>>> this hour, nbc news can project that mitt romney has won the presidential primary in texas and that he has thereby clinched the delegates he needs for the nomination for president. and history will show forever that he spent the evening with donald trump, amid mr. trump's conspiracy theory of the president of the united states being secretly foreign. that is your history forever. now it's time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell". >> wow, talk about a coincidence, the biggest liar of the presidential campaign is raising money tonight in vegas, with america's biggest pathological liar. mitt romney accepts and plays the trump card. >> doubling down vegas style. >> honeymoon in vegas. >> mitt romney's fund-raiser. >> a $2 million las vegas fund-raiser. >> with donald trump tonight. >> i want to say thank you to donald trump for his endorsement. >> donald trump. donald trump. >> why? >> why? >> why? >> the place of birth movement. >> you are courting disaster. >> this is about raising money. >> mitt romney is not going to have trouble raising money. >> how do you let a guy,

money. the mitt romney super pacs decided to get as dirty as possible, as soon as possible. tonight new york's front page shows the billionaire joe rickets was looking to link mitt romney with joe wright. he said it was merely a suggestion, but that suggestion came with a campaign plan with photos. mitt romney says he repudiates this campaign and accuses president obama with it. plus mitt romney hearts bill clinton? romney said he has more in common with bill clinton than president obama does. really? clinton supports the health care law, supports financial reform and he champions tax rates that obama says will destroy the economy. the only thing clinton and romney has in common is romney has the job that clipt on wants. >>> are catholic conservatives trying to draw liberal comics of what they want. chuck todd's nbc political director and correspondent major gary covers the national journal. the "new york times" wrote a wealthy super pac backer. the reason is to show president obama really is a radical after all. our plan is to do exactly what john mccain would not let us do. show the w

matthews, in washington tonight, bad men with dirty angry among. the guys funding the pro-romney super pacs are getting as dirty as possible as soon as possible. joe ricketts was looking to run adds linking obama with reverend wright. he said it was only a suggestion, but that came in a 54-page professionally bound campaign plan with color photos. mitt romney says he repudiates this, and then etch-a-sketch moment, accuses obama of character assassination. this from a guy who destroyed his opponents with negative personal adds, and romney hearts bill clinton? he says he has more in common with clinton than obama because. he champions tax rates that romney invest will destroy the family. the only thing they have in common is that clinton once had the job that romney wants, and there's a major effort from keeping kathleen sebelius from speaking tomorrow at georgetown. and what we should do if we really want to reduce the number of abortions in this county trp. we begin with dirty angry money. we have chuck todd with us, and major garrett. the "new york times" reports on a poe poe sa

broke a story about mitt romney bullying a gay student in high school, mitt romney announces he is now in favor of something gay. >> the president clarified his position on same sex marriage. >> i think same sex couples should get married. >> joe biden. >> i am vice president. >> did the vice president really set this policy. >> the president sets the policy. >> i think biden helped him here. >> everyone is trying to figure out what the political consequences will be. >> reaction has been coming in fast and furious. >> marriage is the union of one man and one woman. >> i don't favor civil union or gay marriage. >> this is the boy that i knew. >> mitt romney is treading lightly. >> when he was playing in high school. >> a student who later came out as gay says romney would taunt him. >> i did some dumb things. >> when he spoke out in class he would say attagirl. >> prep school bully. >> it's not. >> foes of gay marriage are 32-0. >> people in california voted to ban gay marriage. >> you mentioned north carolina. >> if you're gay you want to get married in north carolina. you'll just hav

plan with color photos. mitt romney says he repudiates this, and then etch-a-sketch moment, accuses obama of character assassination. this from a guy who destroyed his opponents with negative personal ads, and romney hearts bill clinton? he says he has more in common with clinton than obama because. he champions tax rates that romney invest will destroy the family. the only thing they have in common is that clinton once had the job that romney wants, and there's a major effort from keeping kathleen sebelius from speaking tomorrow at georgetown. and what we should do if we really want to reduce the number of abortions in this county trp. we begin with dirty angry money. we have chuck todd with us, and major garrett. the "new york times" reports on a proposal from a republican strategist to dredge up jeremiah wright. the point was to show he really is a radical after all. here is some of the language. our plan is to do exactly what john mccain would not let us do. show the world how barack obama's opinions were misguided. chuck todd, front page placement, the times played this baby bi

