry goldwater." so which way is the smart way to go, go after him as a conservative, or someone who is flip-fppin

he passed obama care. are those the policies you want or are those not the policies. >> chris: do you expect talk about mormonism and polygamy and silver spoons. >> if you are an incumbent president who isn't thrilled with defending your own record you try to disqualify the incumbent on personal grounds. it has not worked. i was in the first bush white house and people thought they will never elect bill clinton. george h.b. bush is a more admirable human being. voters vote on policy and vote going forward. a lot of people thought that barack obama could not be elected president because of his background and his race and that didn't happen either. voters in this kind of election about vote on policy not on sort of phoney or personality issues. >> chris: let's talk about money because we just got the latest filings and they are very interesting. at the end of march the obama campaign had $104 million, this is the actual campaign cash on hand while the romney campaign had 10 millioned. but the obama super pac

obama-romney duel over status. took the headline, who is the rich guy and they mention obama and romney. they are talking about romney. because romney is the rich guy. a way to the conversation that romney is out of touch and rich. >> kimberly: this is punishing people, entrepreneurs to give you permanent frown lines against the free market. i'm against it. why do people fight hard to come to the country as immigrants to have an opportunity to do something to better themselves and the familys? to educate their children. instead is punished. frowned upon. >> bob: stereo socialist, patriotism. >> greg: no. >> bob: no, no, no. don't accuse me of not being patriotic, just because i support obama. >> kimberly: you are wearing herman cain's tie. >> bob: i like herman cain. >> andrea: to answer the question,ing from had it right, fraye freuden slip obamn. one works in private sector an the other is permanent government official. >> greg: there is an interesting fundamental disagreement about what elitism is. on the left,

obama election in 2008. and mixed record on housing crisis, banks, economy, afghanistan and other issues, now is a time to shift to a campaign coverage paradigm that compares promises with excuse, sheds light on campaign operations, and assesses the president's promises for a second term. jim? >> well, there you have the facebook fair and balanced argument. you have the institution and thousands of employees and one guy and duke it out between them the next campaign season. >> look at the new york times after the inauguration, obama takes oath and the nation in crisis embraces the moment. is it going to change? >> i think that arthur brisbane and i agree that it should change and there have been hard hitting pieces on president obama how he's spending his money, who he's raising it from, on the gap between what he promised and what he's delivered. i just think there needs to be more of all of that. >> jon: well, mr. obama can get some love from other media, including rolling stone. a quote from the president

it will be barack obama not winning? >> kimberly: we agree about that. >> eric: this could have been mitt romney, it could have been newt gingrich nil. number of them. >> kimberly: it could have been carrot top. >> eric: obama numbers go forward like this, he won't win. >> bob: this is a landslide is 10%. no way. >> kimberly: specifically speaking you say it's not possible. talk about the maps and polls. you like that a lot. it excites you frequentenly. if the election were held today, according to karl rove, the latest obama map. he has a solid lead over romney with 284 votes to romney 172. and 82 votes that are in play and up for grabs. bob, you were enthusiastic in a good move this morning. >> bob: let me say this. it takes 271 electoral votes to get elected president. rove gave the benefit of the doubt in upper midwest to obama. i'm not so sure about, i'm sure about pennsylvania. looking back at the democratic. not sure about ohio. michigan is a tough state. wisconsin is a tough state. the traditional democratic stat

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they're laughing at president obama. >> what would you say to president and mrs. obama? >> well, start packing. [laughing] >> how dare they! actually, i'm going to tell but their secret plan. they told their donors, their incredibly rich donors, now 'll tellll y y.. and itanurit ourutstand y yr ned to george zimmerman. >> you're appearing for your first appearance and charged for murder in the second-degree. >> more racist conservatives come out on that case. we'll share those quotes with you later on the show, and then also speaking of conservatives clowns, we've got three of them for pup here's one of them. >> back at the turn of the century communists decided to change their names to progressives but still the ideas that they operate under are still the same. >> you'll only find ute on this program, it's go time. ♪ >> all right diane sawyer interviewed the romneys earlier today in boston. they had this swarmy reaction to one of her questions. >> as it we get towards november, what do you say to president and mrs. obama? >> well, start packing. [laughing] >> all righ

