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joining me now is former governor of ohio, ted strickland. he's also one of the co-chairs of the obama re-election campaign. and joan walsh, editor-at-large, with salon.com. and an msnbc political analyst. she's also the author of a great new book coming out next week. thank you, both, for being here tonight. >> thank you. >> governor struck land, all over the place for medicare. what do you make of this chaos going on in the romney camp? >> well, reverend, mitt romney has said that if he were president, he would sign the ryan budget into law. that makes the ryan budget the ryan/romney budget. i don't know how this -- this candidate can distance himself from the man he's just so recently chosen to be his running mate. it is a devastating plan. the catholic bishops said it was immortal and said that -- the -- ryan budget would hurt hungry children, poor families, and vulnerable citizens. so they have to live with the decisions they have made and it is the romney/ryan budget and i see no way that mitt romney can ever separate himself from all o

former ohio governor ted strickland has the latest. >> and the president comes out for renewing the assault weapons ban in the wake of the massacre in wisconsin. mark of the southern poverty law center says his group has been tracking the alleged white spremmest for ten years. mark joins me tonight. >>> good to have you with us. thanks for watching. good to be back with you. republicans have a new public enemy number one and his name is harry reid. the senate majority leader started a firestorm in washington last week when he said he had a source that told him mitt romney didn't pay any taxes for ten years. the chairman of the republican party kept the fire burning on the talking heads. >> i'm not going to respond to a dirty liar who hasn't filed a single page of tax returns himself, complains about people with money but lives in the ritz-carlton here down the street. if that's on the agenda, i'm not going to go there. >> across the airwaves, republicans could not contain their outrage over what harry reid said. >> what he did on the floor of the senate is so out of bounds, i think he's lyi

former ohio governor ted strickland who is a co-chair of president obama' recollection re-election effort joins us on this next. >>> your right to vote and who is trying to stop you from having that right to exercise anymore is coming up next. >>> we're not 7-eleven, we can't stay open 24/7 and let anyone vote by any rule that they want to. we have standards. the debate about voting this year in the state of ohio continues mostly with the republicans' effort to cut off the last three days of early voting. but what no one in power in ohio has yet answered for is the republican effort in ohio to allow people to vote early on nights and weekends. in republican leaning counties, but to not make the night and weekend early voting hours available for voters in democratic counties. joining us now for an interview is former ohio governor ted strickland, who is co chair of obama's re-election effort. governor strickland, thank you for being here. i appreciate your time. >> good to be with you, rachel. i'm happy to talk about this issue. it's very important to my state. >> in ohio, obviously, when

joining me now, pennsylvania state senator vincent hughes and former ohio governor ted strickland. senator hughes, what is the latest status of the case, the trial in pennsylvania? >> well, lawrence, thank you for giving me the opportunity to be with you. essentially, things kind of wrapped up today. the judge is predicting, i believe, the week of august 13th to render a decision. what we know so far, and everything that we followed in the proceedings is that it hasn't gone very well for the state, capped off by the secretary of state's comments that you just referred to. there's been some very compelling testimony from anecdotal stories, especially by those individuals who filed the suit, miss applewhite, miss gonzalez, miss lee talking about all kinds of issues that they've had to go through with respect to trying to get their identification. and we need to be clear, this is -- this law is simply a voter suppression move. it is a return to a poll tax. it is partisan in nature, but it is absolutely a return to a poll tax. people are having to spend hundreds of dollars to try to lo

joining me now, pennsylvania state senator, vincent hughes and former ohio governor, ted strickland. senator hughes, what is the latest status of the case, the trial in pennsylvania? >> well, lawrence, thank you for giving me the opportunity to be with you. essentially, things kind of wrapped up today. the judge is predicting, i believe, the week of august 13th, to render a decision. what we know so far, and everything that we followed in the proceedings is that it hasn't gone very well for the state, capped off by the secretary of state's comments that you just referred to. there's been some very compelling testimony from anecdotal stories, especially by those individuals who filed the suit. miss applewhite, miss gonzalez, miss lee talking about all kinds of issues that they've had to go through with respect to trying to get their identification. and we need to be clear, this is -- this law is simply a voter suppression move. it is a return to a poll tax. it is partisan in nature, but it is absolutely a return to a poll tax. people are having to spent hundreds of dollars to try to l