month ago -- >> romney and the super pac spent $20 million. >> are you calling mitt romney a liar? >> yes. >> how does newt gingrich get all of that back? >> there was a hot and heavy campaign. >> newt gingrich showed a lot of great bravado. >> we will have the first permanent space on the moon. >> he's an idea person. >> it's a gun a glower rouse ride for you. >> the game is not over yet. >> you've chosen to start the debate. >> can we stop the bias baloney? >> the odds are very low. >> we're going to go all the way to tampa. >> newt, we knew you. [ laughter ] >> today is a first in presidential campaign history. a history that we will soon forget. >> in a real sense, we can be free of radical islam, saudi kings, and chinese bond holders. >> and we are now free of newt gingrich because he apparently recently learned to count, he is no longer so confident about his future. >> i'm going to be the nominee. >> we are going to win and we will be in tampa as the nominee in august. >> by the end of my second term, we will have the first permanent base on the moon. >> by the end of my se

with america's biggest pathological liar. mitt romney accepts and plays the trump card. >> doubling down vegas style. >> honeymoon in vegas. >> mitt romney's fund-raiser. >> a $2 million las vegas fund-raiser. >> with donald trump tonight. >> i want to say thank you to donald trump for his endorsement. >> donald trump. donald trump. >> why? >> why? >> why? >> the place of birth movement. >> you are courting disaster. >> this is about raising money. >> mitt romney is not going to have trouble raising money. >> how do you let a guy, donald trump. >> chair a $2 million fund-raiser who thinks that the president of the united states is illegitimate. what is the benefit here? >> i just don't even -- >> i thought your introduction was highly inappropriate. >> there is some very nasty undertones. >> he was born in kenya. >> this is the most obnoxious swill. >> a kind of feud between donald trump and george will. here's how it standarded. >> the cost of appearing with this bloviating. >> george will may be the dumbest and most overrated political commentator of all time. >> i don't understan

losing -- rusing romney, let's play "hardball." i'm chris matthews, back in washington, leading off tonight, two of the tax cutters, who is this man the republicans want as their president, is he someone of deep purpose of useful purpose. would he simply be there to put his signature on the tax cuts. would it be like w., a mouth piece for the hogs. just a guy with a useful test nation. why did the openly gay spokesman have to quit? he is openly gay, and the family values types were having none of it. plus hillary clinton and the extraordinary drama in beijing. she is out front in a way we have not seen in her nearly four years of diplomacy. s it's her chance to be right out front in the front pages if things go wrong. why are the republicans so frantic over the bin laden victory lap? simply they have been the daddy party for the last 60 years and can't afford to lose ground. what's left? hope that the economy tanks for them. let me finish with if mitt romney is a genuine art kal or a vessel that will be used once he is in office. michael steele is the chairman of the republican part

headline is worth at least a $20 million donation to the romney campaign. president obama said he's not worri worried. >> marriage is the union of one man and one woman. >> one man and one woman. >> one man and one woman. >> this conversation has not gone away. >> president obama will attend an lgbt fund-raiser. >> independents will decide the election. >> 62% either favor same-sex marriage and civil unions. >> marriage is a relationship between one man and one woman. >> it seems like romney is fighting a 2004 campaign years too late. >> culture matters. >> america does not stand still. we look forward, not back. >> president obama launched a potential game changer today. >> today with the new video. >> it paints mot romney as greedy. >> the new two-minute ad. >> a full two minutes worth. >> airing in five swing states. >> workers from gst steel. it will run in five states, a company that went bankrupt after it was bought by bain capital. >> this is not the only way to do capitalism. >> this is an effective ad. >> they made as much money as they could. >> you see the faces of america. >

reality show host goes birther. romney's response? lame. the obama response? ♪blackjack. mit and donald in vegas, baby. what could possibly go wrong? >> i don't agree with the people who support me and i guess they don't believe in everything i believe in but i need to get 50.1% or more and i am appreciateive to have the support of a lot of good people. >> mitt romney's spineless response if he -- when he was asked if he had any reservations on trump's birther cook along with billionair sheldon adelson romney officially locking up with a presumed win in the texas primary marking the first time a mormon will be the presidential nominee. even some republicans are questioning why romney would surround himself with this pack of rats. it's no mystery that romney will say or do anything to win. for more on the story, we turn to one of my favorites in washington eleanor clift to discuss her latest campaign book selecting a president, and with the mclaughlin group, number 1 opinion my dvr, long-time columnist with newsweek and the daily beast, eleanor, welcome into the war room. >> always nice