that's barack obama's problem. incidentally, we just today got an initial jobs report for march, which shows more than 200,000 jobs were added to the u.s. economy this month, the 26th straight month of private sector job growth under president obama. but job creation! that's barack obama's problem, somehow. mr. romney will always take plaque, even from his own side of the aisle, on which all of the policy issues on which he has changed, on which he has flip-flopped. today mr. romney gave a speech to newspaper editors in washington, in which he said, flip-flopping, that's barack obama's problem. >> as president, he has repeatedly called for tax increases on businesses. now as candidate obama, he decides that a lower corporate tax rate would be better. as president, he's added regulations at a staggering rate. now as candidate obama, he says he wants to find ways to reduce them. >> now, to be fair, none of that's true. if you compare new regulations under the obama administration, say wonder the george w. bush admini

i don't believe that president obama -- under president obama we are as strong as we should be as a nation or -- and i believe that under a president romney we would be stronger. >> let me ask you, you mentioned russia. does governor romney believe that russia or as some of his advisers still call it, the soviet union, is the number one threat facing america today? >> i believe that governor romney believes that russia has not been conducive in terms of trying to contain iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. they've undermined the u.n. security council efforts to stop that. the fact is, i think, that, you know, when you heard president obama say we're going to have a reset with russia, i don't think that he is -- actually his policy toward russia has been an improvement for the united states. and i believe that we need to understand that russia is not helping us relative to containing iran. that's probably one of the most important priorities we have as a nation right now. >> let me move to the economy. as i said at the outset, i watched governor romney's speech very carefully this week. t

president obama knows this. in a new interview with rolling stone this friday, he knows its his responsibility to show what his administration would do to keep the economy on an upward trend of the last night was a good one for progressives in pennsylvania. two blue-dog democrats went down mark cric jason a lotltmeyer, and the redrawn 17th. holden and altmyer voted against national health care reform and lost their jobs. a little note of caution there. we will be right back. [ male announcer ] cookies with smooth caramel and chocolate. ♪ ♪ hmm twix. also available in peanut butter. as i understand it in radio they can't see you, so this is big for me. >>tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's new morning news block. >>it's completely inappropriate for television. >>sharp tongue, quick wit and about all, politically direct. >>politically direct to me means no bs, the real thing, cutting through the clutter. my show is the most important show in the world. ♪ >> broadcasting across t

there is this growing economic gap in this country, which obama would try to address some what, and obama is comfortable with saying that if you make money, we will help you make more money but i don't think he is opposed to some sort of sitting at -- safety net. he is a free enterprise guy, and i don't ow h that play in an economy where so many people are so scared. >> neither side seriously addresses the other problem we have, the budget deficits. both ryan and obama would only touch the trajectory a little bit, but those with the debt would still continue -- >>z the ryan budget is savage. budget is pretty -- >> everything gets cut except defense. the defense department wants to cut the budget. we have these weapons systems that don't work. congressman have them in their districts. and are pushing. >> super pacs are spending money like you cannot imagine. >> barack obama in 2008 became the first presidential nominee of either party since water gate not to accept public spending limits of public financing. he outspent john mccain 3-1. all rules are of. went to democrat makes a mistake, t

obama versus romney. game on. ♪ >> chris: we'll have exclusive interviews with top officials from both camps. chief strategist from the obama campaign david axelrod. and senior romney advisor ed gillespie. axelrod and gillespie only on "fox news sunday" . iran and korea continue to pursue the nuclear programs. we'll ask our sunday panel if another round of diplomacy can bring in the rogue nation. >>> and remembering my dad. >> it was an extraordinary journey. it is extraordinary. all right now o"fox news sunday". >> chris: 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 had met my dad for a moment, some watched him on television for years. but he meant something to you and your notes meant so much to me. i will have more on my father in the program. now the battle for the white house which shifted in the election this week when mitt romney became the presumptive nominee. first david axelrod is in chicago and david, welcom

