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liars, like romney, are pro-foundly bad for this country. >> the romney lie in the romney ad, that's about as ugly a lie as you could possibly do with videotape, isn't it? >> lying politicians like mitt romney. the one word that best describes that assertion is lie. the lying romney campaign. today, mitt romney staked his campaign on that big lie. mitt romney has left us with a choice. he's either a liar or what george will would call, a bloviating ignoramus. >> tell us what you really mean. >> yesterday, mitt romney closed his speech with a reference to martin luther king jr., which brings up the uncomfortable memory of the 2007 campaign when he was talking about his father and martin luther king jr. let's look at that. >> i saw my father march with martin luther king. >> my dad marched with martin luther king. >> did you actually see your dad march with martin luther king? >> no, i say that in a figurative sense. i try to be as accurate as i can be, and the -- if you'll look at the literature or the dictionary, the term "saw" includes being aware of in thecethe sense that i've desc
liars, like romney, are pro-foundly bad for this country. >> the romney lie in the romney ad, that's about as ugly a lie as you could possibly do with videotape, isn't it? >> lying politicians like mitt romney. the one word that best describes that assertion is lie. the lying romney campaign. today, mitt romney staked his campaign on that big lie. mitt romney has left us with a choice. he's either a liar or what george will would call, a bloviating ignoramus. >> tell us what...
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it's all about romney's taxes. a new poll suggests americans, they want to know what is in mitt romney's taxes. 56% of voters said romney should release the last 12 years of returns. 61% of independents want to see the last 12 years. and it doesn't stop with voters. tea party icon ron paul told politico, "in the scheme of things, politically, you know, it looks like releasing tax returns is what the people want." texas governor and alleged romney supporter rick perry had this to say. >> no matter who you are or what office you're running for, you should be as transparent as you can be with your tax returns and other aspects of your life. >> and the editors of the conservative "national review" wrote, "romney's a politician running for the highest office in the land and his current posture and probably unsustainable." i would agree with that. romney, this guy has really boxed himself in. he told the country, two years of tax returns, that's all you're going to get. there's ana arrogance to that, don't you think? jus
it's all about romney's taxes. a new poll suggests americans, they want to know what is in mitt romney's taxes. 56% of voters said romney should release the last 12 years of returns. 61% of independents want to see the last 12 years. and it doesn't stop with voters. tea party icon ron paul told politico, "in the scheme of things, politically, you know, it looks like releasing tax returns is what the people want." texas governor and alleged romney supporter rick perry had this to say....
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] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney homicide of young people in america has an impact on all of us. how can we save these young people's lives? as a police chief i have an opportunity to affect what happens in a major city. i learned early on if you want to make a difference you have to have the right education. university of phoenix opened the door. my name is james craig,
] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney homicide of young people in america has an impact on all of us. how can we save these young people's lives? as a police chief i have an opportunity to affect what happens in a major city. i learned early on if you want to make a difference you have to have the right education. university of phoenix opened the door. my name is james craig,
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you know tea, mitt romney. the drink that you're not allowed to have because it stimulates the brain. you know, something that the hard of thinking worry about. >> ah. the thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to. martin lewis, thanks so much for your time tonight. >> my great pleasure. thank you. >> remember to answer tonight's question there at the bottom of the screen and share your thoughts on twitter @edshow and on facebook. i want to know what you think. >>> coming up, his book is called "no apology," yet mitt romney spent a good part of today apologizing. evan mcmorris-santoro of "talking points" weighs in. we'll be right back. >>> coming up, what does mitt romney's series of gaffes in london mean for him back here in the u.s.? i'll ask evan mcmorris-santoro of "talking points memo." >>> a romney adviser says president obama doesn't understand the anglo-saxon heritage of this country. now both campaigns are responding. we'll have the details. >>> and later, bill o'reilly revives the lie about welfar
you know tea, mitt romney. the drink that you're not allowed to have because it stimulates the brain. you know, something that the hard of thinking worry about. >> ah. the thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to. martin lewis, thanks so much for your time tonight. >> my great pleasure. thank you. >> remember to answer tonight's question there at the bottom of the screen and share your thoughts on twitter @edshow and on facebook. i want to know what you think....
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, team romney sent first lady hopeful ann romney out to put out the fire without a fire hose. the increasingly incompetent professionals pretending to be in control of the romney campaign actually put the candidate's wife on national television and didn't give her one word to say that made any sense in response to why she and her husband are still hiding their tax returns. >> why will he not follow the examples of others on both sides of the aisle? >> you know, i think there's reason for all of these things. you know, you should really look at where mitt has led his life and where he's been financially. he's a very generous person. we give 10% of our income to our church every year. do you think that is the kind of person that's tried to hide things or do things? no. he is so good about it. then when he was governor of massachusetts, didn't take a salary in the four years. >> that was the best the campaigners could come up with. not one word she said was actually responsive to the question in any way. and as irrelevant as how much mitt romney gives to the mormon church is, we
, team romney sent first lady hopeful ann romney out to put out the fire without a fire hose. the increasingly incompetent professionals pretending to be in control of the romney campaign actually put the candidate's wife on national television and didn't give her one word to say that made any sense in response to why she and her husband are still hiding their tax returns. >> why will he not follow the examples of others on both sides of the aisle? >> you know, i think there's...
