romney didn't. finally, governor romney also did not confront the far left fanatics to demonize them and let me give you a perfect example. "the washington post" editorialized last week, that i, your humble correspondent, served up a bigoted commentary on election night, quote, a couple of hours before president obama was declared the vick toy bill o'reilly offered his explanation why mitt romney was about to lose because it's a changing country it's not a traditional america anymore. in case anyone might be confused about the meaning of traditional, he elaborated, white establishment is now minority. in other words, the problem was too many voters of color. how vile. how vile. in other words, you pinheads have no right to lie about me by putting fabricated words in my mouth. that's not what i said. you disgrace the journalism industry. you seek to demonize anyone who disagrees with your far left view. am i being clear enough? the white establishment no longer dominates the political field in americ

romney destroyed rick perry on that issue. but it was in the rhetoric he deployed there that i think he sealed his fate in the general election with latinos who he got blown out in and provided a huge margin in a lot of the swing states. >> great point. my choice is, of course, the anonymous videographer who captured the 47% tape, which is why we happen to have that tape. >> i was going to say you guys worked that out. >> why it happened to be ready. now, the best move of 2012. what was the best move of 2012? >> this is really hard because some part of me is a political junkie, thinks it's the most incendiary crazy thing. for that i would give it to mitt romney to moving across the stage and grabbing rick perry on the shoulder, physical debate style that he had that revealed him to be kind of crazy and not driven by the same things that most humans a s ars are driven competitive workforce bot. i think at the end of the day, it has to be -- we keep going back to the 47% video. i was waiting to hold it for another category. >> y

it was a pretty good day for mitt romney. the president's listless performance in that first presidential debate which he says caused me to have a stroke averwards. here's part of his closing argument, if you want to call it that, an argument. >> you know, four years ago i said that i'm not a perfect man and i wouldn't be a perfect president. but i also promised that i'd fight every single day on behalf of the american people and all of those struggling to get in the middle class. if you vote for me, i'm promise i'll fight just as hard in the second term. >> i think a lot of it had to do with how he feels personally about mitt romney. the idea that he was just on the stage with him was beneath him. this guy was someplace else. yeah, yeah, it was his anniversary. politically, he was thinking why am i dealing with tier 2. and it showed. >> right before it, we saw a democrat facing a really tough situation along with a pretty popular governor of new jersey. here he is with the press conference with the new jersey governor, chris

are you a french-canadian origin president romney said. no, i am not the prime minister replied, but i am canadian. the states out of michigan is the petoskey said the president had. been funding a gentleman standing a few feet away, he asked are you a? now, and david cameron, prime minister of the united kingdom. president romney with the camera and then i harper should brothers, he said? cousins? uncle and aunt? know, came inside. at that point the group was joined by prime minister yoshiko noto of japan. he and president romney were introduced. what are you a 55 or 60 depressed and asked? in a close? and 56 years of age the japanese prime minister said that it formally. yoshiko sans french-canadian. [laughter] i don't suppose you're a french-canadian origin? now i am not the prime minister said. congratulations the prime minister replied. saul rogovin of the detroit tigers hit a grand slam home run in 1850 and it wasn't until 2008 that another jewish pitcher hit a grand slam home run. congratulations chance player marcoux said. yes, the

romney didn't. finally, governor romney also did not confront the far left fanatics to demonize them and let me give you a perfect example. "the washington post" editorialized last week, that i, your humble correspondent, served up a bigoted commentary on election night, quote, a couple of hours before president obama was declared the vick toy bill o'reilly offered his explanation why mitt romney was about to lose because it's a changing country it's not a traditional america anymore. in case anyone might be confused about the meaning of traditional, he elaborated, white establishment is now minority. in other words, the problem was too many voters of color. how vile. how vile. in other words, you pinheads have no right to lie about me by putting fabricated words in my mouth. that's not what i said. you disgrace the journalism industry. you seek to demonize anyone who disagrees with your far left view. am i being clear enough? the white establishment no longer dominates the political field in americ

