mitt romney is cooperating with that. he may do the etch-a-sketch thing and may make his distance from paul ryan later, but it will be more difficult after the events of the past three or four days. >> well, it's interesting that mitt romney wears the ryan plan. he's endorsed it. president obama can't think of anything better because here's what he said of the ryan plan today. >> in this country broad based prosperity has never trickled down from the success of a wealthy few. it's always come from the success of a strong and growing middle class. >> and of course, he talks about the ryan plan as a trojan horse. politically james carville, is this good for the president? it seems that way, but will it be in two or three months? >> i think it will. i think agree with david. i think the president tipped his hand today. what i'm curious is is romney tipping his hand because ryan is very popular with the economic conservatives in the republican party, and he may feel that he needs to maybe help make him vice president. i don't

>> thanks to wolf, a huge night for mitt romney. have the republicans finally admitted he is their candidate? >>> president obama comes out swinging on primary day. >>> and plus, george zimmerman has shaken up husband defense team. let's go "outfront." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> "outfront" we have breaking news for you. mitt romney has pulled off a republican hat trick. he swept the maryland, washington, d.c. and wisconsin contest today. according to our math here he's got about 77 more delegates at least on his quest to the 1,144 needed to clinch the nomination. now, that means he's halfway there according to my math. about 57% of the delegates he need. tom foreman is here, hat trick, no small feat here. how did he do it? >> well, you know, a hat trick you have a bunch of hats thrown on the ice. what he's got is a big number change. look at this. that was the number coming into tonight. watch it tick over here. 648 now just as importantly, rick santorum's number did not move at all. i want to look at a little of how

i respect mitt romney. as i respect barack obama, the president of the united states and that's the end of the ranking and the questions that you will undoubtedly try again and again to draw me into. i have enough politics here. i don't want to get into american politics. >> i want to ask you one thing about though the iran issue and mitt romney. he wrote an op-ed in "the washington post" which i'm sure you saw. >> you don't stop, do you? you're very talented -- >> i'm paid to be relentless. >> go ahead. >> as is your job -- >> i'll be relentless. try and you'll get the same result. >> okay. he said that he would as pertains iran, press for ever-tightening sanction, buttress it with a military action and speak out on democracy. that sounds identical to barack obama. is that your perception that they'd have the same u.s. policy or not? >> you know, i'm not going to get into american politics. if you want to talk to me about the american policy, then i think the right policy is to make sure that iran doesn't

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a huge night for mitt romney. he swept all five northeast primaries and he's well on his way to becoming the official republican nominee for president. cnn contributor david frum joins us now. and tal shapir, research editor from american progress and editor-in-chief from think.org. well, the speech was called a better america begins tonight. it might as well be called the general election begins tomorrow. let's take a quick listen to one sound bite. >> to all of the thousands of good and decent americans i have met who want nothing more than a better chance, a fighting chance, to all of you i have a simple message. hold on a little longer. a better america begins tonight. >> it's still about the economy, and we're not stupid. >> now, that twisting of james carville's immortal line had to make you wince, but one of the messages of the speech throughout was that here's mitt romney riding to the rescue of those americans who are still feeling squeezed in the great recession. doesn't that message put democrats on def

does mitt romney have a chance? >>> how big was the secret service sex scandal really? former secret service agent out front, let's go. >>> and good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett outfront tonight. is breaking news, the senate voting on the buffet rule and failing tonight. mostly along party lines. senate democrats called for a vote on the so-called buffett rule today. it is one of the president's election year priorities. it calls for people who earn a million dollars in adjusted gross income to pay a minimum tax rate of 30%. now, the left-leaning group moveon.org was quick to jump into the debate. target number one for them, mitt romney. >> when the wealthiest 1% pay a fair tax rate like the rest of us, it keeps the american dream alive for everyone. so tell mitt romney, kittens are cute. 1% fat cats who won't pay their fair share? not so much. >> okay. we did the math, though, and the buffett rule doesn't add up to keeping the american dream alive. at least when it comes to raising the deficit. it would raise about $4.7 billion a year in revenue. one half of one

