it's mitt romney's biggest lie so far. the romney campaign launched a brand-new attack ad this morning. it claims president obama is gutting welfare. romney says people won't have to work under a new federal policy. the government will just send a check to them. nearly every major news organization is now reporting that romney's new ad is simply not true. in fact, romney has actually been pushing for this exact policy change. he and several other republican governors asked the federal government for more flexible, flexible welfare rules back in 2005. the obama administration is now giving governors what they ask for, more power and more flexibility in granting assistance. greg sergeant of "the washington post" talked to two republican governors who are taking advantage of president obama's policy change. the governors of both utah and nevada refuse to comment on romney's new ad, but both confirm the new policy will not weaken work requirements. in other words, romney's ad is a blatant lie. but romney is not backing down. h

i was amazed to see mitt romney emote. and i think the reason it was so amazing is because it's really the first time we see him show such human emotion, show some, you know, ability to cry, to get sad, to get nostalgic, to get joyous. so i think he went a long way. look, carol, was this the best political speech i've ever heard? no. was this the best speech i've ever heard from mitt romney? absolutely. and that's the message he had to, you know, go against. >> maria, governor romney tried a new tactic. instead of slamming the president, he acknowledged that mr. obama is a likeable guy, but that it's ok to divorce him. is that smart? >> well, i think that it is perhaps one of the only paths that republicans have, especially in a race where they need to try to convince those independent voters who are actually willing to give president obama the benefit of the doubt, who actually like him a lot more than mitt romney, and actually trust him a lot more than mitt romney, they are trying to give them permission to actually thin

romney, challenging i think -- we talked about the core thing with mitt romney and we knew the obama campaign would use that as a serious messaging point, that mitt romney has no core. once again you see joe biden referring to obama's ramrod position on things. at a time when again, we are questioning just what mitt romney stands for. >> absolutely. i think that that's the clear sort of strategic reason you can see that ryan was chosen. we know what he stands for. that is going to be an issue, and how it plays i think is unclear yet. i think ryan solves to a certain extent the conservative problem but he doesn't solve the middle class problem and i think that that is still going to be a key issue in this election, the economy and how it affects the middle class. >> i want to read a quote from mark mckinnon, gop strategist extraordinaire, talking about the choice of paul ryan. he says i think it's a very bold choice and an exciting and interesting pick. it's going to elevate the campaign into a debate over big ideas. it means romney/ryan can run on principles and provide some real dir

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mitt romney, hit or mitt? >> i don't know. what bothers me is the whole humanity and nice guy thing. if there is one thing that obama and romney certainly are, it's good people. they are also both smart. they are both good. i would like it to be more dry. all of the touchy-feely stuff creeps out my new england heart. i know they care about people and i know they are smart and i know they are od. i wish they didn't spend so much time sucking up like they were on a reality show. >> he doesn't at all, though. >> romney doesn't want to do it but he is doing it. >> we saw mitt romney going into areas he feels uncomfortable doing but he knows he has to. having said that i found stuff about his mother, his upbringing, about his wife, his children, i think the guy is a very solid father, son, husband and those are not bad for a presidential candidate. >> he's given much bigger part of his life and wealth as well to service. and he talked about that and he also used the word hell tonight and on the campaign trail he notoriously said h-

mitt romney is bringing that up. if i were his people, i would be very careful about that. >> could that part have been edited out of that speech? if for example the point was to get to know mitt romney, that was all about president obama and mitt romney's critique of his foreign policy. but we don't get anything out of this as far as what governor romney wants. many people left thinking he wanted to go to war with iran. >> mitt romney thinks that barack obama has been a bad foreign policy president and so do a lot of other people. what he's done in iran is a perfect example. you can talk about -- he's not done anything to deter iran from building a nuclear weapon. nothing. and when israel is our greatest ally in the middle east, we need to stand with them no matter what. and i think if you talk to the israelis, they have questions whether barack obama is going to side with them. >> chip, you have to back it up. >> it's the truth. >> explain to me exactly what it is that you think barack obama or susan rice or secret

mitt romney and how did he do? the candidate talking about his faith, his family, and making out his case against president obama. >> i wish president obama had succeeded because i want america to succeed. [ applause ] but as promises gave way to disappointment and division, this isn't something we have to accept. now is the moment when we can can do something and with your help we will do something. now is the moment when we can stand up and say, i'm an american. i make my destiny. we deserve better. my children deserve better. my family deserves better. my country deserves better. >> mitt romney's big speech, let's be honest, what everyone here is talking about is hollywood legend clint eastwood talking to, of all things, an empty chair. >> what do you want me to tell romney? i can't tell him to do that. can't do that to himself. you're absolutely crazy. you're getting as bad as biden. >> if you're wondering where clint eastwood got that crazy idea, well, it all looked a bit familiar today at piers morgan tonight

