>> i learned that he's not the first person to blow smoke at the american public. >> happy birthday, louis. oh, my god. what time is it? >> battle ground ohio. we are live in the buckeye state with the biggest fight is unfolding. will workers restrict bargaining and boost the hopes for 2012? rick perry relys his flat tax plan and unleashes on mitt

romney, calling him a fat cat? could he fall flat if he goes into further terry. the first lady heads to ohio for healthy eating and joined by the mayor of chicago. rahm emmanuel. he joins me this morning right here on daily run down. good morning from columbus, ohio. it's tuesday, october 25th and this is "the daily rundown." i'm chuck todd and let's get to the first reads. rick perry will roll out his tax plan. they have been promising the plan for weeks and perry is overshadowing it. he previews in the "wall street journal" and establishes an optional 20% flat tax. reduces the corporate tax rate from 35% to 20% and preserves the home mortgage deductions and deductions for charitable contributions and allows younger workers to opt out of social security and caps federal

spending at 18% of gdp. in an interview, they said the charge that is planned gives the wealthiest the big tax break is beside the point. >> this country has 14 million plus people out of work. i want to get the money back out into the economy. get into the class warfare and talk about there will be folks who make more money out of this and have access to more money. i will let them do that. >> even as perry rolls out his tax plan, he is almost guaranteeing it will not be the page one story. he is tripling down on birtherism. the campaign manager preparing to go up with positive ads in iowa and letting the nation in on what texas already knows. refusing to take back further comments made. >> it's a good issue to keep

alive. donald has to have fun. you saying your comments are a joke or do you seriously have an unresolved question donald has about that? >> i don't have a clue about where the president and what this birth certificate says, but it's also a great distraction. >> we will have a look at more of that interview in a moment when perry talks to romney as well. speaking of losing control of image, new ads on the radio show debate. unsurprisingly, you know what he is selling. >> 9-9-9 means jobs, jobs, jobs and an up rising has leading this hour. please donate $9 or $999. every gift counts. >> it's this web from cain's chief of staff. >> we have run a campaign like

nobody has ever seen. america has never seen a candidate like herman cain. we do this. we can take the country back. ♪ >> there you go. in reality the ad strategy of targeting base conservative voters on rush limbaugh listeners is pretty smart strategy early on, particularly in iowa. people forget radio is very impactful to iowa voters. people spend a lot of time in their car. the president continues a west coast swing. he is going to san francisco and taping a show with jay leno and going to denver to sell a piece of the jobs message. he will go to the pepsi center. yesterday speaking at the bellagio in las vegas, he

sounded down trodden than he usually does. >> there is so much left to do and understandably a lot of people feel a little disenchanted and a lot of people feel discouraged. that old hope poster is fading and it's getting dog eared along the edges there. but i just want to remind all of you that we never said this was going to be easy. >> speaking of not coming easy, selling what people get on their second terms. think about the last four second terms whether bush, reagan, nixon. they didn't go so hot for one reason or another. that's a giant hurdle the president will have to leave open. finally i'm here in columbus, ohio voters decide the case of john casic's law for public sector workers. it's on issue two, the

referendum on that law broadcast on nbc. the debate on spending and budgets is a microcosm of the same conversation. in washington and 49 other states. the role of government and the roll of the government worker and how much of this is spending and how much is about the government workers and their place in the economy. we will test the strength here in the midwest and the popularity in particular hereof republican governor john kasick. they report the repeal of the law of collective bargaining to 32%. nearly double the support for repeal a month ago. the governor is upside down as well. 52% of voters disapprove of performance. the issue is contentious. both running ads by campaigns on opposite sides might look similar. >> when the fire broke out, there was not a moment to spare.