in all these fights, mitt romney stood with big oil, for their tax breaks. >> mitt romney says it's unfair and he fired back. >> obama attack machine has started. spending millions to sling mud or oil at mitt romney. why? because in the five states where obama is attacking romney, gas prices are roughly doubled, but obama's mud can't cover up his failed energy policies. >> who's the winner there? in that duelling ad war? >> i've got to say i think romney has a very strong case for a very simple reason. all of the tax breaks for the oil and gas industry amount to about $4.4 billion a year. if you get rid of the most important of them, the break for so-called intangible drilling costs, then natural gas prices will go up by about $11.5 billion for consumers. that is you get back $4.4 billion for the tax man and then consumers have to give up $11.5 billion. so it looks like a good deal. oh, we're attacking big oil. it's actually going to be sdp that hits the pocketbooks of every american who counts on natural gas. not only that, but also a lot of those states, the utica shale formation in ohio

and you know mitt romney. you worked with him at boston consulting group, am i -- >> with his, when i entered the boston consulting group 35 years ago, something like that he was i was a young recruit and he was lad star manager. looked the same. suspect that disturbing? i don't look the same. he looks the same. >> he has that kind of ken doll look, but -- >> always looks young. >> didn't see him many years and i met him many years later win the minister of finance and he was the governor of massachusetts and we have been in touch since. >> is he a friend of yours? do you like him? >> well, look, here's an answer that will -- should satisfy you. i respect mitt romney as i respect barack obama, the president of the united states. and that's the end of the ranking and the questions that you will undoubtedly try again and again to draw me into. i have enough politics here. i don't want to get into american politics. >> i want to ask you one thing though about the iran issue and mifrm he wrote an op ed in the "was

in all these fights, mitt romney stood with big oil, for their tax breaks. >> mitt romney says it's unfair and he fired back. >> obama attack machine has started. spending millions to sling mud or oil at mitt romney. why? because in the five states where obama is attacking romney, gas prices are roughly doubled, but obama's mud can't cover up his failed energy policies. >> who's the winner there? in that duelling ad war? >> i've got to say i think romney has a very strong case for a very simple reason. all of the tax breaks for the oil and gas industry amount to about $4.4 billion a year. if you get rid of the most important of them, the break for so-called intangible drilling costs, then natural gas prices will go up by about $11.5 billion for consumers. that is you get back $4.4 billion for the tax man and then consumers have to give up $11.5 billion. so it looks like a good deal. oh, we're attacking big oil. it's actually going to be something that hits the pocketbooks of every american who counts on natural gas. not only that, but also a lot of those states, the utica shale formation i

the big question, does mitt romney have a chance? >>> new details from the secret service sex scandal. how big was it really? former secret service agent outfront. let's go. >>> and good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett outfront tonight. the senate voting right now on the buffett rule. senate democrats called for a vote on the so-called buffett rule today. it is one of the president's election year priorities. it calls for people who earn a million dollars in adjusted gross income to pay a minimum tax rate of 30%. now, the left-leaning group moveon.org was chick to jump into the debate. target number one, mitt romney. >> when the wealthiest 1% pay a fair tax rate like the rest of us, it keeps the american dream alive for everyone. so tell mitt romney are cute. 1% fat cats that won't pay their fair share? not so much. >> okay. we did the math, though, and the buffett rule doesn't add up to keeping the american dream alive. it would raise about $4.7 billion a year in revenue. one-half of 1% of $901 million. that's the president's fo

so tell mitt romney, kittens are cute. 1% fat cats who won't pay their fair share? not so much. >> okay. we did the math, though, and the buffett rule doesn't add up to keeping the american dream alive. at least when it comes to raising the deficit. it would raise about $4.7 billion a year in revenue. one half of one percent of $901 billion. that's the president's forecasted budget deficit for 2013. already those who earn over $1 million in this country pay a greater share of the income tax burden than everyone earning under $75,000 combined according to the tax foundation. in 2009, the most recent data available, millionaires earn 10% of the income but pay 20% of income taxes. but, by the way, the republican talking points don't add up either. one of the main arguments against the buffett rule is that it would hurt small businesses, but only 1% of small business openers actually have enough income to qualify for the buffett rule. that's according to the treasury office of tax analysis. so overall here's the bottom line. 237,000 individual taxpayers in this country

honestly, it's a gift to mitt romney. president clinton for whom i used to work used to quote ben franklin saying we should thank our foes because they point out our flaws. the biggest flaw that santorum pointed out in romney is the inability to appeal to blue collar people. the reagan democrats who are the key to any republican party. romney has not been able to reach out to them. santorum has given plenty for the democrats to use against romney. week of april 15th santorum was killing romney on this issue. and frankly, we've got it all on videotape. you're likely to see it. >> you are saying that was also a gift for romney? i hear you laughing. john avlon, how is that a gift for romney? >> romney knows what he has to correct and still seems unable to do it. he is not a dumb man, mitt romney is a brilliant guy. he knows he can't get blue collar votes. rick santorum who lost his own state by 18 points even he was beating him among blue collar middle income and lower income republicans. how do you think romney is going to

