tell us a little bit about mitt romney's future since you know him pretty well. he just did an interview. he's going to speak at cpac. what do you think his role in the republican party going forward? >> let me first say that working for governor romney while the outcome wasn't what i and many others hoped it would be, it was an honor and privilege to work for that man. he is a man of decency be he's a man of integrity and that's what attracted me to governor romney and his family. i would not have dedicated the amount of time and the years that i did. this isn't what i do. raising money for political campaigns isn't what i thought what i be doing. i did this because i believed in mitt romney and the person i thought would be a great president. when you lose a campaign particularly for president, there are aren't a lot of case studies. you can't look and say, well, what if someone that is not current an office holder that already built a very successful career and then loses the presidency go and do next? it's not go back to the senate, it'll not go -- it's not g

the question is, were they actually going to mobilize for mitt romney? o we weren't worried they were going to leave the republican party and go help president obama. but, you know, it's something you deal with -- we talked a lot more about it in the primary than we did in the general elections. remember, governor romney was still a mormon when he became the governor of massachusetts. we said remember, this is a guy that the mormon millionaire who won for governor in massachusetts. so i don't think -- we never really saw it as a problem from the general population. it was something we talked about much more in the primary than the general. >> and did it hurt him in the primary? you think he might have wrapped it up earlier if he had not been a mormon? >> i think the running in 2008 certainly paved the way for him in 2012. the questions we got in 2018 -- 2008 didn't exist in large measure in 2012. >> ok. let's talk about the online dimension of this. juliana, why don't you talk a little bit about the quick donate button and the, you know, what they someti

toe they actually going mobilize for mitt romney? we are not worry that they were going to leave the republican party and go help president obama. deal with.hing you we talked more about it in the primary. when heney was a mormon became the governor of massachusetts. this'll be a big problem in the general election. this is something we talked about much more in the primary. >> did it hurt him in the primary? 2008 paved thein way in 2012. there were questions that we got in 2008 that did not exist in 2012. >> let's talk about the online dimension of this. why don't you talk a little bit about the quick donate button and what they sometimes called donating, people would done it when things went wrong? that bit of a deal? >> it was a big deal that when you're able to get it happening it was a huge help for most people. dide were times of people not want the 10 obama's t- shirts. we would send them back. even when you shop online, it is great when he could to the same site twice. that was great to be able to have that. we raised about a

governor romney and congressman ryan disagree with mr. akin's statement. then he had his reporter stonewall reporters from asking about it. >> political specialist shawn boyd finished an interview with romney. >> one stipulation to the interview was that i not ask about abortion or todd akin. >> when richard murdock said life begins at the horrible situation of rape, that is something that god intended to happen, mitt romney once again had his spokesperson speak for him. governor romney disagrees with richard mourdock, but still supports him. then romney ran away when reporters asked about it. >> the newest bat crazy republican to take stage has been on the stage quietly, quietly, for 40 years. he has been over in a dark corner of the stage as the lone member of the house of representatives from alaska. last week 79-year-old don young was back home in alaska saying a bunch of crazy stuff. he was a featured speaker at a rally against domestic violence held on the capital steps in juneau where his advice to potential wife beaters was to drink alone. if you w

we start of the people, governor romney had known them. from his church, from his business and private equity, from the boston community. that definitely evens out over time. >> while we are on the subject, spencer comes from mormon royalty. his father -- correct me if i'm wrong, your family gets back to justice that. the original group of the inner core of the original mormons. your father is one of the most important people in the mormon church. >> i don't date back quite that far. actually, my grandfather joined the mormon church when he was 17 years old. >> okay. i don't know why i -- anyway, your father is a -- i'm glad you corrected me on the history. this part is correct. one of the senior most officials in the mormon church. so were you surprised that it was not more discrimination against mitt romney based upon his faith then there turned out to be? and number of evangelicals, they just could not vote for more men under any circumstances, and then they did. was that a surprise? >> i'm so much a surprise that they voted for. we kne

