why? >> because he's fake. >> santorum on the ropes, but nowhere near finished. >> michael dukakis balanced the budget for ten years, does that make him qualified to be the president of the united states? i don't think so. >> i can't believe i'm losing to this guy. ♪ here we go we begin with the president who just wrapped up remarks on energy in the battleground state of florida showcasing a robust economic agenda even as his republicans have any point to beat him. mitt romney sweating it out in arizona today speaking to a group of builders and contractors and trying spaetly to beat mitt the working stiff. >> my dad was skilled he could take a handful of nails, spit them out pointy and forward.

even watching him as he got older, his skill was something to behold. i know how tough it can be. >> right. the guy who doesn't know how much he's worth somewhere between 200 and $250 million does now how tough it is. it's a hard knocked life for mitt. signs of a blooming economy cong year. the four week rolling average of unemployment falling for the sixth consecutive week to 359,000. it's lowest point in four years. not only that, american voters are in a distinctly brighter mood and there's signs the president is benefitting, a brand new poll showing more think the economy is improving, 54 to 43%. a 51-point shift since september. the president approvals rating up five points since december.

up nine among independents, ten points among women. the president up distinctly among women and independents and women. why would that be, do you think? >> we will go after all the programs. it led to education spending. that's why i've said we need to cut and eliminate. >> you're a severely con sefbtive governor of massachusetts. what did you mean by that? >> severe, strict. while i was fighting to save the olympics, you were fighting to save the bridge to nowhere. talking about birth control. why is he going there? >> everything is not be fine. >> it creates the problem of wanting to use the pills. >> i will defund planned parenthood. >> we have to worry about nuclear weapons going off in our city. >> take on the great satan, the united states. we do nothing.

>> wow. they are cheerful lot. we have a triple pant wiel with to kick things off. david, how is it possible that after 20 debates, 20 opportunities without really being challenged by anyone, no gotcha questions, how is it possible that these candidates don't leave us with their vision for the future of america but a row about earmarks and the bridge to nowhere. >> don't forget sex and contraception. >> 20 debates. what's going on? >> the republican primary electorate have moved so far to the right, it's not the issue of jobs but the issue of obama

hating. most voters what their number one prioritiey is, it's creatin jobs. fp you ask republican primary voters what the number one priority is, it's destroying barack obama. it's forcing rom wmitt romney w wanted to run on the economy as your friendly corporate ceo type guy to come out and out santorum. santorum on social issues and being fierce in terms of going after the president and being mean. what he did last night on immigration has gotten democratics giddy. he had to leapfrog over them. >> david, you dealt with mitt romney and rick santorum. newt gingrich, he seemed irrelevant for most of the night. they didn't ask him a question until about nine minutes in where he repeated his claim that

when he is elected he will take gas prices down to $2.50 a gallon. give tennessee fact that his greatest skill is taking down on own underpants, what is the point of offering the idea? >> he can do anything. he'll just talk the gas prices down. he's irrelevant from a polling place. he doesn't have enough money to compete. he seemed to be competing to be mitt romney's vice president. he seemed to be his wing man. he was backing him up on the funding of the olympics and getting earmarks. he seems to be settling. he's just looking for number two. >> joe, why did rick santorum run away from the opportunity to talk about banning contraception, transvaginal probes and the influence of satan? these are serious issues.

why did he run away from the opportunity? two hours and he never mentioned lucifer once. >> the devil works in mysterious ways. this is his attempt to try to be taken seriously. over the last couple of weeks, there were all kind of mocking answers to his display from the left and from the center. it turns off a lot of people, most notably the republican establishment. if he's looking to be taken seriously these issue tr to go further back to the burner and he has to be taken seriously. i think one wag said he's not running for pope. he's running for president. >> could have fooled me, joe. david. >> i think he sees the presidency as a steppingstone. >> that's true.

from the white house to the vatican. it's now make or break in michigan. we're hearing that one man nonother than donald trumpb is on robo calls on behalf of mitt romney saying that rick santorum, he's tired of rick santorum claiming he's an outsider and he says that romney is a good man that's working hard. that's hardly a ringing endorsement. >> i don't know what you get in terms of an endorsement. it's stort of slim pickings. romney is fighting for his life in michigan. that said, looks like he's doing better in a couple of polls. even if he loses in michigan, he still has this big operation, a lot of money and santorum will not be in a position to pull away. this gop race, this is the fundamental thing to understand about it, none of the guys should win. none of them should win, but somebody has to win.