i think that this is about mitt romney. i think this is also not about mitt romney in the sense it's about paul ryan. it's about the future stars of the party as well, not just paul ryan. you're seeing a lot of focus on the governors here. you saw focus on chris christie last night. scott walker. i think that there is a struggle here where there is really not mitt romney's party yet, anyway. he is not a party man. he is not an establishment man. he doesn't have deep ties to this party and i think that is part of the rest of the story of this convention. i thinka as dan said how he defines himself is going to be incredibly important. we have the sense he is going to try to define himself sort of more emotionally, more as a person, more as a father. this is not something he does naturally. he's not a gifted orator. that is going to be something to watch. i think how excited people get about paul ryan versus mitt romney is going to be something to watch. i think coming out of this convention, whether the party feels unified in

i think that this is about mitt romney. i think this is also not about mitt romney in the sense it's about paul ryan. it's about the future stars of the party as well, not just paul ryan. you're seeing a lot of focus on the governors here. you saw focus on chris christie last night. scott walker. i think that there is a struggle here where there is really not mitt romney's party yet, party . he is not an establishment man. he doesn't have deep ties to this party and i think that is part of the rest of the story of this convention. i thinka as dan said how he defines himself is going to be incredibly important. we have the sense he is going to try to define himself sort of more emotionally, more as a person, more as a father. this is not something he does naturally. he's not a gifted orator. that is going to be something to watch. i think how excited people get about paul ryan versus mitt romney is going to be something to watch. i think coming out of this convention, whether the party feels unified in a very strong way or w

are people but not when it can hurt mitt romney. the panel weighs in on more hypocrisy from the middle class millionaire. now count the number of buttons on your tablet. isn't it time the automobile advanced? introducing cue in the all-new cadillac xts. the simplicity of a tablet has come to your car. ♪ the all-new cadillac xts has arrived. and it's bringing the future forward. [ gnome ] enjoying your holiday? ooo no. the hotel lost our reservation. nonsense! you book at travelocity, your reservation's guaranteed. well, i did not book with travelocity, okay?!? [ female announcer ] get the travelocity guarantee any way you book, including our new app. you'll never roam alone. >>> corporations are people, my friend, of course, they are. so where do you think it goes? whose pockets? whose pockets. >> welcome back to "the ed show." almost one year ago today he stunned the crud. in a recent interview romney was pressed on releasing only two years of tax returns. bloomberg asked romney if he was investing in a company, wouldn't he want

or, as she calls mitt romney. mitt romney. mitt romney. mitt romney. his name is mitt romney! >> stephen: it's a pet name. it's a pet name. all couples have them. i'm sure behind closed doors mitt calls her "mrs. mitt romney." (laughter) now, right away ann addressed the myth that they lived a life of privilege. >> we got married and moved into a basement apartment, ate a lot of pasta and tuna fish. our desk was a door cropped up on saw horses. our dining room table was a fold down ironing board in the kitchen. >> stephen: can you imagine? it must have been so awkward when the maid interrupted their dinner to iron. (cheers and applause) and, hey, not easy. (cheers and applause) and, hey, unemployed people out there, we already know that there were years when the romneys didn't work-- because they didn't need to. (laughter) as ann told the "boston globe" "neither one of us had a job because mitt had enough of an investment from stock that we could sell off a little at a time." so hard. (laughter) they were living hand-to-phone-to-stockbroker-to- mouth. (laughter) and after... h

but mitt romney wants that subsidy to die. his spokeswoman said today, unfortunately under president obama's approach of massive subsidies and handouts, the industry has lost 10,000 jobs while growth of wind power has slowed every year of his term. now he wants to double down on another year at a cost of $12 billion. while romney is against subsidies for wind energy, he supported a filibuster which preserved $24 billion over ten years of subsidies to oil companies. joining me now, an editorial director and msnbc political analyst and josh green for bloomberg business week. great to have you here. josh, i think the politics of this are interesting for a number of reasons. one of which is that there is some bipartisan cooperation on extending the tax credit and part of this is the basic geography of interest group politics. you have folks in iowa saying that this is a mistake to oppose it. iowa republican governor terry branstead took issue with the romney campaign website using the term windmill instead of wind turbine? you hav

the question is, can mitt romney do that? nobody will ever vote for a ticket because of a vice president. there is no doubt he did a ton of good for the man on the ticket by going forward. mitt romney has to take the speech tomorrow night in has to hit a home run as powerfully as ryan did. >> i disagree a little bit. expectations are so low for mitt romney. people did not expect him to do what paul ryan just did. he delivered an emotional -- with his mother. his mother stands up. these are very strong visuals for people. >> mitt romney gets credit for picking him. seven words out of his speech that matter the most -- we will not duck the tough issues. >> i might actually say people might vote for the vice president because mitt romney is not competing with him. romney's he's comfortable in his own skin with this guy around. he introduces him. he is not worried about being overshadowed. he likes this. if he is elevating him, that will give other voters the confidence to say, he really thinks the guy is great. >> it has to be a

