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bush got 44% and mitt romney is at 14. yes, there's a reason for that. >> the answer is self-deportation which is people decide they can do better by going home because they can't find work here because they don't have legal documentation to run here. >> i'm running for office. i can't have illegals. >> if i were elected and congress pass the dream act, would i veto it. the answer is yes. >> he ran ads against rick santorum attacking him for voting for sonya sotomayor mitt romney attacked rick santorum for that as if she's turned tout be a scandal that politicians should be ashamed of. the republican party this year is in a fragile position. their nominee has taken policy positions that are wildly unpopular and latino voters are saying wildly unpowular with them. that said the last election cycle did see three latino republicans elected to state offices. yeah, george w. bush is kicking around again and latino voters did not like him as much as they disliked mitt romney. one thing to watch is how the republican party tries
bush got 44% and mitt romney is at 14. yes, there's a reason for that. >> the answer is self-deportation which is people decide they can do better by going home because they can't find work here because they don't have legal documentation to run here. >> i'm running for office. i can't have illegals. >> if i were elected and congress pass the dream act, would i veto it. the answer is yes. >> he ran ads against rick santorum attacking him for voting for sonya sotomayor...
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mitt romney is scheduled to speak on friday. i think the combination here is only going to escalate and make this a much bigger political issue than any of us expected a couple of weeks ago. >> i think you're right. you think we've been transfixed by it thus far, i think that is set to increase now. michael isikoff, nbc news national investigative correspondent. michael, thank you very much for your time tonight. >> thank you. >>> all right, supposedly, supposedly there are about 2,000 members of the communist party usa. turns out that a huge proportion of that membership is made up of members of congress. it's true. i heard that somewhere. that's next. ♪ i'm michael bazinet, president of creative digital imaging of bangor, maine. we have customers all over the united states. we rely on the postal service for everything that we do. the eastern maine processing facility is vital to our operation and our success. if we lose this processing facility we could lose clientele because of increased mailing times. we would have to cons
mitt romney is scheduled to speak on friday. i think the combination here is only going to escalate and make this a much bigger political issue than any of us expected a couple of weeks ago. >> i think you're right. you think we've been transfixed by it thus far, i think that is set to increase now. michael isikoff, nbc news national investigative correspondent. michael, thank you very much for your time tonight. >> thank you. >>> all right, supposedly, supposedly there are...
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mitt romney is scheduled to speak on friday. i think the combination here is only going to escalate and make this a much bigger political issue than any of us expected a couple of weeks ago. >> i think you're right. you think we've been transfixed by it thus far, i think that is set to increase now. michael isikoff, nbc news national investigative correspondent. michael, thank you very much for your time tonight. >> thank you. >>> all right, supposedly, supposedly there are about 2,000 members of the communist party usa. turns out that a huge proportion of that membership is made up of members of congress. it's true. i heard that somewhere. that's next. are you still sleeping? just wanted to check and make sure that we were on schedule. the first technology of its kind... mom and dad, i have great news. is now providing answers families need. siemens. answers. do you really think brushing is enough to keep it clean? while brushing misses germs in 75% of your mouth, listerine cleans virtually your entire mouth. so take your oral
mitt romney is scheduled to speak on friday. i think the combination here is only going to escalate and make this a much bigger political issue than any of us expected a couple of weeks ago. >> i think you're right. you think we've been transfixed by it thus far, i think that is set to increase now. michael isikoff, nbc news national investigative correspondent. michael, thank you very much for your time tonight. >> thank you. >>> all right, supposedly, supposedly there are...
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mitt romney is scheduled to speak on friday. i think the combination here is only going to escalate and make this a much bigger political issue than any of us expected a couple of weeks ago. >> i think you're right. you think we've been transfixed by it thus far, i think that is set to increase now. michael isikoff, nbc news national investigative correspondent. michael, thank you very much for your time tonight. >> thank you. >>> all right, supposedly, supposedly there are about 2,000 members of the communist party usa. turns out that a huge proportion of that membership is made up of members of congress. it's true. i heard that somewhere. that's next. but my smile wasn't. [ female announcer ] new crest 3d white intensive professional effects whitestrips. it goes below he enamel surface to whiten as well as a five-hundred dollar professional treatment. wow, that's you? [ female announcer ] new intensive professional effects whitestrips. you're probably muddling through allergies. try zyrtec® for powerful allergy relief. and zy
mitt romney is scheduled to speak on friday. i think the combination here is only going to escalate and make this a much bigger political issue than any of us expected a couple of weeks ago. >> i think you're right. you think we've been transfixed by it thus far, i think that is set to increase now. michael isikoff, nbc news national investigative correspondent. michael, thank you very much for your time tonight. >> thank you. >>> all right, supposedly, supposedly there are...
