joe biden is ready, barack obama is ready. i'm ready. you're ready. thank you. god bless america. >> woodruff: not an empty seat in the house in the time warner cable arena here in charlotte, north carolina. as massachusetts candidate elizabeth warren finishes her remarks to the delegates you can see them standing, cheering, waving. waving signs, we are getting close to the moment when former president bill clinton will speak. right now we're going to hear from the chair of the convention, the mayor of los angeles, antonio villaraigaso. >> pursuant to our nominating rules, only one candidate is qualified to be the nominee of our party for president of the united states. our next speaker will place before you that nomination. ♪ >> unemployment in june was the highest in march of 1984 -- >> u.s. economy has been in a resection. >> ten million americans still officially unemployed. >> there is nothing wrong with america that cannot be cured by what is right with america. we believe that in -- we have got to go beyond the brain dead politics in washington and give

biden. [ applause ] if you want america, if you want every american to vote and you think it is wrong to change voting procedures -- just to reduce the turn out of younger minority and disabled supporters you should support barack obama. [ applause ] if you think the president was right to open the doors of american opportunity to all those young immigrants brought here when they were young so they can serve in the military or go to college, you must vote for barack obama. [ applause ] if you want a future of shared prosperity with the middle class and poverty declining where the american dream is really alive and well again, and where the united states maintains its leadership as a force for peace and justice and prosperity in this highly competitive world, you have to vote for barack obama. [ applause ] i love our country so much. and i know we're coming back, for more than 200 years through every crisis we've always come back. people have predicted our demise ever since george washington

." >> but the way they fix this-- and, again, this is all new information-- it was joe biden, the vice president, who in the west wing they called biden the mcconnell whisperer. mcconnell is the senate minority leader, runs the senate republicans which are... >> rose: so biden can whisper in his ear? >> whisper and had a relationship going back decades where they could work deals where... which was essentially predicated on "i know i'm not going to get all my way or you're not going to get all your way, one for you; one for me." and in this case they agreed to take the debt limit beyond the election which was critical for obama and what did mcconnell get out of it? the guarantee there would be no tax increases from the deal. and they worked it out in a phone call and that kind of relationship, that kind of ability to whisper or cajole or make a deal, one for you; one for me works and sometimes you have to do it. biden again was the one who was brought in to work a deal to extend the bush tax cuts in 2010 worked it out with mcconnell. >> rose: wasn't there a conversation between joe bid

." >> but the way they fix this-- and, again, this is all new information-- it was joe biden, the vice president, who in the west wing they called biden the mcconnell whisperer. mcconnell is the senate minority leader, runs the senate republicans which are... >> rose: so biden can whisper in his ear? >> whisper and had a relationship going back decades where they could work deals where... whi was essentially predicated on "i know i'm not going to get all my way or you're not going to get all your way, one for you; one for me." and in this case they agreed to take the debt limit beyond the election which was critical for obama and what did mcconnell get out of it? the guarantee there would be no tax increases from the deal. and they worked it out in a phone call and that kind of relationship, that kind of abili to whisper or cajole or make a deal, one for you; one for me works and sometimes you have to do it. biden again was the one who was brought in to work a deal to extend the bush tax cuts in 2010 worked it out with mcconnell. >> rose: wasn't there a conversation between joe biden a

biden. that's pure bill clinton. is it fair in your judgment to the argument made by the the republicans and mitt romney that they want a society which is winner take all rather than shared prosperity and shared responsibility because one of the arguments that came out of that convention was a sense ever community? >> i think if you look at the policies that the romney-ryan ticket has supported, it is. >> winner take all? >> a policy that doesn't leave a lot for people on their way up. it's very hard on students starting in preschool and elementary school going to college. where is the support that all of us got when we were getting our chance? we're going to deny that to the next generation? it's not fair to senior citizens, medicare into a voucher program. that's not the right thing. we go back to where we were in 1964. >> that's not 4 currency years. >> the idea that there's this magic line when before people can't afford it, the day after they can afford it, i don't buy that. i don't thi

and david axelrod was against it and joe biden thought they should not go ahead with this. and so to me this is a mark of obama's greatness, and i don't use that word lightly. so i am very critical of him in some areas, and his negotiating skills leave a lot to be desired and a lot of tactical mistakes, but, charlie, this is something the progressives in the united states have been trying to achieve since the progressive party bull moose party platform of 1912, 100 years, seven presidents tried, including some publicans, none succeeded until barack obama. and i asked the president, your advisors were against this, why did you do it? and he said, well i told nancy pelle city i may not get re-elected if i did this and so i repeated the question, why did you do it. >> if we didn't do it now it wouldn't have happened and to me that is the mark of a president who is showing leadership. you might not like it. >> rose: yes. >> but it is leadership. >> rose: i would say the following, john, i hear you and i know all of that, i have heard that conversation, i believe with a that eve

