romney, who embraces biblical principles, there's every reason to support mitt romney in this election. >> jon: simple math. ( laughter ). i hate barack obama more than i love jesus. whatever the reason, at least conservatives will now finally cede their anti-mormon attacks to the group that's supposed to be making anti-mormon attacks, godless democrats. >> montana's democratic governor, brian swrietser, touched a nerve, asked about governor romney trying to appeal to latino voters, since his father was born in mexicoico, it's ironic from a family coming from a polygamy. >> jon: i'm not saying all mormons are mexican polygamists, i'm just saying mitt romney's grandfather was one. i'm saying mitt romney is one-quarter mexican polygamist is what i'm saying. after all president obama went through with the whole muslim kenyan stuff, is there anything you want to walk back? >> is that fair to talk about? >> well, people took it way off base. i didn't say anything about any religion, and as i've said before, mitt romney or his family as i know of, doesn't accept polygamy today. >> jon: why a

i've played a pilot before. >>> mitt romney, presidential presumed nominee for president, mitt romney once lost $2 billion. $2 billion. then he found it in another pair of pants. oh, there's my other pants. $2 billion. >> back to "hardball." this is side show and david letterman said what we hear so orch from mitt romney, he just fails to come across as your average american guy. inside the actor's studio thinks he has the solution for mitt romney. here he is speaking directly to romney. >> let's start with your laugh. >> i live for laughter. ha, ha, ha, ha. >> it isn't working. it's inert. it just doesn't come across as genuine. worst of all, it's mirthless, which is to say, while you expect us to be amused, you're not the least amused yourself. i would advise those of you watching to freeze the frame and then put your hands on the lower part of your face and look at your eyes. there is no pleasure there. >> is that powerful stuff? james lipton getting to the heart of the matter or the lack thereof. >>> next up, former president george w. bush gave his endorsement of mitt romney toda

they elected mitt romney. he made it sound as if the election was just the house republicans. >> schieffer: we have to end it there. it's a lot of fun. we'll be back in a moment with our "face the nation" flashback. >> schieffer: finally, with mitt romney all but certain to be the republican nominee, we bid a wistful fairs well to the republican primary and all who took part. that is our "face the nation" flashback. >> it's three agency of government when i get there that are gone, commerce, education-- and what's the third one there? let's see. >> schieffer: who is michele bachmann, and why does she want to be president. >> it's very odd to me that someone would run up a half million dollars' bill at a jewelry store. >> go talk to tiffany's. all i'm telling you is we are very frugal. >> 9-9-9 plan. >> that's what i'm talking about! >> when they ask me who is the president of ubeki-ubeki-stan-stan, i will say i don't know. do you know. >> can we stop the pious baloney. you ran and lost and that's why are you n

he is expected to support mitt romney. we will have the latest developments from the campaign trail tonight at 5:00 and 6:00. >> president obama is now back common washington after his surprise trip to afghanistan. >> here in the pre-bond markets of afghanistan, we can see the light of a new day on the horizon theme of the 1-year anniversary of of some of's death, he spoke about a job well done and met with hamid karzai and signed an agreement to support the country after troop pullout. there is some question as to whether this was a political move. >> students at three schools have been relocated after water main break in prince george's county this morning. it happened early this morning in hyattsville. officials said anyone living in that area is ok to drink tap water. >> you might not call 64 degrees warmer but we will get some warm weather on the way and adam caskey is here. >> you can see the bug on the corner of your screen says 64 but many outlying areas are warmer than that. let's take a look at live super doppler

mitt romney -- first of all, mitt romney in 1994 said he was going to be better on civil unions and gay marriage than ted kennedy. he has come a long way since then. this is about being on the right side of history. there is also poll numbers that show among independent voters the support for gay marriage the spread is like 16%. this is going to be something the white house brings up again and again and again and again. you hear the white house talking about mitt romney being a severe conservative. here is your evidence. >> i am so struck by the fact. it was just eight years ago. the entire campaign was run with this as tz key wedge issue. with conservatives prosecuting the cultural war both because it amped up their face. they had to essentially choose their own base, the preferences of independent voters. what i have been struck by all this is the tentativeness and the defensiveness of mitt romney. this is something the other side, the republican party and conservatives saw as something to lead with just eight years ago. >> they are on the defensive now. it is really remarkable to me