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what is mitt romney's position on this bill? what is mitt romney's position on north carolina's anti-gay constitutional amendment? we don't know. which is a little bit weird, because the barack obama re-election campaign has taken a stand on it. the obama campaign says it is against the anti-gay marriage amendment in north carolina and usually when a campaign takes an overt stance like that, that's the kind of thing that calls for a response from the other side. but so far, nothing from the romney camp. our own campaign embed, garrett hake, confirms to us tonight that mr. romney, even though he is in north carolina tonight, the night before voting starts, even though mr. obama has taken a side on this issue, mr. romney has not taken any position on it. we have not heard beep from the romney campaign about this. which, again, is a little bit weird. because in the context of trying to win the republican nomination for president this year, mr. romney has not been shy at all about matters like this. he gave the rabidly anti-gay nati
what is mitt romney's position on this bill? what is mitt romney's position on north carolina's anti-gay constitutional amendment? we don't know. which is a little bit weird, because the barack obama re-election campaign has taken a stand on it. the obama campaign says it is against the anti-gay marriage amendment in north carolina and usually when a campaign takes an overt stance like that, that's the kind of thing that calls for a response from the other side. but so far, nothing from the...
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if you like super anti-gay romneys in the primaries, apparently you will love mitt romney in the general election, too. the other top contender what he might abandon in order to seem more moderate in the general election is his stance on immigration. on that one, [ ding ] ding, we may already have a winner. the big problem is mitt romney has a really bad problem with latino voters. george w. bush had 35% of the latino vote in 2000 and he won. john mccain had only 31% in 2008 and he got creamed. mitt romney has 14% among latinos in some of the most recent polling. it is not possible to win a national election with a number that low. 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
if you like super anti-gay romneys in the primaries, apparently you will love mitt romney in the general election, too. the other top contender what he might abandon in order to seem more moderate in the general election is his stance on immigration. on that one, [ ding ] ding, we may already have a winner. the big problem is mitt romney has a really bad problem with latino voters. george w. bush had 35% of the latino vote in 2000 and he won. john mccain had only 31% in 2008 and he got creamed....
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it's not what mitt romney said at all tonight. i think him coming out and saying i'm the food stamps guy, if you're on food stamps and you nevering thought you would be, i'm your guy. i think it's for him to be the paul ryan guy. >> i think what he is talking about is how we grow the economy and create opportunity. he outlines the countie contourt economic line. we have disagreements. i think there's big vision about how to create prosperity and economic opportunity. i think he outlined that speech tonight. >> you're hearing it, but he's not saying. it's great to have you. steve schmidt. we have news. nbc news is projecting that mitt romney wins the gop primary in the great state of new york. shocking. i know. lots more to come including latest primary election results. richard clark is here. stick around. [ male announcer ] imagine facing the day with less chronic osteoarthritis pain. imagine living your life with less chronic low back pain. imagine you, with less pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is fda-approved to manage chroni
it's not what mitt romney said at all tonight. i think him coming out and saying i'm the food stamps guy, if you're on food stamps and you nevering thought you would be, i'm your guy. i think it's for him to be the paul ryan guy. >> i think what he is talking about is how we grow the economy and create opportunity. he outlines the countie contourt economic line. we have disagreements. i think there's big vision about how to create prosperity and economic opportunity. i think he outlined...
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it's not what mitt romney said at all tonight. i think him coming out and saying i'm the food stamps guy, if you're on food stamps and you never thought you would be, then i'm your guy, i think it's amazing for him to also be the paul ryan budget guy. >> i think what he is talking about is how we grow the economy and create opportunity. he began to outline the contours of that economic message. it's obvious we have disagreements on it. i think there's big vision about how to create prosperity and economic opportunity. i think he outlined that speech tonight. >> you're hearing it, but he's not saying it. it's great to have you. steve schmidt. senior strategist for the mccain-palin 2008. nbc news is projecting that mitt romney wins the gop primary in the great state of new york. shocking. i know. lots more to come including latest primary election results. richard clark is here. stick around. [ kate ] many women may not be properly absorbing the calcium they take because they don't take it with food. switch to citracal maximum plus
it's not what mitt romney said at all tonight. i think him coming out and saying i'm the food stamps guy, if you're on food stamps and you never thought you would be, then i'm your guy, i think it's amazing for him to also be the paul ryan budget guy. >> i think what he is talking about is how we grow the economy and create opportunity. he began to outline the contours of that economic message. it's obvious we have disagreements on it. i think there's big vision about how to create...