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with me is ted strickland and barry horstman. thank you governor, it's great to have you on governor strickland. the republicans are so flagrant here. so flagrant to first of all try to shut down only democratic counties where people are going to vote for president obama. and then to win so far in saying yeah you can vote by paper absentee ballot but that's sort of a republican way of voting. you're not going to vote the way democrats generally like to vote. which is at the polls before election day. you've got something like 90,000 people that voted last time around the weekend before the election. your thoughts. >> well, they have no shame, chris. and across the country this is happening. what's happening in ohio is not as bad in my judgment as what's happening in pennsylvania and florida and some other states. the secretary of state to reverse his course and to bring uniformity to the voting hours. but this year, still, ohioans will have fewer opportunities to vote than we had four years ago, and chris, what's the difference b

ted strickland, barry horstman. >>> when we return, let me finish with the awkward blind date mitt romney found himself in with paul ryan. he didn't know what this was about until he got into it. >>> "let me finish" tonight with this. think about a blind date. remember them? it's when you go out on a potentially romantic evening with someone you never met before but somebody who trust says you'd click. poor mitt romney has the look of someone stuck on one such blind date. he's trying to say it's all going smoothly with paul ryan. they like the same restaurant. they both laughed at the same time at the movie, but there seems to be something wrong here, don't you think, this date of his is deadly serious about things seems stubbornly committed to what's important. that's paul ryan. turns out he couldn't be less like mitt romney. he wants to play the field, mitt does he's not that serious about getting serious. his blind date on the other hand is deadly serious, why he went on this date in the first place to find someone who looks at things the way he does. if this thing we're all watching,

and here in the studio, the former governor of ohio, ted strickland. governor mcdonnell, i want to start with you, because i think both sides in this campaign, strategists for both of these campaigns have told me that virginia may well be the closest of all. it may turn out to be the one that decides who's going to win this election. so let me just ask you, where do you think the race is now in virginia? >> bob, i think it's probably a dead heat right now, but that's a long way mitt romney's come in the last four months when he was down by eight points. but since he captured the nomination and the grass roots has organized on the ground, the enthusiasm gap clearly on the republican side. but i think most importantly, while it's a dead heat right now, the momentum is going to continue to go for mitt romney because people are realizing this is a very serious election. it's about jobs and the economy. it's about debt and deficits. it's about who's got the vision and the leadership for the future of america. and when your unemployment rate is 4.-- or 8.8%

rahm emmanuel, senator john kerry of massachusetts, tim , and, martin o'malley ted strickland. the republican convention is just a week away. starting at 2:15 eastern, c-span will have live coverage of the platform committee meeting being held in tampa. c-span will have live coverage of the town hall meeting in manchester at 10:35 this morning. president obama also campaigned in new hampshire over the weekend. this happened here had wyndham high school. ♪ [cheers and applause] >> thank you. it is good to be back. [cheers] it is good to be back in new hampshire. first of all, thank you for being here. i know it is a little bit warmer. [laughter] >> i love you. >> i love you back. end youre standing, then yo knees a little bit. we usually see some folks dropping out a little bit. [laughter] feel free to sit down and relax. i want everybody to give a big round of applause. talbot. [cheers and applause] not only for the great introduction, but for being an outstanding teacher. i love teachers. [cheers and applause] love them. two other people i want to acknowledge annie custer. [

a couple of other people, your former governor ted strickland is here. give him a big round of applause, and although he couldn't be here because he's got -- i just want to tell you that you could not have a stronger advocate than your hometown boy, the united states senator from ohio, sharon brown. [applause] >> we love you! >> i love you back. [applause] and i want to thank all the team leaders here working so hard on this campaign. finally, i just think it makes sense for us to give it up for all of our outstanding american athletes competing in london right now. competing in london right now. i would like to congratulate michael phelps. the most medals we have ever seen. i had a chance to congratulate the women's gymnastics team. when i am watching -- when people run track, i understand. i know how to run. they are just much faster. i know how to swim. they just swell much better than i do. these gymnastics folks -- i do not understand how they do what they do. i told these young ladies as i was congratulating them, how do not want your head every ti

. >> reporter: a top surrogate for the president, ted strickland tried to shift the focus. charging without evidence there is something in romney's tax returns that would be a deal breaker for the american people. >> we may have paid no taxes at all in some years. but we don't have any way to know for sure. >> reporter: the romney camp believes the tax issue is the distraction from the biggest story of the week, job reports coming friday and may play a big role shaping the rest of the presidential campaign. >> bret: ed henry travelling with the president tonight. economic news tonight. construction spending was up .4 of a percentage point in june. that is the third straight gain. manufacturing shrank for the second straight month in july. dow lost 32.5. s&p 500 dropped 4. the nasdaq fell 19. there are red faces in the red state of texas. after a monumental political upset. chief washington correspondent james rosen on a republican candidate at one point registering 2% in the polls. >> wow! we did it. [ cheers & applause ] >> cruz, the former general solicitor of texas, now

. , and former democratic governors ted strickland of ohio and ed rendell of pennsylvania. for analysis, we'll hear from michael crowley of "time" magazine, bloomberg white house correspondent julianna goldman, and our own jan crawford and nancy cordes. we'll close with a rare interview with sandra day o'connor. long retired from the supreme court but still making a difference because this is "face the nation."