mitt romney. that will not necessarily work. joe may be right. the other interesting question is both sides will have armies of persuasion. the democrats will build this thing on internet technology and applications and the web and social networks attempting to takeoe and link them up with others who look like joe and hope he will reach out weird guys who live up -- they will take the social characteristics of joe and match him up with other people in order to have joe work with them. we found it worked beautifully in 2004 when we late joe up with people in his neighborhood to do that. that victory committee framework or that existed is still there in the battleground states. the chairman in warren county, ohio, the person who led the volunteer task force in florida -- most of em are still there. a lot of them in 2010. this republican national chairman understands this and has been worng behind the scenes to have that there. we will have two competing business models. one says it will use the inte

help, it help people like mitt romney. it helps folks who have already done very well. the theory is based on the failed trickle down strategy which we know is a failure. we tried that for eight years during the bush administration. at the end of that eight years we saw a net loss in private sector jobs even though we provided these tax breaks to folks at the very top. so you know, been there, done that, didn't work. why would we try it again? >> some people would callett voodoo economics. >> he is relying on collective amnesia from the american people. >> indeed. thank you for joining us. >>> coming up, how europe could spell trouble for the president. stay with us. [ groans ] [ marge ] psst. constipated? phillips' caplets use magnesium, an ingredient that works more naturally with your colon than stimulant laxatives, for effective relief of constipation without cramps. thanks. good morning, students. today we're gonna continue... thanks. like, keep one of these over your head. well, i wasn't "supposed" to need flood insu

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 just recommend 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 our roads, bridges, 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 disc

up the phone and called mitt romney to congratulate him on getting the delegates needed. the white house said it was a very cordial conversation. they talked about what a challenge is to get to that number. at the same time both camps are rolling out some new and expensive strategies. call it a trip down memory lane or a mission to come up with mud, abc news got its hands on a 14 page plan to attack mitt romney's time as governor saying he was not a true job greater than. >> this is a critical election for you. >> he could not be now. >> if you get out of college when i am president, he will have a job. if president obama is elected, you will not be able to get a job. >> a perfect segue into the debate over who can fix the economy. what's an american can settle for an economy where just you are doing well and a lot of people are struggling to get by or we can build an economy where everybody gets a fair shot. >> mitt romney's team welcomes the fight saying we would be happy to compare the 4.7% unemployment rate mitt romney was able to accomplish. if president obama had ev

. >> and mitt romney ties up loose ends. their name, santorum, bachmann and gingrich. >> i'm asked sometimes is mitt romney conservative enough, and my answer is simple -- compared to barack obama? you know, this is not a choice between mitt romney and ronald reagan. gwen: covering the week, martha raddatz of abc news, peter baker of the new york times, david wessel of the "wall street journal" and charles babington of "the associated press." >> award-winning reporting and analysis, covering history as it happens, live from our nation's capitol, this is "washington week" with gwen ifill, produced in association with "national journal." corporate funding for "washington week" is provided by -- >> this rock has never stood still. since 1875 we've been there for our clients through good times and bad. when their needs changed, we were there to meet them. through the years, from insurance to investment management, from real estate to retirement solutions, we've developed new ideas for the financial challenges ahead. this rock ha

where mitt romney has been a candidate. and in five of those six, his record at bain, his ties to bain have become a central line of attack at some point from his opponents. that's happening again here. this is expected by the romney campaign to a certain degree. the real, the $64,000 question here is this. if you look at the polls right now, the one basic advantage that mitt romney has over barack obama is when you ask people, who is better on the economy? romney is actually edging out obama. who is better on job creation? romney is doing well there. he does really bad in a lot of issues. this is an economy election in people right now are saying that they like romney better than obama. >> but isn't that a bit strange given the claim of job creation by romney have been slowly declining and yet the president's control of the economy, if you like, as president of the united states, has been going up. i find that -- >> this is a matter of perception. right now mitt romney is playing on the fact that while all the indices say