mitt romney's campaign he says was vote for romney because obama is all fd. up answered used the real world. can you be more biased than that. >> can we get on to rand paul? >> parents are paying a lot of money to educate their children and this guy is spewing this kind of ignorance and hated. parents that have kids at usc call the university and do something about it pull your kid out of this class or ask them to. >> pull your kid out of this professor. >> the united states of america has the best universities and colleges of any place in the world? >> you know what -- >> -- bar none. >> this isn't part of the -- >> year ending june 30th, 2012 the revenues 2.3 billion. of that 324 million roughly 10% came from government contracts and grants which is taxpayer money. >> which is where some of the great discoveries have been found in universities. >> true. >> what are you doing this now? helicopter or what? >> here is why i'm doing this. tell somebody else because my ear piece went out we did call the school. they are going to get back to us? tell kimberly or

that was all perfectly legal, just like it was all perfectly legal for mitt romney to pay a rate that really wasn't that much less in retrospect, but remember what a big deal fat cats, supposedly dodging the tax man then and ask yourself why the president, paying not much more, isn't remotely a big deal now. either for him or the media covering him. >> neil: welcome. glad to have you. here's the deal. barack and michelle obama paid taxes on $609,000 and that's how you get to the 18.4 rate. that's where the president's critics are only starting to get irate. >> obviously the president gives a lot to charity every year and that brings down the effective tax rate. when you walk through the numbers, that's what brings that number down. as you noted, the president's salary is $400,000 a year. the extra income that gets him up to $608,000 a year, is based upon book sales. book sales are actually down in 2012, down from 2011. you see that effective tax rate of 18.4%. as he pay 112,000 in federal taxes. he gave $150,000 no 33 different charities, including fisher house, which helps wounded wa

i adopt think there was any real danger that government was going get drastically smaller if mitt romney was elected president. i know, that's a shocking thing for many people to, you know, grapple with, but i think that it's clearly the record is the case that was unlikely. but certainly there is no probability it was going get it all smaller if president obama was elected as he was. after the president's re-election, i think a lot of conservatives and libertarians were demoralized particularly people who thought that romney was going win in some kind of a landslide. were worried obama's re-election meant the country had changed in some fundamental irreversible way. they began to doubt after the 2010 elections had looked pretty good for groups like the tea party and conservative and republicans. they began to doubt that big government could be stopped. so that's one of the reasons why i think having the discussion is important. i think there's no reason for people to give up all hope. i think when you look at the trajectory of american politics in the last few election cycles it's been

. >> kidd rock at a romney/ryan event last year. i had a conversation, we talked politics, we drank, his bad-ass beer and he came out with this afterwards. >> [ bleep ], this piers morgan. >> we'll discuss that in a moment. he's promising fans the best night ever. joining me again is kidd rock. how are you? >> good. nice to see you. >> you were the very first interview i conducted on cnn. >> mm-hmm. >> it wasn't the first one that aired, it was the first one i did. you gave the legendary promo to the bleep piers morgan. you said, hello, piers. called me by name. >> you've come a long way. congratulations. welcome to american pop culture. >> i feel like i've made it. kid rock knows who i am. let's get serious. i love your promotional ticket. 29 concerts. ticket prices would normally have been between, $30, $40. you decided to nail your mask to a flat fee of $20, and $4 a beer. for 12-ounce beer. what do you hope to achieve? >> it's gotten out of hand. the price of concerts, the price of entertainment, period. whether it's a sporting

it helped obama to define mitt romney. even conversations obama volunteers had with voters were very scripted. >> they said do you plan oh vote on tuesday. what time do you plan to vote. what will you be doing before hand, where will you be coming from. he know from experiments having make a plan having visualize yourself in advance makes you more likely to follow through on it. >> the campaign embedded several analyst institutes into the election headquarters in chicago. >> what was the cave? >> the cave is where we put the analysts. >> cheryl davidson was director of mede qatar getting for obama campaign. >> the hard-core analysts were in that room for multiple reasons this was our top secret work, right? you don't want the press coming by to see what was on the screens of everyone. during the election we didn't want people to know we existed. >> they workedal go rhythms to determine who the persuadeable voters were in the battle ground states. carol davidson figured out how to get the obama message to those specific vot