. stick around now for chuck. >>> thank you, william. romney's rivals were right. they always said it would come down to texas, but instead of being down and out, texas gives romney enough delegates to clinch the nomination. and he's not the lone star in the news today. it's some down ballot results that are turning heads. we'll have more on that. >>> and romney raises cash with the number one birth certificate authenticity enthusiast. is this a distraction that romney can afford to have with less than five months to go before election day? >>> and from raising money to spending money, we're taking a deep dive into the scientific strategy that the obama campaign is using to make sure their message sticks inside your head kind of like the old days -- ♪ by menan ♪ >>> let's get to the first reads, four months, texas was going to be mitt romney's alamo, his rivals looked to the lone star state and its mammoth amount of 155 delegates as the place that they were going to turn this race around. >> we're going to be able to go compete in south carolina and florida and nevada and obviousl

safe distance >> mitt romney actually said, quote, if i'm fortunate enough to become president, i'll care very deeply about the economy getting better in a big hurry which, of course means he really doesn't want the economy to get better now. >> round one of the general election air war has begun. >> the probe on the super pac. >> spending nearly $800,000 in five key battle ground states. >> can team obama define mitt romney as the capitalist. >> he'll give you the same thing he gave us. nothing. >> a romney campaign responded immediately. >> mitt romney's sector leadership team stepped in. releasing an online video called the american dream. >> 58% of americans believe the economy -- >> is going to be in a better place in a year from now. >> i will lead us out of this debt and spending inferno. >> romney is expected to deliver a debt in iowa. >> a prairie fire of debt. >> sweeping across iowa and across the nation. >> a year ago all we talked about was debt. talking about the doom and gloom, debt, debt, debt. >> i will lead us out of this debt. >> pro gay adoption one day. >> two pe

the pro obama super pac is jumping into the fight hit be romney on bain in five swing states with this. >> he's promised us the same thing he's promised the united states. he'll give you the same thing he gave us. nothing. >> nothing. the obama campaign's goal is to make this a choice election and make mitt romney unacceptable. >>> also, jp morgan chase's $2 billion losses, a lot of people saying, i told you so. barney frank, as in dodd/frank, has been fighting the republicans for years saying banks like chase need to be regulated so we don't have to bail them out. barney frank joins us tonight. plus the filibusters is a routine use by republicans to require 66 to get anything done. in other words, getting nothing done. how about get rid of it. and mitt romney gets a very low key endorsement from -- can you keep a secret? w. that's in the side show. we begin with my thoughts on why we should junk the filibuster. we begin with mitt romney and bain capital, however. susan page, bureau chief of usa today and the director of the "washington post" media group as well as the political a

, two, one strategy pushed by the romney campaign and karl rove may sound like a plan that doesn't fly. we'll break it down in our deep dive. good morning from washington. it is thursday, may 31st, 2012. this is "the daily rundown." i'm chuck todd. good stew for you today. my first reads of the morning for now the presidential campaign is being waged if you will on republican turf. six critical battleground states obama carried in 2008 but george w. bush won in 2004. five of the six actually are ones that bush won in 2000. last week we had polls showing the president with small leads in three of those states -- ohio, florida, and virginia. now a new nbc/marist poll showed the race even closer in states like iowa, colorado, nevada where it is a virtual tie. in nevada the president leads mitt romney among registered voters, 48-46. colorado the obama lead is one. 46-45. in iowa it is tied at 44-44. i'll have more on that later. the last time we polled iowa in late november ahead of the republican caucuses, the president led by seven points. we just look at voters who tell us they have

strategy? >> as you stand up, we will not stand alone. >> mitt romney tries to go on the offensive. >> who would have guessed we will look back on the carter years as the good old days? >> newt gingrich gives new meaning to the phrase "lukewarm endorsement." >> is mitt romney conservative enough? my answer is simple -- compared to barack obama? >> no crying in baseball, no lying to congress. order clemmons on file for perjury -- roger clemens on trial for perjury. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- secretary of state hillary clinton, long an advocate of human rights, rights in china for an economic summit only to find herself caught up in human rights crisis. a blind chinese dissident under house arrest slips past guards under cover for his and seeks refuge at the u.s. embassy in beijing. then at the pleading of his life, chen guangcheng believes the embassy and goes to a hospital. after talking to family and friends, he is begging to leave the country and he wants clinton to take him with her on a her airplane. in politics, a crisis is a terrible thi