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former ohio governor ted strickland has the latest. >> and the president comes out for renewing the assault weapons ban in the wake of the massacre in wisconsin. mark potok of the southern poverty law center says his group has been tracking the alleged white supremacist for ten years. mark potok joins me tonight. >>> good to have you with us. thanks for watching. good to be back with you. republicans have a new public enemy number one and his name is harry reid. the senate majority leader started a firestorm in washington last week when he said he had a source that told him that mitt romney didn't pay any taxes for ten years. the chairman of the republican party kept the fire burning on the talking heads. >> i'm not going to respond to a dirty liar who hasn't filed a single page of tax returns himself, complains about people with money but lives in the ritz-carlton here down the street. so if that's on the agenda, i'm not going to go there. >> across the airwaves, republicans could not contain their outrage over what harry reid said. >> what he did on the floor of the senate is so out of bo

former ohio governor ted strickland has the latest. >> and the president comes out for renewing the assault weapons ban in the wake of the massacre in wisconsin. mark of the southern poverty law center says his group has been tracking the alleged white spremmest for ten years. mark joins me tonight. >>> good to have you with us. thanks for watching. good to be back with you. republicans have a new public enemy number one and his name is harry reid. the senate majority leader started a firestorm in washington last week when he said he had a source that told him mitt romney didn't pay any taxes for ten years. the chairman of the republican party kept the fire burning on the talking heads. >> i'm not going to respond to a dirty liar who hasn't filed a single page of tax returns himself, complains about people with money but lives in the ritz-carlton here down the street. if that's on the agenda, i'm not going to go there. >> across the airwaves, republicans could not contain their outrage over what harry reid said. >> what he did on the floor of the senate is so out of bounds, i think he's lyi

former ohio governor ted strickland has the latest. >> and the president comes out for renewing the assault weapons ban in the wake of the massacre in wisconsin. mark potok of the southern poverty law center says his group has been tracking the alleged white supremacist for ten years. mark joins me tonight. >>> good to have you with us. thanks for watching. good to be back with you. republicans have a new public enemy number one and his name is harry reid. the senate majority leader started a firestorm in washington last week when he said he had a source that told him mitt romney didn't pay any taxes for ten years. the chairman of the republican party kept the fire burning on the talking heads. >> i'm not going to respond to a dirty liar who hasn't filed a single page of tax ret

. >> and i am ted strickland, former governor of ohio. it is my pleasure to serve with such remarkable people, and i am certain that your expertise will be invaluable as we proceed with this important task. there are members who were not able to join us today. tony coelho, governor patrick -- governor deval patrick, the chair of the 2008 platform committee, and we know that the governor is a leading voice for making the country better place to live, work, and raise a family. then there is congressman barney frank, who was unable to join us at this time, congressman frank will be able to join us later today. also seated with us are three individuals giving staff support throughout this weekend. you have heard from them, andrew in, and patrice taylore. patrice is the director of the dnc office a party affairs and delegate selection. also joining us is a very important person, and i will depend on our parliamentarians, mcfaddene, who will help us as we negotiate our way to this platform. the purpose of this hearing is to solicit testimony fr

ted strickland further went on it say not only are you getting a pig in a poke where romney is on coal, but also when it comes to social security, medicare, and a whole host of other things. interestingly, one of the obama union allies in 2008 was the united mine workers of america. they endorsed obama for president. this go around, they decided not to endorse any candidate at all. something of a bit of a protest about epa regulations and the perception that mine workers have about the obama administration's feelings about the coal industry. back to you in new york. >> gretchen: steve brown live in ohio. thanks very much. it's a test of mind, body and spirit for the eight celebrities tackling the military style missions for the nbc reality show "stars earn stripes." take a look. >> lela ali, we have reached the drop zone. dismount in three, two, one. drop! >> my god, i am in this right now. this is not a joke. i know there is a chance i could die. >> i really wanted to get to that boat and the longer you stay in the water, the more tired you're going to become. >> gretchen: wow. one of