i mean, mitt romney is right. and as we've seen here in washington, there is one, it is one thing to say that on the campaign trail. it is another to be here in washington as a sitting president, as a sitting member of the house or the senate to actually do something about those deficits. so mitt romney were to actually become president of the united states, he will find out very quickly that it is a lot easier to say these things on the campaign trail than to actually accomplish them in office. >> jonathan capehart. good to see you. that does it for us. tomorrow on the show, president obama's spiritual adviser, the reverend joel hunter. plus, senator joseph lieberman and mayor antonio villaraigosa. >>> in our next hour, the "huffington post" says president obama is taking a page from the gop playbook by being more confrontational and definitive. we'll look at the top five examples listed as proof of this strategy. ryan graham from the "huffington post" will join me live and president obama took a little time to e

they can define mitt romney before he has a chance to define himself. after all he just endured a rabbit protected and brutal primary on the republican side where his rivals were attacking him. he was not able to make the big biographical course as a new nominee on the national stage. the obama campaign has a chance to really pylon. if you notice, with the bain capital attacks that is a continuation of the mitt romney primary opponents. this is a real potentially fruitful line of attack. >> we will see what happens. thank you so much. there are plenty of memorial day events scheduled around the washington area tomorrow. one of the busiest places will be the arlington national cemetery. president obama will lay a wreath on the tomb of the unknown. also tomorrow, the national memorial day parade in downtown washington -- this year's parade will have a tribute to service members who served and sacrificed during operation iraqi freedom and operation new dawn. there will be several memorial day events. if you're planning on taking metro to some of those even

not to mention one of mitt romney's sons josh romney getting booed off the stage at the arizona republican party convention take a look. make sure that it's is paid for the. machine thank you very much that was mitt romney's third out of five sons had to cut his speech short after all the booing now we've been taking a look at ron paul for a while you know saying just because people have called this race have put it to bed it's not quite time to forget about ron paul and i want to talk about this more today with wayne allen root of two thousand and eight libertarian vice presidential nominee he also wrote the book the conscious of the liver's libertarian empowering the citizen revolution with god guns gold and. well let's talk first about today's announcement is this simply ron paul not wanting to spend the money he didn't have or is it something else. i know it's over i mean i was slated for the you know sticker seen that mitt romney will be the g.o.p. nominee but you know i'm a big fan of ron paul i love the guy and i'm a big fan of anybody who fights relentlessly to the very end the las

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the focus on the issue is real bad timing for mitt romney. it seems like romney's campaign is getting hit by a new mac truck every day. well, today's no different. the cover story on "the washington post" is another incident that they've got to deal with. former schoolmates of mitt romney told the paper how romney abused, abused classmates who were believed to be gay. the article describes how one victim, his eyes filled with tears, screamed for help. romney repeatedly clipped his hair with a pair of scissors. another student who was a closet homosexual says his efforts to speak out in class were punk waited with romney shouting, "atta girl." on another occasion, romney walked a blind teacher into a closed door while class mates laugh. this is why, i guess we vet our presidential candidates, isn't it? the story is now on the record and the public will just have to render judgment on who this man is. mitt romney knows this story has the potential to really hurt his candidacy. today, romney, the campaign put out a call for romney's old classmat

it's marvelous so says mitt romney. arizona's governor jan brewer agrees telling the associated press, we are the party of women particularly here in arizona. we like women. what's the problem? we like them. the official republican line is the war on women idea is an idea cooked up by the democrats. republicans watch this program and will tell me this privately away from camera. i have something to tell you about this. if you're ready to give up the comfort of your conspiracy issue, i would like to help you understand where it's coming from. it's coming from a real place. it's not made up. here is what you are doing that makes it a coffee out the nose laugh line when you say you're extraordinarily pro-woman or the party of woman. here is the stuff you are doing to earn the war on women's title. it's tonight's inaugural edition of where the whole war on women idea came from. we're going to name it. we're going to start in jan brew's home state. on friday night she signed a bill to roll back access to contraception. a new

