she never said i respect ann romney. she never said what a marvelous woman who has beat breast cancer and is fighting ms and raised a family of five wonderful children. she never said one word like that. the so-called apology, with all due respect to ms. rosen, was a half apology. she started the phony war on stay-at-home moms. it was not contrite. i think there are people in chicago who are happy that hilary rosen has said this thing and has ejected this into the campaign -- >> oh, they have thrown her under the bus already. >> yeah, and in a 140 word tweet. you know, nobody has called -- >> well, they threw her under the bus a lot faster -- they have thrown her under the bus a lot faster than reverend wright. >> i repeat with a tweet, they should have called up debbie becauser man schultz, the democratic national charm who they instructed to put rosen in as a senior visor and say publicly fire her as a senior advisor but they don't do that because one of the person who coined the phrase war on women and probably used i

at ann romney for being a stay-at-home mom. saying in an interview, the mother of five, ann romney, grandmother of 16, quote, never worked a day in her life. >> what you have is mitt romney running around the country saying well, you know my wife tells me what women really care about are economic issues. when i listen to my wife that's what i'm hearing. guess what? his wife has actually never worked a day in her life. she's never really dealt with the kinds of economic issues that a majority of the women in this country are facing how do we feed our kids, how do we send them to school and, how do we, why we worry about their future. megyn: immediately after rosen made those remarks last night, ann romney took to her twitter account and for the first time ever, sent out a tweet that read as follows. i made a choice to stay home and raise five boys. believe me, it was hard work. but today rosen did not back down when given the opportunity and instead she appeared to double down on her comments. >> this isn't about whether ann rom

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ann romney, i think that's ann romney. that's hillary rosen. that ann romney as a woman who stayed at home and raised her five boys, she never had worked a day in her life. well, since then, the president of the united states has denounced it. he said it was ill advised. what's going to be curious, though, is whether or not the president actually apologizes to ann romney as he did to sandra fluke. you think that's going to happen? >> no, it's not going to happen under any conditions although we see the entire democratic party apparatus in full crisis mode responding to this saying we're for motherhood and apple pie now. listen, we have nothing to do with this woman. somehow, she used to be a democratic strategist who has been to the white house 30 times but now we really don't know her and i don't know what she's talking about. >> she's under a bus somewhere. >> i don't know her at all. >> hillary rosen has apparently been to the white house many, many more times. three times as often as leon panetta, the defense secretary but here is how this

i apologize to anne romney and anybody else offended. let's declare peace in this phony war and go baying to focusing on the substance. well, speaking of substance. let's go to carl the bi-polar pug for comment. >> thank you for the great political commentator during the primary season. tucker, how much should the romney campaign pay rosen for what she said? this is the best thing to happen to them in like seven months. >> six years. it is distrusting to see this play out over twitter. it validates the existence of twitter. this is late rome when our public policy debates take place in 24 characters or whatever the hell they give you. i find it distressing to see people competing for victim of the day here. my life is harder. no my life is harder. a lot of people understand intuitively know that it is morally superior to hire a nonenglish speaker while you pursue your own dream than to just raise your kids yourself. >> unintentionally always means honest. that's the problem. i find myself doing that when i am rushed at the end of a segme

i apologize to ann romney and any one else who was offended. they found support from someone else in the white house the first lady. every mother works hard and every woman deserves to be respected. julie and ainsley. >> peter doocy, thank you very much. >> hillary rose en's comments the big talker this morning. >> the heavy hitters all sounding off on this. sarah palin responded on hannity's show. all women whether stay at home and working in the office should not be divided. >> the comments that hillary rosen made today has awaken many mama grizzlies. i know that because agot a lot of text messages from girlfriends some who stayed home for financial reasons others finances weren't a factor in their choice to stay home. the message is why is it some on the left choose to divide to insight with comments like that instead of respecting women's choices in what they want to do with the gifts god has given them how they want to contribute. we all have opportunities to contribute. we don't look to our president to speak for us. we will be silent no