republican governor in florida. >> i need to get 50.1% or more. >> mitt romney is standing by his birther while donald trump goes on another out of control rant about the president. >> there are many people that don't agree with that birth certificate. michael eric dyson on mitt romney's lack of courage to cut ties with trump. >>> the ghost of ronald reagan is make an appearance in wisconsin. >> win this one. >> we'll tell you why john doe and big bucks could win this election for the democrats. >>> good to have you with us tonight. thanks for watching. the one thing about the republicans, that's masters at doing stuff when nobody else is watching. you need to watch this story. on the heel offense a national holiday honoring those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country, here comes are radical governor who is spearheading a version of democracy. governor rick scott's voter purge is tossing eligible voters under the rolls who are under a deadline to prove they are eligible to vote. bill nicola, he's war hero, he's a veteran. he's one example. he's a 91-year-old decorated ve

much suspense. nbc news is projecting that mitt romney is the winner in texas and importantly, that he will win enough delegates in texas tonight to clinch the republican nomination for president. texas has ended up having a really important role to play in the presidential race. we will no longer after tonight have to call mitt romney the de facto nominee. thanks to texas tonight, mitt romney will be the republican party's presidential projected nominee full stop. as i said, this is not a surprise. once everybody else was out of the race and before everybody was out of race, you can do the math easy. you can figure out mitt romney would be clinching the nomination and it's likely to happen tonight. you can figure out in advance that mitt romney was going to clinch in texas. john mccain clinched the nomination in texas as well. this is the readily evident milestone you can see coming from a long way off. given they knew this was going to happen, how did the romney campaign plan for it. how did they plan to mark this big day? how did they plan this win that locked up the nomination f

laden's death. president obama makes a surprise visit to afghanistan. >> mitt romney responding to the obama campaign saying he hay not have gone after osama bin laden. that accusation against the governor irresponsible? a growing political controversy. >> we, learn to ignore [ bleep ] >> bill: also a gay activist attacks the bible at a conference for young people. some students walk out. outrage is growing. we'll have the latest. >> caution you are about to enter the no-spin zone. the factor begins right now. >> bill: i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. president obama, afghanistan, bin laden, that is the subject of the talking points memo. at 4:00 a.m. afghan time. president told the world we remain strong alleys against the war on terror in general. it marks the anniversary of osama bin laden's death. president did a good thing by going into the war zone, showing the world that the u.s. power is firmly intact. it sends a message that america will not tolerated terrorist attacks but most importantly the xhard in chief he rallied the zbloopts time and again they hav

finds president obama and mitt romney running neck and neck and in three other battleground states on the heels of polling last week that actually had the president with narrow leads in the three larger battlegrounds. all six are states that obama carried in 2008 and bush carried in 2004. how many does romney have to win to get there? we're just five days away from the vote that will decide the fate of wisconsin governor scott walker. the final round to a fight that has seen protesters occupy the capitol, legislators flee the state, turned wisconsin into the one -- one of the most polarized states in america. former wisconsin senator russ feingold joins us on the badger state blues. plus, countdown to victory. the three, two, one strategy pushed by the romney campaign and karl rove may sound like a plan that doesn't fly. we'll break it down in our deep dive. good morning from washington. it is thursday, may 31st, 2012. this is "the daily rundown." i'm chuck todd. good stew for you today. my first reads of the morning for now the presidential campaign is being waged if you will on repu

president in 2008 to romney's response now. >> why doesn't he show his birth certificate? he doesn't have a birth certificate. he may have one, but there's something on that birth certificate, maybe religion, maybe says he's a muslim. i did a great job in getting him to, first of all i haven't seen it i'll look at it later -- i don't need to look at your copy. i loved running. i had a great time. i was doing fantastically in the polls i became friendly with mitt romney. >> all of this comes as mitt romney prepares to clinch his party's nomination tonight. let's bring in today's "news nation" political panel, peter alexander, national syndicated radio talk show most, michael smerconi smerconish. we understand romney's campaign has released a statement to you, just moments ago, now being more specific about donald trump and the language that he's using from this morning. >> reporter: a lot of people asking questions about what mitt romney said on the campaign plane latst night was sufficien and saying what donald trump said he disagreed. here what happens we are hearing specifically from th