if not for the firefighters, we wouldn't have the zone today. that's why it is so important to vote no on issue 2. if not for the firefighters, we wouldn't have our zone today. >> she is right. by voting no on issue 2, our safety will be threatened. without issue 2, communities will need to lay off hardworking firefighters. >> as you can see here, the campaign has become a personal campaign. it's about people. that's what labor was trying to do and the business community wanted to make it about spending and the economy and as you can see by the messages, things have fallen. that's live her in ohio. the president is spending this last day on the west coast pitching the plan to help home owners. he spent the evening rubbing elbows with hollywood stars on the campaign swing.

kristen welker is in los angeles by the set of the tonight show. what caught me and you saw that i played it earlier. the message to campaign supporters. he's got the same message and this is not the same as it was four years ago. >> it's an interesting point, chuck. i noticed that as well. he seemed gloomy at the clip you played there at the bellagio. last night here in los angeles he spoke at a star-studded fund-raiser last night and he made the point, will smith there was and magic johnson was there and he said look, 2012 is not going to be as sexy as 2008. again, a little bit more downbeat than we are used to hearing him. interesting to note his tone there. by the way, this trip is a real mix of policy and politics. he is going to attend six fund-raisers in the three-day

west coast tour. he made his big announcement yesterday in las vegas, nevada. the foreclosure capital of the country. he said his administration would make it easier for folks under water to refinance their homes. he will be making an announcement tomorrow. more about fund-raising and of course that big appearance on jay leno which you mentioned, i'm in the burbank bureau right now. that will be taped around the corner. we will be watching that closely. appealing to younger voters there. >> there you go. they love their jay. >> absolutely. >> let's move back to the presidential race. governor perry is gambling that his flat tax will fuel a come back. the chief correspondent john har wood contrasts well with what mitt romney is proposing. >> i consider what mitt is doing nibbling around the edges and what we are doing bold.

if you are looking for somebody who will nibble around the edges and say listen, we will not make it hard on you. it will work out, i'm not your guy. >> joining me now from gray court, south carolina where the governor will formally unveil his plan. walk me through. he wants to make the tax code a choice. flat tax is not a mandatory implementation, but is there a way to incentivize people to go the flat tax route? >> most people will get a tax cut, but by preserving it is option of the old system, he makes sure nobody will get a tax increase. he is going to a 20% flat rate on corporations and individual income, preserves the big deductions for charity and mortgage interest and state and local taxes if your income is under $500,000. he has a very large personal

exemption, $12,500 per person. a family of four pays no tax on the first 50,000. he is not worried about the near term impact on the deficit here. this is going to be a massive cut. he is looking long-term and will go for spending cuts that balance by 2020. >> it's interesting that you raise mitt romney's criticism of a flat tax. rick perry's response to you. let me get you to talk about it on the other side. >> 1996 when the adviser was running on a flat tax, mitt romney said it was a tax cut for fat cats. he said that about your plan. >> i would say he ought to look in the mirror. i consider him to be a fat cat. >> there you go. rick perry has been not alone in trying to put mitt romney as a wall street guy. herman cain said i'm main street

and he's wall street. if you are obama, you are happy that that's what rick perry is trying to do. >> absolutely you are very happy with that. the contrast that rick perry is trying to draw is two-fold. i'm the son of a farmer and he is the wealthy fat cat as he said. the other is that he, rick perry, is a guy who has the guts to pursue bold things conservatives want to do where as mitt romney flipped positions over the time and not been bold and tough and had the guts that perry had. he is hoping to make that stick and maybe that will replay the campaign a bit. >> i want to talk about the birther comments. when you asked the question,y assumed he was going to brush it off and say that's donald trump being donald trump. he didn't quite do that. >> i did expect that to happen, but in fact i went back and gave him repeated tunes to say look, are you joking or are you

serious? that's when he said in the slip that you played, i don't have a clue where the president -- he started to say where he was born and he said what's on the birth certificate. he said it's a good issue to keep alive. he was playing both sides to some degree by having a grin on his face and making light of it. he was preserving the option later to say i was just kidding, but also telling a lot of the people who believe in this issue hey, i relate to where you are coming from and trying to consolidate that part of the party. >> cnbc's chief correspondent, thanks very much. coming up on wednesday november 9th, the next republican debate will be on cnbc from the state of michigan. and oakland university. be sure to tune in. rahm on the record. rahm emmanuel joins me next and why she joining forces with the first lady in a food fight.

