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mitt romney. >> the question is, if i were elected and congress were to pass the dream act, would i veto it? and the answer is yes. the answer is self-deportation is people decide they could do better by going home because they can't find work here because they don't have legal documentation to allow them to work here. i think you see a model here in arizona. >> tonight, romney strategists are staring at what may be a latino lock on the electoral college. a democratic source outlined this scenario to politico. "assuming that obama wins all the states that have been won by every democrat for the last 20 years, luing both gore and kerry, and romney wins all the states that mccain won in 2008, that leaves 10 states. with those ten states, there are 1,024 possible combinations. out of those 1,024 scenarios, obama wins 939 of them, and romney wins 85 of them. all 85 scenarios require mitt romney to win florida." a new robo poll of florida registered voters shows president obama leading mitt romney in f
mitt romney. >> the question is, if i were elected and congress were to pass the dream act, would i veto it? and the answer is yes. the answer is self-deportation is people decide they could do better by going home because they can't find work here because they don't have legal documentation to allow them to work here. i think you see a model here in arizona. >> tonight, romney strategists are staring at what may be a latino lock on the electoral college. a democratic source...
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mitt romney knows that. so mitt romney has delegated the crisis management of his nugent problem to ted nugent. who today, tried to explain himself to friendly interviewers. >> if it wasn't for the federal government, my life would be perfect. bottom line is, glenn, i've never threatened anybody's life in my life. i don't threaten. i don't waste breath threatening. i just conduct myself as a dedicated we the people activist. i'm a nonviolent guy. i don't threaten. i wouldn't waste my time threatening. i've never threatened anybody's life in my life. i certainly wouldn't threaten the life of the president or anybody in public office or anybody anywhere. >> i'm a black jew in a nazi clan rally. >> that guy knows something about damage control. and the only thing about ted nugent that seems to bother the romney campaign is nugent's claim that romney solicited nugent's endorsement. ted nugent announced his endorsement on twitter after a long heart and soul conversation with mitt romney today, i concluded this go
mitt romney knows that. so mitt romney has delegated the crisis management of his nugent problem to ted nugent. who today, tried to explain himself to friendly interviewers. >> if it wasn't for the federal government, my life would be perfect. bottom line is, glenn, i've never threatened anybody's life in my life. i don't threaten. i don't waste breath threatening. i just conduct myself as a dedicated we the people activist. i'm a nonviolent guy. i don't threaten. i wouldn't waste my time...
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mitt romney. >>> a couple of new polls out. the new nbc news "wall street journal" poll -- >> polls -- >> polls indicate -- >> we've got months of this. >> this is the first full week of the full-on campaign. round one of the general election. >> i'm probably going to need a helmet between now and november. what do you think? >> a poll out today shows the president up. >> 42% of registered voters have a favorable view of the president -- >> this is a snapshot in time. >> does 29% see romney in a favorable light? >> president obama leads by ten points in the enthusiasm gap. >> the likability factor is part of all of this. >> and the trustworthy thing. >> romney has a lot more baggage than the president. >> i wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth. >> i know the president likes to attack fellow americans, particularly those successful like my dad. >> the "new york times" poll shows the candidate lost in a dead heat. >> i'll use my energy to help the american people go to work. >> everywhere he
mitt romney. >>> a couple of new polls out. the new nbc news "wall street journal" poll -- >> polls -- >> polls indicate -- >> we've got months of this. >> this is the first full week of the full-on campaign. round one of the general election. >> i'm probably going to need a helmet between now and november. what do you think? >> a poll out today shows the president up. >> 42% of registered voters have a favorable view of the president...
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romney must accuse the president of trying to create a new religion, a religion newer than mitt romney's. religiously mitt romney lives in the glass house of american politics. that's what these polls tell us. 22% unwilling to vote for a mormon for president. mitt romney knows that the press wouldn't let him get away now with accusing barack obama with being a secret muslim, which is an even bigger glass house in american politics. polls show that 46% of voters would be reluctant to vote for a muslim candidate. so instead of calling barack obama a muslim mitt romney is now calling him an atheist. >> i think there is a desire to establish a religion in america known as secularism. and i know that based upon reports the obama administration gave this a lot of thought, a lot of discussion. >> so having failed to make barack obama a muslim, republicans led now by mitt romney are hellbent on making him an atheist. and here's why. in the politics of religion in this country, the only thing that's worse than being a mormon or a muslim in the eyes of our extremely religiously intolerant electora
romney must accuse the president of trying to create a new religion, a religion newer than mitt romney's. religiously mitt romney lives in the glass house of american politics. that's what these polls tell us. 22% unwilling to vote for a mormon for president. mitt romney knows that the press wouldn't let him get away now with accusing barack obama with being a secret muslim, which is an even bigger glass house in american politics. polls show that 46% of voters would be reluctant to vote for a...