>>> and mitt romney gets testy when questioned. >>> and 911 calls the night trayvon martin was shot and killed. a voice analysis tries to pinpoint who was screaming. let's go outfront." outfront tonight, 99%. that's the amount of canada's oil exports that come to america, according to the eia. today president obama met with his nafta pals, the leaders of canada and mexico, for a two-hour closed door meeting. but when they appeared in public, well, yeah, the president slapped felipe calderon on the back. the other guy off by himself, he's the leader of canada. this is how america's most special relationship is playing out because yes, sorry, britain, canada is the country that lights america's fires literally. canada is the number one supplier of black gold to america. but if you were hoping there would be special bonding, like watching a basketball game together and snarfing down hot dogs or your wives meeting and getting along famously, nope. lorene harper didn't even come. in fact the five-page joint statement after today's meeting was, well, let me put it this way, it mentioned the b

do you think mitt romney is going to embrace mr. cain talking about sort of interesting people who come out in support of you? there is that dog on the roof incident. maybe. >> i think mitt romney is really learning to develop the little muscles on either side of the smile line of his face to sort of freeze the expression of delight. i mean, that donald trump, herman cain, ted nugent, and you have to keep smiling and smiling with the knowledge that there is no controlling what these people are going to do in the next 20 minutes that will horribleably embarrass and humiliate you, and i think that this may not week where with the nomination locked up and mitt romney begins to exert discipline on a party that is very undisciplined the past three years. >> maybe, jamal, mitt romney will be seriously inspired by some of those ads, as ridiculous and outrageous as they are and if he had 1/100th of the bizarreness it would loosen him up and a little dancing maybe. >> i don't know if that's something we to want see just yet. i just saw kevin

right now mitt romney has some catching up to do. he's 40 percentage points behind president obama among latinos. what he hopes will help him is hitting the trail with marco rubio. what likely won't help are his tough words on immigration during the primary season, especially when it comes to the controversial arizona immigration law, which the supreme court will take on this week. romney called it a model for the nation. >> the right course for america is to drop these lawsuits against arizona and other states that are trying to do the job barack obama isn't doing. which -- and i will drop those lawsuits on day one. i'll also complete the fence. i'll make sure we have enough border patrol agents to secure the fence and i will make sure we have an e-verify system. >> among other things, the arizona law romney was talking about requires police officers to check the immigration status of any person detained in the state for any reason. it requires illegal immigrants to carry their registration papers at all times and it makes it a crim

they're criminals. >> obviously mitt romney talked fondly of meeting ted nugent. today he says he doesn't want to tolerate negative language. >> i think what hilary rosen said is probably not that bad. i would definitely say i would compare ted nugent to bill mar. what they say while it doesn't have a lot of impact necessarily in the political sphere it is coarse and vial and the kind of thing that most people don't want to hear out of people when they are talking about our national leaders. >> that's a fair point. no matter what your role is when you say something awful the person on your side should call it out as being unacceptable. >>> i want to tell you guys something. herman cain saying he newt gingh no longer has a shot. mr. cain has aspeared on the show a few times. he took his 9-9-9 plan seriously even when he sang songs about pizza. ♪ imagine there's no pizza ♪ i couldn't if i try ♪ eating only tacos or kentucky fried ♪ >> he has a really good voice. his campaign manager blew smoke and his staff launched a rabbit into the air and shot it. last we

no one doubts that mitt romney is a family man. the idea he would release campaign pictures of his house in la jolla i think just shows that he's out of touch with most americans. you know, i think abby is right. the bottom line is that ultimately americans are going to judge mitt romney by his plans. as you noted at the top of the segment, we've been talking about the buffet rule and romney's plan to actually cut taxes for the wealthy versus obama's plan to ensure middle income earners are paying a lorin come tax percentage than the wealthiest americans. when these pictures come out, when romney says things like i'll make rick perry a $10,000 bet, it just shows that he's out of touch with most americans on issues. >> i think there are some folks who say, look, it is who he is, he's not an ordinary guy, he needs to be authentic. we were talk at that and i want to throw these pictures up because you have iconic -- you know, john f. kennedy and some people are wondering is he trying to project a similar sort of kennediesque, you know