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i think folks need information. knowledge is power. we are lacking that. people eat what they eat because

they think it's okay. they don't need the government telling them what to do. they need good information and access. >> the first lady is in chicago as part of a push to provide low income neighborhoods with better access to healthy foods. it's not just about cholesterol. they link the economy and jobs. rahm emmanuel is mayor of chicago and joins me now. good to see you, sir. >> how are you? >> let's start with what you are trying to do here. explain the program and why it could be a model that you want to see around the country. >> we have 350 to 400,000 people who do not have access within about a mile of their home. to fresh fruits and vegetables. we have an issue of this in the

tam pain and brought the executives and ceo of major grocery stores and farm accesses. that was about two months ago. they are going to lay out the plan for putting stores in those food deserts. there will be about 50 jobs per store and there will be conversions to mini grocery stores. they have an urban agricultural component and they passed a landmark here in the city of chicago. it will change the low income neighborhoods and, lining the bottom line where they will make a profit with the bottom line with job and economic growth as well as giving people access in their neighborhood to fresh fruits and vegetables. >> it's a fine line between the nanny state and trying to encourage things. on food stamps, should food

stamps be banned? >> all i'm doing is providing a neighborhood with economic development and job creation and b, the opportunity that you and i take for granted of fresh fruits and vegetables and meats that they do not have access to today. i am giving the opportunity. they have to have the responsibility to make the choice. they don't have the option. that's the bottom line profits and a line of a similar interest. >> i understand that, but we were talking about low income neighborhoods and there is the issue of food stamps and push about whether foot stamps should be restricted on what they are used for. banning some unhealthy foods from being performed. do you think that's a proper role of government? >> look, we will be making

announcements today as it relates to food stamps and access to fresh fruits and vegetables. it's giving people the opportunity to make the choice. right now in your neighborhood and my neighborhood, we have access to three or four or five options. in other neighborhoods, that's miles away. people don't even have the choice that you and i take for granted. we will give them that choice. they will give them that opportunity and it creates jobs and economic growth. they have to take the responsibility to make that choice. now, as it relates to limiting choices, i am trying to take the central point which is why ten mayors are coming to this. it's about giving more choices which they don't have today. >> i want to talk about something that you are dealing with head on. budgets and spending and know you have a new proposal that is

out and talking about raising some revenue and having to do with a new parking fee and raising vehicle sticker prices for suvs and having to consolidate. let me ask you the bigger question. what have you learned about the situation of city budgets with what you are dealing with that you didn't know when you were sitting in the west wing? >> better to do without msnbc looking over your shoulder. no, on a serious note. >> that's all right. >> we had a $637 million deficit. we cut $417 million. 2/3 of it. cuts and reforms and efficiencies. a wellness plan that saves in the public sector. we also made other changes. we are consolidating into one

public safety headquarters. we are making changes in the overall budget. we cut the per employee head tax. i do have fees that go into improvement. the congestion fee and improving mass transit and buying improvement in the opportunities and growth to the city. we are talking about making sure as you noted for heavier cars and will be a jump from suvs to 120 to 135. that goes into a pothole fund and we will fill 130,000 potholes. they create more of a damage. we tut 2/3 of the budget and cut the employee head tax which is essential for the city and each individual fee goes into an

improvement and the infrastructure to create growth and job growth. what i always said, the city of chicago is not a job. that's the role of the private sector. the public sector creates additions for economic growth. the first priorities are the safety of our streets and the strength of our schools and the stability of our finances. in addition to the cuts and reforms and holding the line on taxes, we put $20 million back into the rainy day fund. they held chicago stable more than any other changes which is an affirmation of the strategy of putting our financial house in order. >> speaking of the public sector and the deal with government workers and debt, i'm in ohio and they are having this referendum. i'm not asking to you weigh in on the politics, but on the specifics, the message that labor should take away from if