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the other off-balance moment of the week was for mitt romney. the story came out in "the washington post" about his period in high school and a prep school where he was sort of the ring leader of a bullying event of a young kid, held him down, cut his hair. there's really no upside to that story for mitt romney of course. but the question is whether it really matters. in an election about the economy. gwen: that's what i want to ask you about, major. who was more off topic i suppose this week, mitt romney was still trying to introduce himself to america, and now hearing this theme, or barack obama who got his message -- less than a week ago that he formally launched -- >> what onsaid, the white house and campaign had a series of ideas and concepts they wanted to forward. but there's nothing in the course of this week that tells me the white house lost anything by focus on gay marriage. for two reasons. every day spent in the political discussion of this general election campaign on something other than the economy is a net plus for the chicago-b

mitt romney doesn't want to be talking about reverend wright, mitt romney doesn't want to be talking about contraceptions and he doesn't want to talk about any social issue. >> george, we have so much money involved in politics today. i feel like i won al gore's campaign on the cheap. running on the cheap and compared to the amount of money we have today, if you have a pet issue, a pet cause, then take $1 million out of your whatever, your swiss bank account and then just run these crazy ads. we're going to have another conversation about reverend wright. i'm catholic. the truth of the matter is, the american people want to talk about the economy the future of the country. >> i think that's exactly right. >>> in the meantime, donna brings up the money, one thing that we're seeing, this time around, mitt romney raised almost the same amount as barack obama. >> which is why this is suddenly become a problem to odemocracy. you were denouncing that in 2004? >> money has played a huge role. i know people are out there maki making the same point. it was a cash advantage to barack obama. bu

>> i did not invite mitt romney! >> let's get it straight. >> you have a right to be mad -- >> i used to live in west philadelphia. i know exactly what he's talking about. inside that philly school, mr. romney also faced some headwinds from some of the people his campaign set him up to meet with while the cameras were rolling. watch. >> a number of folks said, well, we need smaller classroom sizes. that will make the biggest difference. i said, let's compare the average classroom side from each school district with the performance of our students because we test our kids and see if there is a relationship. there was not. just getting smaller classrooms didn't seem to be the key. >> i can't think of any teacher in the whole time i've been teaching over 10 years -- 13 years, who would say that they would love -- more stuns would benefit >> of course. >> i can't think of a parent that would say, i would like my teacher to be in a room with a lot of kids and only one teacher. i'm kind of wondering where this research com

let's go to mitt romney. he tried to debut a new stump speech, if you will, this whole barack obama is no bill clinton. i know all that's been forgotten because what is now a front page washington post story today, what was an online front page washington post story at 8:01 in the morning. >> i think a part of it is, stuff happens when you're a kid and in high school and all of that he offered a blanket apology. while not particularly remembering the event people may say, how do you not remember something like this, what does this reveal about his character? are people really going to care? and i don't know the answer to that but there's still a part of his biography that is unknown. people ask if he identifies with the problems that i have. it goes through a larger issue of how people perceive him. i was talking to a prominent republican who said, you know, president obama has weakness among the working class voters but is mitt romney really the answer to that? and the republicans concern that i talk to, to

chancellor, is mitt romney right or wrong. he says smaller class size doesn't necessarily translate into higher achievement. >> it's actually right that it doesn't necessarily mean better outcomes for kids. for decades in this country we were focused on this notion that smaller class sizes meant kids would get more attention and, therefore, we would have better outcomes. but if you look at the research, it's very clear that that's actually not the case and that really what we need to be focusing in on is the quality of the teacher in front of the children. that's much more important than class sizes. and i actually think intuitively parents know this as well. if you have -- if you're sending your kid to school and there's two teachers, one who's an outstanding teacher, the other one not as much, you're going to fight as a parent to make sure your kid gets in the classroom of that great teacher. as the principal said, well, there's already 25 kids in that classroom and you would be the 26th kid, but this classroom over here onl

and also what to know about mitt romney's bain capital issue. as long as he doesn't have a respon response, the obama people will hit him hard. and most of them seem to be from the swing states. and why the vets may be voting democratic. and also tonight, on how to connect with his son that he barely knew. and finally we continue with the closet "w." joining me is david corn from the washington bureau chief and au ththor of "showdown,". >> i like how you say that, chris. >> well, some people say this is beyond television media right now, and the reason they get the big 54-page deal on this and hannity is on it, is because they want us to keep ringing the jeremiah wright bell one more time s. that smart thinking? >> well, it could be. i frankly don't know how far this gets them this time. it is not as if everybody doesn't know about jeremiah wright. this is kind of red meat for the -- >> well, i hear about the guy rick ket -- ricketts is the guy who owns the cubs is still about it. >> and these are people who have not heard of jeremiah wright. >>