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

romney attacks the president obama's handling of the economy and jobs and president obama claims credit for reviving the economy and creating these new jobs. is the economy the safest bet for mitt romney to go after for his campaign? he should stick to what he knows? >> he should absolutely stick to the economy. the economy is the main issue for the selection. unless god forbid something bad happen this is in the national security front, it will be the economy. and with unemployment above 8% for three years now, the gdp numbers being awful for this last report coming out last week, mitt romney has to keep going out and they're saying i've been successful in the public and private section tore, this president has not been successful as president 38 back to the auto industry. it's 180,000 jobs later than in 2008. overwhelming majority of those jobs lost were nonunion workers. if you look at the basis of what actually happened with auto bailout, it was really just a deal that he had between the president and uaw. >> but it's thriving. you have to admit that it is thrive williing and this i

and barack obama and bill clinton. obama is hoping some of the clinton mojo and money can run off on him. they were fundraising last night warning that mitt romney would take us back to failed economic policies. and plus, dirty angry money, we begin our series on the hundreds and millions of dollars poured into this election. and you probably heard a lot about president obama at the white house correspondents' dinner the other night, but he did something that his campaign has been dieing to do, needle myth romney on the dog car roof story. and the romney campaign is now trying to take credit for saving detroit. you can check out this up is down lodge nick the side show. we begin with the outrage over president obama and the death of bin laden. david corn is the author of "showdown" and ron reagan from seattle, both are msnbc political analyst. david corn, the ability of the republicans to say you shouldn't take credit for what you did a year ago, we wouldn't do something like that -- your thoughts? >> you know from rea

so it's despite obama's best efforts. what i'm doing on my website is every time he comes out with a new ad, i will do a fact check rebut to the ad. >> sean: you are going to give out your own pinocchios like the "washington post." let me play another ad by the rnc as they hammer back. this is interesting because obama has been immune of the republican primary is going on. now there is focus on him. so the process has been done in terms of the media and the republican party now beginning to do what we have been doing. that is about the president. i thought this is clever. cloud of scandal hovering over the administration. solyndra, fast and furious. a lot of these things now beginning to resonate with people. they made an ad about it. watch this. >> on the advice of my council, i invoke privilege afforded to me by the fifth amendment of the constitution of the united states. i respectfully decline to answer any questions. >> i respectfully decline to answer any questions. >> i respectfully decline to answer these for my c

it's not really something to do with obama. >> nothing to do with obama? >> the secret service is 6500 people and 12 of them are in trouble. it's not a major problem. >> george w. bush had an mba from harvard. talk about business experience. he brought it to the white house. i think romney was a talented businessman in the private sector. if he can convince people that's what we needthat will be positive. he relies on broad rhetoric. do you think you are better than 40 years ago? >> multiple choice exit question. what is the top political impairtive in picking a vice president? is it a to unify the party? b to add a major state to the rectal college column. c to have a ready success or or d do no harm? >> i think romney wants someone who has perceived as presidential number one that can step in the oval office. second that helps him in a major state like in ohio or florida he's got to win. and the other considerations have got to be there. you can't put up somebody that people say that guy can't do the job. >> i think he's going to double down on gray hair

th the obama campaign is not going to run an obama campaign. they're going to run a romney campaign. the romney guys are going to go after obama saying what are the accomplishments? promised these jobs, they're not here. we have a health care plan that two-thirds of the country doesn't like on life support in front much the supreme court. there's no obama story. both campaigns want to make it a referendum on the other guy. >> the next three months, i would divide this up in three-month chunks. you have your preconvention chunk here. this time it was this issue. there will be more, mark my words. but once the convention comes, going to mike's point, the resetting the biographies, trying to make the sale, the actual issue debate will take place into that 60-day spread in the fall. but to watch -- when we were talking about that cover, this is going to be the most negative campaign i think we've seen in presidential politics, maybe more so than '04. and '04 was pretty nasty. maybe more so than '96 and '96 was nasty. by the way, it will lead to a l