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shelly, what do you expect mitt romney to do? what would you want mitt romney to do? >> well, we certainly know his history with bain capital, and we understand, well, we don't understand fully what his relationship with bain capital is now, but we certainly believe he has some influence and the workers here really would love for mitt romney to come to our community and talk to the people who are losing their jobs. actually, what we would really love to see is the mayor, and i talked this afternoon, would be for governor romney and president obama to hold a debate in the city of freeport to talk about how to make america more competitive. companies like bain capital are in the business of creating wealth. we're in the business of creating jobs. they don't have to be mutually exclusive, but it's difficult to handle those on a local level because it's federal policies that make the difference. we would love to see a debate held in freeport, which is home of one of the famous lincoln-douglas debates and we would like to see how we could keep our jobs here at home. >> how
shelly, what do you expect mitt romney to do? what would you want mitt romney to do? >> well, we certainly know his history with bain capital, and we understand, well, we don't understand fully what his relationship with bain capital is now, but we certainly believe he has some influence and the workers here really would love for mitt romney to come to our community and talk to the people who are losing their jobs. actually, what we would really love to see is the mayor, and i talked this...
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romney press secretary says the comments don't represent romney's beliefs. the obama campaign said it won't characterize the comment as a form of racial bading. here's what romney himself had to say. >> so i'm not sure who this person is, but i can tell you we have a very special relationship between the united states and great britain. it goes back to our very beginnings, cultural and historical, but i also believe that the president understands that, so i don't agree with whoever that adviser might be. >> yet the anglo-saxon comments seem to be a pattern for team romney. earlier this week, he tried to paint the president as other. >> this is a ideology that says, hey, we're all the same here. it's a very strange and in some respects foreign to the american experience type of philosophy, so his whole philosophy is an upsidedown philosophy that does not comport with the american experience. >> you know, a lot of us understand things differently, as author edward mcclellan points out, president obama's mother is of english decedent. president obama enjoys hea
romney press secretary says the comments don't represent romney's beliefs. the obama campaign said it won't characterize the comment as a form of racial bading. here's what romney himself had to say. >> so i'm not sure who this person is, but i can tell you we have a very special relationship between the united states and great britain. it goes back to our very beginnings, cultural and historical, but i also believe that the president understands that, so i don't agree with whoever that...
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romney is the owner. romney is the ceo. romney is the chairman. >> so their argument at bain is he was out doing the olympic thing. in fact, he was probably playing a little bit of golf along the way. we didn't have anything to do with the operations. but on the paper he's the man, correct? >> that's pretty much what they're saying, yes. >> great reporting. great to have you with us tonight. thanks so much. let's turn to the national press secretary for the obama campaign, 2012. well, there's a lot for you guys to talk about. you're going right at it. how do you respond to the romney campaign's defense of the candidate today? >> well, you know, mitt romney is holding himself to a double standard because he claims credit for jobs created by the companies that bain acquired. but he won't accept responsibility for transactions that he was involved in for companies that shipped jobs overseas and went bankrupt with workers losing their jobs and their pensions and their health care benefits. so he's furiously trying to extract hi
romney is the owner. romney is the ceo. romney is the chairman. >> so their argument at bain is he was out doing the olympic thing. in fact, he was probably playing a little bit of golf along the way. we didn't have anything to do with the operations. but on the paper he's the man, correct? >> that's pretty much what they're saying, yes. >> great reporting. great to have you with us tonight. thanks so much. let's turn to the national press secretary for the obama campaign,...
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george romney, mitt romney's father when he ran for president released 12 years. mitt romney only two years. so it's not like this is not something that isn't done. even in primaries all that have run had to release returns and go through the questions there were. >> right. >> so the question here of transparency and of whether or not as former president clinton raised did you use foreign tax places -- havens to hide the taxes. >> well, rev, what you left out in that litany of the presidents and presidential candidates who've released their tax returns, yes george romney, are m romney's father when he ran in the 1968 race. he set the precedent of returns. before him candidates would give out general views of where their tax liabilities and things. but george romney thought it was important to hand over 12 years of actual tax returns so that folks would know that quote, it wasn't a fluke. also to make sure people understood that he wasn't just showing off where the money came from. mitt romney is not following the lead set by his own father. and the second point he
george romney, mitt romney's father when he ran for president released 12 years. mitt romney only two years. so it's not like this is not something that isn't done. even in primaries all that have run had to release returns and go through the questions there were. >> right. >> so the question here of transparency and of whether or not as former president clinton raised did you use foreign tax places -- havens to hide the taxes. >> well, rev, what you left out in that litany of...
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it's not about romney, romney's a flawed candidate. he's said it time and again. i think we actually have some sound bites of him doing it, but we don't need them. and it's all about defeating barack obama, getting him out of the white house. rush has never made it about anything other than that. >> right, right, right. and no -- romney's just a tool, right? >> yes! rush is plain about that. >> he's just thirsty. he just wants to get in so bad, he can taste it. he just wants to get in the white house, he'll ride any boat that's going in that direction. so if rush wants to throw his weight behind romney, romney's like, cool with me! if sununu wants to come out babbling at the mouth about nonsense, cool with me. anybody who will get me closer to the white house, romney will go that way. if i have to turn my back on policies and positions that i have taken my entire life, i will do that. because i want to make it to the white house. everything that mitt romney does is an opposition to everything that mitt romney has ever believed. and he will do that. >> a guy who's
it's not about romney, romney's a flawed candidate. he's said it time and again. i think we actually have some sound bites of him doing it, but we don't need them. and it's all about defeating barack obama, getting him out of the white house. rush has never made it about anything other than that. >> right, right, right. and no -- romney's just a tool, right? >> yes! rush is plain about that. >> he's just thirsty. he just wants to get in so bad, he can taste it. he just wants...