it really drew out that disconnect between the romney campaign and romney personally and everyone else. >> do you think it's his brand of ideology? >> no. >> do you think there's a few people out there pulling the load for everybody else? >> no, i think it's a cold, calculated business look. that's how he looks at it. it's like, hey -- >> i disagree. i think it's his philosophy and i think it showed in that tape. >> how do you know it's his philosophy? >> i'm guessing. >> mitt romney -- you can't say it's his philosophy because he never told us what that was. >> i think he said some nice things at one point. >> when he spoke at the democratic national convention, former president bill clinton brought the house down. this was one of the great speeches ever, i think, and it made the case for reelecting president obama in a way the candidate himself never got able to do, even to the end. let's listen to big bill at his best. >> are we better off than we were when he took office? [ cheers ] then, listen to this. listen to this. everybody's forgotten. everybody's forgotten when president ba

but how do you dumpb romney. and how are you so clear on romney's falls. even has the chair of clint eastwood in his office to put up as a plaque. >> i actually think that the democratic party should continue reminding everything of romney. all they have to say is 47% and attach it to every single candidate that's coming down the pipeline. you're mentioning the fact that, yes, they did re-elect the rnc chairman and it rez nices that they're not interested in expanding the basin anyway. so the democrats, that's going to be that person is not on your side. they're not in your camp and they're basically the sunsetting party. >>> the president is planning big policies. but the right wing hate machine is still working hard against them. that's next. ♪ [ male announcer ] this is karen and jeremiah. they don't know it yet, but they're gonna fall in love, get married, have a couple of kids, [ children laughing ] move to the country, and live a long, happy life together where they almost never fight about money. [ dog barks ] because right after they get married,

romney destroyed rick perry on that issue. but it was in the rhetoric he deployed there i think he sealed his fate in the general election with latinos who he got blown out in and provided a huge margin in a lot of swing states. >> great point. my choice is, of course, the anonymous videographer who captured the 47% tape which is why we happen to have that tape now. >> i was going to say you guys worked that out. >> why it happened to be ready. now, the best move of 2012. what was the best move of 2012? >> this is really hard because some part of me as a political junkie thinks the best move is the most incendiary crazy there, for that mitt romney moving across the stage and grabbing rick perry on the shoulder. this physical debate style which also revealed him for crazy and not driven by the same things most humans are driven by but the competitive workforce bot. i think at the end of the day we keep going back to the 47% video. i was waiting to hold it. >> you can use it as much as you want. it will be back. >> it is everyth

governor romney, there's one thing i'm confused about. you say you don't want to round up people and deport them but they have to go back to their home countries and apply for citizenship. how do you send them home? >> the answer is self-deportati self-deportation. where people decide they can do better by going home because they can't find work here to allow them to work here. so we're not going to round people up. >> what was wrong with that, howard? >> first of all there was a little titter in the background. first of all, the phrase self-deportation -- >> was inevitably a headline. >> yes. and it managed to summarize everything that people didn't like about mitt romney. >> like firing you. >> the firing you part of it and the whole technocratic part of it. that these are just sort of numbers on a spread sheet. these people will self-deport. the coldheartedness and cold-bloodedness of it just played into it. >> like the bathtubs are going to overflow and they'll overflow out. >> it's not realistic. the hitering and the snickering you h

[laughter] president romney romney said smiling broadly, i am french. i am facts the president of france. congratulations president romney said. [laughter] lipstick contains a substance made from fish scales. [laughter] before Åland could reply, and before you could think of anything to say in the subject of lipstick manufacturing, they were approached by angela merkel of germany who looked eager to greet in newest member the g8. president romney appeared at her briefly and then said, your aunt? [laughter] your mother or quarks? >> this is angela merkel, chancellor of the federal republic of germany. chancellor merkel looked taken aback. when she regained her composure, she said to romney, i know you'll have much to add a debt crisis of the euro zone, mr. president. present from a letter the german chancellor up-and-down. i'd say you go about 140 kimber take five pounds. [laughter] am i in the ballpark? [laughter] chancellor merkel, hoping she might misunderstand the president said i believe -- excuse me, i believe the future of the euro will dominate

romney right now by his own party. the republican party this week has been making a big show of publicly deromneyifying themselves, cleansing themselves of all traces of the romney nomination. remember the empty chair that clint eastwood famously ranted at during prime time at the republican convention this year? it's being used as a physical symbol for the republicans of what went wrong with this presidential nomination. the chairman of the party told the press this week that he cheeps that chair in his office. he points it out to reporters as a sign that he is committed to never forget the mistakes of 2012. a republican strategist telling the "washington post" this week, there is no romney faction or romney wing of the republican party keeping the flame alive. no one tailors their policies because it was what romney supported in the 2012 campaign. no one feels like they need to be loyal to the romney position on any issue. and in the conservative media this week, quote, some republicans believe the rnc ceded too much