that the romney mitt romney is selling out there is not the mitt romney his own chief spokesperson is now admitting to be the very same mitt romney who governed massachusetts and did what his new friends keep telling themselves he should never have done, which just happens to be something he should be bragging about, not hiding under the bed. well, that's "hardball" for now. thanks for bed. that's "hardball" for now. the ed she starts now. >> good evening, americans. welcome to the ed show from new york. 90 days before the 2012 election and a hard hitting commercial has mitt romney's campaign has the mitt romney campaign on the path to destruction. this is the ed show. >> she passed away in 22 days. i don't think mitt romney realizes what he has done to anyone. >> a hard hitting ad has his campaign in a tail spin. >> for people had been in massachusetts, they would have had health care. >> republicans are jumping all over the romney camp awe response. >> that's a potential gold mine for obamaites. >> what he is in on the consequences of outsourcing and howard fineman is here with the

whose party is this, paul ryan's or mitt romney's? is. >> this is mitt romney's party. but they're a team. >> who do you think electrifies those delegates? >> well, i think you see the speeches the next two nights, it's going to be both. look, if paul ryan was a great choice for the ticket, young, energetic, but most important, on the most serious issues facing america, chuck, getting our great country back to work and out of debt, paul ryan knows more about the federal budget and what needs to be done and can be done to restore solvency. brilliant choice, great governing parent for mitt romney. >> what is a success to you, what makes this convention a success to you when we're all said and done? >> i think there is no question, two things. one is to make sure people know that mitt romney is a decent, warm, loving guy of faith. that can get things done. and ann romney did a great job last night from the high school sweetheart to the successful grandfather and the generous, loving guy that he is. i thought that was tremendous in humanizing him in a way people hadn't seen

romney. >>> es una oportunidad de tener un discurso por figuras claves, entre ellos por mitt romney y paul ryan, también por marco rubio escucharlos a nivel nacional. >>> importante, porque aún en un estado crucial como la florida, hay votantes que no conocen a su candidato. >>> no sé, no lo conozco, politamente no lo conozco. >>> ese es uno de los desafíos, el otro convencern a los hispanos. >>> inmigración es algo importante, eso lo sabemos todos, pero en verdad, en noviembre las personas van a ir a votar, y lo más importantes es el trabajo >>> qué harán los republicanos para conseguir el voto hispano, el gobernador mitt romney tiene varias sorpresas para convencer a los hispanos que merecen su voto, no solo en la florida, sino en toda la nación. >>> muchas gracias, luis por el reportaje las encuestas dicen que las elecciones en noviembre serán muy cerradas, la última encuesta de ap muestra al presidente barack obama con 47% mientras que mitt romney con 46% por qué mitt romney y no el presidente barack obama. >>> porque creo que desde el punto de vista de la economía

mitt romney left. let me play a portion of this and also show you how mitt romney's responding to it. watch. >> when mitt romney and bain closed the plant, i lost my health care. and my family lost their health care. and short time after that my wife became ill, it was -- there was nothing they could do for her. and she passed away in 22 days. >> the president understandably has resorted to a very unusual campaign. and that is in some respects i think he disrespects the office by taking the campaign down to the very lowest point i can recall in my lifetime. >> disrespecting the office of the presidency is the charge from mitt romney about ads like that, with the implication that somehow bain and mitt romney was responsible for that woman's death. how do you respond to that? >> well, i certainly don't think that would be a fair implication. that isn't stated in the ad. it's not a fair implication. but, what is true is that governor romney and his partners loaded that company with debt, walked away with

ann romney is here to show the softer side of mitt romney. you saw that in the documentary that gloria borger did. she gives a more human element to romney. so i think we're going to see that tonight. this is a big family. five sons, 18 grandchildren. i expect ann romney to be talking about that tonight and let's face it. chris christie, his specialty is real keeping. he keeps it real. i think there will be some sharp jabs tonight, but chris christie has also said he doesn't really like to engage in personal attacks, so i would not expect to hear a negative, nasty speech from chris christie, but mitt romney is on the ground in tampa. he's on the way to his hotel and we expect him to come down to the floor later this afternoon. i want to show you what we're looking for. these are the big screens inside the hall. just a few moments ago, we saw some sneak previews of themes we will be seeing. we saw some large pictures of exiter, new hampshire. they were briefing reporters on the campaign plane coming down here, that mitt romney will be making a