i am helping to draft the platform. >> ted strickland, former member of congress and governor of the great state of ohio. thank you, all. it has come to the time where we are going to review the draft of the platform. we are fortunate to have karen with us. karen drafted the 2008 platform. she was principle author and is doing the same for the 2012 platform. karen is well versed in the extensive range of policy issues that are central to our democratic party. the draft that she had prepared it is a starting point for us and i would like to proceed today by asking karen to give us an overview of the draft for our discussion. before karen does that, does anyone have any questions? thank you. karen, we would ask if you would at this time lead us through the platform. >> thank you, governor. it is nice for you to say that this is a draft i prepared, but this has really been assembled by input from committee members and will reflect the testimony that we heard over the last two days from the witnesses assembled for us. to get started, i thought what we might do is hear from kristin young

. >> and i am ted strickland, former governor of ohio. it is my pleasure to serve with such remarkable people, and i am certain that your expertise will be invaluable as we proceed with this important task. there are members who were not able to join us today. tony coelho, governor patrick -- governor deval patrick, the chair of the 2008 platform committee, and we know that the governor is a leading voice for making the country better place to live, work, and raise a family. then there is congressman barney frank, who was unable to join us at this time, congressman frank will be able to join us later today. also seated with us are three individuals giving staff support throughout this weekend. you have heard from them, andrew in, and patrice taylore. patrice is the director of the dnc office a party affairs and delegate selection. also joining us is a very important person, and i will depend on our parliamentarians, mcfaddene, who will help us as we negotiate our way to this platform. the purpose of this hearing is to solicit testimony fr

ted strickland chaired the committee. this is just under 5.5 hours. >> as one of president obama's most enthusiastic supporters, and he continues to help, on behalf of this committee, we want to thank for the wonderful hospitality we have enjoyed in your city. will we decided on minneapolis, you rolled out the red carpet and has shown us every consideration. we thank you for that. >> thank you. we are thrilled to have you. we are delighted to have you here. the only regret i have is that you have a fantastic view of one of the greatest cities in the world and the curtains are pulled. i hope you'll take a look at the city. our chain of lakes is to the right. the mississippi is to the left. we are very proud. you are in a city of hubert humphrey or he was the mayor region where he was the mayor. this makes intensive policy very seriously. this is also the city of michele bachmann which shows we have a sense of humor. then there is jesse ventura. this is a community that deeply values the work you are doing. you may know min

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. >> ted strickland, former governor of the great state of ohio. thank you, all. it has come to the time where we aren't going to draft platform. we are fortunate to have karen with us. karen drafted the 2008 platform. she was the principal author and is doing the same for the 2012 platform. karen is well versed in the extensive range of policy issues that are central to our democratic party. the draft that she had prepared it is a starting point for us and i would like to proceed today by asking karen to give us an overview of the draft for our discussion. before karen does that, does anyone have any questions? thank you. karen, we would ask if you would at this time lead us through the platform. >> thank you, governor. it is nice for you to say that this is a draft i prepared, but this has really been assembled by input from committee members and will reflect the testimony that we heard over the last two days from the witnesses assembled for us. to get started, i thought what we might do is hear from kristin young from the campaign to tell us more about some of

today at an obama event we have the former governor of ohio, ted strickland, saying this. >> think of this, my friends. mitt romney pays a lower tax rate than millions of middle class workers. and he may, he may have paid no taxes at all in some years, but we don't have any way to know for sure. because mitt romney unlike his father, refuses to release his income tax returns. >> so, donna, it soundso me when you add that up with senator reid's statement yesterday, the democrats are trying to smokeout mitt romney on his tax returns. >> i don't think the democrats are alone. if you read some of the leading editorials across the country, including "the washington post" and other significant newspapers, they're also saying, mr. romney, please show us your returns. this is not unheard of. as you know, this is something that most presidential candidates, nominees, have done since the early 1960s. i think mitt romney should follow his father's example and end this speculation and release his tax returns. he told abc news over the weekend that he would release more of his previous returns. i