we make it to a brokered convention shs we'll talk to michael steele about that down the road. they are such flawed characters. that's why you keep this game of musical chairs. that's going to continue no matter what happens in michigan. it won't drive anybody out of race. it gives everybody an incentive to stay in the race and end up in tampa with some delegates. >> indeed. daf david was talking about how this race has been so damaging for them. if you look at the president's approval rating among independents and women, it's just skyrocketed. do you think that rick santorum talking about contraception in the way he did, darrell issa holding that panel, do you think this is doing damage to the republicans? >> i think it is. in the same way immigration has done generational damage to republicans with the hispanic

vote. i think the talk like this frightens women voters. the idea that not only are they against abortion, which everybody knew, but now we have brought forward the idea that there are significant portions of the republican party that don't women to have contraception. it's like they want to roll us back to the 1950s. women are not going to go for that. there are organizations. that are people like planned parenthood, they're going to fight back. there's women that have the capacity to fight back. i think republicans are truly damaging their brand. >> joe, i mentioned earlier to you that issatan didn't make an appearance. >> or did he? >> foreign policy did. it was remarkable because each of the candidates referred to the president as bowing to all these foreign powers almost describing him like a doorman at the tokyo hilton. >> they're their stock and trade. it's fear mongering to the tryi

base. this is where they go. what i thought was interesting is the fact that many of these a lot of what flies isn't challenged by anyone on the stage. any follow up is dictated by the whim of the crowd. unless you get the proper answer or kind of talking points that the audience wants to hear. the debates have been counter productive in my opinion in that perspective because you're getting a lot of unrealistic claims that are being made that go unchallenged. >> thanks so much. we want your input after that. stay with us. much more ahead.

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today. you'll remember darrell issa's panel which prompted women to walk out in protest. today's featured onld a single witness but she was all that was needed. >> a friend of mine, for example, had polycystic ovarian syndrome. he has to take birth control to st cysts from growing. he she's gay. a massive cyst grew on her ovary. >> krystal, there's something sad about the fact that the hearing took place today and

because of what's been happening with the republican party not much attention will probably fall upon it. what moved you most about what she said today? >> it was how personal it was. it was a personal story and one of the things that the republicans have tried to sweep under the rug is the fact that birth control is used by millions of women not just for fornication, as they would put it, but for basic health care. there's nothing wrong with having birth control for contraception because the abortions that they are so desperate to prevent and we want to prevent are prevented by having access to contraception. women who have access and use contraception are about 85% less likely to have an abortion. they are cutting off their nose to spite their face. i think the larger goal of not having unintended pregnancy, not having women put in terrible

situations should be what we're working toward here. >> what did you think of the president's compromise and yesterday the information we got about virginia governor who is backing off the forced transvaginal probe that he was hoping to inflict upon women. does this suggest that the republican party is changing its mind about pushing this particular agenda? >> no. the state legislature is pushing back against bob mcdonald saying they would rather kill the bill than take out the forced aspect of it. it's just sort of the appearance of the republican party participating in the intimidation and bullying of women into giving birth and this idea that we're going to force you to do it. we're going to make it so difficult and humiliating for you to control your own preproduction that you'll see that to the religious authorities. when you look at when the bishops have sued state to stop them from providing contraception, one of the things

the bishop said is a woman should just abstain. there's a sense of bullying that's really disturbing. >> i want to bring this down to its essential elements and the reason i get so exercised about this is it's fundamentally about respecting women enough that they can make their own decision about their health and their bodies. that's why this is so upsetting, and that's why when you see an all male panel to talk about women's reproductive health, that's why it's so upsetting that it seems like republicans do not trust and respect women to make their own decisions. >> i'm sure they challenge that. i want to play a clip of what happened last night when john keene introduced the topic of birth control. >> since birth control is the latest hot topic, which candidate believes in birth control, and if not, why?

>> it's a very popular question. >> what do you think of that? >> it's crazy. they are the ones who have made birth control an issue. republicans are the ones who have brought this issue to the forefront. >> rick santorum in particularly. >> rick santorum in particularly. bob mcdonald in virginia. to object to the fact this is a question, these the very people that made this an issue. >> when newt gingrich answered that question, his answer didn't respond to the question. he made a slur and a smear of the president as if the president supports. >> he took it to that extreme. none of that answered the question. there was a lot of commentary in the audience. these are four politicians on that stage. they understood that you the not win when the majority of women are horrified by your party but

to say women shouldn't have birth control. none of them want to answer the question. it shows that newt gingrich sunsing of republican politics is the way to solve a problem is to up the obama hatred. say something so outrageous that the audience can get back on your side. >> always trust newt to go hate and go vile. thanks so much. next, the president heads to miami with some good news. stay with us. >> we have a new television ad that labels him a fake. why? >> because he's a fake. ♪ i'm a marathon runner, in absolute perfect physical condition and i had a heart attack right out of the clear blue...