paul ryan there and is mitt romney. you know, a generational gap between the two of them, paul ryan 42 years old and i think mitt romney is 65 or 66 years old. i think mitt romney has a son about 42 years old as well. that's the republican pridential ticket. we have ari fleischer standing by. david gergen. we have our entire team. there's james carville as well. we'll take a quick break. much more analysis, reaction when we come back. those little things still get you. for you, life's about her. but your erectile dysfunction - that could be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be more confident in your ability to be ready. and the same cialis is the only daily ed tablet approved to treat ed and symptoms of bph, like needing to go frequently or urgently. tell your doctor about all your medical conditions and medications, and ask if your heart is healthy enough for sexual activity. do not take cialis if you take nitrates for chest pain, as this may

given the choices, it is a good pick for mitt romney but doesn't change mitt romney. i continuing is uphill for him unless he has outstanding debate performance. >> does the obama campaign want to talk about anything? >> i think they want to talk about what people have want to talk . who do you trust more to reform the entitlement programs that. is the debate they would like to have. and what ryan gives them. >> you want to stay away from the third rail of entitlements and mitt romney grabbed on to it and embraced it full force; is that a program in the campaign. it is about entitlementings. >> it is what obama camp wanted. they have tried to figure out a way to get from the bain problem that romney has and connect them to the ryan budget. this guy fired people and cost your pension and what is that the guy you want to reform or change medicare? they have had trouble doing it. and mitt romney picked the architect of that . that make its easy to see what the new york times talked about . a choice between two philosophis and futures and not a referundum. >> bill, what w

a little while ago mitt romney went over the top. rough rough they told everyone it would happen after 6:00 p.m. it happened about 20 minutes before that. if i guess about 5:40. and, jeff, the other piece of what's interesting that we've heard, a number of states have called out votes for ron paul but those votes are not being announced at the podium. brown brown yeah, judy, that's the other interesting part of what's happening down here. i've had a lot of people come up to me, recognizing us and saying "have you heard what's going on? we feel like we're getting shut out with the rules." so what happens here is that when the roll is called out, a given state will say "state x casts certain number of votes for ron paul and a certain number of votes for mitt romney." and then the secretary will say only the number that's been announced for mitt romney and there's now developed a cheer in the background where they yell out "free ron paul!" so this is the interesting little drama, theater, going on down here right now. rough rough it's s

brian montopoli, senior political reporter for cbs.com has more on romney's speech >> mitt romney made the case in tampa that he would be a better steward of the economy than president obama. romney knows that he's not as likeable as president obama. he suffers from empathy gap. his message was look, obama is a good guy but he's not gotten the job done. in four years as president. he introduced his family. he talked about his faith and fundamentally made the case that, hey, he might not be your best friend, but he's someone that you can trust to turn this economy around. it was not, i would say, the most thrilling speech that's ever been given to wrap up a convention. i think barack obama and george w. bush were more successful speakers, but it did get the job done. mitt romney got through it. he made his case and he should get a small bump from this convention. i'm brian montopoli from tampa. for cbs news. >> a federal court on thursday rejected a new texas voter i.d. law. the judges say the law, which requires voters to show photo identification at the polls discriminates against low

romney van a utilizar todo tipo de ideas, videos y un mar de oradores para explicar quiÉn es mitt romney y paul ryan. >> y dentro de ellos habrÁ hispanos. >> muchas gracias. >> vamos a hablar de una perspectiva republicana y demÓcrata sobre esta semana y la contien contienda que culminarÁ con la elecciÓn presidenciales. >> y desde washington dc la estratega demÓcrata melissa dÍaz, muchisimas gracias por estar con nosotros. >> en enfoque. >> al, quiero comenzar con usted y el mensaje que dice lory, presentar a mitt romney a estados unidos, hasta ahora los republicanos han tenido que batallar contra una definiciÓn de romney creada en gran parte por los demÓcratas que dicen que en efecto es un hombre que no tiene ninguna sensibilidad hacia o el trabajador promedio de este paÍs. >> el problema para mitt romney ha sido ronald regan provenÍa de un estado hispano que era california. >> a george busch lo conocÍa muy bien y mitt romney de massachusetts todavÍa no hemos llegado a conocer como hemos de conocer. >> esta convenciÓn es la primera oportunidad para muchos de nosotros poderl

mitt romney has a jd from harvard. he sort of hinted that he wanted immediate withdrawal from afghanistan which is not the republican message or the mitt romney message. it wasn't just the style of delivery and the tone of what eastwood was saying was wrong, actually when he talked about substance he was saying the wrong thing. >> when he did talk about mitt romney and paul ryan, it wasn't exactly the most effusive endorsement i've heard, for somebody who in the lead-up to introducing the candidate. >> no, that's right. it's a big risk to have an actor come out and improv. he wasn't working on a teleprompter. the best core relair to that was in 2004 when arnold schwarzenegger spoke at the republican convention in new york, and that was a very tightly wound, very macho, tough speech. it was the block that eastwood could have filled. it wasn't the performance. >> we want to go back to lakeland, florida, because any minute we'll see paul ryan and mitt romney back together. let's get right to peter alexander in lakeland wh