the jugular. we start with a 2-minute ad in swing states that portray romney as a corporate vampire, sucking the life out of his steel plan. they worked for romney this year and they worked back in 20the re against ted kennedy. here he will define romney before he gets to do it himself. obama dares republicans to vote against the women against violence act. women are the key to victory in november, and team obama is going to keep pushing this republican war on women. plus, president obama's declaration on gay marriages thrilled most democrats but african-americans remain deeply divided. we're going to talk to two black ministers, one pro, one con, and how this could affect the voters come november. they'll be right here. also, this is a scary thought. does mitt romney even have a scary policy? here's a scareier one altogether. what if he becomes a tool? and look who made his return to saturday night live. >> well, mission accomplished. >> what's that supposed to mean? >> it's just something i can say when a problem isn't solved, but i don't want to talk about it anymore. >> that's a

are other pranks pulled by mitt romney. >> as a sophomore in high school, mitt romney cut the break lines of his lab partner's car. we'll be back with other hilarious pranks. in 1964, 17-year-old mitt romney burned down a howard johnson's. see you next time on other hilarious pranks pulled by mitt romney. >> good morning. it's tuesday, may 15th. a beautiful shot of the jefferson memorial and a rainy morning in washington. with us on set nbc chief foreign affairs correspondent and host of "andrea mitchell reports," andrea mitchell. we have an msnbc contributor, jonathan capehart and editor for the "huffington post," sam stein. mike barnicle along with willie geist. i guess all of you have seen the flurry of polls out. the usa today/gallup poll, on the front page of usa today, which i'm sure millions of you will, you see the headline, two in three say a better economy is ahead. there is some positive news. you would think that benefit would accrue to the president. right now, it's not. 71% rate today's economy conditions as poor. 29 say the economy is in good shape. the poll shows ame

. >>> it's official. mitt romney has won enough delegates for the republican presidential nomination, and the general election is just about under way. but the candidates really would like just another minute to raise that billion dollars each one of them is going to need. >> i can assure you that if i get elected, with your help, i will make things better. >> the president placed a call to mitt romney at 11:30 this morning. >> called governor romney to congratulate him. >> finally clinching the delegates needed. >> officially becoming the projected republican nominee. >> welcome to the general election. >> what's on his campaign's checklist. >> for the romney campaign -- >> he's willing to take the big money. >> the super pac money. >> they're writing very huge checks. >> another priority is avoiding gaffes. >> check and check. >> governor romney put an iphone app out. it misspelled america. >> as people get to know me better, some will like me, some won't. >> romney will want to reintroduce himself to voters. >> i'm not familiar precisely with exactly what i said. i standby what i said,

to get free publicity from mitt romney every day, the makers of etch a sketch. >> in 2008, you said, and i'm quoting, we should let detroit go bankrupt. >> that's exactly what i said. >> and then all of a sudden -- >> the companies got back on their feet. so i'll take a lot of credit. >> he's taking credit for saving the auto industry. >> mitt romney saved detroit. >> i'll take a lot of credit. >> or so he says. >> how do you explain this one? >> the auto rescue -- >> let detroit go bankrupt. >> was his idea now. >> what do you make of this chutzpah. >> back a couple of years ago, mr. romney said, let detroit go bankrupt. >> what? >> yeah, they need to go bankrupt. >> hold politicians to account -- >> the companies got back on their feet -- >> for the lies they tell. >> so i'll take a lot of credit. >> certainly amount lot of chutzpah. >> north carolina voting today on whether gays and lesbians should be able to get married. >> on amendment one. >> my feelings on this are evolving. >> stop saying your views are evolving. >> just come out and say it already. >> it's not popular in sw

. they've got a good handle on how they're going to go after romney. he's weird. wears strange underwear. which is a subtle form of religious bigotry but nonetheless effective in some areas of the country. and you know this guy is a rapacious representative of the most loathsome creature in america, somebody who exists on wall street. so you know, big, rich, weird guy. and they won't be very subtle at it at times. but they don't have a good handle on them. why do we want to re-elect him? is he the strong and effective leader who's confronted the challenges and got us moving in the right way? look, the recession officially ended in june of 2009, and yet the recent polls show 75% to 80% of the american people think we're still in recession. they've got a real challenge. you've got to run for re-election on the basis of i've done things that you may not necessarily agree with but you may come to conclude that i did the right thing. and -- >> you were able to do that on the war on terror. >> because bush was seen as a strong leader. a lot of times particularly in voting for preside