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let's get behind mitt romney. the damage that is being caused now could be certainly detrimental in the general election. i can talk even specifically, rick santorum taking on mitt romney regarding health care and basically saying that there is no difference between what mitt romney, passed and signed as governor of massachusetts, and what right now is before the supreme court of this country. and he made for those conservatives out there, i think, a very easy argument as to why they should not get behind mitt romney. especially those, andrea, who are hell-bent on repealing what they refer to agency obamacare. >> how many times, a good point you make. how many times have we heard rick santorum on the stump saying that the whole health care issue would be denied to the republican party with mitt romney as the nominee because he could not make the argument effectively against the president's health care plan. he's going to have to take back a whole lot and that makes the very awkward to see what kind of announcement
let's get behind mitt romney. the damage that is being caused now could be certainly detrimental in the general election. i can talk even specifically, rick santorum taking on mitt romney regarding health care and basically saying that there is no difference between what mitt romney, passed and signed as governor of massachusetts, and what right now is before the supreme court of this country. and he made for those conservatives out there, i think, a very easy argument as to why they should not...
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mitt romney is no longer running against republicans. >> mitt romney has already pivoted to the general election campaign. that whether rick santorum stays in or not is now basically irrelevant. gwen: and president obama, like all incumbents, is defending his own policies. >> under president obama, domestic oil production is at an eight-year high. so why is big oil attacking him? because he's fighting to end their tax breaks. gwen: the economy, the voter, the supreme court, the candidates, all caught up in one big political stew. covering the week, jackie calmes of "the new york times." john dickerson of "slate" magazine and cbs news. karen tumulty of "the washington post." and david wessel of "the wall street journal." >> award winning reporting and analysis. covering history as it happens. from our nation's capital, this is "washington week with gwen ifill." produced in association with "national journal." corporate funding for "washington week" is provided by -- >> we know why we're here. >> to chart a greener path in the air and in our factories. >> to find cleaner, more efficient w
mitt romney is no longer running against republicans. >> mitt romney has already pivoted to the general election campaign. that whether rick santorum stays in or not is now basically irrelevant. gwen: and president obama, like all incumbents, is defending his own policies. >> under president obama, domestic oil production is at an eight-year high. so why is big oil attacking him? because he's fighting to end their tax breaks. gwen: the economy, the voter, the supreme court, the...
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that is what mitt romney is. in addition to that the unbelievable budget cuts and cutting our way to deficit reduction that really is not a path to prosperity, it's a path to poverty, is something that the american people need to know. >> you've got a couple of things going on. here one, this messaging. but you've got external factors. are you in joe biden's catmp? he thinks this campaign could turn on external factors, things like gas prices, iran. what do you think? could those things eventually be the biggest threat to derail the president's re-election? >> well, what i think that is -- this election is going to turn on is jobs and the economy, on the president's record of taking us where we were bleeding 750,000 jobs a month when he took office, after three years 24 straight consecutive months of job growth, almost 4 million jobs created. you've got a resurgence in the manufacturing sector. mitt romney just a year ago said that you know, we could never again be a manufacturing economy. now we've had the most
that is what mitt romney is. in addition to that the unbelievable budget cuts and cutting our way to deficit reduction that really is not a path to prosperity, it's a path to poverty, is something that the american people need to know. >> you've got a couple of things going on. here one, this messaging. but you've got external factors. are you in joe biden's catmp? he thinks this campaign could turn on external factors, things like gas prices, iran. what do you think? could those things...
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the romney's charity, with the romney's money, supports a lot of conservative causes that the romneys support. cnn did a report on this the other day, finding out that this foundation has supported like pro-gun groups and the conservative think tank at stanford and some medical stuff. but they also support to the tune of $10,000 in one year alone a group called the massachusetts family institute. the massachusetts family institute is an anti-gay group based in boston, massachusetts, that advocates all sorts of anti-gay causes. and that explains that if anybody is gay, well, you should quit that. "we encourage the healing of individuals who wish to change their choice of lifestyle through the work of exodus international, love won out, and parents and friends of ex-gays and gays." and how do these recommended groups from the romney-funded organization propose that you do that? they promote magic therapy by which you can be cured of your affliction. like our old friend, richard cohen advertised. >> another technique, bioenergetics, designed to help clients release memories stored in the
the romney's charity, with the romney's money, supports a lot of conservative causes that the romneys support. cnn did a report on this the other day, finding out that this foundation has supported like pro-gun groups and the conservative think tank at stanford and some medical stuff. but they also support to the tune of $10,000 in one year alone a group called the massachusetts family institute. the massachusetts family institute is an anti-gay group based in boston, massachusetts, that...