romney and also mike leavitt is an adviser to mitt romney. earlier this evening, bob white spoke about the governor's commitment to service and their work at bain capital. as i said mike leavitt is a former utah governor and leader of mitt romney transition team. i welcome you both. thank you for joining us at a busy time. bob white, speak to me first about this man that is your friend and you have been known so long and whether you believe that he accomplished the objective of showing a side of him that you perhaps know but the country does not yet know. >> i think he did. i think mitt romney was terrific tonight talking about what he would do, talking about what he has seen -- talking about the challenges we have and real solutions and restoring the american dream. mitt has been a friend for a long long time. as i spoke tonight, i wanted people to understand not only the accomplishment that people heard about being a successful businessman, turning around the olympics when they were very broken being very successful -- the budget deficit an

chris christie, paul ryan and mitt romney. the party's principal and what they stand for how much does that help him? >> i think it helps him tremendously. >> i think everyone is talking about mitt romney. you will hear so much talk about what he needs to do in his convention. he seems to do two things. those are the two questions you hear people lay those people out mitt romney ann romney will be talking to her husband in a way that is different than most voters who pay attention to every contour the primary has seen. others will do so as well. olympians are coming up to speak in his role turning around the olympics. i think it is very important he layout the whole agenda you are talking about. he sort of follow up the pick of paul ryan. it was a bold pick with an agenda and convention that reflect that kind of leadership and make this a debate about leadership, styles and leadership and where the country is going. >> if you look at leaderships in the polls president obama leads on the leadership issue. >> how about this. num

they called mitt romney and mitt romney turned those olympics around and made america proud and we thank him for that leadership. (cheer (cheers) >> look at what he's done in business. he helped start new businesses. he helped turned around struggling businesses. he helped create great businesses that we all know now. sports authority, bright horizons, staples, this is a man who actually created jobs, who knows what it takes to get people back to work, to get businesses up and running, to create prosperity, to help people in need. take a look at what he did when he was governor of massachusetts. of all contrasts that we can have, this is as clear as it gets. and president obama came into office promising to create jobs and prevent unemployment from ever getting above 8%. it's been above 8% for 42 months. when mitt romney is governor of massachusetts, unemployment went down. 23 million americans today are struggling to find work. nearly one in six americans are in poverty today. household incomes, family income has gone down by more than $4,000 over the past four years. when mitt romney w

>> governor mitt romney. hopefully the next president of the united states of america. >> reporter: and romney, who decides whether to place a risky bet on paul ryan. john king, cnn, washington. >>> of course, be sure to stay with cnn this morning, as mitt romney unveils his running mate. it happens 9:00 eastern time, live from norfolk, virginia. cnn is there. and will, of course, bring it to you live. >>> he says his goal was to be an economist. but a detour through washington inspired wisconsin native paul ryan to take a different path. still ahead, inside his meteoric political rise. >> if mitt romney asks you to run as his vice president, would you agree to do so? >> next question. you know, that's somebody else's decision months away. that's a conversation i need to have with my wife before i have it with you. [ male announcer ] if you have yet to master the quiet sneeze... ♪ [ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] you may be an allergy muddler. try zyrtec®. it gives you powerful allergy relief. and zyrtec® i

the mitt romney mitt romney is selling is not the mitt romney his chief spokesperson is saying he is. and when his new friends keep telling themselves he should never have done, which happens to be something he should be bragging about, not hiding under the bed. well, that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "the ed show" with ed schultz starts right now. >>> good evening, americans. welcome to "the ed show" tonight from new york. 90 days before the 2012 election. and a hard-hitting commercial has mitt romney's campaign on the path towards self destruction. the facts are getting in the way for romney. this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >> she passed away in 22 days. i do not think mitt romney realizes what he's done to anyone. >> a hard-hitting ad on mitt romney has his campaign in a tail spin. >> if people had been in massachusetts under governor romney's health care plan, they would have had health care. >> republicans are jumping all over the romney camp's response. >> that's the potential gold mine for the obamaites. >> we weigh in on the consequences of outsour