doesn't mention ann romney. doesn't mention the democratic strategist hillary rosen but put out there today around noontime. we wanted to share it with you. as we hear more about this story we'll bring it you. laura bush will join megyn kelly on her show, "america live" to weigh in on the issue you. jon: that mo designation, michelle obama wrote that one herself. jenna: not like you when you have your assistants tweet for you. jon: that's her. jenna: that's right. jon: new video of a bus versus a house. check this out in miami. police say an suv ran a stop sign hitting a bus and sent it plowing right into a woman's bedroom. the homeowner just stepped out of the room when the wall came crashing in. thankfully she did not have a scratch. two women and children on the bus. the driver of the suv apparently ran away from the accident scene. jenna: you can see why. a new weapon in the fight against breast cancer. the fda approving widespread use of what is called an automated breast ultrasound t may help detect cancer

going to, talk about ann romney. michael the whole thing around this for me, hilary rosen, private citizen, o'neill, private citizen and the republicans attach them to obama administration thing. a little unfair? you know, it's like obama has some supporters, maybe a guy believes in clean ons. i actually agree with you. >> because obama distanced himself from rosen's comments. he rosen is obviously a little more connected with the dnc but they are allowed to say it. >> number one, rush limbaugh was head of the republican party. >> that is right. it doesn't work that way. >> you don't have to come out and defend it. ite break your wrists. but some credibility because romney is behind 2-1 with regard to women and when the real issue is not women but when she behind 250 million to one in terms of money? >> good point. >> have a good night. >> paul, i have to say we didn't talk the new numbers since they released that mug. [ laughter ] >> yes, sure. >> i'm not familiar with your numbers. [ laughter ] >> is that true? >>

>> well, i think that they reveal her antipatty, not only for ann romney, but for what ann romney represents, a woman who chooses a lifestyle wherein she is at home, she creates a very nurturing environment, she invests in the qualities stereo tippicly feminine and focuses on child rearing. i think that that really irks this woman. megyn: i think there a lot of women can relate to feeling, you know, despite themselves, the need to downplay or denigrate another woman's choice because they feel so guilty about their own choice, but you actually suggest it goes beyond that for her. there is a hatred, you used the word despise in your piece, about how she must feel about stay at home moments. where do you get that from? >> you know, i think this is a gut level thing for her and it speaks also to her connection to the obama administration, because it seems to me that if you can't class yourself, if you can't see yourself as a disenfranchised, put-upon segment of the community, whether it be because of your lifestyle choice, or because of your background in terms of feeling as though you were prej

the good thing that came out of this for romney, ann romney. putting ann romney on this morning showed a very, very strong, yet maternal voice, a tool that the campaign might not have known it had. i thought she was terrific. they know they can now go to her when a crisis or divergences like this happen in the campaign. >> bret: liz, you know, the democrats had said ann romney might be really used by the romney campaign effectively. some were looking at hillary rosen comments as an expression that she ask a dangerous weapon in this campaign season. >> now that you see how she spoke and she was generous with hillary rosen. she said hillary rosen made choices to have an outside career and also have children and i respect that choice. this battle between working mothers and nonworking mothers is, it's got to stop. we all deal it with. i'm a working mom. i have two little ones. my mom was a stay-at-home mom to give up a career as a theater actress and raise five kids. she worked so unbelievably hard, she never slept. you have can't compare the two.

ann romney she is fighting ms. she fought back against cancer. she raised five kids. >> there is no doubt it was a terrible mistake. hilary rosen should not have said that. >> sean: and for being hypocritical on this issue of women and for joe biden to show up on a guy that a calls laura ingraham a slut show on nbc news that was dumb decision. you but they are obviously insensitive to that. we have more of our great american panel after the break. [ foreman ] so i can trust 'em. unlike rdy. dolr for dollar, nobody protects you like allstate. ♪ why do you whisper, green grass? ♪ [ all ] shh! ♪ why tell the trees what ain't so? ♪ [ male announcer ] dow solutions use vibration reduction technology to help reduce track noise so trains move quieter througurban areas all over the world. together, the elements of science and the human element can solve anything. [ all ] shh! [ male announcer ] solutionism. the new optimism. the sleep number bed. the magic of this bed is that you're sleeping on something that conforms to your individual shape. wo