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mitt romney finishes third. the republican establishment goes to work and romney walks away with the delegates, the majority of the delegates. i understand the rick santorum camp is pretty hot about this process. isn't this ignoring the will of the people when they caucus? >> this isn't a general election. it's a caucus process in the republican party. the romney campaign is ready for prime time. they followed the rules. they got the delegates. another example of rick santorum's campaign not being ready to play at this level and that's why his campaign is all but over as we come to tonight and mitt romney is on the edge of being the nominee. >> romney did have some of his attorneys to that campaign this weekend. they must have done some pretty fast talking. romney looks like he's going to be get it, we might as well go with him? what about that? >> it's very powerful. the idea of being the insurgent is you can build momentum and steal on it. we have seen a number try to get it and fail on it and then hold out. p
mitt romney finishes third. the republican establishment goes to work and romney walks away with the delegates, the majority of the delegates. i understand the rick santorum camp is pretty hot about this process. isn't this ignoring the will of the people when they caucus? >> this isn't a general election. it's a caucus process in the republican party. the romney campaign is ready for prime time. they followed the rules. they got the delegates. another example of rick santorum's campaign...
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obama versus romney. what was so interesting to me tonight, wolf, was that in mitt romney's speech in wisconsin, he was talking about president obama being out of touch, saying he was surrounded by true believers, and it's easy, when you're traveling on air force one, to get out of touch. you just heard joe biden say and david axelrod saying that mitt romney is the one out of touch. i think we've already teed up one part of the argument, which is who's the person that is more out of touch with real americans and with the middle class. so i think that's the beginning of another argument. they've already started on that. >> i think it's fair to say the president for the next several months will try to take the relatively high road and leave the attack dog role to biden, axelrod, and others. >> you think? >> i'm not so sure. >> you think he's really going to get down there? >> i don't know. >> he wants that presidential aura around him, and that resonates with a lot of folks. >> i think he'll use a stiletto,
obama versus romney. what was so interesting to me tonight, wolf, was that in mitt romney's speech in wisconsin, he was talking about president obama being out of touch, saying he was surrounded by true believers, and it's easy, when you're traveling on air force one, to get out of touch. you just heard joe biden say and david axelrod saying that mitt romney is the one out of touch. i think we've already teed up one part of the argument, which is who's the person that is more out of touch with...
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mitt romney is at 37. what do you see in the republican menu of issues that could possibly help mitt romney close that gap? >> i think this is romney's real on problem, i look at the average. obama's up two to three percentage appointments in the past week. it isn't that much. it's a swing of 1.5 to 2% of the electorate. so i don't think romney's getting that far behind. the problem is, what romney has is this argument for competence is an argument that i know what the economy needs. the issue for him is that he's not been able, either because of internal party politics or a look of creativity or political courage to come out with an agenda that seems in any way relevant or in proportion to the severity of the economic condition right now. he comes forward and says, look, i've got a very big tax cut. i've got some very, very big cuts to spending. i have some regular -- deregulation i want to do. i'd like to repeal obamacare. i'd like to repeal most of dodd/frank, most of sarbanes-oxley. people talk about h
mitt romney is at 37. what do you see in the republican menu of issues that could possibly help mitt romney close that gap? >> i think this is romney's real on problem, i look at the average. obama's up two to three percentage appointments in the past week. it isn't that much. it's a swing of 1.5 to 2% of the electorate. so i don't think romney's getting that far behind. the problem is, what romney has is this argument for competence is an argument that i know what the economy needs. the...
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they would never say let romney be romney. like it or not, they need to do that mortgage they put on a facade, the more people pick up on it. your thoughts? you give unvarnished advice. >> yeah, when you see anonymous in front of a quote, it means the person that gave it knows that they are going to say something that is so dumb they don't want their name associated with it. >> so, you don't buy into this -- this whole -- the campaign's not letting romney be romney? >> look, the governor -- when the governor gets on the stage there is no unleashing or holding him back t happens to all of us. we get on the stage and we say what we want. >> i guess what do you -- even ann romney yesterday was asked about this idea and she sort of joked about it a little bit. yes, oh, where's the real mitt romney? but it seems to be something they are frustrated by this is a perception this isn't who he is. >> i know what people are trying to get at. they are trying to get at when you talk to governor romney in a small groups, he is engaging, he
they would never say let romney be romney. like it or not, they need to do that mortgage they put on a facade, the more people pick up on it. your thoughts? you give unvarnished advice. >> yeah, when you see anonymous in front of a quote, it means the person that gave it knows that they are going to say something that is so dumb they don't want their name associated with it. >> so, you don't buy into this -- this whole -- the campaign's not letting romney be romney? >> look,...
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mitt romney has to win michigan. had he not won pennsylvania that could have been the end of his political career. >> john, i'm told real quick, budget was also a factor in this. pennsylvania has five media markets, some of them are very expensive. he reported almost $1 million in debt at the end of february. money was also a factor in this i'm today. >> jim, dana, thank you a long-time adviser to senator santorum is here. john, i want to focus on what's next. senator santorum speaks to governor romney. i'm told he said he wanted to help, he understands that reality. his public statement never mentions him. why not? >> let me back up a little bit. i happened to talk with matt rhodes, the campaign manager for mitt romney last night. we'd great conversation. we expressed that the senator would be getting out and that we do want to help romney campaign. it was suggested we have the two candidates duke each other which they did this morning, a very good conversation. governor romney had suggest they had soon get together
mitt romney has to win michigan. had he not won pennsylvania that could have been the end of his political career. >> john, i'm told real quick, budget was also a factor in this. pennsylvania has five media markets, some of them are very expensive. he reported almost $1 million in debt at the end of february. money was also a factor in this i'm today. >> jim, dana, thank you a long-time adviser to senator santorum is here. john, i want to focus on what's next. senator santorum...