obama saying the system is rigged. that the wealthy get all the breaks and everybody else gets hosed. and millions of americans believe that. there are actually entire television networks, cable networks that embrace that point of view. most american newspapers believe that. and certainly hollywood continues to be thrilled with mr. obama's overall philosophy. so this election is going to be very intense. right now, mitt romney is in pretty good shape according to the polls. but talking points said yesterday, he better bring his a game when he goes up against president obama. and that's the memo. for the top story tonight, what about 67% of americans believing the country is in bad shape? joining us from boston, narian marsh and chris hahn from long island, new york. mr. hahn, what say you? >> you know, it depends on who the american people believe -- blame for the direction of this country. are they going to blame president obama who inherited one of the worst economies since the great depression? or are they going to

now officials are demanding appall from president obama. some of the language and subject matter in the next story might be offensive to you. it concerns an invitation by a group of college students to host what might be euphemistically referred to as a representative of alternative media. very alternative. hand there is some resistance. correspondent molly line shows us. >> colleges and universities have been known to push the envelope when it's inviting controversial figures to campuses. williams college, prestigious private institution in western massachusetts is the lateest to do so, inviting a porn star. the speaker is described as "gend perry former, artist and author." tonight it's going to be shown on campus followed by discussion with students. some have been shocked by the graphic description of the porn star's talents. >> the biggest question is whether it has academic merit or social merit. >> college officials say they have receiveed half a dozen calls from alumni and a parent expressing concern. critics of the porn star's visi

they hate obama. >> they hate obama. as david point out, a lot of them are not ideological. some of them are businessmen -- >> who want tax breaks. >> or regulations repealed or regulations that have been repealed reinstated. >> he was brilliant. he said all these groups have to do -- anybody watching can understand this, they simply go to a local congressman, a woman, who may be moderately popular. say if you don't vote for a creepy deal for corporations, that gives them tax break on debt, that nobody in your district has heard of, if you don't vote on it, we're going to blow you away. the congressman says people won't pay attention, i guess i'll do it. >> they don even have to say it. these ads can happen at a moment's notice, to the weak left, when the candidate himself or herself doesn't have the ability to put an ad together to get it up, they could come in and buy all the tv time in your district for the last weekend. people are running scared and are preemptively looking out for what not to do. >> so they kiss the butt these right wingers. bloomberg news reported on t

obama could do differently. already running at a very high degree of stimulus, fiscal, high degree of stimulus, monetary. i don't think there is much that he can do differently. >> bill: let's shift gears. look at what president obama has been doing with the supreme court. now, you talked about a snare a second ago. i don't know how you can get away from thinking this president is pretty arrogant when he starts lecturing the high court about what they can rule on and what they can't rule on. and when it comes to obama care, the individual mandate specifically, he is trying to make the case you know what? you guys are acting politically. you are not obeying the rules of the law. what do you think, ben stein? >> i think making a serious mistake by threatening the supreme court and warning them. i think he can say what he hopes for. i think he can say the law is constitutional otherwise he wouldn't have proposed it in the first place. anything that has the slightest ting is is not a good thing in american politics.

obama takes money, fundraising money from spike lee. >> why wouldn't obama speak out against bill maher? >> share his own base. >> bill maher has said nasty things about sarah palin, too. it's okay. >> sean: all right. that was the best throwing we had ever had -- >> i was going to say it's national autism acceptance month. >> sean: a shout to brigade of midshipment of the naval academy.