test. >> barack obama didn't perform that well until late and romney didn't perform the campaign well. campaign management is more important than an individual candidate's performance. >> woodruff: from boston, hari sreenivasan reports on a city- wide effort to keep kids engaged in education through meaningful work experiences. >> we're starting at the very early ages to try to help young people speak. that is a direct relationship to being successful in school and being successful in your life >> woodruff: and we close out 2012 with two takes on history, first, a look at the emancipation proclamation on the eve ofhe 150th aiversary of president lincoln's action to end slavery and the civil war. >> woodruff: plus michael beschloss and richard norton smith talk about potential historical turning points of the past year. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. >> and wi

then mitt romney came out -- >> then mitt romney talked. >> with his own words, revealed in september, seemingly and vividly and confirming his own words and mouth caught on videotape all the caricatu caricatures -- >> at 47%, we focus on that. we forget this is a guy -- katel greatest hits for democratic ad makers. i like firing people. won a big victory in florida and the next morning go on a cable news show and say something equally shocking. i'm not concerned about the very poor. >> for me, the 47% video was so -- it was shocking in its brutal honesty, but also how he was able to devery half the country. i don't have to worry about those folks, those folks are freeloaders, looking for a handout, they don't know personal responsibility. these are the people he, one, hopes to lead, and, two, you would think he would want their votes. the next day, he doubled down on that and then a week later tried to pull it back. so for the american people to see someone to be president of the united states insult them, that was the one thing that put the lid on -- >> probably not a good marketing

romney right now by his own party. the republican party this week has been making a big show of publicly deromneyifying themselves, clemensing themselves of all traces of the romney nomination. remember the empty chair that clint eastwood famously ranted at during prime time at the republican convention this year? it's being used as a physical symbol for the republicans of what went wrong with this presidential nomination. the chairman of the party told the press this week that he cheeps that chair in his office. he points it out to reporters as a sign that he is committed to never forget the mistakes of 2012. a republican strategist telling the "washington post" this week, there is no romney faction or romney wing of the republican party keeping the flame alive. no one tailors their policies because it was what romney supported in the 2012 campaign. no one feels like they need to be loyal to the romney position on any issue. and in the conservative media this week, quote, some republicans believe the rnc ceded too muc

mitt romney, 568 delegates. ron paul, 71. >> okay, what about the state where is they're still working through the process, which is most of them. you know, whether -- you know, whether it's up maine. we're doing well in the state of washington. and north dakota. excellent now in nevada. and even missouri the other day, some really good news came out there for us. through the process, our people in the right places and they're doing the things to become a delegate. so it's way too soon for you to write anybody off. besides, just because somebody is in second or third place, there's a race going on. what if mitt romney isn't the best person? of. >> people have tried to portray you as a kind of ruthless money machine who same failed, some succeeded. you didn't care. you still got your fees. or you made a ton of money, but quite a few of the companies have failed. a lot of people lost their jobs, livelihood, lost money. with to me, the key question is, do you know instinctively from your recollections how many of t

crucial final month of the presidential race between barack obama and mitt romney. test. >> barack obama didn't perform that well until late and romney didn't perform the campaign well. campaign management is more important than an individual candidate's performance. >> woodruff: from boston, hari sreenivasan reports on a city- wide effort to keep kids engaged in education through meaningful work experiences. >> we're starting at the very early ages to try to help young people speak. that is a direct relationship to being successful in school and being successful in your life >> woodruff: and we close out 2012 with two takes on history, first, a look at the emancipation proclamation on the eve of the 150th anniversary of president lincoln's action to end slavery and the civil war. >> woodruff: plus michael beschloss and richard norton smith talk about potential historical turning points of the past year. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting sc

bain executive harry strunk and rights romney pushed aside his own misgivings about the investors to accept their backing. he writes -- these latin american friends have loyally rolled over investments in succeeding funds, actively participated in bain capital's may investor meetings, and are still today one of the largest investor groups in bain capital. i want to get your comment. >> i think of governor romney had ever bothered to meet one of the torture victims of the death squads or one of the family members of the people who were brutally killed during that time, maybe he would have thought twice about accepting the blood money. to me, it is really unacceptable when you look at the -- i believe it was around $9 million that he accepted that the investment money. but where this money came from and the people who give it to him is something that he really should have looked at much more closely, because it is related to the most terrible atrocities. as ambassador robert white says in our film, when you are a group of uniformed butchers, the people don't emigrate, they flee. and to