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romney is. and this week they put out condoleezza rice. >> how do you know that. >> it didn't go to a drudge. the drudge report had it at the top banner, condoleezza rice under serious consideration by the romney team. it was at a juncture when it was in their best interest to change the conversation. that's why that was done. otherwise we know rob portman is a guy in the conversation -- >> well, swree to do this. we have to talk names. your thought. who would be the smart choice? >> the smart choice at this point is reliable, ready to serve rob portman, the senator from ohio. >> apart from the fact that condoleezza rice has said emphatically she wouldn't do it, do you think she wouldn't be the best choice anyway? >> she would be a terrific choice. actually she has given great speeches, state party chair men like her, but she is pro choice. >> she did give the speech at the romney retreat. i was there and romney was impressed. if you want to be on the ticket, give the best speech you have ever g
romney is. and this week they put out condoleezza rice. >> how do you know that. >> it didn't go to a drudge. the drudge report had it at the top banner, condoleezza rice under serious consideration by the romney team. it was at a juncture when it was in their best interest to change the conversation. that's why that was done. otherwise we know rob portman is a guy in the conversation -- >> well, swree to do this. we have to talk names. your thought. who would be the smart...
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just 16% mitt romney. that indicates that mitt romney is being defined with these voters in a negative way by negative ads. >>a the romney campaign spent, but don't dispute the numbers. it's casual democrat who is didn't know they didn't like mitt romney now. they haven't seen movement among the real swing voters. >> it's clear that the romney campaign feels they have been hurt by the attacks. there is no doubt about that. when they look at the macro numbers, they look at the swing states and see 47-45, the president is under 50. we are within two points. there is a lot more to play out and a weak economy keeps cutting into the president and think at this point they are in pretty good shape compared to where they might be given the assault they have been under. >> look at it in reverse. you look at the climate and are you surprised that romney is not ahead? >> only in that romney is not the incumbent. obama has that advantage and the fact that romney is being defined out there. people don't know him as wel
just 16% mitt romney. that indicates that mitt romney is being defined with these voters in a negative way by negative ads. >>a the romney campaign spent, but don't dispute the numbers. it's casual democrat who is didn't know they didn't like mitt romney now. they haven't seen movement among the real swing voters. >> it's clear that the romney campaign feels they have been hurt by the attacks. there is no doubt about that. when they look at the macro numbers, they look at the swing...
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bush mitt romney endorsement. there was no follow-up event, no joint appearance, no press release from the mitt romney campaign. no press release. they press released an endorsement from christine o'donnell, the i am not a witch lady. they did not press release the george w. bush endorsement. from the immediate past president of the united states which again was delivered from the closer doors of an elevator with no cameras around. they have not appeared together. they do not want americans to look at mitt romney republican presidential nominee and think about the bush/cheney years for obvious reasons, but then this spring, somebody at camp cheney apparently called up the romney campaign folks and told them that vice president dick cheney was going to do them the favor of doing a romney fund-raiser. can you imagine the romney folks getting that call? oh, great. that's awesome. super kind of you. are you sure? the romney campaign did not say no to the cheneys' offer. it's really going to happen, in fact, it's going
bush mitt romney endorsement. there was no follow-up event, no joint appearance, no press release from the mitt romney campaign. no press release. they press released an endorsement from christine o'donnell, the i am not a witch lady. they did not press release the george w. bush endorsement. from the immediate past president of the united states which again was delivered from the closer doors of an elevator with no cameras around. they have not appeared together. they do not want americans to...
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romney made $11 million in two years. mitt romney, he's misled us twice. with negative ads distorting senator kennedy's record and the phony claims about his own. >> i would like to say to mitt romney if you think you can make such a good senator, come out here to marion, indiana, and see what your company has done to these people. >> we had no rights anymore. >> they cut the wages. >> we no longer had insurance. >> basically cut our throats. i would like to say to the people of massachusetts that if you think it can't happen to you, think again. because we thought it wouldn't happen here either. >> mitt romney. i don't mean to be callous, but there are people all over the world who would love a job flipping hamburgers in america. romney, in business he specialized in low wage jobs but made $11 millionyears. now he favors policies to benefit the wealthy at the expense of working families. romney favors $100 billion tax cut for the wealthiest 1% of americans and billions more in other tax bre
romney made $11 million in two years. mitt romney, he's misled us twice. with negative ads distorting senator kennedy's record and the phony claims about his own. >> i would like to say to mitt romney if you think you can make such a good senator, come out here to marion, indiana, and see what your company has done to these people. >> we had no rights anymore. >> they cut the wages. >> we no longer had insurance. >> basically cut our throats. i would like to say to...