>> america can't live for four more years with barack obama. >> they want to be able to say the obama administration has failed. >> they are the underdog. >> so many people are turned off by washington. >> this thing is going to get nasty. >> the attacks from the republican side are going to go too far and they're going to come back badly. >> yesterday what you saw was a cool -- >> if mitt romney was in the room right now, what would you say to him? >> hey, mitt. >> this country is fundamentally fair. >> michelle and i, we have been in your shoes, we didn't come from wealthy families. >> for the president to come out -- >> so many people are turned off by washington. >> there's going to be a lot of volatility. >> barack obama, he has failed. >> this thing is going to get nasty. >> i want this forever to be a country where everybody gets a fair shot and everybody's doing their fair share and everybody's playing by the same set of rules. >> today the president continued to push congressional republicans to prevent interest rates on student loans from doubling on jewel 1. -- july 1. >> s

the republican right wing hates obama hates president obama so romney has taken the position that if anything obama is for he wrong he is against and since obama instituted the so-called reset which is what our generation now used to hold detente thinks they target which means improving relations with russia romney is going to take that position that's a bad idea because russia is still the number one enemy if he becomes president will he actually govern on the progress probably not but because of the presidential nomination campaign he's saying we have very strong things but it's bad for the relationship and your people here in moscow of course hear this and say you see we told you the americans haven't changed so you get this continuation of the cold war at least rhetorically which i have consequences when you when you're saying that the republican rights hates are. it doesn't mean that the republican left's loves the bad because there doesn't seem to be any republican left today it seems that they are campaigning who's right so. then the other guy why is that is it obama who is ra

obama and fear of the tea party. in one poll, republicans believe ohio is the most important state this year. >> the president checked out labor day and spent six months campaigning from one end of the country to the other. >> the last stop of the day was a fundraiser at the henry ford museum outside detroit, where mitt romney launched his first bid for the presidency in the 2008 campaign. the obama campaign says the president wasn't talking about his likely opponent's wealth in ohio. but some saw a line with reference to student aid. >> i wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth. michelle wasn't. but somebody gave us a chance. >> romney's following in mr. obama's footstep thursday to ohio county where the president spoke today is a factory that shut down weeks after mr. obama campaigned there in 2008 promising to create jobs. >> romney went on the offense near the site where president will make news this year. on the romney first strike. >> in charlotte, north carolina, across from the democratic national convent

president obama has not. i will. we need a president who will stand up for the rights of hunters and sportsmen and those who seek to protect their homes and their families. president obama has not. i will. >> sadly, that was mitt romney lying about president obama last week in his typically pandering speech to the national rifle association. what's so sad about it is that there is no real difference between the president and mitt romney on gun control. the president has done absolutely nothing to restrict access to guns since taking office. washington remains paralyzed on any form of gun or ammunition control in the legislative area that remains under the complete control of the blood-drenched national rifle association. yesterday was the fifth anniversary of the massacre at virginia tech. one of the victims of that shooting led a group of 31 other gun violence victims to capitol hill today. they asked members of congress to sign a statement of principle against arming dangerous people. the statement simply r

this obama is a nice guy. but he's over his head. i think that is the point that they're driving home now. the point brit is making is that a message going to have to be developed. >> there is a decent mitt romney going to embrace this tough choice. and say that republicans are the ones that are ready to do solutions and take on the tough things like medicare and social security and government. is he going to go that way because you see what democrats so far have gone with that. >> well... look at this week. if you said you're going to listen to marco rubio legislation and a new version of the dream act provide legal status for those who were brought here illegally then were serving military and he is now been accused by democrats of flip flopping on college loans because he says just months ago the government can't go around doing that anymore. >> and is that he says it should be extended interest rates for the rest of the year and cuts paid for by cutting something else oor those going to be secondary responses? are first responses

president obama. turn it back on the candidate because he too, supported health care and cap and trade and wall street bail outs, and that's why the race is so important. >> you are convincing me you are not about to drop you out. i will ask you this. pennsylvania does come up on april 24th. and the polls are close. we showed back in february you were leading by 29 . your lead in the franklin marshall poll is two, if you lose in your home state, would that be it? >> guest: the democratic hack that does that. terry modana has gotten more polls wrong in the history of the state. two other polls have us up 20 and the other 17 . this is -- i think he draws numbers out of a hat sometimes. we feel good about pennsylvania and we will do well there. governor romney is spending mon yedumping his millions in and we have a great grass roots strong network and a strong conservative base in the state of pennsylvania and came out strong for us. look, i go back in pennsylvania and i was the first conservative to be