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it's not what mitt romney said at all tonight. i think him coming out and sayi i know. lots more to come including latest primary election results. richard clark is here. stick around. >>> i don't want this to be a country where a shrinking number of americans are doing real well but a growing number of people but a growing number of people are struggling to get by. that's not my idea of america. i want this to be a country where everybody get a fair shot and everybody is doing their fair share and everybody is playing by the same set of rules. this country has always made a commitment to put a good education within the reach of all who are willing to work for it. pit. that's what makes us special. that's what made us an economic super power. that's what kept us at the hugely important for democrats in 2012. and for this president in particular. when then senator obama beat senator john mccain there in 2008, that was the first time a democrat carried north carolina in a presidential election since jimmy carter back in 1976. the ob
it's not what mitt romney said at all tonight. i think him coming out and sayi i know. lots more to come including latest primary election results. richard clark is here. stick around. >>> i don't want this to be a country where a shrinking number of americans are doing real well but a growing number of people but a growing number of people are struggling to get by. that's not my idea of america. i want this to be a country where everybody get a fair shot and everybody is doing their...
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remember, kris kobach is mitt romney's immigration adviser, and this is what mitt romney says should be a model for the nation. what is motivating these guys? why are they writing these laws? what do they think they are doing with these laws that mitt romney says should be a model for the nation? "immigration is on track to change the demographic makeup of the entire country. you know, what they call minority majority, says hethmon. how many countries have gone through a transition like that, peacefully, carefully? it's theoretically possible, but we don't have any examples." wait, that's why we need anti-immigration bills like the ones you guys wrote, that mitt romney says are a model for the nation. to make sure that america stays white enough. to keep the number of non-white people in america low? that's why we need immigration reform. that's what's motivating these bills. you know, what they call minority/majority. how many nations have gone through a transition like that, peacefully or carefully? it's theoretically possible, but we don't have any examples. if that kind of reason
remember, kris kobach is mitt romney's immigration adviser, and this is what mitt romney says should be a model for the nation. what is motivating these guys? why are they writing these laws? what do they think they are doing with these laws that mitt romney says should be a model for the nation? "immigration is on track to change the demographic makeup of the entire country. you know, what they call minority majority, says hethmon. how many countries have gone through a transition like...
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in may mitt romney may have some trouble. 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,
in may mitt romney may have some trouble. 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...
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when mitt romney gets this nomination, what case can he make to those voters? that he hasn't already been able to make to them? what can he tell them that has not persuaded them already? or does he just have to count on them falling in line? it's going to be fascinating to watch. stay tuned. that does it for us tonight. we will see you again tomorrow night. now it's time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." have great night. >>> after two quickly calle
when mitt romney gets this nomination, what case can he make to those voters? that he hasn't already been able to make to them? what can he tell them that has not persuaded them already? or does he just have to count on them falling in line? it's going to be fascinating to watch. stay tuned. that does it for us tonight. we will see you again tomorrow night. now it's time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." have great night. >>> after two quickly calle
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romney tonight, going 3 for 3 in >>> a big, big night for mitt romney tonight, going 3 for 3 in today's presidential primaries. mr. romney is projected to win in wisconsin and in maryland and in washington, d.c. so three months to the day after voting began in iowa, governor romney has had the type of night after which republican voters should kind of be expected to rally around the nominee, right? i mean, that's the conventional wisdom. there's even a saying about that. democratic voters fall in love. republican voters fall in line. so is now the time that we can expect republican voters to start falling in line behind mitt romney? maybe? look at this. this is from the exit polls that nbc news conducted in wisconsin tonight. i think this is really interesting. if mitt romney is the eventual nominee of your party, will you, republican primary voter in wisconsin, be satisfied with that result, or will you be dissatisfied with that result? these are the overall numbers for people who voted in the wisconsin primary. 66% say they'd be satisfied. 32% say they would be dissatisfied if mitt ro
romney tonight, going 3 for 3 in >>> a big, big night for mitt romney tonight, going 3 for 3 in today's presidential primaries. mr. romney is projected to win in wisconsin and in maryland and in washington, d.c. so three months to the day after voting began in iowa, governor romney has had the type of night after which republican voters should kind of be expected to rally around the nominee, right? i mean, that's the conventional wisdom. there's even a saying about that. democratic...