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i give the romney campaign credit. they won the argument and basically said by attacking mitt romney we are attacking free enterprise. that was certainly never true but that was in the dominant narrative that won the day, but there's still those same question that is are out there. obviously, this -- these questions have taken romney off this message, jobs and obama's economy. barack obama's story is we are stuck at 8.2%. there's a trillion dollar debt and just today we were -- the s hss was talking about this with bill clinton. >> david corn, you have been all over this story. explain to someone who has been paying half attention the significance of 1999 versus 2002. >> in some ways it is a phony distinction, and in other ways it isn't. after 1999 romney made some outsourcing to jobs so romney was saying he was not involved in those decisions. even though he still owned the company, even though he benefited from the company and put the company on the path, he's trying to separate himself from those particular deals. a
i give the romney campaign credit. they won the argument and basically said by attacking mitt romney we are attacking free enterprise. that was certainly never true but that was in the dominant narrative that won the day, but there's still those same question that is are out there. obviously, this -- these questions have taken romney off this message, jobs and obama's economy. barack obama's story is we are stuck at 8.2%. there's a trillion dollar debt and just today we were -- the s hss was...
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mitt romney has the anti-palin. you cannot -- well, right, but i think he can go outside washington to a tim plenty, by the way, who has run for the presidency. don't underestimate the importance of that, ready to go from day one. >> it's funny, the portman pick could look to washington and in one way and to bush. >> it's rare, almost unprecedented for a vice presidential candidate to make a decisive difference. >> well, except for last time. >> what the candidate looks for, a vice president who won't embarrass the ticket and nominee and can carry his home state. he is from ohio. >> we haven't had someone to carry his home state though -- >> one thing romney could do if he wants to get the subject away from taxes, he could announce his vice presidential choice ahead of time. that would change the subject and dynamic. i don't know that he would do that. >> we don't have it today, means we won't have it until august. when we come back, "scoops and predictions" from the notebooks of these top reporters. tell me somethi
mitt romney has the anti-palin. you cannot -- well, right, but i think he can go outside washington to a tim plenty, by the way, who has run for the presidency. don't underestimate the importance of that, ready to go from day one. >> it's funny, the portman pick could look to washington and in one way and to bush. >> it's rare, almost unprecedented for a vice presidential candidate to make a decisive difference. >> well, except for last time. >> what the candidate looks...
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romney was at the company. the point is, let me put it-- >> and they would say, for example, four jobs went overseas not reporting that 100 jobs were created here. and you look at the bain record, and it's phenomenal. this is a great american success story. more than 80% of the hundreds of companies they've backed with grown revenues, and the companies in total have grown their revenue by about 100 billion dollars. i mean, you've heard the successes and in terms of staples and bright horizons child care centers, there are tons of companies you haven't heard of, and in manufacturing and in technology, you're talking about hundreds of thousands of jobs created and it's a phenomenal record. i think mr. romney ought to be more aggressive about sharing it. >> mary, if the charges are so bogus, why aren't they having enough for the obama political team to double down on their bet? >> they're fixating on ohio, a place sensitive to outsourcing, but the problem is, the obama-- the romney campaign does not know how to de
romney was at the company. the point is, let me put it-- >> and they would say, for example, four jobs went overseas not reporting that 100 jobs were created here. and you look at the bain record, and it's phenomenal. this is a great american success story. more than 80% of the hundreds of companies they've backed with grown revenues, and the companies in total have grown their revenue by about 100 billion dollars. i mean, you've heard the successes and in terms of staples and bright...
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mitt romney wants millionaires to have a tax cut because mitt romney wants a tax cut. that's what it comes down to. and he and his selfish friends are going to gut government and gut the economy for the sake of that. now, we have a president who believes in good government and a candidate who believes in no government. >> congressman, the president was in jacksonville, florida, today. nationwide seniors are 10% of the population. but in florida they're 31% of the population. as you campaign around your district in florida, are people talking about this? are seniors talking about the difference between the romney/ryan plan and what the president is talking about? >> yes. you've guinn the correct numbers on the proportions on it. because seniors vote in higher numbers than younger people do, you might see seniors making up as much as half of the electorate in florida this year. and seniors are beginning to realize that romney is basically conducting a shell game. the interesting thing is when the president points out all these elements, deficiencies in what he's proposin
mitt romney wants millionaires to have a tax cut because mitt romney wants a tax cut. that's what it comes down to. and he and his selfish friends are going to gut government and gut the economy for the sake of that. now, we have a president who believes in good government and a candidate who believes in no government. >> congressman, the president was in jacksonville, florida, today. nationwide seniors are 10% of the population. but in florida they're 31% of the population. as you...
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[ romney ] i'm mitt romney, and i approve this message. >> in the current environment i don't want to make comments about the vice president process or anything associated with it. i stand bry the comments i made in the past and not saying anything about the vice president process. >> brit: but we will. he is trying to tamp down the process of the vice president pick. time for our sunday bill kristol of the weekly standard and jeff zeleny from the new york and fred barnes from the weekly standard and fox news analyst juan williams. we'll look at the graphic that shows marko rubo and chris christie and bobby jindle. we moit as well join n. when and who? >> mitt romney is thinking about this in his count row house new hampshire. you talk to people on the campaign they don't know and i think they are telling the truth. i think mitt romney will make the decision with little input with other pros and advisors and it will be his pick >> brit: so what is the percentages just in terps of politically sleeping of a pick now or within the next week or so. jeff your thoughts on that. >> one of th
[ romney ] i'm mitt romney, and i approve this message. >> in the current environment i don't want to make comments about the vice president process or anything associated with it. i stand bry the comments i made in the past and not saying anything about the vice president process. >> brit: but we will. he is trying to tamp down the process of the vice president pick. time for our sunday bill kristol of the weekly standard and jeff zeleny from the new york and fred barnes from the...