if there's a president romney, i mean, romney supported t.a.r.p. and supported it rapidly, and, in fact, i mention in that story that i wrote in the "new york times" magazine about governor romney that in 2008 when the financial crisis, you know, when the bank meltdown was upon us, and john mccain was deciding to suspend the campaign, the decision came as a result of a meeting he had with the economic advisory team. a lot of these were big donors. mitt romney was among them, and all of those guys said take it, take whatever they offer. take it. this looks bad. the next day, in fact, romney went on the "today" show supporting t.a.r.p.. that's one thing governor rosmny modified many positions, but has not, however, the support of t.a.r.p.. if there's a president romney, and if there continue to be difficulties with the banks, then under those sishes, yes, there could be a recipe for more regulation. >> sure? >> what impact, if any, do you think the changes in california, in their method for electing congressional representatives will have, and what a

mitt romney, 568 delegates. ron paul 71. >> what about the states where they are still working through the process which is most of them. you know whether it is up in maine or we are doing very well in the state of washington. north dakota excellent now in the that appeared even the other day, some good news can offer us that through the process our people are in the right places and they are doing the things to become a delegate. it is way too soon for you to write anybody off. besides, just because somebody is in second or third place, there is a race going on. what if mitt romney isn't the best person? >> people have tried to portray u.s. a kind of with less money machine, who some fail, some succeeded kicky didn't care, you got your fees. you made a lot of money. quite a few companies failed and a lot of people lost their jobs and livelihoods. to me the key question is, do you know instinctively from your recollections how many of those companies that you went into law have failed anyway if you hadn't? >> th

mitt romney, 568 delegates. ron paul, 71. >> okay, what about the state where is they're still working through the process, which is most of them. you know, whether -- you know, whether it's up maine. we're doing well in the state of washington. and north dakota. excellent now in nevada. and even missouri the other day, some really good news came out there for us. through the process, our people in the right places and they're doing the things to become a delegate. so it's way too soon for you to write anybody off. besides, just because somebody is in second or third place, there's a race going on. what if mitt romney isn't the best person? >> people have tried to portray you as a kind of ruthless money machine who same failed, some succeeded. you didn't care. you still got your fees. or you made a ton of money, but quite a few of the companies have failed. a lot of people lost their jobs, livelihood, lost money. with to me, the key question is, do you know instinctively from your recollections how many of those

governor romney, there's one thing i'm confused about. you say you don't want to go and round up people and deport them. but you say they would have to go back to their home countries and apply for citizenship. if you don't deport them, how do you send them home? >> the answer is self deportation. which is people can decide they can do better by going home because they can't find work here because they don't have legal document tation to allow them to work here. >> there was a little at the timer there in the back round. first of all, the phrase "self deportation". >> was a headline. >> yes. and it managed to summarize everything people didn't like about mitt romney. >> you mean firing you? >> well, the firing part of it. but the sort of cold part of it. that these are just sort of numbers on a spread sheet. these people were self deport. and i think the combination of the two, the cold hardedness and the cold-bloodedness of it just played into everybody's view of romney. >> like the bathtub is just going to overflow. >> well, it's just n

he was also very critical of mitt romney when mitt romney had mentioned the whole 47%, the divided nation. bobby jindal said for the republican party to succeed, that they have to go for every vote. now, as we say this, mitt romney was in washington, d.c. today, he was at a luncheon with some friends. we saw john mccain was at the luncheon. we know his vice presidential running mate paul ryan also attended the luncheon. he's certainly kept a low profile since the election. but i tell you, i spoke to a top aide, erin, and the top aide told me that mitt romney might not be very public right now, but expect him to certainly come out in the future. they don't know exactly when. mitt romney is going to remain political. he will try to remain relevant in the republican party. but he also knows that he's no longer the head of the republican party. there's a new generation for that. mitt romney, out of sight, out of mind, but i think we'll see him come back. >> a new generation that's very diverse. we'll see if they can possibly succeed at getting their voting electorate to become as diverse as s