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mitt romney does this all the time. in the speech that he gave last night when he won wisconsin and in a speech that he gave today, he used this tactic like a dozen times. it's kind of his only trick. all of his weaknesses as a candidate, he now just says are the weaknesses of barack obama as a candidate. so mitt romney lived in france instead of going to vietnam. he spent years and years in europe. so now mitt romney says that is barack obama's problem. he's the european! mitt romney signed on to the paul ryan kill-medicare plan, so now mitt romney says wanting to kill medicare, that's barack obama's problem. >> he has taken a series of steps that end medicare as we know it. >> mitt romney was 47th out of 50th in job creation when he served as governor of massachusetts and his record in private industry at bain capital is littered with all of these horror stories about shutting down factories and firing american workers. getting rid of american jobs for his own personal profit. so mitt romney opened his speech last nig
mitt romney does this all the time. in the speech that he gave last night when he won wisconsin and in a speech that he gave today, he used this tactic like a dozen times. it's kind of his only trick. all of his weaknesses as a candidate, he now just says are the weaknesses of barack obama as a candidate. so mitt romney lived in france instead of going to vietnam. he spent years and years in europe. so now mitt romney says that is barack obama's problem. he's the european! mitt romney signed on...
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romney at the time was a student. mitt romney is a harvard man. that's how he got to massachusetts in the first place. after growing up in michigan and graduating from byu, mr. romney spent four years at harvard earning both a harvard law degree and a harvard business degree. this is mr. romney with a few of his harvard school business study buddy. they get together every five years for a mini-harvard reunion n a weird way it explains his line of attack today against president obama. >> we have a president who is a nice guy, perhaps he spent too much at harvard or not enough time working in the real world. >> mitt romney, as we discussed on this show last night, has exactly one trick as a presidential candidate. you take some perceived weakness about his own candidacy and you say that it's actually barack obama's weakness. does obama spend too much time at harvard thing, this is a favorite of mitt romneys. >> i didn't learn about the economy just reading about it or hearing about it in the faculty lounge at harvard. all of those years perhaps in t
romney at the time was a student. mitt romney is a harvard man. that's how he got to massachusetts in the first place. after growing up in michigan and graduating from byu, mr. romney spent four years at harvard earning both a harvard law degree and a harvard business degree. this is mr. romney with a few of his harvard school business study buddy. they get together every five years for a mini-harvard reunion n a weird way it explains his line of attack today against president obama. >>...
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given the history here in massachusetts, maybe especially mitt romney should. joining us now is james roosevelt jr. the top lawyer for the massachusetts democratic party when mr. romney's tax returns were part of their challenge about whether or not mr. romney was a massachusetts resident or not. thank you for your time tonight. thanks for being here. >> glad to be with you, rachel. >> this is not a very complicated story, but sort of a deep story. a deep dive into what we know about mr. romney and his history both as a citizen and in terms of his financial life. in terms of the way i explained that history in massachusetts, did i get any of that wrong as far as you know? >> i think you got it right. and in trying to present this case to the ballot law commission, we were trying to show exactly what he had said under oath, signing as you point out under the pains and penalties of perjury, not by the way as he characterized it, to the best of his knowledge and belief, but under the pains and penalty of perjury. and we had the tax assessor statements in utah, we
given the history here in massachusetts, maybe especially mitt romney should. joining us now is james roosevelt jr. the top lawyer for the massachusetts democratic party when mr. romney's tax returns were part of their challenge about whether or not mr. romney was a massachusetts resident or not. thank you for your time tonight. thanks for being here. >> glad to be with you, rachel. >> this is not a very complicated story, but sort of a deep story. a deep dive into what we know...
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mitt romney has a plan it get america working. >> that was the mitt romney campaign from june. about a dozen different ads. the economy and the economy and down with obama care and tax cuts and the economy. the specific reference to chine a drill, baby, drill, the economy. jen july. >> where did the obama stimulus money go? >> they will run more than it had been run in the history of the world. >> another reason america has lost confidence in barack obama. >> time we had someone whoa believes in us. >> freedom creates jobs. >> everything will be focussed on getting the economy going. >> look at the 10 or so ads in the month of july to the economy. the economy and president obama is a liar. the economy, jobs, jobs, jobs, the economy. all but three were about the economy and jobs and the ones that were not were about how terrible and horrible president obama is as a person. say what you will, he has been very focused. his campaign has been focused looking at the thing that is the campaign did on their own terms, it's a great way to focus on what they were trying to do. what they
mitt romney has a plan it get america working. >> that was the mitt romney campaign from june. about a dozen different ads. the economy and the economy and down with obama care and tax cuts and the economy. the specific reference to chine a drill, baby, drill, the economy. jen july. >> where did the obama stimulus money go? >> they will run more than it had been run in the history of the world. >> another reason america has lost confidence in barack obama. >> time...