she knows -- ann romney is a very smart, very capable woman. she knew exactly what she was walking into as does governor romney. they know what to expect. i love seeing her out there and standing tall and speaking out for women and she can take it. she can take it. >> she's strong. >> you didn't have any problem with miss rosen saying she isn't qualified to comment on the economy because she's a stay-at-home mom, you didn't have any problem with that? >> i think the comment was ridiculous. you know, only certain genres of women can have a political thought. i don't understand her comment at all. it's sort of like being in a courtroom. let me throw something out and even if it's stricken from the record, it's now in people's minds trying to divide. >> you thought the comment was dopey but the target was legitimate, is that correct? >> i think it's fair game but i thought the comment was dopey, yes. >> how about you, leslie? >> i cannot believe that jeanine and i have the opinions we have. we're completely opposite of where most people think we'd

ann romney she is fighting ms. she fought back against cancer. she raised five kids. >> there is no doubt it was a terrible mistake. hilary rosen should not have said that. >> sean: and for being hypocritical on this issue of women and for joe biden to show up on a guy that a calls laura ingraham a slut show on nbc news that was dumb decision. you but they are obviously insensitive to ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] help brazil reduce its overall reliance on foreign imports with the launch of the country's largest petrochemical operation. ♪ when emerson takes up the challenge, "it's never been done before" simply bemes consider it solved. emerson. ♪ emerson. when i take a picture of this check, it goes straight to the bank. oh. oh look the lion is out! no mommy no! don't worry honey, it only works on checks. deposit checks from your smartphone with chase quickdeposit. just snap a picture, hit send and done. take a step forward and chase what matters. >> sean: we continue with our great, great american panel. peter let me go to on the issue of tray

her decision to apologize to ann romney came after a torrent of criticism from outside and in her own party after america's most prominent democratic woman weighed in. every mother works hard feeted michelle obama and deserves to be respected. that was all she wrote. the controversy began last night when rosen, a former registered lobbyist disparaged ann romney's qualification to advice her husband on the economic concerns of women as mitt romney has said she does. >> guess what? his wife is actually never work add day in her life. she has never, really, dealt with the kinds of economic issues that a majority of the women in this country are facing in terms of how to feed our kids and send them to school and how do we, why do we worry about their future. >> after ann romney defended herself last night on twitter rosen double downed treating i am raising children, too, but most young american women have to both earn a living and raise children, you know that? and she add my point is he should stop saying he is the guide to women's economic problems she doesn't have any. lost in all of

so i think he has been clear that ann romney should be off limits. however, there is nothing that is going to stop bill maher. bill maher is without a doubt the most misogynist person in the media. yet, he has a constant, constant stream of high profile liberals coming to kiss his ring while he continues to make disgusting and despicable statements about women. is obama going to give the money back? well, i don't know. he wouldn't give the money back for other things that are far worse than this, so i don't know why anyone would expect him to give the money back for this. >> sean: it's interesting. we have been on the issue it's selective moral outrage by liberals. you point this out in a series of columns you put out there. to your credit you did this. what i'm looking at, sandy, they have themselves a pretty big problem here. because they can't make the case about a war on women and we'll take a look again, if you take money from this bill maher. >> we assume that they don't agree because of the quick apology. at first i thought this was a politica

now, the national organization for women have to weigh in and they start going after ann romney. the white house has a problem because the base will not let it go. >> i remember sitting around this table about a month ago when it was the abortion -- or the contraception was going to be a big deal and catholics would take to the streets and it backfired on the republicans and turned out to push women in the democrat's direction. i will bet you there's not a single vote that will matter about hillary rosen. >> i doubt it. >> that's what you're hoping for. >> no, i have been around long enough to know a comment by a woman not well-known -- >> bob, she was one of the leading democrat strategist. >> put her on a poll and 2% won't know who she is. >> but biden says the war on women is intact because they thought they were winning. >> we are. >> for women on women because they're blaming the war on women on the republicans. guess what happened, you got shot by friendly fire, your own side shot you and all of a sudden the war is turning and it's not a war anymore. >> one comment she did