the question is, were they actually going to mobilize for mitt romney? so we weren't worried they were going to leave the republican party and go help president obama. but, you know, it's something you deal with -- we talked a lot more about it in the primary than we did in the general elections. remember, governor romney was still a mormon when he became the governor of massachusetts. people say, well, how -- this is going to be a big problem in the general election. we said remember, this is a guy that the mormon millionaire who won for governor in massachusetts. so i don't think -- we never really saw it as a problem from the general population. it was something we talked about much more in the primary than the general. >> and did it hurt him in the primary? you think he might have wrapped it up earlier if he had not been a mormon? >> i think the running in 2008 certainly paved the way for him in 2012. -- questions we got in 2018 2008 didn't exist in large measure in 2012. >> ok. let's talk about the online dimension of this. juliana, why don't you ta

then romney ran away when reporters asked about it. the newest bat crazy republican to take stage has been on the stage quietly, quietly, for 40 years. he has been over in a dark corner of the stage as the lone member of the house of representatives from alaska. last week 79-year-old don young was back home in alaska saying a bunch of crazy stuff. he was a featured speaker at a rally against domestic violence held on the capital steps in juneau where his advice to potential wife beaters was to drink alone. if you want to drink by yourself, you may do it. when you drink together, possibility of harm becomes greater every day. john boehner issued a statement saying congressman young's remarks were offensive and beneath the dignity of the office he holds, but boehner wasn't talking about the drink alone recommendation. john boehner was talking about this. >> my father had a ranch, we used to hire 50 to 60 wetbacks and to pick tomatoes. >> john boehner was not in a romney mood about that statement as congress prepares to deal with immigrat

romney. >> well, again, martin, i'm not running from what mitt romney said. i don't think he said they were feckless free loaders. what you and i both know is we have a government right now, as we sit here right now, we have a government we can't afford. we have a government that does too much for too many people. and all of washington is trying to figure out how to fix that, but we know that we're broke. so what we as republicans need to do is say, i'm not going to sound like a democrat and keep expanding what we give people. martin, somebody in washington has got to be honest with the american people and say, we can't afford all of this. and if republicans say that, martin, and it costs us an election or two, so be it. we have to be an adult here. >> okay. well, and i'm not going to go over the fact that paul ryan's budget would actually have given massive tax cuts to the rich and increase the deficit. according to on analysis by economists. to you not find it problematic that republicans seem increasingly out of step, a opposing a path to citizenship which

it helped obama to define mitt romney. even conversations obama volunteers had with voters were very scripted. >> they said do you plan oh vote on tuesday. what time do you plan to vote. what will you be doing before hand, where will you be coming from. he know from experiments having make a plan having visualize yourself in advance makes you more likely to follow through on it. >> the campaign embedded several analyst institutes into the election headquarters in chicago. >> what e s the cave? >> the cave is where we put the analysts. >> cheryl davidson was director of mede qatar getting for obama campaign. >> the hard-core analysts were in that room for multiple reasons this was our top secret work, right? you don't want the press coming by to see what was on the screens of everyone. during the election we didn't want people to know we existed. >> they workedal go rhythms to determine who the persuadeable voters were in the battle ground states. carol davidson figured out how to get the obama message to those specific vot

the romney campaign had agreed that did not open their fundraisers to the press. we kept pushing and they kept saying no. so one day come in late september, i got an e-mail from romney that said, starting tomorrow, cameras will be allowed into all of the governors fundraisers. i i said, i really made an impact. kristinissed later, came up to me in columbus ohio and said, did you hear about this hidden camera in a romney fundraiser? , she said. it is a game changer. [laughter] and i realize that that is why they wanted to open the fundraiser. they wanted to be more transparent. officials in both parties want more access when more access is in their best interests. it is our duty to push for more access all the time. whether it is a democrat or republican car because it is in the public interest. [applause] it is also easier to get that information that way instead of having to bug senator mcconnell's office. [laughter] -- second thing we do earlier this year, several became new moms. they had trouble finding a place to pump breastmilk in the white house. the press