the benefits for president obama are many. president clinton has a deep fundraising effort and many voters recall the economy was a lot stronger in the clinton days and for president clinton being a leading bam surrogate gets him back in the game he loves so much. there is a potential downside. an obama win some democrats say would make a hillary clinton presidency less likely. if he loses and she is interested, she could start moving around the country next year and would be a far away front-runner for 2016. it should be noted he still tells friends don't count her out. he also ascribes to the ony lekds at a time approach and it is clear he wants a big a role as possible in this one. what are the implications of face time in this cycle and does it have an impact down the road? michael crowley, bureau chief and maria cardona who knows them quite well and tori clark and senior advisor for the comcast corporation. i want to go to you first. they didn't get along in 2008 much there was a tough campaign, but to the conspiracy theo

obama versus romney. what was so interesting to me tonight, wolf, was that in mitt romney's speech in wisconsin, he was talking about president obama being out of touch, saying he was surrounded by true believers, and it's easy, when you're traveling on air force one, to get out of touch. you just heard joe biden say and david axelrod saying that mitt romney is the one out of touch. i think we've already teed up one part of the argument, which is who's the person that is more out of touch with real americans and with the middle class. so i think that's the beginning of another argument. they've already started on that. >> i think it's fair to say the president for the next several months will try to take the relatively high road and leave the attack dog role to biden, axelrod, and others. >> you think? >> i'm not so sure. >> you think he's really going to get down there? >> i don't know. >> he wants that presidential aura around him, and that resonates with a lot of folks. >> i think he'll use a stiletto,

is that what the obama administration is trying to say? >> i think tough leadership, strategic decision-making, counseling with the generals, but making the decision, whether it's in iraq, to responsibly bring all 142,000 troops home, or set a timetable, work in the international community with partnerships strengthen that country, so it can continue on its own for it is sovereignty and its independence, that's the policy the president has laid out. mitt romney, on the other hand has been fairly feckless and clueless and reckless on this policy. he's changed his opinion on it. he changed his opinion, as i mentioned on whether or not it was worth moving resources to go get bin laden, and he's changed his mind even when the president was successful in putting together an international collision to go after gadhafi in libya and was successful. i think governor romney that is flip flopped on that issue as well. congressman tim roemer, a man of many accomplishments, one of which is is joining us on the show, thank you. >> good to see you. thank

. >>> obama gets osama republican snarl. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. leading off tonight, bin laden is dead, gm is alive. how do you like them apples? the other side is saying president obama shouldn't take credit for the successful attack on america's number one enemy. they say it's unfair to claim it as a victory, but remember george w. pransing across that aircraft carrier? remember that large mission accomplished banner? remember giuliani repeating one thing after another that included a noun, a verb and the trays 2011. remember all the hoogt and hollering about the great decider who took us into the sands of iraq. maybe the reason his rivals don't like him marking his success over bin laden was because they had eight years to do it and couldn't. also tonight, the political marriage of the 21st century, barack obama and bill clinton. president obama is hoping some of that clinton mojo and money can rub off on him. last night the incumbent and the ex were fundraising with the

it's worked for obama before. i think that obama got some extra votes last time because he was the cool candidate and being for obama was the cool thing to be. that's not quite the same now because you can't run as quite the same kind of hero after you've had a rough time for four years. i think compared to mitt romney, he can probably pull it off again. >> the way this is breaking down, i think you have to view the youth vote in america going to be make or break demographic in this election. great to have you with us. >> great to be with you. >> remember to answer tonight's question. share your thoughts on twitter. we want to know what you think. >>> john boehner says if president obama is reelected, the economy may never recover. the scare tactics won't work speaker boehner. richard wolf joins me. >>> the chevy volt is a great american success story. why do conservatives hate it? former gm executive joins me later in the program. stay with us. (female announcer) most life insurance companies look at you and just