if mitt romney wins i win. and if i win, mitt romney wins. i look forward to working with him and for him. >> you mention your senate race. it's a rough race, i've seen the ads. >> it's sad. it's sad that he's a 40 year career politician out of character for him to just go negative the way he has. doesn't have one good idea to put forth to the people in the state of florida. he wants to smear my character. >> greta: are you firing back? >> we're rising above it this, is about telling our kids they can dream big and reach for the stars. we want to talk about what is going to move fork merd not looking back in the rear view mirror and attacking someone's character. >> sean:. >> tonight he talked about women a lot. he talked about the hard work of his wife whark she does and her great speech the other night. and talked about having more than half of his cabinet with women. it seemed to me this was a recognition that this is a targeted area he needs to do work in. >> it's a recognition to win we need more votes from women and need to tell our sto

i want to tell you about mitt romney. mitt romney is a leader with the skills, the background and the character that our country needs at this crucial time in its history. following four years of failed leadership, the hopes of our country, which have inspired the world are growing dim. they need someone to revive them. governor romney is the man for this moment. and he and i share one commitment. we will restore the greatness of this country. i want you to meet my family. this is my wife janna. our daughter liza and our sons charlie and sam. i'm surrounded by the people i love. i love you, too. and i've been asked by governor romney to serve the country that i love. janesville, wisconsin, is where i was born and raised, and i never really left it. it's our home now. for the last 14 years, i have proudly represented wisconsin in congress. there i have focused on solving the problems that confront our country, turning ideas into action and action into solutions. i am committed, in heart and mind, to putting that experience

now mitt romney owns those for better or worst. this is a bold pick, not without risk but a bold pick. it's not the type of pick that may move the state into a romney column. like rob portman from ohio. this is a pick that will absolutely energize the republican base, because of policies, not just politics. this is a pick that will also, i think help energize the youth vote. paul ryan is just 42 years old. so this is a really doubling down also, as kenny said on the economic element the romney team wants to have. they deserve a lot of credit for not playing it safe but going bold with the pick of paul ryan. >> wichl this turn into a debate about entitlement given the stance on medicare and tax reform and everything else paul ryan put forward? >> if it does. mitt romney will be pleased. let's look at what the conversation will be in the last six weeks. it's been about forces in the olympics. it's been very, very difficult for mitt romney to get an economic message out there. this makes it very obvious. there's so many people, econom

and these are people inside the mitt romney camp and outside, mitt romney needed this race to be about something bigger than his business background and his tax returns and other issues that barack obama has been successfully using to bleed support away from the republican candidate. paul ryan makes this a bigger selection. whether the issues he lives of forward are helpful to mitt romney remains to be seen. >> you were writing today, something about misgivings in the strategist classes. what did he mean by that? >> paul ryan has a lot of fans in the republican policy committee. people who write for publication like "the wall street journal" the key is the visionary conservative. the people who actually worked on campaigns and tickled and produce campaign ads have real concerns about him because when you go into these swing states, folks on both sides will reach voters enlist potential attacks on both mitt romney and barack obama and ask how this change their views of candidates. consistently, democrat of republicans say one of the most potent a tax is that it wanted to cut social secu

mitt romney will restore the work requirement, because it works. >> i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >> that's the new ad released by the romney campaign today. romney repeated that message at a campaign stop in elk grove village, illinois. >> if i'm president, i'll put work back in welfare. we will end a culture dependency and restore a culture of good, hard work. >> this is yet another example of the cognitive dissonance of mitt romney. he claims that the problem is that president obama hasn't created jobs. then claims that people just don't want to work. but maybe this isn't surprising from a millionaire who has referred to himself as unemployed. >> i should also tell my story. i'm also unemployed. >> but back to romney's welfare boondoggle. by now you know two things are a good bet when mitt romney launches a new line of attack against president obama. one, it's probably not true. as reuters clarified today, the purpose of the federal waiver is to empower states to improve the system. the directive from the health and human services department allows states to pursue a w

about mitt romney's religion. paul ripe said we go to different churches but we share the same moral creed. mike huckabee directly addressed it. he said some evangelicals might have questions about mitt romney. he didn't use the word mormon but he said his faith. took it smart head on. smart? >> it was what he could say. when you look at how mitt romney is retaining so much of the republican base and the republican vote, i don't know that's where this election will come down. to this is not george h.w. bush in 1992 who did have a problem with that. romney has it because he is running against barack obama. >> they must have felt, to do it, to invite it. they vet the speeches. to invite it they must think it was something they wanted done. is it for this hall or for the country at large? >> i think the country at large. and paul ryan did it as well. what he has to do, has not been done yet. to lay out a plan for the economy that will actually get us there that is credible. that's what ronald reagan did to take it aw