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look at that, romney, romney, romney, romney. one county out here that seems to be leaning santorum's way. when you get up here to this state with rural areas and little cities. look at who showed up today. it's an open primary. 12% of the voters were democratic. see who they chose. 30% independent. it will be interesting to see what happened with them. look at this, the biggest group were the moderates or the liberals in terms of who showed up by ideology and how they see themselves. ief u lo if you look at born-again evangelical christians, we know rick santorum has done very well all over the country but 64% of people do not put themselves in that category. that's very different from louisiana where he had a big sweep so we'll have to see if that works against him and whether or not these people who are not born-again evangelical christians then get on board with mitt romney. 57% of the people support that, and that should work in favor of rick santorum. again, we'll have to see if it does because there has been some endorseme
look at that, romney, romney, romney, romney. one county out here that seems to be leaning santorum's way. when you get up here to this state with rural areas and little cities. look at who showed up today. it's an open primary. 12% of the voters were democratic. see who they chose. 30% independent. it will be interesting to see what happened with them. look at this, the biggest group were the moderates or the liberals in terms of who showed up by ideology and how they see themselves. ief u lo...
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ann romney is the best asset mitt romney has. >> hilary rosen it does have children of her own. colby? >> i heard the criticism before i even heard what rosen said. the airwaves were static with criticism of her. i think barbara bush said it best. "i love working women, i love to stay at home moms. whatever." >> you love all went. -- all women. >> this is an issue that hopefully will be behind this, because it has no bearing on how mitt romney would govern in the white house. >> roger? >> the degree to which the obama campaign was fearful of hilary rosen's comments -- they tied her to the top of the family car. [laughter] they attack her immediately. no formal role in the campaign, no formal role in the white house, but hilary rosen is a big deal in democratic politics, a big deal in washington. she was so far off message that the next day the president of the united states had to denounce her, and only after that did she apologize. that is not a good communications team working to there. >> it was a gift, mark. >> it was, and if you are mitt romney and a knock on you is that yo
ann romney is the best asset mitt romney has. >> hilary rosen it does have children of her own. colby? >> i heard the criticism before i even heard what rosen said. the airwaves were static with criticism of her. i think barbara bush said it best. "i love working women, i love to stay at home moms. whatever." >> you love all went. -- all women. >> this is an issue that hopefully will be behind this, because it has no bearing on how mitt romney would govern in...
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he forced mitt romney in a little farther to the right and mitt romney wanted to go. now in the general, which is sort of begun already, mitt romney is having a harder time going back towards the middle and trying to pick up independent and moderate voters. that was santorum foster lasting contribution to the race -- santorum's lasting contribution to the race. >> college-educated males like him. who else, mark? >> conservatives like him, evangelicals, high income voters. his profile is that of most republican nominees. about rick santorum, let it be said, he vindicated and validated what i think is the nominating process. he was david taking on the goliath bid he went connected with voters. but for this crop by the iowa republican party, he would have gotten a better left winning iowa that night. he i think in that sense it is important to note that he is one of the few candidates who has run for president and come out of the race stronger and better off than when he entered a bid that is an achievement. >> he has a good argument for retail politics. he was in those
he forced mitt romney in a little farther to the right and mitt romney wanted to go. now in the general, which is sort of begun already, mitt romney is having a harder time going back towards the middle and trying to pick up independent and moderate voters. that was santorum foster lasting contribution to the race -- santorum's lasting contribution to the race. >> college-educated males like him. who else, mark? >> conservatives like him, evangelicals, high income voters. his...
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romney can't win them. romney won't win them this time. if he can hold the obama number down, he has a better chance. he is at them and looking at the independent swing voters who recognize a candidate, a party that would be against the student loan extension them would views that as extreme and offputting. the broader point, you have to ask yourself. is there a good cop bad cop routine going on with romney and the republican congress? romney is saying, yeah, at the end of the day, the president is right on this. we have not heard from the republican house. >> we've heard from individual representatives who say they don't support -- >> who are deeply troubled. that raises the question of a potential romney presidency. if he gets in there mouthing words like this on student loans, fine. what happened if a republican, maybe a republican senate next year, this extension comes up again them say we don't want to do it. president romney will sit there and let them do that. >> to that point, isn't that a problem romney has? when he begins to pivo
romney can't win them. romney won't win them this time. if he can hold the obama number down, he has a better chance. he is at them and looking at the independent swing voters who recognize a candidate, a party that would be against the student loan extension them would views that as extreme and offputting. the broader point, you have to ask yourself. is there a good cop bad cop routine going on with romney and the republican congress? romney is saying, yeah, at the end of the day, the...