they're criminals. >> obviously mitt romney talked fondly of meeting ted nugent. today he says he doesn't want to tolerate negative language. >> i think what hilary rosen said is probably not that bad. i would definitely say i would compare ted nugent to bill mar. what they say while it doesn't have a lot of impact necessarily in the political sphere it is coarse and vial and the kind of thing that most people don't want to hear out of people when they are talking about our national leaders. >> that's a fair point. no matter what your role is when you say something awful the person on your side should call it out as being unacceptable. >>> i want to tell you guys something. herman cain saying newt gingrich no longer has a shot. mr. cain has aspeared on the show a few times. he took his 9-9-9 plan seriously even when he sang songs about pizza. ♪ imagine there's no pizza ♪ i couldn't if i try ♪ eating only tacos or kentucky fried ♪ >> he has a really good voice. his campaign manager blew smoke and his staff launched a rabbit into the air and shot it. last we

there was no one to defend mitt romney from one crack pot making a slur about his religion. we'll have a conversation about the mormon faith but we can do it without empowering religious bigots who show up at campaign rallies to try to throw a live grenade -- >> well, ryan, it's also -- i forgot who it was, i think it was tom who did an analysis in the new york times once, about the koran versus the bible in terms of which has more hateful lines in it. according to that analysis, it was the bible. my point is all of these books have some pretty hateful things in them. >> i think that's fair to say. and the people who are most deeply skeptical of mormonism tend to be people who are the republican side of the spectrum. so i think as we get into a general election, we're going to hear about this much less than more. >> how will the obama campaign deal with this? i would imagine they don't really want to talk about religion either, but sometimes it becomes something you can't avoid. >> i hope this is not evidence of where we're going on this campaign. people are hurting, the nat

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and mitt romney has a terrific plan. obama has failed miserably on this, turning the economy around, getting people back to work. men and women, all of us, americans, coming together again and let's see that we have a country that can thrive under a romney presidency. >> i'm okay. that's the debate we ought to be having. >> i couldn't agree more. >> hilary rosen, appreciate it. bay buchanan, thank you very much. >>> north korea fired a rocket tonight, there are reports that the test failed. the latest just ahead. hey, did you ever finish last month's invoices? sadly, no. oh. but i did pick up your dry cleaning and had your shoes shined. well, i made you a reservation at the sushi place around the corner. well, in that case, i better get back to these invoices... which i'll do right after making your favorite pancakes. you know what? i'm going to tidy up your side of the office. i can't hear you because i'm also making you a smoothie. [ male announcer ] marriott hotels & resorts knows it's better for xerox to automate the

it seemed as though mitt romney was improving his stance. i think you are going to see a general refocusing on the message. >> let's talk about the message. when you look at the numbers, the washington post poll and president obama does well when it comes to women but when you look at jobs and the economy it is neck and neck. obama at 43%, romney 47%. how is romney, it is a little bit of a lead but not enough. >> absolutely and the other issue is that recently third way released a survey as they referred to as swing independents. these voters favor obama slightly over romney. they are actually much more responsive to an opportunity oriented economic message than a fairness oriented economic message. with the president focusing on the buft rule -- it is not necessarily true that romney is going to press an opportunity oriented message but if you manage to figure that out it suggests that he might learn from santorum by appealing more blue collar voters then he has a real advantage. >> there is someone out there who would like to get the voter

and mitt romney has a terrific plan. obama has failed miserably on this, turning the economy around, getting people back to work. men and women, all of us, americans, coming together again and let's see that we have a country that can thrive under a romney presidency. >> i'm okay. that's the debate we ought to be having. >> i couldn't agree more. >> hilary rosen, appreciate it. bay buchanan, thank you very much. >>> north korea fired a rocket tonight, there are reports that the test failed. the latest just ahead. fore! no matter what small business you are in, managing expenses seems to... get in the way. not anymore. ink, the small business card from chase introduces jot an on-the-go expense app made exclusively for ink customers. custom categorize your expenses anywhere. save time and get back to what you love. the latest innovation. only for ink customers. learn more at chase.com/ink got the mirrors all adjusted? you can see everything ok? just stay off the freeways, all right? i don't want you going out on those yet.