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mitt romney has a plan it get america working. >> that was the mitt romney campaign in a capsule from june via about a dozen different ads. the economy, the economy, and the economy, and down with on care and tax cuts and the economy. the specific reference to china, drill, baby, drill, the economy. then july -- >> where did the obama stimulus money go? >> they will run more than it had been run in the history of the world. >> obama's dishonest campaign, another reason america has lost confidence in barack obama. >> it's time we had somebody who believes in us. >> freedom and free enterprise are what create jobs. >> everything i do is going to be focused on getting this economy going. >> so you look at the ten or so ads that came out of the romney campaign in the month of july, it's the economy. it's the economy, the economy, president obama is a liar, the economy, jobs, jobs, jobs, the economy. all but three ads were about the economy and jobs, and the ones that were not were about how terrible and horrible president obama is as a person. say what you will, he has been very focused.
mitt romney has a plan it get america working. >> that was the mitt romney campaign in a capsule from june via about a dozen different ads. the economy, the economy, and the economy, and down with on care and tax cuts and the economy. the specific reference to china, drill, baby, drill, the economy. then july -- >> where did the obama stimulus money go? >> they will run more than it had been run in the history of the world. >> obama's dishonest campaign, another reason...
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i think the fact that what mitt romney is doing, this is the key point here, mitt romney's experience with the american taxes isn't just about mitt romney. it's actually a deep and profound point. not just about tax policy in this country, not just about whether the rich pay taxes and how they do or don't pay taxes, but about the entire rigged game that is the american social system right now. in which people with a lot of money are able to subvertthe rules to benefit themselves in ways that people making $40,000 and $60,000, $80,000, $100,000 or $10,000 a year aren't able to. that's a fundamental aspect of the american experience now, and mitt romney has thrown in his luck with the policies, with how he's defended his activities and his actual behavior such as we have seen he has revealed. that's a deep, profound, substantive point about whether the wealthy are going to be taxed, whether they're going to be taxed, whether we have the ability to extract revenue from people at the top. it's fair. >> and he's put himself in an idealogical spot that would indicate a real difference betwe
i think the fact that what mitt romney is doing, this is the key point here, mitt romney's experience with the american taxes isn't just about mitt romney. it's actually a deep and profound point. not just about tax policy in this country, not just about whether the rich pay taxes and how they do or don't pay taxes, but about the entire rigged game that is the american social system right now. in which people with a lot of money are able to subvertthe rules to benefit themselves in ways that...
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for people like mitt romney. at the expense of the rest of the country. and if you look at the ryan/romney plan, that's what it does. and i don't think people want to go back to a souped up version of trickle-down bush economic policy. we tried that, it didn't work. the economy crashed. millions of people lost their jobs. why in the world would we want to go back to something like that? >> let's talk about the reality in life. you have constituent services on one of your constituents obviously, i live in the district, but older people when they get past 65, not just young retirees but old retirees come to the pen tremendously on medicare for long-term care. i'm just wondering what you think will happen if the government all of a sudden says you don't get medicare, you get a voucher and have to buy an insurance policy. some 78-year-old person or couple, how are they going to deal with that when they realize it doesn't cover everything? >> well, they are not going to be able to deal with it because that's a violati
for people like mitt romney. at the expense of the rest of the country. and if you look at the ryan/romney plan, that's what it does. and i don't think people want to go back to a souped up version of trickle-down bush economic policy. we tried that, it didn't work. the economy crashed. millions of people lost their jobs. why in the world would we want to go back to something like that? >> let's talk about the reality in life. you have constituent services on one of your constituents...
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program that mitt romney is running on. whether or not there's a little bit of an overshadowing potential there, despite the fact this is a young sort of relatively unknown person, i thought this was fascinating. it does say a lot about what mitt romney needs but where the republican party wants to go and whether or not in a lot of ways he's a passenger rather than a driver. >> we have another hour to go. don't go away. none of you go away. at the top of the hour, what the latest polls say about paul ryan. and will he hurt or help mitt romney in key states like florida? down here, folks measure commitment by what's getting done. the twenty billion dollars bp committed has helped fund economic and environmental recovery. long-term, bp's made a five hundred million dollar commitment to support scientists studying the environment. and the gulf is open for business - the beaches are beautiful, the seafood is delicious. last year, many areas even reported record tourism seasons. the progress continues... but that doesn't mean ou
program that mitt romney is running on. whether or not there's a little bit of an overshadowing potential there, despite the fact this is a young sort of relatively unknown person, i thought this was fascinating. it does say a lot about what mitt romney needs but where the republican party wants to go and whether or not in a lot of ways he's a passenger rather than a driver. >> we have another hour to go. don't go away. none of you go away. at the top of the hour, what the latest polls...