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romney. that win for mr. romney in wisconsin tonight puts him one step closer to securing the republican presidential nomination. it escalates the calls for his rivals to drop out of the race. it solidifies his image as the presumptive republican president ideal nominee. it's all good for him. the bad news for mr. romney is that he might be going to jail. i don't think he will, but theoretically, i mean, mitt romney campaigning in wisconsin today appears to have broken the law. i'm not kidding. what you're looking at right now is a mitt romney campaign event this morning in waukesha, wisconsin. he is at a sub shop with paul ryan called cousins subs. they are not taking money. they are handing out free submarine sandwiches to wisconsin voters dug an event that was billed by the romney campaign as an election-day lunch. what you are looking at there is against the law. see mr. romney? watch. against the law. that's illegal. right there. when you hand the submarine sandwich to the person and don't take the money
romney. that win for mr. romney in wisconsin tonight puts him one step closer to securing the republican presidential nomination. it escalates the calls for his rivals to drop out of the race. it solidifies his image as the presumptive republican president ideal nominee. it's all good for him. the bad news for mr. romney is that he might be going to jail. i don't think he will, but theoretically, i mean, mitt romney campaigning in wisconsin today appears to have broken the law. i'm not kidding....
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romney is the guy. do you want it over or is it to your advantage they carry on squabbling for another month or so. >> if you're the democrats and the obama campaign, you're loving this. the longer it goes on, the less republicans are unified and saying return to the corner. our focus is on defeating president obama. republicans are overwhelmingly motivated to defeat president obama. they want to stretch this out. republicans have not put their best foot forward in this primary. i will make the case. in 2008 the democratic primary lifted up both hillary clinton and president obama. their favorables rose throughout the primary. that is not happening this year. the other big issue republicans have got to address is the decline and support among women. this is a vexing problem for republicans. i think mitt romney, who didn't play a significant role in it, some of the issues rick santorum introduced, have got to figure out how to get that back. it's going to be a fight for the agenda. if the agenda is about
romney is the guy. do you want it over or is it to your advantage they carry on squabbling for another month or so. >> if you're the democrats and the obama campaign, you're loving this. the longer it goes on, the less republicans are unified and saying return to the corner. our focus is on defeating president obama. republicans are overwhelmingly motivated to defeat president obama. they want to stretch this out. republicans have not put their best foot forward in this primary. i will...
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the same is true for mitt romney. you've heard about battle ground states that swing these elections. there is a good baker's dozen of them. >> they're in every region. there is new hampshire in the northeast and florida in the south. >> there is 16 states widely seen, none are in the south. >> will you help me become the next president of the united states? >> analysts placed 22 states in the romney column, including some, like indiana that the obama biden ticket carried in 2008. >> republicans have to recapture three states have that been republican. indiana and virginia. and north carolina which voted for democrat in 1976. 39 electoral college votes shifted 78 in the electoral college. >> in three battle ground states mr. obama won, iowa, new mexico and wisconsin again go his way. it's is meaning a gain of 21 electoral votes. let's suppose romney picks up north carolina. ask that he reclaims virginia for the g.o.p. where it's been for all but one of the last 12 elections, let's suppose romney takes nevada where une
the same is true for mitt romney. you've heard about battle ground states that swing these elections. there is a good baker's dozen of them. >> they're in every region. there is new hampshire in the northeast and florida in the south. >> there is 16 states widely seen, none are in the south. >> will you help me become the next president of the united states? >> analysts placed 22 states in the romney column, including some, like indiana that the obama biden ticket...
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they start to move towards romney. dead even among basically middle income folks that make less than $100,000. look at this one here. our next graphic here among college graduates. there it is. move too fast. a little touch screen tonight lawrence. romney won that catcategory. this is where santorum won among non-college educated republicans. not the case in wisconsin. the evangelical vote which was not large in wisconsin in comparison to ohio. look at this. santorum is going to win them, but only by two points. so what we're seeing in our exit polls, what we're seeing in the actual raw returns is that that co-lessing is starting. in wisconsin when you think about it, lawrence, there were two big popular republicans in the conservative movement who got behind romney over the weekend. one is ron johnson, the big tea party favorite and the other one is paul ryan. watching ryan introduce romney tonight and seeing how base republicans reacted to president obama targeting paul ryan today in that speech, i think there's goin
they start to move towards romney. dead even among basically middle income folks that make less than $100,000. look at this one here. our next graphic here among college graduates. there it is. move too fast. a little touch screen tonight lawrence. romney won that catcategory. this is where santorum won among non-college educated republicans. not the case in wisconsin. the evangelical vote which was not large in wisconsin in comparison to ohio. look at this. santorum is going to win them, but...