according to polls, obama and mitt romney are in a dead heat. it is clear the election will turn on the economy. >> if unemployment remains high -- >> it doesn't matter what they call mitt romney or what they say about his record. people will give him a good, strong look. >> today mitt romney heads to iowa to talk about the federal debt. joe biden is in ohio campaigning tomorrow. >> why is the obama team rolling up this ad blitz? >> we have about five and a half months until the general election. if the democrats are going to define mitt romney on the economy, they have to get going. they cannot allow mitt romney to define himself as mr. fix it on the economy. as to whether the attack ads work, we will find out. >> a cover declares barack obama the first gay president. the president declared his support. >> thank you, everybody. we have never gone wrong when we expanded responsibilities and rights to everybody. that doesn't weaken family. that strengthens families. it is the right thing to do. >> democrats hope president obama indoors but that s

mitt romney, not so much. it is the -- less than 20% of his contributors have contributed under $200. host: alexis simendinger who covers the white house and politics. guest: i was listening carefully any were talking about president obama being a head. we have seen a lot of polling suggesting that these two candidates in may are head to head. i'm interested in your, i guess the assurance that you have that the democratic party is going in the right direction with some of the harsh rhetoric, the early negative campaigning, and president obama taking mitt romney head on. are you concerned that independent voters are seeing a narrative about president obama that may not pay off by november? guest: on the contrary. what i am confident about is that mitt romney, who has made the central premise of his candidacy his experience at bain capital. that is the case he is putting forth for the american people and why he is saying we should elect him president. a close examination of his record is really important. we nee

is wrong with mitt romney? he doesn't have to build a $19 million in california, does he? can he wait for that for a few years? and now he's got an elevator in his garage? >> i tell you what, 10,000 bucks. $10,000 bet? >> i'm not in the betting business. >> take a shot. go for it. take a risk. get the education. borrow money if you have to from your parents, start a business. >> joining me now, jonathan washington post opinion writer and meghan mccain, columnist for the daily beast. meghan, first of all, it's a really ugly t-shirt. first of all, did you like that thing? >> no, it's not my style. but what's important to say is she has custom designer clothes as well. >> i believe the tennis shoes were $450. >> well, more expensive than what i wear and what the average american wears but what ann romney needs to remember is she is on the campaign trail and she should probably be more kog na zant of the message. >> she should have been warned by some of these things that came out against michelle obama. on clothin

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mitt romney's vegas style campbell with donald trump. romney headed to vegas where in a few hours he's going to be dining with the donald for a campaign fund rafund-raiser. ramps up his birtherism rhetoric, the latest remarks on cnbc. >> a lot of people are questioning his birth certificate, they're questioning the authenticity of his birth certificate. i've been known as being a very smart guy for a long time i don't consider myself birther or not birther but there are major questions. >> when asked about his association with donald trump, romney refused to condemn those specific remarks. >> i don't agree with all of the people who support me. my guess is they don't agree with everything i believe in. i need 50.1% or more and i'm appreciative to have the help of a lot of good people. >> the obama campaign released this web ad, two republican nominees, how john mccain corrected his supporters' offensive remarks about the president in 2008 to romney's response now. >> why doesn't he show his birth certificate? he doesn't have a birth cert

and mitt romney's record. >> let me clearly understand you, then. do you believe just from the timeline of months you gave there that these so-called attacks are coming too early? >> i am not sure they're coming too early. i just don't think they're not being paired with a positive message. all we're talking about now is whether or not obama has gone negative. i want to talk about what the obama positive message is. you can walk and can chew gum at the same time. a campaign can issue ads that say this guy is bad, i am good, and here is why i am good and all right now everyone is talking about is donald trump and mitt romney and whether barack obama has gone negative. >> let me bring this up. bob schiffer was on with robert gibbs on the weekend and basically said whatever happened to hope and change? do you believe there is an attempt to handcuff the president to your point, you can have hope and change, but you can't swing back factually is your record is slammed and you need to challenge the record of the person that wants your job? >> sure, absolu