mitt romney grab embraced it full force. is that a problem for him in the campaign and it is not about entitlements: >> it is what the obama camp wanted. you look at they have tried to figure a way to get from the bain problems that romney has and connec them to the ryan budget. if he fired people and cost you yourr pension. is that the guy you trust to reform medicare. if you tie it together. they have had trouble doing it and now mitt romney picked paul ryan, the architect of that. that make its easy to make it what the new york times talked about. a choice between two philosophies and two futures and not a referundum on the last four years. >> john: bill, if you were advising gov mitt romney would you fight on entitlementings. >> and their relationship to the economy. if we are going to go broke we'll not have a healthy economy. i say we are a great country but we are going broke. and president obama doesn't understand the sourceness of our greatness and doing nothing about the fact we are going broke. that is the big pic

but mitt romney wants that subsidy to die. his spokeswoman said today, "unfortunately under president obama's approach of massive subsidies and handouts, the industry has lost 10,000 jobs while growth in wind power has slowed every year of his term. now he wants to double down for another year on this failed approach at a cost of $12 billion." while romney is against subsidies for wind energy in march he supported a filibuster by senate republicans which preserved $24 billion over ten years in taxpayer subsidies to oil companies. joining me now, howard fineman, huffington post erltd director and msnbc political analyst, and josh green, a senior national correspondent for bloomberg business week. great to have you here. josh, i think the politics of this are interesting for a number of reasons. one of which is that there is some bipartisan cooperation on extending the tax credits and part of this is the basic geography of interest group politics. you have folks in iowa saying that this is a mistake to oppose it. iowa republican

romney has him on the ticket now i think the fact that mitt romney -- mitt romney chose a vice presidential candidate who believes that even the case of rape and incest, a woman should not have access to abortion, you know, which i think is a relatively extreme position, far more extreme than even george bush's positions on abortion, is disconcerting. and the fact that it seems to me he was cowed into this selection by conservatives. this isn't a pick that will reach out to moderate voters. i think says a lot more about mitt romney than it does about paul ryan. >> i there is a lot more to this people will be learning like the personhood belief he has. thank you. >>> up next, the always funny bill maher on the difference between paul ryan and sarah palin. that's next in the sideshow. you know that's going to be great. this is "hardball," the place for politics. >> now that they added paul ryan to the ticket he seems energized and just gone -- here, take a look at how exciting. this is mitt right here. ♪ [ theme from "rocky" playing ] >> i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >> as i s

mitt romney tomorrow. speech in his life. in he going to be as he is often with these speeches, a little bit disappointing? >> i saw him four years ago a couple time and he was really boring. he has gotten better but he is not an electrifying speaker. don't raise the bar for people who high. everyone knows that it will be hopefully smart. >> in the en, as one of his sons told me this week. as he ceo. a corporate man. every speech he ever made before politics was a boring speech about numbers, money, economy, buying companies. >> that's not quite right. he is a salesman is really what he is. that's what his job has always been. the thing about romney. as he good student. he won't blow everybody away but people will say it is a pretty good speech. >> how will he appeal to you women like you? >> well, just on the prenltation part. he would be him aer up there with a white board and the chart, the power point. >> i would love to watch that. but yont tomorrow night -- exactly. with mark theers. >> barack obama was a brilliant spea

working with mitt romney. this is carl rove's campaign. >> the significance of condoleezza rice sitting with mitt romney last night? >> extraordinary. i watched that. what you saw was a very visible representation of the continuation -- the speech writer for george bush said that this is just the continuation of the bush administration. i guess it is pushed 3 before we have jeb bush. a series of other people, including political consultant, policy advisers, many of whom were around jordan w. bush, all of whom karl knows. this is the kind of candidate that he wants. not some crazy, wacky republican that cannot be reined in, but a business minded conservative like romney who wants to cut regulations and taxes for the rich. >> finally, i want to ask you about overall, the bush's. the next generation of the parties brand is florida gov. jeb bush. he spoke on sunday about what he will talk about when he addresses the delegates tonight. >> i will talk about education, which is something that is not necessarily a fed

join mitt romney and me. let's give this effort everything we have. ( cheers and applause ) let's see this thing all the way through. let's get this done. ( cheers and applause ) >> he obviously motivated the party base very well. but i think he appealed to a broad swath of independents watching tv as well. >> brown: other delegates we talked to today, like kevin krick of california, agreed. >> the guy came up there and showed himself as poised, put together, smart, focused, on target and plenty of empathy. >> brown: but not everyone was thrilled. juliette jordal of minnesota is a ron paul delegate. >> i wasn't heard and i'm not feeling like ryan really brought me into the party today. >> brown: tonight, before the balloons fall, the final sale must come from the head of the ticket, mitt romney. we asked several delegates what they want to hear. >> now for him it's a big deal of really showing that contrast between his promise and his ability to make his promises come true like he did in the olympics. >> he's