>> you know -- >> ted strickland, former governor of ohio. >> democratic governor, as partisan as you'll find, was asked on shows yesterday, what do you think of portman as a pick, had mild criticism but said he's a really nice guy, be a strong pick. democrats will have trouble criticizing the portman pick. i don't think romney wants a pick where there's a big national debate. a pick where people said you made a smart choice, competent choice, responsible choice, and now let's go back to talking about the economy. >> one thing i would always say to people that would come to me and say what do you -- what's your argument -- how do i win my campaign? i'm like, dude, it's all about contrast. how are you different from the other guy and for me i was very young, guys i was -- i was running against in the '50s and '60s i was all the youth and maybe sure everybody knew i was 20 years younger. in this case with romney, don't go for this exciting pick. and i'm dead serious. rob portman is not the most exciting guy in the world, but what a great contrast to say, listen, we tried the rock star thin

are outstanding for a governor, ted strickland is here. give him a big round of applause. [applause] and although he could be here because he's got to go, i just want to tell you that you could not have a stronger advocate than your hometown boy, the united states senator from ohio, sharad round -- sherrod brown. [cheers and applause] have you back. i like to thank all the neighborhood team leaders are working so hard on this campaign. finally, i think it makes sense for us to give it up for all of our outstanding american athletes who are competing in london right now. [cheers and applause] i want to congratulate michael phelps. most medals ever seen. i had a chance on the way over to call a women's gymnastic team [applause] i have to tell you, when i'm watching, you know, when people run track, i understand -- i know how to run, that is much faster. and i know how to swim, they just went much better than i do. these gymnastic folks, i don't understand how they do what they do. so i told these young ladies as i was congratulating them, how do you not bust your head every

today at an obama event we have the former governor of ohio, ted strickland, saying this. >> think of this, my friends. mitt romney pays a lower tax rate than millions of middle class workers. and he may, he may have paid no taxes at all in some years, but we don't have any way to know for sure. because mitt romney unlike his father, refuses to release his income tax returns. >> so, donna, it sounds to me when you add that up with senator reid's statement yesterday, the democrats are trying to smokeout mitt romney on his tax returns. >> i don't think the democrats are alone. if you read some of the leading editorials across the country, including "the washington post" and other significant newspapers, they're also saying, mr. romney, please show us your returns. this is not unheard of. as you know, this is something that most presidential candidates, nominees, have done since the early 1960s. i think mitt romney should follow his father's example and end this speculation and release his tax returns. he told abc news over the weekend that he would release more of his previous returns.

. >> ted strickland, former governor of the great state of ohio. thank you, all. it has come to the time where we aren't going to draft platform. we are fortunate to have karen with us. karen drafted the 2008 platform. she was the principal author and is doing the same for the 2012 platform. karen is well versed in the extensive range of policy issues that are central to our democratic party. the draft that she had prepared it is a starting point for us and i would like to proceed today by asking karen to give us an overview of the draft for our discussion. before karen does that, does anyone have any questions? thank you. karen, we would ask if you would at this time lead us through the platform. >> thank you, governor. it is nice for you to say that this is a draft i prepared, but this has really been assembled by input from committee members and will reflect the testimony that we heard over the last two days from the witnesses assembled for us. to get started, i thought what we might do is hear from kristin young from the campaign to tell us more about some of

ted strickland. >> on a road to the white house coverage will continue with president obama attending a campaign rally in nv 0. he will be in reno speaking at meadows community college. piquancy that live at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span -- you can see that live at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> now i look at will tensions over oil exports pared will also hear from regard to members of the state department. it is hosted by the middle east institute. >> good morning, everybody. good morning. it is already 3:00. i'm the vice president of the middle east in situ. thank you for joining us for a panel on iraq and the oil sector. i want to thank our very distinguished panelists for taking time off from their very busy work schedules are relaxing vacation time to share with us their insights on iraq. today's event is the third in a series of panels on iraq. neighbors. check this out on youtube. coming up will be looking at iraq's relationship with iran and turkey and also examining the domestic political situation in iraq. i want to think shelf for the sponsorship of this series, an

the committee is chaired by former ohio governor ted strickland. they met for three days last month in min annapolis, and you can -- minneapolis, and you can watch that meeting tonight at 8 on c-span. >> in the weeks ahead, the political parties are holding their platform hearings with democrats voting this weekend on their final platform recommendations in detroit. later this month republicans start their platform process at their tampa convention site. c-span's coverage of the party conventions begins august 10th with the reform party in philadelphia followed by live gavel-to-gavel coverage of the republican national convention beginning monday, august 27th, from tampa, and the democratic national convention from charlotte, north carolina, starting monday, september 3rd. >> we'll be covering more of the department of education's bullying conference throughout the day today. while we wait for the group to come back from break, here's some of this mornins session. ♪ ♪ [applause] >> hey, good morning, everyone. >> good morning. >> how y'all doin