he lies about his massachusetts health care plan. mitt romney has even lied about not being a career politician, despite running for the senate almost 20 years ago. mitt romney doesn't gamble and he doesn't get drunk, which begs the question, >> good evening, americans. welcome to "the ed show" from new york. mitt romney's education tour hit a brick wall in the city of brotherly love today. parents and teachers rejecting his plans to privatize schools and line the pockets of his fat cat friends. >> i'm told about the success of these institutions and this institution particularly. mitt romney's made-up schools that are not succeeding. the mayor tells him to get out. >> i don't understand why he's here today. >> sam stein on mitt romney's ugly day in west philly. rick scott is the n new katherine harris. democrats are mounting a new defense against a massive voter suppression effort in florida. i'll talk to the congressman leading the effort. congressman mike coffman is now changing his excuse for attacking the president. >> i misspoke and apologize. >> scott walker is going na

you know, mitt romney is mormon. that's actually, that's kind of unnecessary-- he's mormon. there's nothing-- there's nothing frightening-- there's nothing frightening about him being a mormon. okay, you've over-corrected. that was an over-correction. i should have qualified that statement. there's nothing frightening about romney being a mormon to me. apparently, some in the republican party's evangelical base think otherwise. >> mitt romney is a good moral person but he's not a christian. mormonnism is not christianity. it has always been considered a cult by the main street of christianity. >> most christians would not recognize mormonnism as part of the christian faith. >> what this would mean for the spiritual health of the united states of america if a worshiper of a false god occupied the white house. >> jon: yes! you would never want someone in the white house who worshipped a different god than you. if i may, as a jew-- ( laughter ) you get used to it. ( laughter ) ( applause ) but of course, those comment were made while romney was still duking it out with real christian c

. mitt romney's team is a dandy. they lied about the war on women, the automobile loan and the death of the number one terrorist. tonight i'm going to set the record straight. this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >> i recommends that people take a look at people's previous statements in terms of whether they thought it was appropriate to go into pakistan and take out bin laden. >> mitt romney is running away from his rhetoric on bin laden, and he's digging a deeper hole in the process. >> richard wolffe on his disaster. >>> time after time the republicans have gotten together and they've said no. >> the president makes the case to workers. republicans are the problem. >> i send them a jobs bill that would have put hundreds of thousands of construction workers back to work repairing road, bridge, transit systems. they still said no. howard fineman on the president's big speech on jobs. >>> it was another war on women train wreck. >> it's about policy and whether or not you want to fix the structure discrimination that women face that republicans don't believe is happening. >> joan w

, and welcome to "the ed show," tonight from new york. mitt romney is facing heat over his days as a prep school bully. tonight, we'll show you how president obama is helping bullied kids. this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >> i did some stupid things when i was in high school. i had no idea what that individual's sexual orientation might be. going back to the 1960s, that wasn't something we all discussed or considered. >> the president steps up for equality, while mitt romney apologizes for being a bully. tonight, singer clay aiken on why the president's remarks makes things better for everyone. army captain steven hill, who was booed at a republican debate for being gay, on the president's leadership. and mike rogers on all the political fallout. >>> michele bachmann loved her ed show expose so much, today she renounced her swiss citizenship. >> i think people would be -- would love to see an expose like that. >> we'll have the latest on swiss family bachmann. >>> and scott walker is using taxpayer money to try to save his job. wisconsin lieutenant governor candidate mailen

, harold ford, governor rendell, each going after romney saying he's dead wrong. they're goingover the job-killing history with bain capital. governor ed rendell along with new york magazine's john haloman. an e-mail lists six democrats saying they're tired of free enterprise. an excerpt reads as follows. rendell joined the course of criticism over obama's attacks on finance, whose leaders have written checks to many members of both parties. i think they're very disappointing, rendell said of the ads, attacking bain. i think bain is fair game because romney has made it fair game, but i think how you examine it, the tone, what you say is important as well. governor rendell, big question. are you with the obama campaign as it's being run right now or are you against it? >> well, either/or. right now i'd like to see the president -- i think he's done a good job, chris, and you and i discussed it. i'd like to see him emphasize the terrific things he's done for the country under different circumstances. and the ad himself, of course he has the right to go after governor romney's claim that