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and therein lies the big problem with what mitt romney for president, the mitt romney for president campaign has just done with their vice presidential selection. by picking paul ryan for vp, the romney campaign obviously wanted to change the conversation. boy, did they. rather than the conversation in florida today being about, i wonder who republicans will pick tonight to run against bill nelson, or i wonder if a ten-term congressman will get voted out of office tonight, the conversation in florida is instead, i wonder if mitt romney and paul ryan are seriously going to kill medicare if they're nominaelected in novemb. medicare and paul ryan's plans for it, being the discussion in florida now, that is a problem for your campaign. you now somehow have to convince the country, you have to somehow convince senior citizens in florida that you don't really want to kill medicare even though you just put the kill medicare guy on the ticket. understandably, this has tied the romney campaign into knots for if first few days of having paul ryan to answer for. dating back to last year, mitt romney ha
and therein lies the big problem with what mitt romney for president, the mitt romney for president campaign has just done with their vice presidential selection. by picking paul ryan for vp, the romney campaign obviously wanted to change the conversation. boy, did they. rather than the conversation in florida today being about, i wonder who republicans will pick tonight to run against bill nelson, or i wonder if a ten-term congressman will get voted out of office tonight, the conversation in...
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mitt romney is failing to win over latino voters, really badly. and it's not just for esoteric reasons. it's not for stylistic reasons. it's for substance. mr. romney called arizona's "papers, please" law, the anti-immigrant sb-1070 law, as a model for the nation. he helped the lawyer who helped write that bill as a model for the nation. he said he would veto the dream act if congress passe
mitt romney is failing to win over latino voters, really badly. and it's not just for esoteric reasons. it's not for stylistic reasons. it's for substance. mr. romney called arizona's "papers, please" law, the anti-immigrant sb-1070 law, as a model for the nation. he helped the lawyer who helped write that bill as a model for the nation. he said he would veto the dream act if congress passe
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mitt romney is failing to win over latino voters, really badly. and it's not just for esoteric reasons. it's not for stylistic reasons. it's for substance. mr. romney called arizona's "papers, please" law, the anti-immigrant sb-1070 law, as a model for the nation. he helped the lawyer who helped write that bill as a model for the nation. he said he would veto the dream act if congress passed it when he became president. and mr. romney did not pick to balance himself out with florida senator marco rubio or new mexico governor, susanna martinez. he did not choose one of the party's up and coming latinos, or someone who's more moderate on immigration. he picked one of the congressmen from the republican congress who voted no on the dream act, which >>> as we reported earlier in the hour, the secretary of state
mitt romney is failing to win over latino voters, really badly. and it's not just for esoteric reasons. it's not for stylistic reasons. it's for substance. mr. romney called arizona's "papers, please" law, the anti-immigrant sb-1070 law, as a model for the nation. he helped the lawyer who helped write that bill as a model for the nation. he said he would veto the dream act if congress passed it when he became president. and mr. romney did not pick to balance himself out with florida...
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it showed him making less money than mitt romney but paying more in taxes. i wonder if that might sort of be a foreshadowing about the kinds of troublesome questions we would be asking if we did see more. >> i think so. there's an ad runing in battleground states now, i know, because it's running in virginia. that the obama campaign just put up about the 14% rate that romney paid last year and essentially saying, gee, the romney/ryan tax plan is he pays less, you pay more. i think we're going to hear that a lot. >> eugene robinson, pulitzer prize winning columnist, and a good sport for being here with us on a friday night. thanks a lot. >> we have more ahead that will specifically challenge your structural integrity. please stay with us. gives you a 50% annual bonus. and everyone, but her... likes 50% more cash. but, i have an idea. do you want a princess dress? yes how about some cupcakes? yes lollipop? yes! do you want an etch a sketch? yes! do you want 50% more cash? no you got talent. [ male announcer ] the capital one cash rewards card. with a 50% annua
it showed him making less money than mitt romney but paying more in taxes. i wonder if that might sort of be a foreshadowing about the kinds of troublesome questions we would be asking if we did see more. >> i think so. there's an ad runing in battleground states now, i know, because it's running in virginia. that the obama campaign just put up about the 14% rate that romney paid last year and essentially saying, gee, the romney/ryan tax plan is he pays less, you pay more. i think we're...