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within the last hour, the president has been speaking at the united states of miami. the president addressed the issue of gas prices which have been rising at an alarming rate. traveling with the president for us is kristen welker. how did the president address the issue of rising gas prices, and why did he travel to miami to do so? >> well, to take the last part of your question first, why did he come to miami? florida is a big battleground state. president obama said today that miami is the first american city to have a city hall that's powered entirely by solar and renewable energy. in addition to that, the university of miami has a great engineering program, which president obama did tour today. he seemed quite impressed although he admitted he understood only 10% of what the students were working on. that's why miami.

in terms of gas price, president obama has been hammered recently by republicans who are saying that the high gas prices are a result of president obama's energy policy. today president obama was able to answer some of those critics and he said there's no magic solution to this immediate problem. what we have to do is look to the long term and invest in things like wind, solar, nuclear energy. he's made the point he's opened millions of acres for exploration. he's had a bit of reality check with the students. right after the president finished, we got a slew of e-mails from republicans who said that the president is trying to distract voters during an election year because the price of gas is so high. this is something that will stay with him in the coming months. i think the president trying to get out in front of the argument, and making the point that in 2010 the united states

dependence on foreign oil dropped below 50% for the first time in a decade. we're seeing this issue come to the fore right now. martin. >> thank you. stay with us. the day's to top lines are coming up. >> it appears barack obama has failed to keep many of the campaigns promises his opponents made for him, including the incredibly specific ones. >> he's going to have an effort to eliminate speech for rush limbaugh. ♪ oh! [ baby crying ] ♪ what started as a whisper ♪ every day, millions of people choose to do the right thing. ♪ slowly turned to a scream ♪ there's an insurance company that does that, too. liberty mutual insurance.

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you mess with the bull, you get the horns or sometimes you just step in it. here are today's top lines. >> i hope you watched the debate last night. it was kind of fun. >> welcome to the party governor. please define yourself using one

word. >> cheerful. >> you ever a new television ad that labels him a fake. why? >> because he's a fake. >> i'm real. >> congratulations. >> not once did anybody in the elite media ask why barack obama voted in favor of legalize infanticide. >> i wonder which team he was taking it for. >> you're entitled to your opinion mitt. >> the sea was angry that day my friends. >> i'm not sure what's burning down there, but santorum's approval rating went up 50 points in the jersey shore. >> how do you feel about homo

homosex homosexuality. >> you vote for abortion. >> all of us are more at risk today, men and women, boys and girls. >> east afraid to stand up to iran. he was willing to jump in bed with the muslim brotherhood. >> the ideal that america's going to be free and safe and properrous, try driving a car if everybody gets behind the kwheel and do whatever they want to do. >> let's get this afternoon. with me here in new york, jonathan capehart. a pleasure to have you. with us from washington, julian epstein. republicans couldn't win on the economy, culture wars backfire and now the plan is to attack the president as a national security threat.

do you think bin laden thinks he's a threat to the national security of america? >> obviously, that's a rhetorical question. i think that. >> i'm glad you noticed. >> i think the record on iraq and afghanistan, i think the record on libya, i think if they want to take the president on on national security, i think the president response is go ahead, make my day. let us have that debate. i think similarly in the debate the real winner was barack obama because when you have a party whose numbers are sinking in the poll, the thing you should do is talk about what voters care about and try to build allian s alliances. they are not talking about the economy. they are telling women they are immoral if they use contraception. they tell hispanics they will adopt the most anti-immigration out there and they are telling gay americans to go eat cake. it's not so hot if you're trying

to run for president of the united states. >> jonathan, there was one noticeable omission particularly from rick santorum, satan. satan was never mentioned. why not? >> well, i think we know why because no good comes from talking about satan, at all. >> rick santorum tells the us that satan is focused on the demise of this country. >> i know where he gets that from. i don't know. when you listen to everything that he says whether it's contraception or iran or any of his other policy positions, it's always rooted in this good versus evil. he's always on the side of good and anyone who opposes him, anyone, whether it's any of those guys on the stage or democrats or whomever, they are all evil if they don't agree with him. while satan wasn't there in form, he was there in terms of substance. testifies there in terms of form.