to bring this back to mitt romney, it is very similar to a proposal romney put forward during the campaign in order to in theory pay for his tax reform plan. this idea of capping deductions in order to broaden the base and even maybe you could use some of the money to lower rates down the road, that's been something that has had a lot of support among republicans recently. the obama administration agrees. in theory it should not be a largely controversial change. it's something people kind of missed. >> ezra klein of the "washington post." congressman john yarmuth. thank you, gentlemen. >>> coming up, rand paul at howard university. while bill o'reilly waxes on about a time of an old white mickey mouse club. stay with us. >> white america was kind of uni unified. standards of behavior were very similar. that unification made it easier for society to function. [ female announcer ] birdhouse plans. nacho pans. glass on floors. daily chores. for the little mishaps you feel use neosporin to help you heal. it kills germs so you heal four days faster. neosporin. use with band-aid brand bandages.

world that people spend money and don't keep money here in the united states on the other top mitt romney's swiss bank accounts and in some ways your swiss bank account of mine we're all going crazy are us was right again neither do i tried to get into a swiss bank one time they kicked me out of a school i actually when i lived in germany i tried to open a swiss bank account you have to pay them to take your money i know it's amazing it's a matter of fact i went to switzerland we when you and i went to africa to get anyway i know i don't think that this should be i agree with the word fair but i also think our definitions of fair are different for example fair a flat tax for example just for example where the guy that's make in the least amount he's paying ten percent i'm paying ten percent mitt romney's paying. ten percent we're all paying the same amount we're all contributing to the ramos using lots and lots of the commons private jets use it all kinds of runways and things and i was working at all the guys i are the guy i work at yeah but there were going to wal-mart i mean how much of

that is a disaster, just as govern romney. president obama will muster lemaster with a historically low percentage of white voters. only 39%. 39%, the president had a little extra support in other places. 71% o the hispanic vote. %. 73% voted for president obama. but the black vote was spectacular. he got 93% of the black vote. talk about a consensus, that is a consensus. the key was the black voter turnout. making just about 12% of the eligible voters in the country. they turned up 13% of the total votes from last year. for the fst time ever, voters turn out at a higher rate than white voters overall last year. in fact, if they turned out at the same rate as they did back in 2004, governor romney would have actually won the election. is not clear that the democratic party can repeat last year's performance. but one thing is clear. everything the republican party did was inadequate. they certainly demonstratedhat the republican party has a lot of thinking to do. they better find some better thinkers if they are going to be com

that is a disaster, just as governor romney. president obama will muster lemaster with a historically low percentage of white voters. only 39%. 39%, the president had a little extra support in other places. 71% of the hispanic vote. 71%. 73% voted for president obama. but the black vote was spectacular. he got 93% of the black vote. talk about a consensus, that is a consensus. the key was the black voter turnout. making just about 12% of the eligible voters in the country. they turned up 13% of the total votes from last year. for the first time ever, voters turn out at a higher rate than white voters overall last year. in fact, if they turned out at the same rate as they did back in 2004, governor romney would have actually won the election. it's not clear that the democratic party can repeat last year's performance. but one thing is clear. everything the republican party did was inadequate. they certainly demonstrated that the republican party has a lot of thinking to do. they better find some better thinkers if they are going

the world that people spend money and don't keep money here the united states on the other top mitt romney's swiss bank accounts and in some ways your swiss bank account of mine we're all going crazy on our us with the bank and neither do i tried to get into a swiss bank one time they kicked me out of his will i actually when i lived in germany i tried to open a swiss bank account you have to pay them to take your money i know it's amazing it's a matter of fact i went to switzerland we when you and i went to africa to get anyway i know i don't think that this should be i agree with the word fair but i also think our definitions of fair are different for example a fair flat tax for example just for example where the guy that's made in the least amount he's paying ten percent i'm paying ten percent mitt romney's paying ten percent we're all paying the same amount we're all contributing to ramos using a lot. in lots of the commons private jets use it all kinds of runways and things and i was working all guys are the guy i work at yeah but there were going to wal-mart i mean how much of the comm