romney in "the washington post" is potentially so revealing. the post's article recalls a bullying incident that happened during romney's senior year at the elite private high school he attended in michigan when he was 18 years old. the post reports, quote, john lauber, a soft-spoken new student one year behind romney was perpetually teased for his nonconformity and presumed homosexuality. he was walking around the all-boys school with bleached-blond hair that draped over one eye and romney wasn't having it. he can't look like that. that's wrong. just look at him. an incensed romney told his close friend. now mat tu tells the post that he later saw romney marching out of his own room ahead of a prep school posse shouting about their plan to cut lauber's hair. they tackled him and held him to the ground and screaming for help romney repeatedly clipped his hair with a pair of scissors. it was a searing moment for those involved in the moment. 30 years later, one of romney's classmates ran into lauber at an airport and asked him about what happened. according to the polls, lauber said

why the presumptive republican nominee romney is determined to keep the economy not same-sex marriage front and center. >> you are going to find throughout the campaign season that the president team will be doing everything in their power to try to hold up various shiny objects. >> still, the president's reversal could help romney excite his conservative base. the president clearly believes it will also turn out his hardcore supporters, especially since he out theed his change of heart to fire up the hollywood crowd that helped raise a record $15 million at clooney:'s house thursday night. he wove the same-sex marriage issue in his economic message earlier in seattle. >> you should be able to give your kids the chance to do better than you. no matter who you are or what you look like, no matter your last name or who you love. >> still, the president is not planning federal action to back same-sex marriage. letting washington state and others settle it on their own this november. >> you can make your voice heard on the issue of making sure that everybody regardless of sexual orientati

major corporations. what can we do for you? >> and now, "bbc world news." >> mitt romney is on the brink of clinching the republican nomination for the white house. the polls have just closed in the decisive texan primary. in syria of violence must up, not tomorrow. >> this been the night and tense after a earthquake. it has claimed 16 lives. it is not in the morning and singapore. >> it is 2:00 in the morning in london. welcome to newsday. polls have just closed and the american state of texas. if the predictions are true, mitt romney should have gathered enough support from republican party members to guarantee he will be the presidential candidate. he may declare he is concentrating on fighting president obama, particularly on the question of jobs. >> we need to have presidents to understand how this economy works. small business, middle size business, big business, i do, and i want to use that experience to get us back to work again. [applause] the ap news agency says mitt romney has clinched the nomination with a win in texas. let's get more on this now and we can speak to our

>> bain. >> bain. >> bain. >> bain capital. if we lost, they made money. >> mitt romney's business experience wasn't about job creation. >> romney tries to dig his way out. >> i don't dig graves from the side. but i probably dug a couple hundred graves. >> grave diggers. can he really feel their pain? >> over the long haul, mr. romney has had many more successes than failures. >> my income comes from investments made in the past rather than ordinary income. >> oh, i'm going to win. >> we begin as we await mitt romney giving an address on the deficit where he is due to describe a prairie fire of debt sweeping across the nation. and the speech in battle ground iowa this afternoon comes as new polling shows mr. romney not only tightening the race but indeed, leading the president. in the new york times head to head match-up, romney now ahead by three points against the president. 46-43%. within the margin of error. perhaps even more troubling for the president, a new usa gallonup poll shows a 9-point lead on romney on who will help the economy improve. 55-46%. issue number one for vot

loans. mitt romney is trying to take credit for it. howard fineman joins me for that conversation. >>> the assault on public education has reached a new low. what are some teachers scared to speak out? my commentary ahead. share your thoughts on twitter using the #and show. we are right back. >> welcome back to the ed show. the longest serving senator in indiana history. richard lugar has been rejected by his own party. he was defeated in a republican primary by state treasurer, richard murdock. he was able to successfully tied lugar to president obama. he won in vienna in 2008, the first democrat to do so in over 40 years. the state has considered a solid red opportunity in this year's election for the republicans. lugar supported both of president obama's supreme court nominees. he voted to raise the debt ceiling. mat was enough to mobilize tea party groups and other right wingers. outside conservative groups helped as well. just another sign of how far the right the republican party has actually gone. as the new yorker point out, lugar is the eighth most liberal republican curr