mitt romney, 568 delegates. ron paul, 71. >> okay, what about the state where is they're still working through the process, which is most of them. you know, whether -- you know, whether it's up maine. we're doing well in the state of washington. eelntown ad inththings tco3letesot'watoso che o meaid,oms eyesot'watoso you didn't care. you still got your fees. or you made a ton of money, but quite a few of the companies have failed. a lot of people lost their jobs, livelihood, lost money. with to me, the key question is, do you know instinctively from your recollections how many of those companies that you went into would have failed any way if you hadn't. >> there's no question that a number of place where is we went in and invested, we were investing in an enterprise that was in trouble. that where the future was very much in doubt for it. we invested in one business, i think it lost 50 million or 60 million more the year before we invested. we were able to go in there with the current management team, help get t

mitt romney, 568 delegates. ron paul, 71. >> okay, what about the state where is they're still working through the process, which is most of them. you know, whether -- you know, whether it's up maine. we're doing well in the state of washington. and north dakota. excellent now in nevada. and even missouri the other day, some really good news came out there for us. through the process, our people in the right places and they're doing the things to become a delegate. so it's way too soon for you to write anybody off. besides, just because somebody is in second or third place, there's a race going on. what if mitt romney isn't the best person? >> people have tried to portray you as a kind of ruthless money machine who some failed, some succeeded. you didn't care. you still got your fees. or you made a ton of money, but quite a few of the companies have failed. a lot of people lost their jobs, livelihood, lost money. to me, the key question is, do you know instinctively from your recollections how many of those comp

mitt romney views them as road kill. and he is not even going to communicate to them or offer up a better plan to make their lives better. he just says they should be personally responsible for who they are, and where they are in america. but romney made the matters only worse for himself. >> it is not elegantly stated, let me put it that way. i'm speaking off the cuff in response to a question, i'm sure, i could state it more clearly and effectively than i did in, in -- in a setting like that, we don't even have the question, given the snippet or the full response, i hope the person who has the video will put out the full material. >> wait a minute, don't have the question, just the snippet, we played the full question and answer on the program last night. and we were not alone in doing so. president obama's supporters were surprised when the president didn't mention romney's 47% remarks in the first debate. but president obama made up for the later in the second debate, on the final question when romney could not respo

in the end obama beat romney by ten points. on the economic values question that was this, which candidate is more in touch with people like you. 53% said romney's policies would favor the rich. just 10% said that about the president's policies. romney, the first republican nominee in the history of our nbc-wall street journal poll to go into his convention with this personal rating under water and in his campaign with a painful number. just 47% of votes viewing him positively. the obama campaign was also able to get more bang for the buck because they bought ads early. >> the obama campaign purchased it way ahead of time. romney bought it the week of. lesson two, the republican brand needs a hard look. the gop's favorable rating has been under water for two years, since december 2010, and, in fact, if you take that out, it's been nearly five years. in our final poll, full poll before the election, just 36% of registered voters said they had a positive view of the republican party, 43% held a negative view. the democratic party

mitt romney never had a chance. i spoke to gop contenders feasting on their own during one of the primaries. isn't the american way that if somebody gives you a smack on the nose, you eventually have to smack them back? and isn't it time now for you to accept that this negativity has pounded you into a position whereas much as you'd like to keep it positive, isn't it time you get the old gingrich fist out and give romney a good old smack. >> henry truman when he was so far behind that gallup quit taking polls mid-september, the crowd will yell out, give them hell, harry. and he said i just give them the truth and it hurts like hell. i think mitt romney is such clearly a moderate and he's done so many defensible things in the primary, i don't have to go negative. all i have to do is point out facts. i think the next few weeks will be a lot of fun, they will be very interesting. my only request with mitt is that he be honest with the country. >> america clearly needs someone with a good business brain. the economy rem

mitt romney, 568 delegates. ron paul 71. >> what about the states where they are still working through the process which is most of them. you know whether it is up in maine or we are doing very well in the state of washington. north dakota excellent now in the that appeared even the other day, some good news can offer us that through the process our people are in the right places and they are doing the things to become a delegate. it is way too soon for you to write anybody off. besides, just because somebody is in second or third place, there is a race going on. what if mitt romney isn't the best person? >> people have tried to portray you as a kind of ruthless money machine, who some fail, some succeeded kicky didn't care, you got your fees. you made a lot of money. quite a few companies failed and a lot of people lost their jobs and livelihoods. to me the key question is, do you know instinctively from your recollections how many of those companies that you went into would have failed anyway if you hadn't? >>