coming from boston and the romney campaign. i got an invitation to come to chicago and come to the substitute of politics and sort plaza and say i wonder how i'm going to be met at the institute of politics and president obama's book yard. i have to compliment everyone here at the institute of politics for the way you have welcomed not just me, but other members of the romney campaign. sew thank you for allowing conversations like this to take place where we can look beyond the partisan nature of politics and have a real conversation about political campaigns and what is happening. to answer your question, jonathan, we raised just under $950 million for the romney campaign. that includes money that was raised, of course, in the primary. that we raised and spent in the primary. about $100 until. we weren't able to use in the general election. you look at the overall spending of the romney campaign, about two-thirds of it went in to advertising of some kind whether it was web advertising or tv advertising. and the other sort of l

reelection a lot of conservatives and libertarians were demoralized particularly people whose thought that romney would win with a landslide or worried the obama real action had changed in the irreversible way and began to doubt has weekend shootout that he could be stopped. that is one of the reasons why i think having this discussion is important

but i'll say what mitt romney just said really doesn't bother me. i agree with ana that he was never the best joke teller out there at all, but you know what, what he said i think was just completely innocent and a lot of people would say that sarah palin is very attractive. i think she's very attractive. there's nothing wrong with that. i do agree with ana that we are living in a hypersensitive, completely over the top politically correct society and president obama does need to think about that, and that is why he apologized. there happen to be some liberal women who cringed when he said that and some did take offense which is why it was right that he apologized. but i still believe it's completely overblown. >> what if the attorney general said president obama's my friend and he's the best-looking president in history of this country? would anyone be offended by that? i certainly would not. i would love compliments. >> she didn't say it because she knew it was inappropriate. >> i just want -- we have to take a closer. one time i went to a dinner

>> i didn't think mitt romney would win but i put it together rather quickly. i have been thinking about it

last year's campaign when the president went after mitt romney for his tax rate. at an event at virginia beach the president said this. quote. my opponent thinks that someone who makes $20 million a year like him should pay a lower tax rate than a cop or teacher who makes 50,000. president obama released his tax return this week showing that he paid an 18% tax rate. so a guy who i hear is worth $14 million, he is paying a tax rate far lower than what a teacher pays. i'm speaking slowly so this sinks in, andy, the hypocrisy is mind boggling. that this president plays class war fare for a year and a half on the campaign trail. let's keep this graphic up. he attacks mitt romney for paying a lower tax rate than school teachers repeatedly! democrats repeatedly attack mitt romney for paying a lower tax rate than teachers, than warren buffett secretary, god help her, god bless her, and, yet, this president, after demagoguing this issue for a year and a half, pays an 18% tax rate which, by the way, is half of the tax rate that i pay. i would guess it's half of the tax rat

the thing about mitt romney, if people think chris sh -- chris christie was the cause of mitt romney not winning the election, the republicans could not win future elections. mitt romney's campaign leveled his chance for winning the election. >> i agree completely. it is weird to blame it on christie's response after a hurricane. i saw that last debate where mitt romney handed the election over to president obama when he could have actually buried him under benghazi, but he backed off. christie is a republican governor who washed up on the shores of a blue state like a red manatee. he must play the game because he needs to get re-elected, get him a national office and this goes away. it is idiotic and stupid. >> good point. he wins the election next year. then what? does he hold back to the right -- >> i don't think he moves right or left. >> bob, you tell me. he is a republican governor? >> i don't think he has to worry about getting re-elected. here is another thing to keep in mind, do you know for the first time in the history of the united states blacks voted at a higher percenta