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. >> totally obama versus romney. what was so interesting to me tonight, in mitt romney's speech after wisconsin, he started talking about president obama as being out of touch. saying that he was surrounded by true believers and it's easy when you travel around on air force one to get out of touch. you just heard joe biden say and david axelrod are saying that mitt romney is the one out of touch. so i think we have already teed up one part of the argument which is who's the person who's more out of touch with real americans and with the middle class? and so i think that's the beginning of another argument they have already started. >> i think it's fair to say the president for the next several months will try to take the relatively high road and leave the attack dog role to biden, axelrod and others. >> i'm not so sure about that. >> really? you think he'll get down there. because he wants that presidential aura about him. i think that resonates with a lot of folks. >> i think he'll use a stiletts, but not a sledgeha
. >> totally obama versus romney. what was so interesting to me tonight, in mitt romney's speech after wisconsin, he started talking about president obama as being out of touch. saying that he was surrounded by true believers and it's easy when you travel around on air force one to get out of touch. you just heard joe biden say and david axelrod are saying that mitt romney is the one out of touch. so i think we have already teed up one part of the argument which is who's the person who's...
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romney gets that done. there are no surprises, no controversy. >>> there's no goodnairetive for game change 2. anyway, we'll talk more about this after the breaking. >> of palin could come back. that would be great. >> coming up, as he focuses on pennsylvania, rick santorum once again stresses it is halftime in this race. but just how long is the second half? we're going to ask the national communications director for the santorum campaign j. hogan gidley when he joins us next on "now." logy. arrival. with hertz gold plus rewards, you skip the counters, the lines, and the paperwork. zap. it's our fastest and easiest way to get you into your car. it's just another way you'll be traveling at the speed of hertz. i'm al ways like splenda® essentials™ no calorie sweeteners. this bowl of strawberries is loaded with vitamin c. and now, b vitamins to boot. coffee doesn't have fiber. unless you want it to. splenda® essentials™ are the first and only line of sweeteners with a small boost of fiber, or antioxidan
romney gets that done. there are no surprises, no controversy. >>> there's no goodnairetive for game change 2. anyway, we'll talk more about this after the breaking. >> of palin could come back. that would be great. >> coming up, as he focuses on pennsylvania, rick santorum once again stresses it is halftime in this race. but just how long is the second half? we're going to ask the national communications director for the santorum campaign j. hogan gidley when he joins us...
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the romney confirmed with national journal that these are mitt romney's believes. moving welfare recipients into work was one of the basic principles of the bipartisan welfare reform legislation that president clinton signed into law. romney's own book no apology goes even further. romney wrote, welfare without work erodes the spirit and the sense of self-worth of the recipient. it conditions the children of nonworking parents to unproductive lives. well, ann romney is right. last week's made up controversy was a gift. it allowed mitt romney to shake the old etch a sketch and tell women in this country he understands their problems. it allowed the romney campaign another opportunity to run from the truth. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. tonight's question. will mitt romney's war on women stunt backfire? text a for yes. text b for no. you can always go to our blog at ed.msnbc.com. we'll bring you results later on in the show. i'm joined by ed walsh and e.j. dion. great to have both you have with us tonight. joan, i want to ask you first. daz
the romney confirmed with national journal that these are mitt romney's believes. moving welfare recipients into work was one of the basic principles of the bipartisan welfare reform legislation that president clinton signed into law. romney's own book no apology goes even further. romney wrote, welfare without work erodes the spirit and the sense of self-worth of the recipient. it conditions the children of nonworking parents to unproductive lives. well, ann romney is right. last week's made...
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the president or mitt romney. if that's the paradigm and the question people ask themselves, i'm confident he will prevail on election day. >> thanks to the all-star legal panel and refusal to bow out. man: 1939 -- my parents ran across an ad for a hot dog cart. my mother said, "well, maybe we ought to buy this hot dog cart and set it up someplace." so my parents went to bank of america. they met with the branch manager and they said, "look, we've got this little hot dog cart, and it's on a really good corner. let's see if we can buy the property." and the branch manager said, "all right, i will take a chance with the two of you." and we've been loyal to bank of america for the last 71 years. [ roger ] tell me you have good insurance. yup, i've got... [ kyle with voice of dennis ] ...allstate. really? i was afraid you'd have some cut-rate policy. [ kyle ] nope, i've got... [ kyle with voice of dennis ] ...the allstate value plan. it's their most affordable car insurance -- and you still get an allstate agent. i to
the president or mitt romney. if that's the paradigm and the question people ask themselves, i'm confident he will prevail on election day. >> thanks to the all-star legal panel and refusal to bow out. man: 1939 -- my parents ran across an ad for a hot dog cart. my mother said, "well, maybe we ought to buy this hot dog cart and set it up someplace." so my parents went to bank of america. they met with the branch manager and they said, "look, we've got this little hot dog...
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versus romney. >> totally obama versus romney. what was so interesting it me was that mitt romney's speech after wisconsin, he started talking about president obama as being out of touch. he said he was surrounded by true believers and it's easy when you travel around on air force one. you heard joe biden say and david axelrod that mitt romney is the one that is out of touch. we teed up one part of the argument that who is the person who is more out of touch with real americans and with the middle class? i think that's the beginning of another argument. >> it's fair to say the president for the next several months will try to take the high road and leave the attack dog to biden. >> he wants that presidential aura about him. that resonates with a lot of people. >> the sledge hammer and you suck it in today. you will also use the humor. that fits better. he relishes a fight. >> what did you think. he is eager for this battle because you know and demonizes that the president is now ready to defend and
versus romney. >> totally obama versus romney. what was so interesting it me was that mitt romney's speech after wisconsin, he started talking about president obama as being out of touch. he said he was surrounded by true believers and it's easy when you travel around on air force one. you heard joe biden say and david axelrod that mitt romney is the one that is out of touch. we teed up one part of the argument that who is the person who is more out of touch with real americans and with...