there won't be any evolving for mitt romney on this subject? >> no, when this question comes up. >> if he's elected president. >> when this question comes up, he's made it clear a marriage is between a man and woman. we're the party of traditional marriage and he's made that very clear to republicans and tleer to people during this campaign. >> and six months out, we're talking about a $25 million buy in nine key states. we look at battleground polls now today. the politico poll other polls showing it's basically a virtual tie. how do you -- that's not a bad place to start from the challenger to the president. >> sure. >> but it does show that there is some big advantages that the president has, the gender gap favoring the president. also, his ability to handle foreign policy. so the outlines of your campaign going forward. >> well, look, first of all, look, this campaign is right where it is today. i think probably about three weeks to a month out we're probably going to be in the same position. it's going to be a very close campaign. i think

guess what mitt romney said on the campaign. i am not going to move hen and earth to go after one guy. it would have been calamatous in the way the iranian hostage crisis for jimmy carter. >> he did the right thing ordering a rescue and the secretary of state quit. and he didn't say gee, i am president of the united states i will do the right thing and we supported president obama's doing it and he would have gotten credit if they hadn't politicalized it excessively. >> chris: don't you think they did. >> it was unseem low they used the anniversary. >> chris: that was my question>> but the fact is, what republicans have done on national security and initial defense. and you are telling me republicans wouldn't have made hay. we are talking politics here. obama has succeeded in taking it off of the table. >> chris: we have less than two minutes left. the president signed a long-term security agreement with cars cars - karzia that commits us to helping the afghan government after our troops leave in 20 thereto 14 and toup 20 theret

also provides a challenge for mitt romney. he's in the i'm mitt romney phase of this campaign. he's got to do a lot better in terms of getting his message out about the economy, what he would do because this is an administration that is playing smash mouth football, and i think he's got to step it up, mitt romney. >> nia, as you pointed outsi, y have been following the romney campaign. there was an observation that somehow a republican strategist that was on in the last hour, that believes romney's team has a retort, a reply to these bains attacks. you were there. have you seen the campaign form any real response and will we end another week without hearing from mitt romney specifically on his bain record and defending that? >> right. i mean, their retort so far is they are accusing the president and democratsssentially of playing a game of character assassination by talking about bain capital. by saying mitt romney is not only a bad business person but that he's a bad person. so that is so far their narrative here. i don't know that it will work. i think they probably need to

more than 1.1 million ad against mitt romney calling him wrong for women. >> when mitt romney says -- >> planned parenthood, we'll get rid of that. >> he'll deny the birth control women depend on. >> -- he's saying he'll deny women the right to make his own medical decisions. and when his campaign can't say if he can support equal pay protections, romney is putting your paycheck at risk. >> planned parenthood's campaign against mitt romney comes just as the senate is gearing up to push for the paycheck fairness act that would combat wage discrimination against women. it's an issue romney has been silent on. according to the conservative newspaper, the "washington times", mitt romney's campaign didn't respond to five messages left over the last week seeking his stance on the paycheck fairness act. despite his silence on this issue, mitt romney is sounding better to some women voters. a new "washington post" poll shows romney's favorability improving with women. in april, 58% of women said they had a favorable view of president obama, compared to just 27%, who then said they had a favor

a gender gab with mitt romney on the other side of that. i believe that abortion should be safe and legal in this country. do i believe the supreme court should overturn roe v wade, yes. have to be careful. >> i am pro-choice. my opponent is multiple choice. >> good evening and thank you for joining us. i'm martin bashir in for lawrence o'donnell. the president said yesterday that mitt romney's experience as chief executive of bain capital does not mean he can create jobs as president of the united states. today vice president joe biden translated that message. >> making money for your investors, which romney did very well is not the president's job. your job as president is to promote the common good. that doesn't mean the private equity guys are bad guys, they're not, but that no more qualifies you to be president than being a plumber. >> the vice president also honed in on bain capital. >> when they succeed and the company succeeds, they make money. when the company they get involved with fails, they still make money. it's legitimate. bu