obama lost to john mccain. married women without children and white women, a group the g.o.p. took by 7 points. >> thank you very much. inflation remains in check rising .3 a percentage point. dow lost 137. s&p off 17. nasdaq dropped 44. >> the attorney for zimmerman may have a conflict of interest. he's charged in second-degree murder for the death of trayvon martin. the judge said her husband works for an attorney who referred zimmerman to his current council. >> oklahoma prosecutors filed hate charges against england england alvin watts to confessed to the shootings of five people, three of home died. >>> how the gsa tried to fake out taxpayers. and next, live to bret baier in colombia for a look at how president obama is hoping to curry favor long distance with american hispanics. wake up! that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. fohalf the calories plus vgie nutrition. could've had a v8. this is my grandson. and if it wasn't for a screening i got, i might have missed being here to meet him. the health care law lets those of us on medicare now get most preventive care for

romney 48 and obama 44. romney 48 and obama, 44. we have fox news opinion poll. >> right wing. >> sean: tamara. wait. you are on this network as much i disagree everything that comes out of your mouth. so i don't know what you are talking about. rasmussen poll a well-respected pollster, 48-44. fox is down by 12 points. fox has not had him up in the poll since uncover. now she down and this is all prior to this ridiculous statement, this insulting statement that ann romney has not worked day in her life. she raises five kids. first lady of mass masses, she last fought cancer and ms. how insulting? >> no, sean, you have made it a separation either you are working woman whether you are at home. >> you are not working. >> you are a working woman who has a job --. >> sean: do you agree with the statement that ann romney has never worked a day in her life. do you agree with that statement? >> it depends on what you mean with work. you can't put it in a black and white box. >>> i dare to come to my house 24 hours with my children. you will

obama care. if the supreme court strikes down the individual mandate, governor dean as you have predicted that they will, won't republicans be able to say that this is a president so far out of the mainstream that his signature legislative accomplishment of his term in office turned tout be unconstitutional in the. >> that depends. the mandate is something that is not really necessary, first of all. if the justices strike it down it might actually help the president because people don't like the mandate. if the rest stays intact i think it will ultimately be seen as a victory for the president and i think he will do fine. >> chris: governor barbour, do you think that is a victory for the president and let me ask you about a problem republicans have. there is a lot in obama care that people like. they like the idea that people can't be excluded from coverage because of preexisting conditions or that kids can stay on their parents policies until they are 26. if let's say the whole bill is struck do

not just beat obama. what do we do to replace his bad policies, bad bureaucrats and bad position to get america on the right track? >> sean: that is something that if people want to get the country on track, we bet ver the ideas, put them in writing, put them in the platform and hold everybody accountable to, which is big part of the occasion. good to see you, mr. speaker. see you on the campaign trail soon. >> all righty. >> sean: thank you for being with us. >> thank you. >> sean: up next, obama white house is at it again. refuse to take the blame for everything, including the lavish gsa convention in vegas. find out who he is pointing the fingers at for this one. john stossel has the answer and beckle in the if there was a pill to help protect your eye health as you age... would you take it? well, there is. [ male announcer ] it's called ocuvite. a vitamin totally dedicated to your eyes, from the eye-care experts at bausch + lomb. as you age, eyes can lose vital nutrients. ocuvite helps replenish key e

this obama is a nice guy. but he's over his head. i think that is the point that they're driving home now. the point brit is making is that a message going to have to be developed. >> there is a decent mitt romney going to embrace this tough choice. and say that republicans are the ones that are ready to do solutions and take on the tough things like medicare and social security and government. is he going to go that way because you see what democrats so far have gone with that. >> well... look at this week. if you said you're going to listen to marco rubio legislation and a new version of the dream act provide legal status for those who were brought here illegally then were serving military and he is now been accused by democrats of flip flopping on college loans because he says just months ago the government can't go around doing that anymore. >> and is that he says it should be extended interest rates for the rest of the year and cuts paid for by cutting something else oor those going to be secondary responses? are first responses