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mitt romney's middle class tax increase. he pays less. you pay more. to provide a better benefits package... oahhh! [ male announcer ] it made a big splash with the employees. [ duck yelling ] [ male announcer ] find out more at... [ duck ] aflac! [ male announcer ] ...forbusiness.com. ♪ ha ha! >>> the obama campaign made mitt romney an offer he had to refuse today. more drama in an already dramatic narrative, that's coming up. [ female announcer ] most whitening strips promise full whitening results in two weeks or more. rembrandt® deeply white™ 2 hour whitening kit is proven to quickly remove surface stains and deep stains in just two hours. [ female announcer ] rembrandt® deeply white™: whiten in just 2 hours. you'll inevitably find yourself on a desolate highway in your jeep grand cherokee. and when you do, you'll be grateful for the adaptive cruise control that automatically adjusts your speed when approaching slower traffic. and for the blind spot monitoring that helps remind you that the highway might not be as desolate... ...as you thou
mitt romney's middle class tax increase. he pays less. you pay more. to provide a better benefits package... oahhh! [ male announcer ] it made a big splash with the employees. [ duck yelling ] [ male announcer ] find out more at... [ duck ] aflac! [ male announcer ] ...forbusiness.com. ♪ ha ha! >>> the obama campaign made mitt romney an offer he had to refuse today. more drama in an already dramatic narrative, that's coming up. [ female announcer ] most whitening strips promise full...
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and that's who mitt romney has h hired. some of them have ethical constraints on what jobs they would take. but some don't. this firm was also hired by the gap in 2007 to clean things up for them after it was discovered that gap clothing was using 10-year-old slaves in india. >> the pictures could not be more embarrassing. kids as young as ten in a sweat shop in india. the photos got immediate response from gap's president. >> i am grateful that this investigative reporter found this. because we can do something about it. >> good answer. when the gap needed some good answers when they wanted to clean up, not necessarily that problem, but the image problem created by their child slave labor problem, they hired this pr company called brunswick group. they also got the call when bp befouled the gulf coast with the spill. brunswick was who bp called not to clean up the problem of the oil but the image problem created by the oil. now mitt romney has hired the lead person from brunswick who was in charge so they can apply those s
and that's who mitt romney has h hired. some of them have ethical constraints on what jobs they would take. but some don't. this firm was also hired by the gap in 2007 to clean things up for them after it was discovered that gap clothing was using 10-year-old slaves in india. >> the pictures could not be more embarrassing. kids as young as ten in a sweat shop in india. the photos got immediate response from gap's president. >> i am grateful that this investigative reporter found...
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it's not the platform of mitt romney. >> oh, it's not the platform of mitt romney. tah-dah. you know, if this is your policy position, you either have to explain and defend that policy position or it can't be your policy position. you can't both have that as your position and never have to be held accountable for it. it is the position of your vice presidential nominee and his voting record and it's his policy record and it's about to be the official party platform you're running on and your people were there shaping that platform when it wound up in there. that's not you? what's you then? bob herbert joins us next. presidential nominee and his you expect something $40in return. billionaire oil tycoons charles and david koch and their special- interest friends are spending $400 million to buy this year's elections and advance their agenda. what's their payback? politicians who will pass laws that benefit special interests, but hurt the middle class; more tax cuts for the rich, eliminate the minimum wage, big cuts to our schools, but big subsidies for oil companies, learn wha
it's not the platform of mitt romney. >> oh, it's not the platform of mitt romney. tah-dah. you know, if this is your policy position, you either have to explain and defend that policy position or it can't be your policy position. you can't both have that as your position and never have to be held accountable for it. it is the position of your vice presidential nominee and his voting record and it's his policy record and it's about to be the official party platform you're running on and...
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it's not the platform of mitt romney. >> oh, it's not the platform of mitt romney. tah-dah. you know, if this is your policy position, you either have to explain and defend that policy position or it can't be your policy position. you can't both have that as your position and never have to be held accountable for it. it is the position of your vice presidential nominee and his voting record and it's his policy record and it's about to be the official party platform you're running on and your people were there shaping that platform when it wound up in there. that's not you? what's you then? bob herbert joins us next. ♪ why not use all your vacation days this year? get points you can easily redeem for your vacations, with chase sapphire preferred. introducing share everything. unlimited talk. unlimited text. tap into a single pool of shareable data and add up to 10 different devices, including smartphones and tablets. the first plan of its kind. share everything. only from verizon. now add a tablet for only $10 monthly access. you walk into a conventional mattress store, it'
it's not the platform of mitt romney. >> oh, it's not the platform of mitt romney. tah-dah. you know, if this is your policy position, you either have to explain and defend that policy position or it can't be your policy position. you can't both have that as your position and never have to be held accountable for it. it is the position of your vice presidential nominee and his voting record and it's his policy record and it's about to be the official party platform you're running on and...