>> julian, less than a week to michigan and arizona, are we starting to see some of the veneer rubbed off of mr. santorum. >> i think he's realizing being a front-runner has about as much job security as being a coach for the new york knicks. i think the more people get to look at him, the more this guy is bag full of contradictions. it's the party leadership. you would almost start to think it's michael jackson's doctor who was in charge of the republican party, why they are driving these guys into the ground. the party leadership understands one central thing, which is that rick santorum is not electable in a general election. there's nobody that can make the argument that he is electable given the positions he's taiken on all the things we have talking about on your show. the party leadership, the so called establishment, which is still unclear whether it exists, is working to try to pull this out for romney right now.

even if romney wins, i think if you speak to most republicans off camera, they'll tell you that the enthusiasm that they once had for him, the belief they once thought he could win this campaign is gone. >> jonathan, the. >> they're looking at each other saying thst out the window. >> you had a dust up with mr. christie. watch this. >> he's been silent on it. >> the president and justice department have made it clear that the defensive marge act is unconstitutional. >> hold on. >> first of all, i used to be a prosecutor. i don't know if you did too but i'm not going to be cross examined by you. >> i'm having fun trying. >> you're going to lose. let's just move on. >> i would love for you to answer the question. >> why don't you pick on someone your own size? what were you thinking? >> i know.

i have such poor manners and poor form. governor christie was trying to take a hammer at president obama because on paper he and the president do have the same position. they both support civil unions. president obama and the obama administration have made it clear that they believe that the so called mai eed marriage act unconstitutional and they will not defend it. second, he's supporting s598 which is the respect marriage act which is a repeal and he is publicly supported that. the third thing is that the president has given him support to the state by state effort to legalize same-sex marriage around the country. he had great things to say about what's happened in washington and new york state and when chris christie had the opportunity to sign a bill that would allow gay men and lesbians

to marry legally in new jersey, when he had the opportunity to do what he says the president wouldn't do, he didn't do it. >> i'm sorry, john. we have just run out of time. thanks so much for joining us. aww is america's favorite new reality show is atten end. >> can't you see this is viewed at a minimum insulting to all americans and particularlily to black americans? >> no. i don't see that. ♪ doesn't have to take longer. i'm done. i'm going to... drink this... on the porch! ♪ give me just a little more time ♪ [ female announcer ] mops can be a hassle, but swiffer wetjet's spray cleaner and absorbent pads can clean better in half the time

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simpleton strategies being offered by the gop. >> since its an election year they are dusting off their three point plan for $2 gas. i'll save you the issususpense. step one is to drill. step two is the drill and step three the to keep on drilling. the american people are not stupid. they know we are already drilling. they know that's bumper sticker. >> good afternoon, sir. congressman, the president offered a dynamic energy strategy delivery, production, research and development. why can't he just offer a silver bullet strategy like republicans. drill, baby, drill. it's got a nice ring to it. what's wrong with that? >> first of all, drill, baby, drill has become fail, baby, fail. we only have 2% of the oil

resources in the world. we consume 20 to 25% of the oil on an ongoing basis. what is president talked about today and what has to be the strategy is much high a fuel economy standards for the vehicles which we drive and the president has now implemented those regulations that are going to wind up with two million barrels of oil being backed out of the middle east because we're going up to 55 miles per gallon over the next 15 years. >> indeed. knew newt gingrich claims that if he's elected president that he will bring gas down to $2 or 2.4 $2.50 depending on which day. you're the expert, what do you

say, $2.18, $2.20. >> he took over in january of 1995. we dropped down to 20% of the oil which we consumed of being imported in 1987. by the time we reached 2005, at the peak of the republicans controlling the house, senate and presidency, we were up to 60% of our oil being imported. why is that? because newt gingrich in 1995, as the speaker added a rider to the transportation bill year after year after year which prohibited the department of transportation increasing the fuel economy standards of the vehicles we drive in the united states. why is that important? because 70% of the oil that we consume in america goes into gasoline tanks. if you don't improve the efficiency of the vehicles, those gasoline tanks are attached to, then we become more and more dependent upon imported

oil. >> congratulations to newt gingrich on that. well done. rick santorum was becoming to sound like an islamic environmental fundamentalist. he said he want to frak here, frak there and frak everywhere. is that what we need or is he smoking gram of cocaine? >> there's no question natural gas can and will play a larger goal in the united states energy mix. we have to make sure that the fracing doesn't result in kmem cals in the water tables that lines up creating a disease, cancers in children across the nation. assuming that there are environmental safeguards put in place then yes, natural gas will play a lrjer ro democrats are s t's keep the oil from the keystone pipeline in the united states. let's keep the natural gas in the united states. what the republicans are calling

this now is the keystone export pipeline. they don't want any restrictions on the pipeline being built and the oil being sold to other countries and not to the united states. the same thing is true with how they view natural gas produced in the united states. let's just export it across the planet even though the department of energy has determined that there will be a 57% increase in the price of natural gas if we allow that to happen. and, so, their policy is essentially oil above all. not all of the above. it's whatever the oil industry wants and they want higher prices. right now the american petroleum institute does not want the reserve deployed because that will lower prices. they always opposed increased fuel economy standards because

that meansless oil is consumed. they are backing policies in their tax breaks but the tax breaks for wind and solar and the competition of the 21st century being taken off the books. the president is on the right tracks. >> i wish we had more time. thank you so much for joining us. next, two men who chose not to fight are on for one. stay with us. ♪ [ johan ] hello, piper. nice up-do. i see you're crunching numbers with a cup of joe...