george romney. he exited with his politics in tatters. and the son by failing to live up to his father resuscitated george romney. i think the public's estimation of george romney emerges in a much better place this year than it was before this election. >> that's a good one. i like that. so gang, thank you all for a

i can see pat buchanan as a bull sy and maybe sean hannity, but mitt romney? mitt romney a bully? come on. that story was so goofy from the beginning. who the heck cares? we are talking about the leader of the free world and not what he did when he was 14 or 1on7 or something cutting somebody's hair. >> butnt they had we begin tonight nbc news with brian williams and tonight, mitt romney the bully. we have all of the details. we are going live -- come on. it is so sanctimonious. i said in 2008 journalism is dead, and it really is. people need to understand that as they consume information. let me go to during the election the networks tried to distort the gop, the so-called war on women. we never heard the end of it. watch.is >> are you prepared to leave this gathering and own the fact that the platform of this party allows a woman who has been raped no exception but to carry that child to term? >> a lot of women look at the republican platform on abortion, contraception, a number of issues, and they ask the question whether republicans have women's best interest at heart. >> what

he was also very credit calf of mitt romney when mitt romney had mentioned the whole 47%, the divided nation. bobby jindal said for the republican party to succeed, that they have to go for every vote. now, as we say this, mitt romney was in washington, d.c. today, he was at a luncheon with some friends. we saw john mccain was at the luncheon. we know his vice presidential running mate paul ryan also attended the luncheon. he's certainly kept a low profile since the election. but i tell you, i spoke to a top aide, erin, and the top aide told me that mitt romney might not be very public right now, but expect him to certainly come out in the future. they don't know exactly when. mitt romney is going to be -- remain political. he will try to remain relevant in the republican party. but he also knows that he's no longer the did it ewe lar head of the republican party. there's a new generation for that. mitt romney, out of sight, out of mind, but i think we'll see him come back. >> a new generation that's very diverse. we'll see if they can possibly succeed at getting their voting electora

like this ad romney ran in the state of ohio. it claimed jeep was moving to china because of the automobile loan, and it was totally false. and it totally backfired on the camp. it toe workers and their families turned out in full force on election day. and of course president obama won ohio. middle class americans across this country stood in long lines to cast a vote for the candidate who would help them the most. they ignored the republican threats about a failing economy. the republicans wanted to kill organized labor. in 2012, they may have given it new life instead. here is someone who has been with us all yearlong covering workers' issues. joining me tonight, john nichols, washington correspondent of "the nation" magazine. john, it has been a very eventful year when it comes to labor. has labor been emboldened by the obama victory in november? and is there really been a new stage set for what they can accomplish? >> i think so. i think labor changed over the last year and a half, and especially over the last year. one of t

watch this. >> romney one more romney. romney. >> cover up scandal from the middle east. >> what was this scandal? >> benghazi. >> what was the scandal. >> well, i mean. >> what was the scandal. >> he said there was a video. >> thank you. read the newspaper. everybody knows it's about the video. thank you very much. >> it's all about the video. wrong i wasn't about the video. >> didn't have anything to do with the so called video. where the media went wrong here to help the president with his story was they didn't investigate it. they could have looked at whether there was a spontaneous demonstration if benghazi. they did not. they could have found out whether there are requests for enhanced security before the september 11th attacks they did not. they carried ate long. only fox news were investigating. kept the story alive because there is so much the main stream media didn't look at. >> we knew because the libyan president told us it was not related to the video well. had people on the ground and realtime video coming in

mitt romney never had a chance. i spoke to gop contenders feasting on their own during one of the primaries. isn't the american way that if somebody gives you a smack on the nose, you eventually have to smack them back? and isn't it time now for you to accept that this negativity has pounded you into a position whereas much as you'd like to keep it positive, isn't it time you get the old gingrich fist out and give romney a good old smack. >> henry truman when he was so far behind that gallup quit tooking polls mid-september, the crowd will yell out, give them hell, harry. and he said i just give them the truth and it hurts like hell. i think mitt romney is such clearly a moderate and he's done so many defensible things in the primary, i don't have to go negative. all i have to do is point out facts. i think the next few weeks will be a lot of fun, they will be very interesting. my only request with mitt is that he be honest with the country. >> america clearly needs someone with a good business brain. the economy re