-- >> the so called three es. >> employment. >> mitt romney promises that his policies would knock down unemployment to 6%. >> 6% and perhaps a little lower. >> to 6% or lower. >> no matter who's elected, i predict unemployment is at 6% in four years. >> if it takes advantage of our natural gas and oil and coal. >> it is what he's for. >> education. >> millions of our kids are getting a third world education. >> if you're going to talk about education -- >> this is the civil rights war of our era. >> the election will be decided in a dozen battleground states. the president has a narrow lead in three of them. 48% is enough to put the president ahead of romney, in florida, virginia and ohio. >> the president has been on the attack. >> he's saying, well i 25 years in the private sector. with a special understanding of how our economy works. he's hoping you don't remember the last time we tried it his way. >> good evening, i'm martin bashir in for lawrence o'donnell, tonight on the campaign trail, president obama rallied support in iowa where he pressured mitt romney to explain how ba

bash. after embracing the cause of same-sex marriage. while mitt romney apologizes for pranks he may have done almost 50 years ago. >>> did either campaign think the week was going to play out this way when it started? we'll talk about that. plus, running with romney. the campaign says they are looking at a, quote, pretty significant group for vice president. but this morning we're joined by the last person who made the cut, the former lieutenant governor, what is it like to be vetted and sharing the ticket with mitt romney? >>> and jpmorgan reports a $2 billion loss over the last two weeks. jamie dimon says errors and bad judgment were to blame. is this the end of griping against the dodd frank financial reform law? good morning from washington. it's a busy friday. na 11th, 2012. my name is chuck todd and this is "the daily rundown." knit romney has learned that every section of your life is open to inspection, especially high school. a washington post story on his high school years at the prestigious cranbrook school in detroit, classmates describing his pranks. when he was a senio

the media group. this sunday on abc, george will questioned what mitt romney has to gain with associating himself with donald trump. let's watch him in action. >> i do not understand the cost benefit here. the costs are clear. the benefits, what voter is going to vote for him because he's seen with donald trump? the costs of a with this i ignoramus is beyond me. he says if you're low, you can still intrude on american politics. >> donald trump plans to hold a fundraiser today in las vegas for mitt romney. >> i was walking down the street and people are screaming, please, don't give that up. a publisher came out last week and had a statement about obama given to them by obama when he was doing a book as a young man a number of years ago, in the '90s, born in kenya and raised in indonesia. this was a statement. this was from obama. now, amazingly, the publishers only made a mistake. i don't think life works that way. now, is it the most important thing? in a way it is, because you're not allowed to be president if you're not born in the country, but let's see what happens. i'm n

washington post piece on mitt romney attempting to portray him as an antigay bully in high school continues to unravel tonight. abc news caught up with the sister of the alleged bully victim and she expressed outrage over the story and said she had no knowledge of the incident in question. her brother died in 2004 but said if he were still alive today he would be furious about the story but the left leaning paper apparently does not seem to really care. today even after numerous holes punched in the story they chose to publish the article about romney's high school pranks on the front page. in john kerry was counting on dan rather's help during the campaign it looks like president obama has the washington post in his corner in 2012 and that is why we will do the work that the mainstream media refuses to do on this program and that is reminding you the voters about this president's words and his actions. here with more on this is former bush advisor are fox news contributor karl rove. welcome back to the program. >> thanks for having me back, sean. >> sean: we got to go all the way

of our constitution. i do agree he should be tried for treason. >> mitt romney didn't have the guts to answer that question until he was forced to take a side. >> i don't correct all the questions that get asked of me. i obviously don't agree with him. >> congresswoman maxine waters on the failed leadership of mitt romney. >> we are still fired up. we are still ready to go. >> romney has citizens united. the president has a big endorsement from labor. tonight, my exclusive interview with teamsters president. >>> the democrats are ready to pick a winner in wisconsin. new details on the big money and the big stakes in the walker recall. the nation's john nickels is here with a primary night preview. >>> good to have you with us tonight. thanks for watching. mitt romney continues to prove himself incapable of leading the republican party and this country. today he held another famous town hall event. >> all this stuff in the last couple of weeks about the president claiming credit for killing bin laden. it strikes me a little weird. that's like giving ronald mcdonald credit for the big

apologized. >>> good evening. welcome "the ed show." one romney supporter says looking at bane's record is fine. you need to look at the company as a whole, and that's exactly what we're going to do tonight here on "the ed show." let's get to work. >> if your main argument for how to grow the economy is quote, i know how to make a lot of money for investors then you're missing the point of the job of president. >> the white house is still on the offensive on bain capital and mitt romney is nowhere to be found. when they succeed and the company succeeds, they make money. when the company they get involved with fails, they still make money. e.j. dionne is here. >>> the birthers are back. >> i cannot in good faith report to you that these documents are authentic. >> arizona officials say they might not put president obama on the ballot. ohio republicans have adopted birtherism as part of the party platform. professor michael eric dyson is here. >>> school teachers in wisconsin are being targeted in an unbelievable way. two weeks from the recall election, the stakes couldn't be highe