they do win this fund and get the bill repealed in ohio. what's the message they should take away with that in dealing with city governments and state governments like yourself? >> this is a big challenge we all have in the public sector. what's our and how do we make the changes? we had a major debate on education about the time of the school day and the school year. chicago at one time had the shortest school day of any city in the country. we passed that in spring field and it was 59-0. 112-1. in the house. that's the right way to do it. we caming to w the reforms that are necessary for our children. the fundamental goal, what is a service we are providing. to who? a mass transit and the community. it's not about management and the workers, it's about the

commuter. it's not about the schools and the officials, it's about the kids. remembering who you are servicing and you can make the choices and reforms that are necessary and second i would say equally shared. >> is labor getting this message? >> chuck, i have so say you have to take it to a national point, but let me explain locally. in everything we have done i cut 10% of the salaries in my office. the payroll. i did that to city council. cut 10% there. in the public schools, we tut $400 million. expanded, 6,000 more kids get all day kindergarten and parents get more charters and magnet schools and schools of excellence. we are serving the children. we are serving the 600 and 1,000 plus cops out of the administrative office and move

them to the streets. if you remember what you are trying to achieve, the reforms to be accomplished. >> i have to leave it there. when i get up to should go, i will force you to talk to me face-to-face. good to see you. >> see you later, chuck. >> coming up today, how is the market handling the latest debt crisis? how will wall street react? the market run down next. today's trivia question. who was the last person to win the presidency without winning ohio. the first correct answer to follow tuesday from us. gomery a abigail higgins had... ...a tree that bore the most rare and magical fruit. which provided for their every financial need. and then, in one blinding blink of an eye,

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go now necessary the latest. what's your view on the market today? >> markets opening a little lower on a couple pieces of news. 3 m had earnings and of course they got killed this morning because they didn't see expectations. the other big news, the home price index falling year over year. there is a little bit of news in that with august and september, things have seemed to stabilize somewhat. some people taking solace and europe will be the big story and people a wade what happens tomorrow and whether they see a bailout plan people can get behind and believe in. there is a sense that no matter what, they will be disappointed, i hate to say. >> it's all over again when it comes to the european bailouts. "the daily rundown" will be back in 30 seconds.

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the texas rangers are a game away from winning the first world series. they beat the cardinals on a big two-run double. the next game is tomorrow in st. louis. just curious if this counts for the washington senators. president obama's critics argue that he has not done enough to try to fix the housing crisis. so far the potential 2012 opponents are leaving the door open for somebody to grab ahold of the issue. will anyone do it? he joins me now. it was as if on queue, you do this cover story and you know we have no idea they will roll out this sort of new addendum to an old housing policy. >> they follow everything we

write. in all seriousness, the president had far and away a weak housing policy. that's the big problem facing the economy right now. people are not spending money because they lost wealth and they are not confident enough and they won't be until the market stabilizes. the president had a poor policy until now and trying to move forward for something better. meanwhile the republican field has not talked much about this. that's a big void in the policy. >> let me stop you there. listen to the opportunity from las vegas at a debate. las vegas one of the three or four ground zeros. here's how he responded. >> what would you do as president to fix the overall problem of real estate and foreclosures in america. >> let the market work and that's what hasn't happened so far. >> the best we can do is get the

economy going. that's why the restructuring i described is essential to help homeowners to get government out of the way. it starts with making sure we can get the economy. >> we will turn the economy around and create jobs. that's how you hold on to your house. >> nobody took the opportunity to talk about a specific plan. they hunt and tried to pivot to just the economy in general. >> right. what we say in the story is that's mimicking what had been the president's head in the sand. if you just assume that things will get better in the economy, that will lift the market. a lot of economists say you have it backwards. if you need that improvement in the market first and that's what's going to unleash steady growth for us. >> there seems to be a political problem here. in order to do the things that the president wants to do and claimed he wanted to do yesterday in the roll out of his

plan, he needs the cooperation of the banks. what incentive do they have to refinance at 125 or 130% of these homes guaranteeing they will never make money on the loans rather than maybe at 100 or 105? is the government going to have to force the banks to do this? >> there a lot of problems here. who we are getting and the bank cooperation. there is reasons why the republicans have been silent on this. not profiles and courage all-around here. voters are angry at what they see to the banks and cooperating with the banks and you are helping out in a way the voters don't like. they don't like saying my neighbor borrowed too much and i don't want him getting help when i play by the rules. >> it's fascinating to watch. they are hitting romney on foreclosures.