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. >>> and once again, mitt romney disagrees with mitt romney. >> from penalty to tax, mitt romney's evolving take on the health care ruling. >> the supreme court was the final word, right? they said it was a tax. >> it's a tax. >> mitt romney did an interview. >> mitt romney's campaign reversal. he said health care is a tax. >> there he goes again. it's mitt flip flopping. >> another flip flop. i said i agreed with the dissent, but the dissent lost. >> it is good to be back in ohio. >> president obama takes the beast on the road. his first bus tour of the 2012 campaign, trying to sway blue collar workers in two states, ohio and pennsylvania. the focus is jobs, jobs, jobs. >> the country is betting on you, ohio. >> we're going to be talking a lot about ohio. >> ohio just one of the battleground states the president needs to win re-election. >> we heard what the strategy was, it was kill romney. >> secrecy over his financials. >> he's a flip-flopper. he's changing for political expediency. >> he always served others. when he went to the olympics, he left hi company and went out and rescued the
. >>> and once again, mitt romney disagrees with mitt romney. >> from penalty to tax, mitt romney's evolving take on the health care ruling. >> the supreme court was the final word, right? they said it was a tax. >> it's a tax. >> mitt romney did an interview. >> mitt romney's campaign reversal. he said health care is a tax. >> there he goes again. it's mitt flip flopping. >> another flip flop. i said i agreed with the dissent, but the dissent...
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romney's bain debacle. here is the latest in selective editing from fox news. >> hey, small business owners, your hard work, you 100 hours a week didn't get you where you are, take a listen. >> if you have a business, you didn't build that. somebody else made that happen. the point is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative but also because we do things together. >> now, if you only watch fox news, you might think the president was minimizing the hard work it takes to run a small business in america, but in fact, president obama was giving small business owners a lot of credit. he also pointed out that business folks need infrastructure and opportunity to succeed. here's what the president said in context. >> somebody helped to create this unbelievable american system that we have that allowed you to thrive. somebody invested in roads and bridges. if you have a business, you didn't build that. somebody else made that happen. the internet didn't get invented on its own. governme
romney's bain debacle. here is the latest in selective editing from fox news. >> hey, small business owners, your hard work, you 100 hours a week didn't get you where you are, take a listen. >> if you have a business, you didn't build that. somebody else made that happen. the point is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative but also because we do things together. >> now, if you only watch fox news, you might think the president was minimizing the...
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romney's a opposite. he wants to do everything he can to make the super wealthy even wealthier, the poor even poorer and justifies it all with a thinthi thinly veiled social darwinis measurin. >> i think he can get himself into trouble with not just the house, but saying things for example, going to nevada and saying that you know, they should slow down the foreclosure process. that the market should be allowed to work because then the real estate developers would come in and get things going again, which works out well if you're a real estate developer and not the person who lost your home.ç on the backdrop of the labor stuff, romney embraced that. it was overturned by a referendum by a 2-1 margin. i think that could come back to haunt him as well. there was a pretty stark way of putting it, but i think that the, there's some merit behind. >> eugene, final thought. we've never had a debate like this play out against a backdrop of income ddisparity. >> i think it's the income disparity and just a genera
romney's a opposite. he wants to do everything he can to make the super wealthy even wealthier, the poor even poorer and justifies it all with a thinthi thinly veiled social darwinis measurin. >> i think he can get himself into trouble with not just the house, but saying things for example, going to nevada and saying that you know, they should slow down the foreclosure process. that the market should be allowed to work because then the real estate developers would come in and get things...
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kevin madden, senior romney advisor and paul ryan, wisconsin congressman said to be on romney's short list of possible running mates. we'll get analysis from moody's mark zandi, former clinton labor secretary robert reich, john fund of the "national review," rana foroohar of "time" magazine new york magazine's mike rich, michael gerson of the "washington post" and our own john dicker son and norah o'donnell. >> this feels kind of good! i need to cool off a little bit. >> schieffer: he may have something there and we'll try to make sense of all of it because this is "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> schieffer: good morning again. stephanie cutter, who's emerged as one of the main point people for the obama campaign and kevin madden, the long-time top advisor to mitt romney are at the table together with us and, i must say, this campaign did get down and dirty last week. and i want to start with the very latest, stephanie, i want to play some more of that new ad going on the air in some of the key battleg
kevin madden, senior romney advisor and paul ryan, wisconsin congressman said to be on romney's short list of possible running mates. we'll get analysis from moody's mark zandi, former clinton labor secretary robert reich, john fund of the "national review," rana foroohar of "time" magazine new york magazine's mike rich, michael gerson of the "washington post" and our own john dicker son and norah o'donnell. >> this feels kind of good! i need to cool off a...
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what does the romney camp do? they use one of their most winning surrogates, ann romney, because she's been far more likable than her husband on the campaign trail, but listen carefully to the first part of ann romney's explanation of why no more tax returns should be released. >> you know, you should really look at where mitt has led his life and where he's been financially. he's a very generous person. we give 10% of our income to our church every year. do you think that's the kind of person trying to hide things or do things? no. he is so good about it. then when he was governor of massachusetts, didn't take a salary in the four years. >> listen, giving charitable donations, however commendable, has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not a presidential candidate should release tax returns. they are two different issues. ann romney suggesting that this means mitt romney isn't hiding anything is, with all due respect, a ludicrous argument. mitt romney not taking a salary as governor is also totally irreleva
what does the romney camp do? they use one of their most winning surrogates, ann romney, because she's been far more likable than her husband on the campaign trail, but listen carefully to the first part of ann romney's explanation of why no more tax returns should be released. >> you know, you should really look at where mitt has led his life and where he's been financially. he's a very generous person. we give 10% of our income to our church every year. do you think that's the kind of...