i think romney was partially wrong and partially right. i think the 47% metric for who is dependent on government is very deeply flawed. it's the percentage of people who were not at, you know, in the last couple of years paying federal income tax. well, one of the reasons that people are not paying federal income tax is the poor state of the economy. but another reason is republican tax cuts. you know, ronald reagan went he signed his 1986 of tax reform boasted that we were dropping millions of middle, working and low income americans from the tax rolls entirely. the bush, the gingrich congress imposed a, imposed is a bad word for tax cutting, enacted a child tax credit which wiped out a lot of middle income families' income tax liabilities at least for the period of time while they were rearing children. president bush expanded that tax credit, made it larger dropping still more people off the income tax rolls, cutting the bottom tax rate to 10%. so i think it is a very, not only is it morally suspect to say that the mission of a party o

mitt romney refused-- >> they're in office. that doesn't matter. he wanted to be president of the united states question he had done shady things and illegal things to avoid american tax rates was legitimate area of inquiry in the last election. >> megyn: what do you make on my point of today's news of his $385,000 adjusted gross income, the bidens both of them gave $7,000 to charity? >> i have no opinion about whether or not any individual who makes decisions about what they're going to give away and what they're going to keep, it's up to them and private decision. >> of course it is. >> and it doesn't stop us from commenting on it. >> and live with the consequences. >> ben, your thoughts. >> the real hypocrite is not joe biden who thinks every dollar he pace is patriotic. the hypocrite is president obama if he want today help the economy and working american, that 20% of his money he paid to charity should have handed it over and said to the department of treasury to redistribute in accordance with principles of the fairness. >> megyn: and bidens

help asg and yourself by contributing to the romney campaign. third e-mail we obtained five weeks after asking his employees to contribute as much as $2500 to the romney campaign, allen asked them to defer, quote, some or all of their salaries until december to help the company make a $15 million interest payment. allen noted many asg employees already had been on a four-day workweek for several years. in a statement, asg software solutions is a privately held company and reserves the right to be honest and forthright with all employees about the future. all communications are intended to be informative, not coercive. we championed open communications and on monday, employees will be ebb couraged to provide feedback in a confidential forum. just for context earlier this year allen publicly touted his use of the company's private jet. gulf stream g-550 costs more than $50 million. special advertisement section, configured with 17 seats, gulf stream becomes an airborne hotel, restaurant and conference room. that's where i live 250 day as year, all

mitt romney, right? governor of massachusetts. pushes for an individual mandate, health care. presidential candidate, opposes the individual mandate. for health care. arlen specter, as a republican, right? mostly as a republican moves the democratic party. his voting record shifts to the left. my own senator, evan bayh, when he was positioning himself for a run for the presidency, had a pretty liberal voting record. as soon as he withdrew and decided to run for re-election to the senate, he had the most conservative record of any democratic senator, even to the right of ben nelson from nebraska. or even our own academic peers. harold lowe, critic of president bush's, right? pushing executive power. works for the obama administration and changes his tune and takes positions he harshly criticized when he was outside the executive branch. so i think, you know, the desire, as i said, to leave a legacy, that's what drives presidents, and a lot of their statements and posture -- it's posturing much more than true commitment to ideology that they can't compromise. so let me conclude

mitt romney is there. there are democrats, republicans, but they're bostonians, they're people from massachusetts. first and foremost, their hearts go out to those who have suffered. >> today is about obviously remembering what happened monday. but it's also, i sort of also view it as preparing people for what might happen in the days and weeks to come. the reason why you want a united front of right, left, center and all denominations and all backgrounds in boston is eventually someone's going to be caught or some people. they might be from some group or another. they might be from the right or the left. we don't know. i think that this message of having everyone come together and say, you know what? it really doesn't matter. this happened. we're together as a community. whoever did this is not going to sort of separate all of us. i really think this has symbolism for the future. >> the president's words, i'm sure he's worked hard on his speech that he's going to be delivering. his regular speech writer,

mitt romney. u.s.a. today reports mayor bob milner plans to ask the former governor and failed presidential candidate to be the honorary chair of the city's bid. romney oversaw the 2002 winter games in salt lake city. >> by most people's account, he did a very good job, and i think that should probably be the top of his resume from here on out. don't mention running for president a couple of times. >> darryl isa signed a lot of autographs over the weekend. not because of who he is. rather of who people think he is. he regularly is getting from mad machine. he says he signs the autograph and doesn't say anything because, he says quote if you are mistaken for somebody popular, as a politician, take it. >> he looks like john hamm? >> yeah. >> signed his name or john hamm? >> you would have to be pretty drunk to confuse isa and hamm. they beth have black hair. >> at the dinner a lot were drunk. >> that's true. even still my god. >> if you are looking to get out of town memorial day weekend, there is a little