romney right now by his own party. the republican party this week has been making a big show of publicly deromneyifying themselves, cleansing themselves of all traces of the romney nomination. remember the empty chair that clint eastwood famously ranted at during prime time at the republican convention this year? it's being used as a physical symbol for the republicans of what went wrong with this presidential nomination. the chairman of the party told the press this week that he keeps that chair in his office. he points it out to reporters as a sign that he is committed to never forget the mistakes of 2012. a republican strategist telling the "washington post" this week, there is no romney faction or romney wing of the republican party keeping the flame alive. no one tailors their policies because it was what romney supported in the 2012 campaign. no one feels like they need to be loyal to the romney position on any issue. and in the conservative media this week, quote, some republicans believe the rnc ceded too much

test. >> barack obama didn't perform that well until late and romney didn't perform the campaign well. campaign management is more important than an individual candidate's performance. >> woodruff: from boston, hari sreenivasan reports on a city- wide effort to keep kids engaged in education through meaningful work experiences. >> we're starting at the very early ages to try to help young people speak. that is a direct relationship to being successful in school and being successful in your life >> woodruff: and we close out 2012 with two takes on history, first, a look at the emancipation proclamation on the eve of the 150th anniversary of president lincoln's action to end slavery and the civil war. >> woodruff: plus michael beschloss and richard norton smith talk about potential historical turning points of the past year. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. vinecouy onr 16foom movr g our inonomy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the

test. >> barack obama didn't perform that well until late and romney didn't perform the campaign well. campaign management is more important than an individual candidate's performance. >> woodruff: from boston, hari sreenivasan reports on a city- wide effort to keep kids engaged in education through meaningful work experiences. >> we're starting at the very early ages to try to help young people speak. that is a direct relationship tbeing successful in school and being successful in your life >> woodruff: and we close out 2012 with two takes on history, first, a look at the emancipation proclamation on the eve of the 150th anniversary of president lincoln's action to end slavery and the civil war. >> woodruff: plus michael beschloss and richard norton smith talk about potential historical turning points of the past year. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supportg science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. >> and wi

we are not done fighting. >> mitt romney is the winner in texas. >> mitt romney has 30 more delegates than he needs to win the republican nomination. >> my running mate and the next vice president of the united states, paul ryan. >> mitt romney took his running mate for a test driver in nascar country. >> all i am asking is we go back to the rates under bill clinton, for folks like me. >> i am not going to shut up. it is my turn. >> i accept your nomination for president of the united states. >> you must vote and you must reelect president barack obama. >> thank you. we draw strength from our victories and we learn from our mistakes. >> the pressure was on mitt romney, who needed a turnaround. >> virtually everything he said about my tax plan is inaccurate. >> it is math. it is arithmetic. >> fighting for obamacare instead of jobs. >> barack obama kept his eyes and his energy low. >> i have a question, and the question was, how much will you -- you'll get your chance in a moment. i am still speaking. >> here is what mitt romney was secretly recording -- recorded saying last may. >> th

mitt romney of the state of massachusetts has received 206 votes. the state of the vote for vice president of united states is delivered to the president of the senate -- the whole number of electors appointed to vote for the vice president of the united states is 538, and a majority of which is 270. joseph biden of the state of delaware has received for vice- president of the united states 332 votes. paul ryan of the state of wisconsin has received 206 votes. this announcement of the state of the vote by the president of the senate shall redeem a sufficient declaration of the person selected president and vice-president of the united states, each for the term beginning on the 20th day of january, 2013, and shall be entered together with a list of votes in the journal of the senate and of the house of representatives. the joint session having been concluded pursuant to the senate joint resolution, the chair declares the joint session dissolved. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable sate

mitt romney, 568 delegates. ron paul 71. >> what about the states where they are still working through the process which is most of them. you know whether it is up in maine or we are doing very well in the state of washington. north dakota excellent now in the that appeared even the other day, some good news can offer us that through the process our people are in the right places and they are doing the things to become a delegate. it is way too soon for you to write anybody off. besides, just because somebody is in second or third place, there is a race going on. what if mitt romney isn't the best person? >> people have tried to portray u.s. a kind of with less money machine, who some fail, some succeeded kicky didn't care, you got your fees. you made a lot of money. quite a few companies failed and a lot of people lost their jobs and livelihoods. to me the key question is, do you know instinctively from your recollections how many of those companies that you went into law have failed anyway if you hadn't? >> th