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after listening to last night's debate, you might be thinking that the current president of the united states is deferential and the doing ng to curtail iran's nuclear pursuit and bin laden is still preparing for friday press. >> this president should have put in place crippling sanctions against iran, he did not. >> he has a very big problem of standing up tot iranians. >> as long as you're america's

enemy, you're safe. the only people you have to worry about is if you're an american ally. >> joining mark ginsberg, currently the senior vice president of apco worldwide. good afternoon, sir. >> hi, martin. >> any of like these coops rksz you have just returned from the middle east. i wonder if their characterization of the president's policies compare with what you saw and witnessed. >> obviously, not. the republicans are clearly using hyperbole to describe the situation. the president has a difficult dilemma in front of him involving iran. whether you're republican or democrat, it's a lot easier to talk theoretics than the practicality of dealing with iran with a nuclear weapon. and israel that is deeply concerned about the consequences of that nuclear weapon and what a war would mean for the united states. but there's no doubt that our allies in the region understand

that the president is coordinating carefully with israel in order to determine the best course of action. >> in terms of the overall view of republicans, they say the president bows a lot to foreign leaders. gingrich says he bowed to the saudi king. romney said the president bowed to iran's stolen election. is that the image you have of the president bowing? >> i may have my disagreements with this administration's foreign policy from time to time, martin, but in the region on the issues that matter life and death in the middle east, that is the longevity of our allies, the capacity to deal with islamic radicalism, the threat of terrorism in the region, i gave a report card in "the huffington post" a few weeks ago. the president deserves an a plus and most of our allies understand that the president when it comes to the importance of dealing with the threat that

they all face, he has earned a lot of credit from them. >> and that credit appears to be shared by the population because unfortunately for the gop, a majority of voters polled by "the washington post" seem to think the president's handling of terrorism is a major recent to vote for him. 56%. >> absolutely. that view is shared across the board. there's no doubt that the president has been resolute, determined, effective, and he's done what i have always believed any president needs to do, martin. we know we're winning a war against terrorism when it is the terrorists that have to go to bed at night and worry where they are waking up in the morning rather than us going to bed in the morning worrying about waking up in the morning. >> what's your reaction then to the distortion we're hearing? last night, it made me pine for george bush. he seemed far more learned on the issues than any of the four

last night. >> all of this goes down to the ultimate question over the consequences of the confrontation with iran. the president clearly is trying to coordinate with our ally over how to deal with this. number two, the republicans would like us to believe that going to war with iran is merely just a question of hitting the button, sending the planes over, destroying iran's nuclear weapons. in the final analysis, the president has made it very clear that all options are on the table. his administration has to get its act together. i'm not convinced they are sure over what point in time they have to act, but for the republicans to keep making the argument that the president is not prepared to support israel when most israelis know better than that. i have seen this movie over and over again. it's getting a little tiresome for those of us who understand

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55% of republicans are dissatisfied with the field and would like to see someone else enter the race. and this after 20 debates. unfortunately, these candidates are not listening to their own party. they don't seem to see the obvious signs of dissatisfaction. they don't hear the criticism. instead they just blame the media. >> i think the destructive, vicious, negative nature of much of the news media makes it harder to govern this country. >> we're going to be running against a president with the national media behind him. >> we're on the receiving ends of attacks from the media. >> it is incredible to hear the fab four complain about the media, but in reality, the debates have been wonderfully illuminating in terms of what they have revealed about the candidates. mr. paul, for legalization, isolation, and the e vis ration of the entire government. santorum, transparent about his wish to return social policy to third century con stand ta nope

l. mr. romney, tortured by his life at bain capital and his inability to be authentic about anything. gingrich, the most loathed political figure in america. transparent, tortured, and toxic. that's what we have learned from the debates. thanks so much for watching. dylan ratigan is next. the class of 2012. 3.5 million strong, but 83% have more than a diploma. they are in debt from all those student loans. with debt around their necks, many will settle for jobs that not only don't match what they studied in college, but will also stop them from doing what we need. experimentation, the next generation must experiment and take us out of the economy that has gripped the nation. the class of 2012,