first of all you mentioned that slight mishap with mitt romney. i will point out that four years ago then candidate barack obama made a similar gaffe referring to joe biden as the next president of the united states had to correct himself. then joe biden came out and referred to barack obama as barack america. these things can happen on the campaign trail especially when you're tirednd there's ban lot of sleep deppary investigation on this campaign. on this issue of the budget, yes. paul ryan, chairman of the house budget committee, laid out that blueprint for bringing the national debt under control. at one point he talked about partially privatizing medicare for future seniors. that is an issue that is going to be coming up in this campaign. the romney campaign sort of anticipated what might be a medicare mud fight to come with the obama campaign, put out an internal memo saying that as president mitt romney will come up with his own plan to bring the deficit under control and balance the budget. so you can see they're trying to get ahead of tha

just hours from now, sources say the republican candidate mitt romney is going to announce that congressman paul ryan will be on the ticket as vice president. a major development in the u.s. presidential campaign. gloria, tell us what your sources are saying. gloria borger is with us, cnn's chief political analyst. >> both john king and have i been talking to sources as well as peter hanby. none of our sources are steering us away from paul ryan. some of us are steering us towards paul ryan. in fact a few of them are. i think what this shows us, a paul ryan pick is a calculation that mitt romney is going to a different generation, and that he intends to make the fiscal future of the country and the budget issue a real centerpiece of the campaign. i think what is interesting to me, you were talking to john a few minutes ago about joe biden and how joe biden would have a debate with paul ryan. it's interesting because both of these men, biden and ryan came to congress at very young ages. i mean ryan ran for congress first when he was the age of 27 in 1988. and he -- 1998, and he asked his men

and this is why mitt romney had to take a risk. he wasn't that likable. >> cordes: so, john, let me just bring you in before we have to go to break, which team ends up being more likable? now we know the field is set. >> reporter: well, it depends. if this becomes a committee mark-up, in which every tiny detail of paul ryan's belief is discussed, that's a big problem for the relationships people have mentioned. also, because ryan is the better spokesman than the guy at the top of the ticket, and even if ryan is a happy warrior, that doesn't really matter unless mitt romney can be the happy warrior on those specifics. the romney campaign is betting in large part this election will be a referendum, but that there's a second piece, a smaller piece, but a second piece, which is that people have to like the ticket, and paul ryan helps with that, and, also, they have to have some kind of plan. the romney campaign has to hope that people just like the idea of a plan more than digging into every tiny little detail of it. and so that's how

mitt romney, this is your life. with marco rubio and jeb bush and newt gingrich and a whole bunch of videos and a choir and clint eastwood maybe? tonight the culmination of the republican national convention, the grand debut of mitt romney presidential nominee. msnbc's live primetime coverage begins right now. >>> good evening. it is liftoff night for mitt romney. i'm rachel maddow at msnbc headquarters in new york city along with my colleagues ed shultz and the reverend al sharpton, chris hayes and steve schmidt. lawrence o'donnell will be joining us as well. leading coverage from tampa is the one and only chris matthews. chris, this is the big night. i mean, there has not been much said about mitt romney personally these past couple nights. it's been a good commercial for the republican party, not much on the nominee. but tonight that all changes. is there anything that surprises you about tonight's agenda? >> no. i think that clint eastwood is interesting because no matter what script he's given, he's still clint

a quinnipiac, and 51% over 45% with mitt romney -- excuse me, barack obama beating mitt romney. and in florida, he is up with voters over 65, and if you take the romney plan and try to sell it in florida, it is a tough sell, right? >> well, that is why we saw paul ryan with his mother who is a medicare recipient. that is why it is so important. if mitt romney loses florida, he loses the election and right now cnn has eight toss-up states that we are looking at right now to determine who is going to win the election and mitt romney would have to sweep seven of the states if he loses florida, and that is why it is so crucial, and that is why we saw him down there this weekend and expect tens of millions of dollars in superpac ads to come into the country. >> jackie? >> well, it important to say where he went. the villages is a very republican community and a safe place to go the talk about this issue that could be, i mean, it depends who you talk to, but it was safe for republicans if you look at the ryan plan, but he is not talking tab ryan plan. he is essentially saying some of

mitt romney is the guy . add to that paul ryan who is not just popular in wisconsin but carried a district that is one of the most competitive. district, urban and suburban and rural and a microsasim and he won it. and jamesville is a blue collar union. he is beloved because he will take on the tough issues. heel do about l well in wisconsin. >> he won 7 time in a democratic district if you look at his record here. obama won in 200 andd he won ryan's district. so one in five people voted for obama then voted for ryan. >> no doubt about it. they like not only the fact he has big bold ideas, but he raises the decorum. he is a passionate believer in his ideas and does so in a way that is gentle and compassionate and voters in his district will like the fact that this guy cares about the issues and without demonizing the opponent . i am the president of the paul ryan fan club. i am more impressed with governor romney. he understands how to win and govern and courage to put someone great on the ticket like paul. t

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