she knows -- ann romney is a very smart, very capable woman. she knew exactly what she was walking into as does governor romney. they know what to expect. i love seeing her out there and standing tall and speaking out for women and she can take it. she can take it. >> she's strong. >> you didn't have any problem with miss rosen saying she isn't qualified to comment on the economy because she's a stay-at-home mom, you didn't have any problem with that? >> i think the comment was ridiculous. you know, only certain genres of women can have a political thought. i don't understand her comment at all. it's sort of like being in a courtroom. let me throw something out and even if it's stricken from the record, it's now in people's minds trying to divide. >> you thought the comment was dopey but the target was legitimate, is that correct? >> i think it's fair game but i thought the comment was dopey, yes. >> how about you, leslie? >> i cannot believe that jeanine and i have the opinions we have. we're completely opposite of where most people think we'd

look what he said about ann romney. >> what you meant to say, i think, was that ann romney has never gotten her act out of the house to work? no one is denying that being a mother is tough. i was a handful. i remember. okay. okay. but, there is a big difference between being a mother and that is a tough job and getting your ass out the door at 7:00 a.m., when it is cold, dealing with the boss, being in a work place or if you are unhappy you cannot she it for eight hours, that is a different kind of tough thing. >> the thing is --. >>stuart: is this someone the president's have pack should take money from? we turn to monica crowley and pat caddell. if the president doesn't return this money now, after that, what we just heard, the use of that language, if he zone return the money now he never well? >>guest: the sound you hear based on the comments there, is the left continuing to dig themselves deeper and deeper into this hole. this is a huge cries for the left. a big problem for the president's re-election, and bill maher compounded it on friday when he made the comments that are now

wife ann romney for being a stay-at-home mom, the culprit is hilary rosen you she had on back out writing on twitter, quote, i deeply apologize again to on work in home moms. not going on meet the press on the weekend and i'm going to be a mom that stays home. while rosen is stating that. president obama is trying to deflect the damaging comments but it's not working. earlier today president obama said that hilary rosen's apology was appropriate and time for everyone to move on. last night joe biden went on nbc news, while he did call the comments outrageous he took a swipe at governor romney's stance on women's rights and in general. >> can this guy talking about women, this guy is talking about women. these guys have a social policy contraception that takes you back to the 50s. when asked a question, do you think the legislation passed mandating that your son and daughter doing the same work will have to get the exact same pay, willie led bettor law, they couldn't do. >> so the war on women on real? >> i think the war is real. >> shep: who would know better himself, ed schultz. and whit

how do you gauge the fire storm with ann romney and hillary rosen. >> nan - ann romney won. and it raised the issue of women having the choice to raise the kid at a home and go out and work. and?some of them do both. my wife stayed at home and raised our kids. that was a poor choice of words by the lady who made the comment. but ann romney just handled itly. >> do you think it will put that concern front and center about women's efforts in the work place and knowing that american voters have to take, and the voice of the women will be taken seriously come this election particularly in the polls with mitt romney, there is a gap for his support for women or not. >> i think the brew hathat is going to wane because i believe that mitt romney, who looks like he will be the nominee will get back on message and he need toz get back on message and the failed policies of the obama administration . what he's going to do to boost the economy and create jobs and his ideas. and he has to get back on message and hopefully not stay on this one. it will highlight the differences and challen

later, body language on the ann romney controversy. and reporter grilling the president about his famil >> bill: impact segment tonight, president obama announcing new measures to try to bring down oil prices. they center on oil speculators. people who buy up barrels but don't actually take delivery of them. it's all a paper chase. >> we can't afford a situation where speculators artificially manipulate markets by buying up oil, creating the perception of a shortage and driving prices higher only to flip the oil for a quick profit. >> bill: here now to explain what's going on fox business correspondent sandra smith and co-host of the five eric bolling. had you a special with sarah palin on this friday or something like that. >> friday and saturday night. >> bill: you were talking about this thing. i have been talking about it here for years that i believe that the speculators should have to put up at least 50% of the money that they actually bid on the oil, which would get a lot of riff-raff out of the market. you say? >> i say you are

let me show you ann romney. she was in connecticut and got emotional when she talks about the women she met on the campaign trail. >> so many women that i've never met before and may never see again in my life tell me how much they care for me and how much they are praying for me. i so appreciate that. i can't tell you how much i appreciate that because the days are long. the road is hard. the trials are there. i never know when i have this little gray cloud over my head when it is start going to raining on me again. i do need everyone's prayers, but i also believe that we're here for a purpose. >> sean: democratic operatives close to the white house and white house many times she never worked a day in her life. first lady of massachusetts, she is has battled cancer and battled ms and raised five kids. i think that was designed to be insulting to play the class warfare. what were your thoughts when you heard that? >> all of the above. i believe that ann romney is an absolute model of somebody that wants to aspir