biden. [ applause ] if you want america, if you want every american to vote and you think it is wrong to change voting procedures -- just to reduce the turn out of younger minority and disabled supporters you should support barack obama. [ applause ] if you think the president was right to open the doors of american opportunity to all those young immigrants brought here when they were young so they can serve in the military or go to college, you must vote for barack obama. [ applause ] if you want a future of shared prosperity with the middle class and poverty declining where the american dream is really alive and well again, and where the united states maintains its leadership as a force for peace and justice and prosperity in this highly competitive world, you have to vote for barack obama. [ applause ] i love our country so much. and i know we're coming back, for more than 200 years through every crisis we've always come back. people have predicted our demise ever since george washington was criticized for being a mediocre surveyor with a bad set of wooden false teeth. and so far e

the convention concludes on thursday with vice president joe biden and finally the president and his acceptance speech. joining me now in charlotte, mark halperin, the editor at large for "time" magazine. >> welcome. i need to introduce to you-- i need not introduce to you this program and this audience but it is a good way to start, you know. tell me what ought to come out of this convention? what should the democrats hope to accomplish in the same way the republicans hope to do two things, one is to define the good things and the likable things about mitt romney and at the same time, suggest to those democrats who like barack obama but might be willing to change why they should change. >> i think from talk together democrats, both those working for the president and other smart democrats i think there is three broad things. one is to put the frame on mitt romney, the negative frame on him in a way that does not seem mean-spirited, that does not seem challengeable in the facts. just to sort of say this is what mitt romney is all about. because they must do that. they've done a prett

and david axelrod was against it and joe biden thought they should not go ahead with this. and so to me this is a mark of obama's greatness, and i don't use that word lightly. so i am very critical of him in some areas, and his negotiating skills leave a lot to be desired and a lot of tactical mistakes, but, charlie, this is something the progressives in the united states have been trying to achieve since the progressive party bull moose party platform of 1912, 100 years, seven presidents tried, including some republicans, none succeeded until barack obama. and i asked the president, your advisors were against this, why did you do it? and he said, well i told nancy pelle city i may not get re-elected if i did this and so i repeated the question, why did you do it. >> if we didn't do it now it wouldn't have happened and to me that is the mark of a president who is showing leadership. you might not like it. >> rose: yes. >> but it is leadership. >> rose: i would say the following, john, i hear you and i know all of that, i have heard that conversation, i believe with a that e

the convention concludes on thursday with vice president joe biden and finally the president and his acceptance speech. joining me now in charlotte, mark halperin, the editor at large for "time" magazine. >> welcome. i need to introduce to you-- i need not introduce to you this program and this audience but it is a good way to start, you know. tell me what ought to come out of this convention? what should the democrats hope to accomplish in the same way the republicans hope to do two things, on todefi the goodhin and he likable things about mitt romney and at the same time, suggest to those democrats who like barack obama but might be willing to change why they should change. >> i think from talk together democrats, both those working for the president and other smart democrats i think there is three broad things. one is to put the frame on mitt romney, the negative frame on him in a way that does not seem mean-spirited, that does not seem challengeable in the facts. just to sort of say this is what mitt romney is all about. because they must do that. they've done a pretty good job.

and david axelrod was against it and joe biden thought they should not go ahead with this. and so to me this is a mark of obama's greatness, and i don't usehatword lightly. so i am very critical of him in some areas, and his negotiating skills leave a lot to be desired and a lot of tactical mistakes, but, charlie, this is something the progressives in the united states have been trying to achieve since the progressive party bull moose party platform of 1912, 100 years, seven presidents tried, including some republicans, none succeeded until barack obama. and i asked the president, your advisors were against this, why did you do it? and he said, well i told nancy pelle cy i may not get re-elected if i did this and so i repeated the question, why did you do it. >> if we didn't do it now it wouldn't have happened and to me that is the mark of a president who is showing leadership. you might not like it. >> rose: yes. >> but it is leadership. >> rose: i would say the following, john, i hear you and i know all of that, i have heard that conversation, i believe with a that even t