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it's not the platform of mitt romney. >> oh, it's not the platform of mitt romney. tah-dah. you know, if this is your policy position, you either have to explain and defend that policy position or it can't be your policy position. you can't both have that as your position and never have to be held accountable for it. it is the position of your vice presidential nominee and his voting record and it's his policy record and it's about to be the official party platform you're running on and your people were there shaping that platform when it wound up in there. that's not you? what's you then? bob herbert joins us next. [ thunder crashes ] [ male announcer ] if you think all batteries are the same... consider this: when the unexpected happens, there's one brand of battery more emergency workers trust in their maglites: duracell. one reason: duralock power preserve. it locks in power for up to 10 years in storage. guaranteed. so, whether it's 10 years' of life's sunny days... or... the occasional stormy one... trust goes a long way. duracell with duralock. trusted everywhere. >>>
it's not the platform of mitt romney. >> oh, it's not the platform of mitt romney. tah-dah. you know, if this is your policy position, you either have to explain and defend that policy position or it can't be your policy position. you can't both have that as your position and never have to be held accountable for it. it is the position of your vice presidential nominee and his voting record and it's his policy record and it's about to be the official party platform you're running on and...
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it's not the platform of mitt romney. >> oh. the republican party platform, that has nothing to do with the republican party's presidential nominee. rnc communications director, if you didn't exist somebody would have to make you up. sean spicer, tried it as well. this was even better. his answer on the republican party having a platform on abortion that is the same as todd akin's platform on abortion. no exceptions for rape and incest, watch. >> our platform is just a simple set of principals, there's no additional language. so to talk about exceptions or whatever is just not found in the platform. >> our platform not having rape exceptions in it doesn't mean there are no rape exceptions in it -- i know we say we're banning abortions and there's no exceptions, that doesn't mean there's no exceptions. want to try that again? when vice presidential nominee paul ryan was grilled on the fact that his policy on abortion is the exact same as todd akin, here was his answer. >> mitt romney is the top of the ticket, and mitt romney will
it's not the platform of mitt romney. >> oh. the republican party platform, that has nothing to do with the republican party's presidential nominee. rnc communications director, if you didn't exist somebody would have to make you up. sean spicer, tried it as well. this was even better. his answer on the republican party having a platform on abortion that is the same as todd akin's platform on abortion. no exceptions for rape and incest, watch. >> our platform is just a simple set of...
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before mitt romney republican governors -- mitt romney republican governor, the massachusetts governor was a republican. and before that, the republican governor was a republican. and before that republican governor, the governor before that was a republican. massachusetts wasn't against republican governors. we had four in a row. but then after mitt romney, massachusetts went democratic. and mitt romney left office with an approval rating so bad it's basically george w. bush territory. now he's saying people who hired me in the past have been pleased that they did. that is not true at all of the last time mitt romney held public office. see this is why it's going to be so awesome to watch the republican convention next week. how are you going to explain a, why you didn't run for re-election and b how massachusetts thought of you at the time and how they think of you now? if the "wall street journal" won't call him on it when he says the people were happy to have hired him, will the press covering the rnc call him on that? i can't wait. it's going to be a lot of fun. >> i intend to get
before mitt romney republican governors -- mitt romney republican governor, the massachusetts governor was a republican. and before that, the republican governor was a republican. and before that republican governor, the governor before that was a republican. massachusetts wasn't against republican governors. we had four in a row. but then after mitt romney, massachusetts went democratic. and mitt romney left office with an approval rating so bad it's basically george w. bush territory. now...
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mitt romney, what i learned at bain capital. mr. romney bolstered the op-ed about how he intends to sell himself and the candidacy at the republican national convention. when appears before crowds, he doesn't think what can i do here to portray myself in a way that would be appealing to the public? people who have hired me in the past have been pleased they did, mr. romney said, referring to his roles as chief executive of bain capital and governor of massachusetts and head of the winter '02 olympics. he said i don't have a plan to take everybody to my childhood home and say here's where i rode my bicycle. people who have hired me in the past have been pleased that they did. on one page of the wall street journlg he's relaunching his time as ceo of bain capital. as his relevant experience for being president of the united states. on other page of the same paper, bringing back his massachusetts governor record, saying people who hired him, meaning elected him for that job, were pleased that they did so. the people of massachusetts we
mitt romney, what i learned at bain capital. mr. romney bolstered the op-ed about how he intends to sell himself and the candidacy at the republican national convention. when appears before crowds, he doesn't think what can i do here to portray myself in a way that would be appealing to the public? people who have hired me in the past have been pleased they did, mr. romney said, referring to his roles as chief executive of bain capital and governor of massachusetts and head of the winter '02...