but ann romney has never hidden the fact they have had wealth. they travel the country, unlike people who are only in washington, d.c., to see what moms go through. the policy choice from the romney conservative camp is we want all women, all people with more economic opportunity and economic growth to make a choice to stay home if you want to. >> eric: quickly. what she also did is open up the ability for concern who may not got behind mitt romney and romney. they are outraged. >> greg: energize -- >> dana: that is why she is really in trouble. >> bob: that is massive overstatement of the case here. >> greg: you don't know. there are a lot of people who aren't interested in politics, stay-at-home moms perhaps that now are. i want to ask kimberly a problem. president obama felt terrible about what rush did to sandra fluke. called her immediately. she was in danger of not getting her birth control pill. is he going to call ann romney because of this? >> kimberly: of course not. double standard. he could be inconsistent with his own, i would say an

later, body language on the ann romney controversy. and reporter grilling the president about his family vacations. we're coming right back. we have two car insurances that we're going to have you taste. the first one we're going to call x. go ahead and take a sip, and then let me know what the baby thinks of it. four million drivers switched to this car insurance last year. oh, she likes it babies' palates are very sensitive so she's probably tasting the low rates. this is car insurance y, they've been losing customers pretty quickly. oh my gosh, that's horrible!, which would you choose? geico. over their competitor. do you want to finish it? no. does the baby want to finish it? no. >> bill: impact segment tonight, president obama announcing new measures to try to bring down oil prices. they center on oil speculators. people who buy up barrels but don't actually take delivery of them. it's all a paper chase. >> we can't afford a situation where speculators artificially manipulate markets by buying up oil, creating the perception of a

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primary, every caucus, every time when i suspect ann romney would rather plop down in bed. i know i would, but not ann. i've known poorer folks who would stop everything for a hang nail but to assume there's class to say pain, that's very bad, sick and wrong. courage is not defined by cash in your wallet, i suspect the strength in your heart. i suspect a world looking at this supposedly charmed couple refused to see much past the charm maybe because the husband is reluctant to talk about how he stopped everything to make his mate better. the ultimate test of a marriage and how so many other marriages up and quit on a spouse. the all too familiar outcome in many wealthy celebrity marriages, lots of marriages. not these two and no ann who told me recently she was grateful for the pain. >> one thing this disease has been for me has been a wonderful teacher. and with that comes an ability for compassion for others that are suffering. for me, i want to make my family bigger. those suffering from m.s. or cancer or any disease, i feel i want to throw my arms around them and say we

not just ann romney. but every person in this country who stayed at home to raise children whether for few years or for a life time. because you denigrated the value of what that mother was doing. let me help you out miss rosen. by staying at home and raising her 5 boys who are incredibly graishs, courteous and polite gentlemen, she instilled value that made them all taxpayers. and none of them tax tears today. she took them to ask and made the breakfast and lunches and the rest of us didn't have to pay for the transportation and meals. she nursed their wound and got them to the doctor so we didn't have to pay for their doctor visits. she volunteered to help with the in school and after school activities so we didn't have to pay professional to provide taxpayer subsidized after school program. she made sure they got the homework study made good grade. we taxpayers didn't have to pay for remead y'all education for them. because she was available for them after school we didn't have to provide juvenile dete

romney and stay-at-home moms. >> what she meant to say, i think, was that ann romney has never gotten her [bleep] out of the house. carfirmation. only hertz gives you a carfirmation. hey, this is challenger. i'll be waiting for you in stall 5. it confirms your reservation and the location your car is in, the moment you land. it's just another way you'll be traveling at the speed of hertz. ♪ [ gong ] strawberry banana! [ male announcer ] for a smoothie with real fruit plus veggie nutrition new v8 v-fusion smoothie. could've had a v8. hey, it's sandra -- from accounting. peter. i can see that you're busy... but you were gonna help us crunch the numbers for accounts receivable today. i mean i know that this is important. well, both are important. let's be clear. they are but this is important too. [ man ] the receivables. [ male announcer ] michelin knows it's better for xerox to help manage their finance processing. so they can focus on keeping the world moving. with xerox, you're ready for real business. megyn: 1:32 here in the east, and we are tracking a couple of developing stories