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romney -- willard romney, just two years. even his father when he was running for president, george romney, released 12 years. so it's the appearance that you're not being transparent. >> right. what's really remarkable about this is that mitt romney very well could become president and he could do it while going through less of a vetting than his own nominees will go through. you know, you can't be a deputy assistant secretary at the department of transportation giving up the amount of information that he's giving up. so -- and i don't think he's going to be able to get away with only releasing this one year. but we don't know what's in those returns. maybe he made the calculation what's in those returns is so damaging politically to him he'd rather take this heat. maybe he took some tax amnesty a couple years ago and that's why he doesn't want to do it. >> but, ryan, when you look at that and i'm stepping on your answer, but i need to ask you this. when you look at that and you look at what "vanity fair" just came out with
romney -- willard romney, just two years. even his father when he was running for president, george romney, released 12 years. so it's the appearance that you're not being transparent. >> right. what's really remarkable about this is that mitt romney very well could become president and he could do it while going through less of a vetting than his own nominees will go through. you know, you can't be a deputy assistant secretary at the department of transportation giving up the amount of...
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they want mitt romney to be the fighter. >> let's take a look at ann romney. she was asked about her husband's future running mate obviously as vice president. let's listen to what she said. >> do you think he should nominate a woman? >> we've been looking at that. i'd love that option as well. >> now, what if michelle obama said we when referring to her husband. we know hillary clinton went under fire like thisç isn't yo roll. do you think there's a problem in that possessive pronoun of we. >> i don't think there would be a fire storm controversy around it. >> there was for hillary clinton. >> and giuliani sitting in on cabinet meetings. >> she comes off as a very traditional, political spouse. i don't think she's wading into dangerous territory by saying we. i think it's refreshing. at least someone is talking about a woman being on the republican ticket. >> i thought that was the last time for them. >> you think it's much to do about nothing. you think ann romney is actually helping her husband's image. >> absolutely. she's definitely an asset to him. she
they want mitt romney to be the fighter. >> let's take a look at ann romney. she was asked about her husband's future running mate obviously as vice president. let's listen to what she said. >> do you think he should nominate a woman? >> we've been looking at that. i'd love that option as well. >> now, what if michelle obama said we when referring to her husband. we know hillary clinton went under fire like thisç isn't yo roll. do you think there's a problem in that...
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mitt romney today, vice president joe biden. we talked to romney surrogate a few minutes ago. we bring in representative andre carson, democrat leader in the black caucus. congressman, good afternoon to you. >> pleasure to be here. >> mitt romney applauded yesterday for school vouchers and traditional marriage. was he effective in finding common ground on those two social issues? >> well, i think he's playing a chess move. mitt romney has proven himself to be a political contoretionist. he's do anything to get elected. what we're seeing here he's trying at least in his mind to resolidify his base. he wants to give the wealthy 25% worth of tax breaks, he wants to roll back the progress that we've made in health care, he wants to roll back the financial regulatory reform we've accomplished and give payday lenders a pass and predatory lenders a pass. it's a step in the wrong direction. from is the guy we have to get forward and make sure he wins. >> black one employment, 14.4%. that to many is probably a conservative estimate, full six percentage points higher than the national a
mitt romney today, vice president joe biden. we talked to romney surrogate a few minutes ago. we bring in representative andre carson, democrat leader in the black caucus. congressman, good afternoon to you. >> pleasure to be here. >> mitt romney applauded yesterday for school vouchers and traditional marriage. was he effective in finding common ground on those two social issues? >> well, i think he's playing a chess move. mitt romney has proven himself to be a political...
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romney understands, it was part of romney care and part of the health care plan. this is very, very simple. and it shouldn't be nearly as confusing as it's been. >> with regard to flip-flopping, mitt romney is not just a flip-flopper. he's a double somersault triple-double dip flip-flopper. this guy is all over the map on every single issue. that's an important quality to bring out to make people understand. and it is in aspect of character. >> mr. secretary, thank you. robert reich, mr. bernstein, thank you. >>> there are a lot of people on the right who didn't like romney saying i told you so. this is "hardball." the place for politics. and while other sunscreens can feel greasy ultra sheer® is clean and dry. it's the best for your skin. ultra sheer®. neutrogena®. time out. sweet. [ female announcer ] with charmin ultra soft, you can get that cushiony feeling you love while still using less. charmin ultra soft is designed with extra cushions that are soft and more absorbent and you can use four times less versus the leading value brand. ♪ ah. [ female annou
romney understands, it was part of romney care and part of the health care plan. this is very, very simple. and it shouldn't be nearly as confusing as it's been. >> with regard to flip-flopping, mitt romney is not just a flip-flopper. he's a double somersault triple-double dip flip-flopper. this guy is all over the map on every single issue. that's an important quality to bring out to make people understand. and it is in aspect of character. >> mr. secretary, thank you. robert...