>>absolutely. >> and so would mitt romney. (vo) she's joy behar. >>and the best part is that current will let me say anything. what the hell were they thinking? >> john: this week our wtf america series looks at michigan where the wtf-ness is off the charts thanks to state resident gail horalek who demanded that a pornographic book be removed from school curriculum. the offending work of smut? none other than "the diary of a young girl by anne frank." it's the passage about anne discovery of her own genitalia you see if impressionable teens are allowed to read such filth how can we expect them to become believers. she suffered the ravages of tyranny, she said i think people are good at heart. but she also discovered her own body and we must protect children. now the superintendent said the committee will be assembled to review the concerns. really? wtf, michigan. if you're going to deprive students in your schools of the greatest powerful, moving books of the 20th century because one lady is uncomfortable about the part about lady parts? there is n

. >> and so would mitt romney. (vo) she's joy behar. >>and the best part is that current will let me say anything. what the hell were they thinking? >> if you believe in state's rights but still support the drug war you must be high. >> "viewpoint" digs deep into the issues of the day. >> do you think that there is any chance we'll see this president even say the words "carbon tax"? >> with an open mind... >> has the time finally come for real immigration reform? >> ...and a distinctly satirical point of view. >> but you mentioned "great leadership" so i want to talk about donald rumsfeld. >> (laughter). >> watch the show. >> only on current tv. [ explosion ] >> are you ok? >> i can't hear. i can't hear. get out of here, please get out of here. >> oh, my god! >> please get out of here! cenk: that was the explosion in west texas at a fertilizer planted. 14 people were killed, unfortunately and more than 160 injured, and dozens of buildings were destroyed. when you compare to boston, which was another horrible tragedy, three killed and 17

are accumulating vast sums of wealth without anyone saying a word or raising a finger is one of mitt romney. during the campaign in two thousand and twelve there was a huge battle over his disclosure or lack thereof of just how rich he is and in the end while romney did disclose some information about his assets including the fact that he was able to hide huge chunks of money in tax havens across the globe bottom line is that the outrageous levels of wealth inequality in america have been driven in large part by our society's coddling of and the media's willful ignorance towards our nation's all of ours for too long the wealthiest americans like the koch brothers have been able to slip under the radar while robbing us blind the reaganomics era has seen the largest transfer of wealth from working people to the very very rich in the history of the world trillions of dollars tens of trillions of dollars as a loser with warren pointed out a few weeks ago if workers' wages had kept up with productivity in the years since reagan like they did during the generations before reagan the minimum wage

here is mitt romney trying to figure out the name of that thing that we americans call a dog. i'm sorry i'm just a guy who cares an awful lot but you sir are a fool you know what that is my theory sells. wants us to defeat terrorism the only liberal that kristen. stewart. you know the corporate media distracts us from what you and i should care about because their profit driven industry that sells of sensationalistic garbage. he calls it breaking news i'm having martin and we're going to break that it's. looking pretty down the field that you won't find it here if you're looking for relevant stories you need back to from top my skin's. in screw news remember the bird flu and might be worse than ever in march the chinese government announced a new form of the avian flu known as h seven n nine as spread to humans an earlier version of the that very one disease called h five n one created panic when it spread to humans in two thousand and three killing hundreds around the world and reigniting memories of the global epidemics that were so common before modern medicine almost twent