more likely that she cannot relate to ann romney's life choices? >>guest: well, listen, i am paid to listen and i have not evaluated her in person but what i detect when i listen to the tape of her comments, it is an attack, we should not down play it, it is an attack saying, look, this, would hasn't worked a single day in her live. how is that not a criticism? how is that not fueled by feeling greater than this woman? that is what is happening here, and it is interesting because it really does shed light on the whole obama issue because if those people who were thriving in traditional roles, that this administration has it in for. if you have a business, and it is doing well and you are happy, if you make a lot of money and you earned it, if you want to be part of a traditional family in which traditionally women have stayed at home and your husband is going out to make the money i think there is hatred for you because you are not identified as alternative lifestyle as enraged, as put upon. that is the constituency that they represent. those who a

romney, the wife of g.o.p. presidential hopeful mitt romney, had never worked a day in her life. now, to their credit, top obama officials such as jim messina, the obama campaign manager and strategist david axlerod immediately condemned the remark as did the first lady michelle obama. there has been some olympic level back stroke swimming happening all week from democrats trying to put as much real estate between themselves and hillary rosen as possible. and she did issue an apology of sorts. and working moms, stay at home moms, they're both extremely hard jobs. i know, i've shared them both and i'm sorry if that offended you. >> well, the apology was a bit tepid and revealed a cluelessness on the part of hillary rosen of the when a person begins an apology with "if" mark it down, not a real apology. >> it doesn't matter if it comes from a democrat or republican, i apologize if i offended anybody. it's like saying i don't think i offended anybody, but if i offended a hypersensitive person, i'm sorry they could

women for romney but a 14 point deficit among men for president obama. >> the statement that ann romney never worked a day in her life was the latest slight attracted at stay at home stay-at-home moms. teresa heinz carey apologized for saying laura bush never had a real job. >> then the original hillary. >> i suppose i could have stayed home and baked cookies. >> they knew if they let this comment sit, it would create enormous damage, particularly among a core democratic constituency, which is women. >> women are concerned about the fact the republican party decided to make bedroom politics and make the choice over what women do with reproductive choices a plank of the election. >> megyn kellie convened a panel of moms and saw different meanings in the rosen, romney controversy. >> she was trying to make a point about women's jobs and the economic recovery. >> everything we see in the media is manufactured war on women. >> one thing that both the obama and romney campaigns have taken note of are the two groups of women mr. obama lost to john mccain. married women without children and wh

one sentence, i apologize to ann romney and anybody else offended. the next sentence was let's get rid of this faux war on stay at home homes. it was hillary rosen that started the war. this lend 4 episode. i think the damage will continue to resonate. it's going to leave the impression that the democrats have a very judgmental view about women who stay home and are stay at home moms. jon: on this point the president in making that statement recognized that this was a fire he had to try to put out. >> yeah that he personally had to put out. they tried the night before to put it out with 140 character tweets from the campaign manager, jim messina and then from david axelrod, that was clearly unacceptable. the president had scheduled a series of local interviews, local television anchors around the countryment it was a subject he could not avoid, he wisely, i suspect not happily jumped into the fray and said, enough is enough, this was out of bounds and this is wrong and that is about as good as you can get in ending the conflict. jon: he also jumped i

i thought it was ann romney, very classy in defense of the attack on her. she seems to be leading that campaign. >> well, she is. and part of this, this all happened, democratic political operative hilary rosen stepped into the middle of mommy wars. big mistake why anyone would ever do that. you cannot win in that. ann romney has been a very effective advocate for mitt romney, both in softening his image. the attack on her just teed her up to go out there and make headway on this. to the extent that we're stuck in some of these roundabout questions like the mommy wars that aren't necessarily about the economy, this wasn't the best move by democrats. but she's going to be a very forceful presence for him in this campaign. you saw that this week with her response to all of that. >> dan, james? have you yet seen mitt romney come out of his corner and start attacking, taking the initiative? have we seen it yet? >> yeah. i think we saw it in the two victory speeches over the most recent primaries. they were very strong. the last one i found very little to disagr