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reagan, romney isn't reagan. obama isn't carter and hostages aren't in iran. >>> we'll take a break right now. we'll talk about the veepstakes. they're heating up. >> and barack obama's slogan for this campaign, it could be worse. romney's slogan for the campaign, it could be better. >> he pounces on romney's offshore bank accounts. >> doesn't it make you wonder what mitt romney is trying to hide from the american people. >>> and extreme storms. what's to blame? >> close to 100 degrees in new york city. >> that's hot. >> it was so hot, mayor bloomberg, said, screw it, give an extra large soda. it, give an extra large soda. ♪ evo, a device like no other. ♪ hear what you love with beats audio. ♪ capture what you love with continuous shooting. over 7 million people already love evo, now it's your turn. the htc evo 4g lte. exclusively from sprint. >>> lots more roundtable from here at the newseum in washington, d.c., right after this from our abc stations. in washington, d.c., right after this from our abc stat
reagan, romney isn't reagan. obama isn't carter and hostages aren't in iran. >>> we'll take a break right now. we'll talk about the veepstakes. they're heating up. >> and barack obama's slogan for this campaign, it could be worse. romney's slogan for the campaign, it could be better. >> he pounces on romney's offshore bank accounts. >> doesn't it make you wonder what mitt romney is trying to hide from the american people. >>> and extreme storms. what's to...
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romney roaming. in his first overseas tour since becoming the republican party nominee in april, mitt romney is visiting three countries, the uk, israel, and poland. strong u.s. allies, all. first stop the uk in london. mr. romney witnessed the opening of the summer olympic games. romney oversaw the winter games in 2002 in salt lake city, utah as president and ceo of the salt lake organizing committee. so, he was asked on wednesday whether the olympics in london looked quote unquote ready to him. >> there are a few things that were discontinue certificating the stories about the private security firm not having enough people, the supposed strike of the immigration and customs officials that obviously is not something which is encouraging. >> he also met with top british officials including uk prime minister david cameron at 10 downing street, talking middle east peace, among other topics. but the subject of the olympics seemed to prickal the prime minister, who made this statement in a press conferen
romney roaming. in his first overseas tour since becoming the republican party nominee in april, mitt romney is visiting three countries, the uk, israel, and poland. strong u.s. allies, all. first stop the uk in london. mr. romney witnessed the opening of the summer olympic games. romney oversaw the winter games in 2002 in salt lake city, utah as president and ceo of the salt lake organizing committee. so, he was asked on wednesday whether the olympics in london looked quote unquote ready to...
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check out romney's latest ad. >> governor romney's speech hit the nail on the head. we have a nation that is suffering economically. he wants to provide an equal opportunity to every american. >> americans of every background are asking when this economy will finally recover, and you in particular are entitled to an answer. >> according to the ad, romney's speech at the naacp's annual convention was inspirational, well received, and a huge success. the one thing the ad left out, what actually happened. >> i'm going to eliminate every non-essential expensive program i can find. that includes obama care, and i'm going to work to reform and save -- [ boos ] >> that's the real deal. romney's reimagined naacp experience left the boos and reality on the cutting room floor. i'm joined by new jersey republican assembly leading john br bramnick, james peterson, and will durst, whose upcoming ebook is entitled the totally indispensable guide to the 2012 election. welcome to the show. professor peterson, let me start with you. is this intended to court black voters or is this a
check out romney's latest ad. >> governor romney's speech hit the nail on the head. we have a nation that is suffering economically. he wants to provide an equal opportunity to every american. >> americans of every background are asking when this economy will finally recover, and you in particular are entitled to an answer. >> according to the ad, romney's speech at the naacp's annual convention was inspirational, well received, and a huge success. the one thing the ad left...
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he's confident they'll boo romney simply because romney's white. he's confident of that. so romney takes advantage of the occasion. he makes a speech that is, really, i think over these people's heads in the sense his audience was much larger than just inside the convention. >> now, i want your response to that, but three things i get from this. one he was booed because he was white. so i guess joe biden and other speakers are not white. second, he was talking over their heads, whatever that means. and talking to a wider audience which may mean that rush and i agree for once, that he wasn't really there to talk to those people. he was there to use them as a back board to talk to some other people, joe. >> well, let -- you're right on three. i'm with you on that one. that speech was not written for that audience or the intended audience the naacp leadership represents. you know. i served on that board for 14 years. i watched ronald reagan come through there. i watched both bushes come through there. i watched dukakis come through there, clinton come through there. they've
he's confident they'll boo romney simply because romney's white. he's confident of that. so romney takes advantage of the occasion. he makes a speech that is, really, i think over these people's heads in the sense his audience was much larger than just inside the convention. >> now, i want your response to that, but three things i get from this. one he was booed because he was white. so i guess joe biden and other speakers are not white. second, he was talking over their heads, whatever...
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in tend mitt romney's attacks are going to backfire. >> looks like romney. the time romney called at this time most negative ad of the season. actor did romney in that ad hopes to perfect his romney impersonation. according to the "l.a. times," he picked up -- pay attention. these are really good. romney stands up like he has a plank nailed to his back. he looks starry-eyed when listening. that's rue. he wears a smirk during debates. all three are true, i think. if ram boy were flamboyant it would be easier impersonating him. the man he's trying to mimic is like a ken doll with a string. that's tough. he needs romney to win or his impression and comments will be pretty much worthless. next, scoop that failed. columnist connie schultz wound up a little more tickled after receiving an e-mail from a blogger she is choosing not tool name. she's recounted the exchange on facebook. here is what she got in the mail. dear miss schultz. we are doing an expose on journalists in the elite media who socialize with elected officials assigned to cover. we found numerous n
in tend mitt romney's attacks are going to backfire. >> looks like romney. the time romney called at this time most negative ad of the season. actor did romney in that ad hopes to perfect his romney impersonation. according to the "l.a. times," he picked up -- pay attention. these are really good. romney stands up like he has a plank nailed to his back. he looks starry-eyed when listening. that's rue. he wears a smirk during debates. all three are true, i think. if ram boy were...