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the romney folks recognize that his numbers, governor romney's numbers are low by women. even 20 percentage points. yesterday he had 12 women on stage with him in a steel fabrication plant owned by women. today they go to hartford to another business event for women. i think they're very focused on trying to get those consentives. ink it's the intensity issue that could be their problem. >> so shore up women and try to go for people they feel will be in their camp either way. peter alexander, thank you so much for being here in person. be safe on the campaign trail and i'm much more happy to be in the presence of your fiancee more than you. you're getting married soon? >> it is about ten days now. >> don't forget that date, my friend. up next, it's another anniversary mitt romney would rather forget, the day he signed the health reform bill with ted kennedy by his side. as the landmark law gets turowed turn six years old, duval patrick joins me next. >>> plus locked and loaded. north korea moves one step closer to a rocket launch. first, a look at the president's schedule
the romney folks recognize that his numbers, governor romney's numbers are low by women. even 20 percentage points. yesterday he had 12 women on stage with him in a steel fabrication plant owned by women. today they go to hartford to another business event for women. i think they're very focused on trying to get those consentives. ink it's the intensity issue that could be their problem. >> so shore up women and try to go for people they feel will be in their camp either way. peter...
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romney drops out of race. endorses santorum and google news had the headline as its lead breaking news story until "forbes" magazine removed the headline. google's aggregator picke it up, made it breaking news. >> mitt romney got punk'd. if you were watching "mad men" last night, it's not much of a spoiler alert actually. you notice the name romney popping up. watch this. >> want me to turn down the tv? >> it's fine. >> henry francis. well, tell jim hs not going to michigan. because romney is a clown and i don't understand him standing next to him. >> that was supporting character henry francis, the director of public relations and research for then new york governor nelson rockefeller. at least in "mad men" taking a swipe at george romney, mitt romney's dad running at the time for re-election in 1966 and would go on to run for president in 1968. in still ahead -- while you're ead, your inspired tweets and texts. [ female announcer ] the next generation of investing technology is now within your grasp with the
romney drops out of race. endorses santorum and google news had the headline as its lead breaking news story until "forbes" magazine removed the headline. google's aggregator picke it up, made it breaking news. >> mitt romney got punk'd. if you were watching "mad men" last night, it's not much of a spoiler alert actually. you notice the name romney popping up. watch this. >> want me to turn down the tv? >> it's fine. >> henry francis. well, tell jim...
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romney's bare ankles. today, three years after the freedom of information act requests were filed for it, today the "wired" magazine reporter, spencer ackerman, and the national security a archive at george washington university finally got their hands on a document written by this man, phillip zelikow, he ran the 9/11 commission, was condoleezza rice's lawyer at the state department. at the beginning of the obama presidency in 2009, the obama administration released memos in which the bush administration had told itself that torturing people was legal. that as they read the law, cia interrogators couldn't be prosecuted for torturing anyone, because torture was legal, as they saw it. torture is not legal. torture is illegal. and as a top lawyer at the bush state department, philip zelikow circulated a letter within the administration saying that essentially the administration was kidding itself in trying to say that there was some way around the law here. they were trying to give a legal green light to cia
romney's bare ankles. today, three years after the freedom of information act requests were filed for it, today the "wired" magazine reporter, spencer ackerman, and the national security a archive at george washington university finally got their hands on a document written by this man, phillip zelikow, he ran the 9/11 commission, was condoleezza rice's lawyer at the state department. at the beginning of the obama presidency in 2009, the obama administration released memos in which...
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mitt romney says he supports education. i thought he supported ryan plan that cuts pell grants by $170 billion. we'll sort it out right now, this is "the ed show, let's get to work." >> congress needs to keep interest rates on student loans from doubling. >> the president is leading and mitt romney is following. >> i fully support the effort to extend the low interest rate on student loans. >> van jones of rebuild the dream on the progressive movement to end the war on the poor. and the economic victims of the romney budget. >>> another big brand dumps alec, and now they may have a big problem with the irs. robert greenwald is here to explain. bill o' reilly joins the scare. >> do you know robert reich? i. >> i do -- >> tonight former labor secret robert reich is here to respond. >>> and the player formerly known as ron artest is in trouble for in assault. should he be tossed from the league forever? >> i got emotional and excited, if was unfortunate that james got hit with an unintentional elbow. >>> good to have you with
mitt romney says he supports education. i thought he supported ryan plan that cuts pell grants by $170 billion. we'll sort it out right now, this is "the ed show, let's get to work." >> congress needs to keep interest rates on student loans from doubling. >> the president is leading and mitt romney is following. >> i fully support the effort to extend the low interest rate on student loans. >> van jones of rebuild the dream on the progressive movement to end...