mitt romney will be there and newt gingrich will be there. so far, we're hearing about $2 million total. >> last week the big story was the white house attacking mitt romney's record at bain and today the romney camp is firing back. >> reporter: the romney camp has a new message which they unveiled today at a campaign rally in colorado. it's based upon romney calling the president hostile when it comes to job creators. >> the president sees big business as the enemy. this man is out of ideas. he's out of excuses and in november we're going to vote him out of office. >> reporter: the romney campaign also released an ad today from what we're hearing this is the theme they plan on sticking with throughout the entire week. >> thanks for that live report from washington. we will see you tomorrow. >>> the first lady wants your family to eat healthy. michelle obama has a new book out. mrs. obama hopes the book will help families make better food choices and also help fight childhood obesity. it's also filled with gardening tips and recipes. >>> comi

mitt romney does it hourly. >> i am not talking about mitt romney. i am talk being about the president's record on gay marriage. he was for it or against it and then for it. >> it is the flip flopping that romney does every day. >> that aside for a moment. conservative christians were among the americans least likely to support mitt romney. do you think he will have to be more forceful in the opposition of gay marriage in hoping to get evangelicals to the polls. >> no his issue is clear can consistent unlike obamas and there is no need to double down. there is a political purity to the choice. there is a honest debate . alen, you admit it is it a gamble on the president's part. >> do you continuing is it a gamble. >> it goes to show he is not putting his finger in the air and polls before he is doing the right thing regardless of the political consequence. we'll remind you mitt romney when he ran for senate. don't talk to me about flip flops on the part of obama. >> alen, let me ask you, in a term of a political risk. africa-americans are more conser

mitt romney. [applause] >> thank you so very much. thank you for that powerful and moving and emotional introduction. thank you for your friendship. what a great man. chester falwell, thank you for your introduction and your support in kind is today. faculty and staff and distinguished guests, parents and friends and graduating seniors from liberty. [applause] 40 graduates, of course, this moment marks a clear ending and a clear -- for the graduates, of course, this moment marks a clear ending and a clear beginning. to the class of 2012, well done and congratulations. by the way, i am told some of you may have taken a little longer than four years to complete your studies. one graduate said he completed his degree in only two terms, clinton's and bush's. [laughter] in some ways, it is fitting that i share this distinction with mr. cathy. the romney campaign comes to a sudden stop when we spot a chick-fil-a. it is comfort food during the campaign season. and we needed a lot of comfort. congratulations on your honor today. [applause] of

hard assault. >> here is the obama campaign defining mitt romney before mitt romney has a chance to define himself, and they're saying he's rich, he doesn't know anything about your life, he doesn't care about you? these are very effective attacks. >> i think romney has defined himself, and i think people do know who the guy is, by the way. he's been running for office for years now, we've been covering those campaigns, we've looked deeply at the guy, and what we've seen is a guy who basically runs a campaign on not the other guy. he's never wanted to focus on him. anyway, what do you think of this ad campaign? does he want to define himself? i'm not sure he does. >> i was at obama headquarters the other day, spent the day there. and it's clear to me their overriding strategic doctrine in addition to the gay marriage stuff, they don't want to run away from it, prit marry doctrine is to go after mitt romney. they want to meet him on the economic ground and they want to, as susan said, try to define him more. most people really don't know that much about mitt romney. they really don't know t

mitt romney not so much. less than 20% of his contributors have contributed under $200. so there's another dramatic contract. >> congresswoman i listened carefully and you were talking about president obama being ahead. we've seen a lot of polling suggesting that these two candidates here at this stage are actually head to head really tied in the polling. and i'm interested in your -- i guess the assurance that you have that the democratic party is going in the right direction with some of these harsh, some of the harsh rhetoric the early negative campaigning and president obama really taking mitt romney head on. are you at all concerned that independent voters at this early stage are seeing a naretive about president obama that might not pay off by november? >> on the contrary. what i'm confident about is that mitt romney who has made the central premise of his candidacy for president his experience, his record in the private sector, that's the case that he is putting forward to the american people and why he's saying we should elect him president. so a close examinatio

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 mitchell is here fo