thinking there is a political opening and what the president did yesterday, they are talking 800,000 homeowners? >> the housing market is enormous. 10 million americans are under water and millions more going through foreclosures. we will not get a stable housing market and people having the confidence to boost the spending until we see a lot of folks treading water or above water again until the foreclosures are worked through. this is going to be a problem and the idea that we can let it work itself out, you are punting for maybe a year or two on sustained growth. that's why it's so important that the president and candidates are talking about solutions to reduce the market. >> they coquote the story on this. pick it up and read it. always a pleasure. >> the super tuesday panel joins

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paul wellstone was in the midst of a tight reelection fight he probably would have won. he defeated former vice president walter mondale put on the ballot after wellstone's death in arlington, virginia. they are selling a jobs plan that has been rejected in congress so the president is striking a tone that is more down trodden than upbeat. the deputy press secretary and white house reporter for "the washington post." welcome back. author of notes from the cracked ceiling and the national political editor for the associated press. i want to start with what was a down trodden president obama in nevada yesterday, but he will go on jay leno where he has to be upbeat. here's a clip from his first appearance on leno as president. here's what he said then.

>> now, it's only 59 days now. >> yes. >> so much scrutiny. is it fair to judge so quickly? >> well, look. we are going through a difficult time. i welcome the challenge and i ran for president because i thought we needed big changes. i do think in washington it's a little bit like "american idol" except everyone is simon cowell. >> these days bill burton, it's not just washington, but a lot of the country is simon cowell for the president. you heard earlier the president at the bellagio and maybe he didn't do well at the table and maybe he had a tough time saying it's not as exciting as four years ago, what do you tell the supporters? you were on the campaign and you are in a different campaign. what do you say to the supporters? >> if you look at where president obama is, it's not that dissimilar to where

president clinton was and not that dissimilar to president reagan. you have done enough things to make people mad on both sides a little bit. without the benefit of a choice and the context of what you are doing versus what the other guy wants to do. the president is the person who wants to take all the errors. we are in a common place as president, but as the choice becomes clear, we will have a clear sense of what the difference is between the republican nominee. >> when i was listening to the president yesterday at the bellagio speech, it's going to be -- i better hope he doesn't make the case about a productive second term. that's not something that happens for many second term presidents. it's hard for any of them. reagan and nixon and bush, all of them struggled having productive terms. >> he will have a hard time about the productive final year

of the first term. he is not talking much about the second term. he is talking about wanting his jobs bill to be passed in the immediate future. that's not going to happen any time soon, but he is rolling out the initiatives and talking about mortgage relief and doing an initiative on veterans and student loans later in the week. his focus is a lot more short sided and i think bill is right. in part because they are waiting for the republican nominee to emerge. i'm interested to know what they plan to do in the second term. >> speaking of waiting, the dnc is not waiting. i want to play the new ad they are running against who they think will be the republican nominee and wait for it, arizona. >> almost half of arizona homeowners are unr water. foreclosures, everywhere. what's mitt romney's plan? >> don't try to stop the

process. let it hit the bottom. >> the message to arizona? on your own. >> a little bit of financial experimentation seeing if they can find a swing state in arizona. some day arizona will be a swing state for democrats and it's a shot at romney. >> this is something that we have been seeing for quite a few weeks where the democrats look at mitt romney as the likely nominee. what is intriguing is the obama campaign is borrowing from the bush campaign and this massachusetts liberal looked at him as a tag early. we have am campaign with