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who exactly is mitt romney? would his victory speech this week tell us about how he's going to run. >> it's still about the economy. and we're not stupid. >> to the deciders in this election. one key group i can tell you is women. the big question is still, how will they be won over? i'm going to discuss it this morning with two campaign insiders. ed gallespie and robert gibbs. senior adviser to president obama's campaign. >>> also, after the firestorm. she started by going after ann romney. democratic strategist hilary rosen is back, and only here, with a few more things to say. >>> also here this morning msnbc's rachel maddow. republican strategist alex castellanos. and congressman cathy mcmorris-rodgers. >>> plus, it's the morning after. a big night here in washington. the washington koerns dinner adds a little glitz. it gives the president a chance to use some comedy as a political weapon. >> it's great to be here this evening in the vast, mag sif sent hilton ballroom. or what mitt romney would call a real f
who exactly is mitt romney? would his victory speech this week tell us about how he's going to run. >> it's still about the economy. and we're not stupid. >> to the deciders in this election. one key group i can tell you is women. the big question is still, how will they be won over? i'm going to discuss it this morning with two campaign insiders. ed gallespie and robert gibbs. senior adviser to president obama's campaign. >>> also, after the firestorm. she started by going...
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david, i think ann romney comes across as more regular than romney and that's why he uses her. >> yeah, both obama and romney struggle to come off as regular and both their wives kim off as more regular. clearly that's a help. what's complicated for romney is congress. we have a very conservative republican house who believes quite deeply in a lot of conservative principles that don't poll especially well with women and as romney is trying to tack to the center he's often going to have the house sort of pulling back to the right on all sorts of issues and that's going to be complicated. >> state legislatures have made things hard for him too. the war on women issues, georgia, around the country. chris: and finally, look at hispanics. among those who would definitely made their choice, obama gets 47%. half the hispanic voters inn this country have made up their mind for obama. particularly astounding when you look at his record. he said he was for immigration and hasn't pursued it at all. he has deported more than any other president. there is enormous latino disappointment yet there is
david, i think ann romney comes across as more regular than romney and that's why he uses her. >> yeah, both obama and romney struggle to come off as regular and both their wives kim off as more regular. clearly that's a help. what's complicated for romney is congress. we have a very conservative republican house who believes quite deeply in a lot of conservative principles that don't poll especially well with women and as romney is trying to tack to the center he's often going to have...
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meanwhile is it going to be anti-santorum or simply pro romney or anti-obama/pro romney. rick santorum canceled campaign events in pennsylvania scheduled for today to stay with the daughter, bella, the 3-year-old hospitalized. she was born with a chromosomal disorder and hospitalized in january for pneumonia. santorum will be back on the trail tomorrow in south central pennsylvania as calls from supporters from him to call it quits are growing louder. >> as his friend, i would say to him, you know, you ought to seriously consider leaving the race now. in eight years, he will be three years younger than romney is now. but, you know, running for president is a very personal decision, when to get sought a very personal decision and he is going to have to make that. >> that's what would convince ready santorum to call it quits, a top strategist for santorum's campaign told "the wall street journal," "if we come to a conclusion that another candidate will get 1144, we are going to respect that" on fox news sunday, newt gingrich all but acknowledged romney will be the nominee.
meanwhile is it going to be anti-santorum or simply pro romney or anti-obama/pro romney. rick santorum canceled campaign events in pennsylvania scheduled for today to stay with the daughter, bella, the 3-year-old hospitalized. she was born with a chromosomal disorder and hospitalized in january for pneumonia. santorum will be back on the trail tomorrow in south central pennsylvania as calls from supporters from him to call it quits are growing louder. >> as his friend, i would say to him,...
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romney. this is about the waitress at a diner in someplace in nevada who has two kids, whose daycare funding is being cut off because of the romney-ryan budget. and she doesn't know what to do. this isn't about whether ann romney or i or other women of some means can afford to make a choice to stay home and raise kids. most women in america, let's face it, don't have that choice. >> if maybe i haven't struggled as much financially as some people have, i can tell you and promise you that i've had struggles in my life. and i would love to have people understand that mitt and i have compassion for people that are struggling. >> indeed. you can see why mitt relies on at-bat as such an effective surrogate. but it was a little later in the interview when ann made the more telling remark. >> mitt romney is a person that admires women and listens to them. and up grateful that he listens to me and listens to what i am telling him as well. what women are facing right now. >> you see that's what rosen w
romney. this is about the waitress at a diner in someplace in nevada who has two kids, whose daycare funding is being cut off because of the romney-ryan budget. and she doesn't know what to do. this isn't about whether ann romney or i or other women of some means can afford to make a choice to stay home and raise kids. most women in america, let's face it, don't have that choice. >> if maybe i haven't struggled as much financially as some people have, i can tell you and promise you that...