to answer your question, jonathan, we raised just under $950 million for the romney campaign. now, that includes money that was raised of course in the primary that we raised and spent in the primary, about $100 million. we weren't able to use in the general election. you look at the overall spending of the romney campaign, about 2/3 of it really went into advertising of some kind, whether that was web advertising or tv advertising. and the other sort of largest line item was other than get out the vote political apparatus, whether it was done through the digital team or the political field operations. but those are the biggest line operations. we raise the money and the political strategists spend the money. there's always a healthy debate as every campaign strategist knows in every budget meeting about trying to forecast how much will be raised and where it's going to be spent. we tried to limit as much as possible the overhead of the campaign. and try to maximize every dollar going to turn out the vote. we're not always successful in doing that, but about 2/3 goes into adve

i assume you're talking about romney campaign republican groups. republican groups pay more to air their ads but less bang for their buck because they charge higher rates. they air fewer spots. >> part of it had to do with where obama also bought ad time. he didn't buy ad time in traditional places. is that fair? >> he bought time in more innovative, on more innovative platforms and democrats can do more advertisinadvertising. republicans tend to have audiences more around more expensive programming like primetime. >> one of the other things you guys noted was the number of markets. so, you know, one of the things that a lot of people made a big deal out of was in 2008, 188 media markets saw presidential level advertising and in 2012 83 markets saw it. what a shrinking battlefield. but you point out, 2004, 77 markets. so, basically 2008 was the outliar and 2012 was the norm of what the presidential battleground looks like. >> i think in 2008, you had people sort of testing the water to see if they can make places competitive that wound up not being

mitt romney refused-- >> they're in office. that doesn't matter. he wanted to be president of the united states and the question he had done shady things and illegal things to avoid american tax rates was legitimate area of inquiry in the last election. >> megyn: what do you make on my point of today's news of his $385,000 adjusted gross income, the bidens both of them gave $7,000 to charity? >> i have no opinion about whether or not any individual who makes decisions about what they're going to give away and what they're going to keep, it's up to them and private decision. >> of course it is. >> and it doesn't stop us from commenting on it. >> and live with the consequences. >> ben, your thoughts. >> the real hypocrite is not joe biden who thinks every dollar he pace is patriotic. the hypocrite is president obama if he want today help the economy and working american, that 20% of his money he paid to charity should have handed it over and said to the department of treasury to redistribute in accordance with principles of the fairness. >> megyn: an

here is mitt romney trying to figure out the name of that thing that we americans call a donor. i'm sorry i'm just a guy who cares an awful lot of money country music stars are a fool you know what that is my other terrorist cells in your neighborhood all want the usa to feature isn't the only liberal and the christian public. is usually the voters but. you know the corporate media distracts us from what you and i should care about because they're profit driven industry that sells of sensationalistic garbage because that breaking news i'm having martin and we're going to break that . looking for every doc in the field that while we won't find it here if you're looking for relevant stories unique perspective from top class scans in authority. welcome back today is tax day and while the rest of us scramble to meet the midnight deadline for tax returns the richest one percent of americans will sit tight and comfortable knowing that they've gamed the system once again combination of subsidies and prefer and privileges is transformed the i.r.s. into one of the federal government's la

ann romney will show up saying stop it. >> ann romney: stop it. this is hard. you want to try it get in the ring. stop it. >> stephanie: are you pitching a tent. top it. merny you are on the "stephanie miller show." >> caller: good morning, stephanie. hang on just a minute -- i got to -- >> stephanie: okay. >> caller: i just wanted to remind everybody that pedophilia is not about the sex, it's a form of rape basically -- it's about domination power, control, the whole bit, and i think these people are just a little bit afraid to seay adults, heaven forbid having to kind of accept each other and work together, and how sad is that for those kids. >> stephanie: yeah exactly. there's no other way to state. it's sending the message, it's not okay to be a gay adult, and then it's that's icky sort of tolerance -- >> it's not acceptance by any definition. it's barely tolerating children -- >> we'll hold our noses and tolerate you. >> just because we're losing money. >> and good luck getting money with this policy. >> stephanie: our friend chely wright always says i don