mid-romney diseasing on his reversals on various issues. the playbook and should mitt romney be the nominee, we are watching it play out. >> any concern that you are creating a stronger potential republican opponent? >> i don't think that republican primary voters are going to get their advice on who to support. by any measure, mitt romney is ahead right now and the fact of the democratic party and allies of the president are doing things to make sure people have a sense of who mitt romney is as we move towards a general election base is helpful. it's helpful to have a clear sense of the kind of policies that mitt romney would produce. >> stick around. we will talk about ohio and why i'm here in columbus. for trivia, we asked who was the

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all right. and now for the reason why i'm in ohio, let's bring back the panel, bill burton, anne kornblut and liz sidoti. we have the repeal of so-called sb-5 which would severely restrict bargaining rights for a lot of public sector workers, teachers, cops, firemen. liz sidoti, seeing what happened in wisconsin when they carved out an exception for police and fi firefighters versus what we're seeing in ohio, is it fair to say that the business community may regret their politicians in ohio didn't have a carveout for cops and firefighters? >> i think that's fair. i'm from ohio so i understand there are a lot of police and

firemen and folks who look at this. the union is incredibly strong and i think come this election, you're going to end up seeing the republican politicians be a little regretful, i think. >> bill burton, what's the message labor is going to take away they do succeed in repealing sb5 and what's the message they should take away considering when you go inside some of the proposals in ohio some of them are pretty popular? >> there's an important corollary to the presidential race, i think, in that voters are going to be able to see in very clear it terms what republican policies will mean for them if there's a republican president. you have scott walker at wisconsin. you have kasich in ohio. you have rick scott down in nor floor. there's a very clear example of what happens when republican

policies get put into place and i think the lesson that labor will take from this referendum and from others is that they are on the right side. they're on the side of where the voters are and republican policies and this right-wing agenda is far outside the mainstream and is likely to get rejected. >> but are there any parts of this considering some parts of it, anne kornblut, when you look at some of the poll numbers, so the idea of contributing more to retirement and health care are proposals that are favored, labor will go in and go into the negotiations willing to give more on some of these things if they want to keep their rights. is that is not one of the messages out of this election? >> yes, and we've always seen on certain measures that the specifics are more popular than the aggregate so that may be -- we'll have to see what happens next week, of course, or when the election happens. but i think what will be interesting is how the white house responds to this and the democratic party because if the measure is repealed that's a measure of strength and if it

isn't, that's, i think, a signal of how president obama is. either way i think it has built up infrastructure and that will carry into next year. whether the individual aspects are popular it's probably too soon to tell. >> it's interesting, liz sidoi,, when you look at this referendum, do you see if labor wins here, okay, maybe the obama campaign has a better shot in ohio than secretly they think? it's amazing how gloomy they are sometimes about their prospects in ohio for 2012. >> well, they should be gloomy about their prospects in hiohion 2012. it is a state struggling incredibly. like i said, coming from there, i know people who are out of work across the state and they just kind of wonder where's the help? and so this is going to turn out to be a classic situation where, yet can again, ohio -- i know, chuck, you'll disagree and say florida matters the most, but where ohio we really will get an incredible sense of which way

this election next fall is going to go simply by looking at whether or not people in ohio blame obama for the economic situation or whether they're willing to stick with him and not take a chance on someone they don't know. >> all right. well, i'm going to have to leave it there. shameless plug time. bill burton, you're first. >> i'm going to have to shamelessly plug the romney rule.com which you would have learned about if you followed priorities 2012 on twitter. >> that is the ultimate the in shameless there. anne kornblut? >> he's relentless. i'm going to plug my friend and colleague dana. >> and i'm going to plug -- >> fair enough. >> sorry. >> it is my show still. come on. >> the marine corps marathon is going to be run this weekend in washington. i want to say congratulations and good luck to everyone who is running it. >> and, most importantly, please let us all know which bridges will be shut down and we can decide whether to avoid d.c. altogether.

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