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romney is at the high, 111. that leaves south carolina, kentucky, tennessee, south dakota, texas, all of which in all likelihood are solid romney states. still in various different categories because we don't have polling in the states. if the they're all solid romney as i think joe and i would agree they are, we have 180 solid romney states to 179 obama states. this is tight as a tick. while there has been minor move in the the last week, for the first time in april there has been movement, more movement in electoral college votes for obama than romney. this is still tight as a tick. nothing is set in concrete. yes, money is going to matter. >> bret: yeah. >> deployment of money is going to matter. what we have essentially since may 15 when obama began tv advertising he will spend by the end of july, by tomorrow, north of $130 million. on the other hand, that is between obama and the dnc and outside allies. romney and outside allies will outspend that by a small amount. somewhere slightly north of $145 million.
romney is at the high, 111. that leaves south carolina, kentucky, tennessee, south dakota, texas, all of which in all likelihood are solid romney states. still in various different categories because we don't have polling in the states. if the they're all solid romney as i think joe and i would agree they are, we have 180 solid romney states to 179 obama states. this is tight as a tick. while there has been minor move in the the last week, for the first time in april there has been movement,...
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>> we took a few shots at mitt romney, too. we obviously didn't win neither did mitt romney. john mccain did four years ago. mitt romney running a good campaign this time around. won the nomination. obama campaign may be overplaying their cards here. at the end of the day you might want to use bain to attack to kind of bring into question the voters, what kind of businessman this guy was. at the end the day, a of that seems to be noise because it is about jobs and the economy. the romney campaign has to explain all of, this at the end of the day t is about jobs and the economy that matter. >> juan: bernard wittman, do you think this is effective strategy to go after bain in such an aggressive way basically say this guy is felon when he signed that sec form. he was lying. >> here's the bigger problem. the american people fundamentally do not know who mitt romney is in nine separate filings with the sec, nine of them, he was listed as the sole stockholder, the chairman, the ceo and the president through 2002 despite repeatedly saying that he left in 1999 in order to avoid respo
>> we took a few shots at mitt romney, too. we obviously didn't win neither did mitt romney. john mccain did four years ago. mitt romney running a good campaign this time around. won the nomination. obama campaign may be overplaying their cards here. at the end of the day you might want to use bain to attack to kind of bring into question the voters, what kind of businessman this guy was. at the end the day, a of that seems to be noise because it is about jobs and the economy. the romney...
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romney says all of his investments follow the law. in the latest issue of "vanity fair" nicholas shaxson writes, "romney like the superhero who whirls and back flips unscathed through a web of laser beams while everybody else gets zapped is a financial acrobat. careful analysis of his financial abusiness affair also reveals a man who like other wall street titans seems comfortable striding into some fuzzy gray zones." joining us from zurich, switzerland, nicholas shaxson who wrote "where the money is. "great to see you. >> hi, great to talk to you. >> nicholas, the first thing i want to start off with it the notion of blind trust. the romney campaign said over and over again, they've followed the letter of the law, he has no idea what's in them. in your story you say there are close romney associates and perhaps family members involved in the so-called blind trusts. >> yeah, that's right. there are kind of two aspects about the blind trust. the idea of a blind trust is a politician puts their assets into the blind trust to be managed
romney says all of his investments follow the law. in the latest issue of "vanity fair" nicholas shaxson writes, "romney like the superhero who whirls and back flips unscathed through a web of laser beams while everybody else gets zapped is a financial acrobat. careful analysis of his financial abusiness affair also reveals a man who like other wall street titans seems comfortable striding into some fuzzy gray zones." joining us from zurich, switzerland, nicholas shaxson who...
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watch. >> here's what romney doesn't understand. nobody cares that mitt romney is rich. it is romney's inability to understand the institutional advantage that he gains from the government's tax code largesse. that's a little offensive to people especially considering romney's view on anyone else who looks to the government for things like i don't know food and medicine. >> jennifer: that's it! i thought. it is that romney is taking advantage of the government's free stuff too! and he has been profiting from it handsomely for a long, long time. even as he rails about the free stuff the government provides other people. let's take one example. this company gs steel. the little kansas city missouri steel company that bain bought for $75 million. but they bought it for $75 million. they only put $8 million of bain's own money into the deal. they borrowed the rest. and within a year, romney and bain put gs steel further into debt borrowing another $125 million. now some of that money was put to good use like modernizing the factory but $36 million of the borrowed money was p
watch. >> here's what romney doesn't understand. nobody cares that mitt romney is rich. it is romney's inability to understand the institutional advantage that he gains from the government's tax code largesse. that's a little offensive to people especially considering romney's view on anyone else who looks to the government for things like i don't know food and medicine. >> jennifer: that's it! i thought. it is that romney is taking advantage of the government's free stuff too! and...