>> your party gave us an issue to run on, where mitt romney and ann romney can demonstrate who they are and what they stand for. >> listen, angela, i love you, but hilary rosen is not exactly the party. she's a strategist. that's like saying i'm the party. she's a strategist. >> christopher, why is it, then, that obama made a statement -- if hilary rosen is not important to the party, why is it michelle obama has weighed in on this, joe biden weighed in, and the president weighed in on what hilary rosen said? >> let me weigh in. the white house jumped in very quickly, the president, first lady, and the vice president, to say we do not see it that way. don't know that they certainly threw hilary rosen under the bus, but offered a sharp contrast to her. >> right. >> does this whole thing open up a necessary conversation in this election campaign? and that is partially about the mummy track, about the value of women who raise kids at home, who stay out of the workforce, about equal pay for him, about the fact that's greatest number of people that have lost jobs in this economy are women? >

rosanne bar joins the choir of attacking ann romney -- >> sean: you get the point. why? why are your liberal friends -- >> first, read the articles to me with the bleep. that would be awesome. >> sean: bleep, bleep. >> imus, quack, quack. >> this goes to hillary rosen and terry o'neil. why do people who are private citizens get attributed to the obama administration and the democrats? >> a democratic operative -- >> she is not an operative. >> have you been to the white house 35 times since obama has been president? >> yes, i know people! >> there is my point. >> rosanne is vile and insane, not an operative. >> like bill maher. >> the minute that -- you can't put the two of them in the same category. >> you can. this goes to the broader larger picture of the left. this is typical of the obama administration. >> the obama was the first to denounce the comments. first to come out. obama, axelrod. they thought within 30 second never seen anybody -- >> she is the democrats' ted nugget only more butch. >> he says what beckel says every night. i don't care what he says. i don'

wife ann. >> what she meant to say is that ann romney has never gotten her. [bleep] out of the house. megyn: there are calls from the president's superpac to return a huge donation from bill mars. it's a diet for bride's to be. it promises you can lose 20 pounds in 15 days. there is one big hurdle. one of our favorite doctors is here in 15 minutes on this thing. the man accused of helping waste $800,000 in taxpayer money, look at him run on hot dogs and fancy parties is running from the media and refusing to address any concerns. is this just the tip of a mays i have government waste iceberg? he doesn't look so happy now. search for answers and cutting video just ahead. >> mr. chairman on the advice of counsel i respectfully decline to answer based upon my constitutional fifth amendment privilege. >> on the advice, on the advice, on the advice of counsel i respectfully decline to answer. i respectfully decline to answer, answer, answer, answer -- [rapping] ♪ this is $100,000. we asked total strangers to watch it for us. thank you so much, i appreciate it, i

ann romney also spoke at the nra today. she's mitt romney's wife and she responded again to the democratic strategist and cnn contributor hillary rosen. as you have no doubt heard, hillary rosen said ann romney "never worked a day in her life." ann romney has now said she did plenty of work as a mom raising five boys. >> let me give a shoutout to all moms that are working. and by the way, to all dads that are working. we love all of you. >> shepard: a gift this issue is from the democrats to the republicans. hillary rosen has since apologized for that comment. the florida judge who is overseeing the case against trayvon martin's shooter says she may have a conflict of interest. the shooter is george zimmerman. he's charged with second-degree murder. the dead teenager is that central florida teenager about whom you've heard so much. the judge says her husband works with the man who referred to zimmerman or i should say referred zimmerman to his current defense lawyer. zimmerman shot and killed an unarmed teen named trayvon m

jon: what about ann romney? people suggest in effect she is a secret weapon and powerful campaigner on his behalf? what do you think about using her in the campaign and what could she do? >> spouses serve a very valuable role. michelle obama for example, in 2008, did a very effective job as she focused on military families in particular and put her in a place where she was comfortable with a group up for grabs in battle ground states like north carolina and it helped. there has to be a similar level to find ann romney's comfort zone. as we saw in the flap over hillary rosen's comments, ann romney can be very effective advocate and surrogate for her husband. people look in presidential candidates in two contexts. one as a potential leader. they also look into context of what is this person's character like. family speaks a lot to that. their marriage, their children, their life speak as lot to decisions people for grabs in presidential elections. people need to know more about ann romney and hear from ann romney