republicans cannot etch a sketch the past. >> the ability to take out that etch a sketch pad that governor's advisers said, is the etch a sketch is gone. this is sort of written pretty clearly. it's almost not in stone, but it's pretty clearly defined. and it gives us an ability and the american people to have an absolute unfettered clear view. >> an etch a sketch or perhaps a white board? democrats are already laying out that view in a memo to the senate colleagues, chuck schumer writes "the dirty secret about the ryan plan, it inflicts its damage to medicare without achieving its stated purpose of reducing the debt." in races against republicans, democrats are going on the offensive. >> it's kind of amazing what comes out of allen west's mouth. >> do you support medicare as the way it is now, kiss the united states of america good-bye. >> but even worse is how he voted. to end medicare as we know it, twice. >> richard, i was trying to come up with an appropriate metaphor for what the house republican caucus has been doing for the last two years. all i could come up with, it's like they'v

they were talking about the etch-a-sketch candidate a couple of months ago.s a question -- it has really now become a very brood and -- and acute question between ideology. do you believe the government should have some role in people's lives or serve as a pass through for the wealthy to accumulate more wealth. >> let's pick through the points in the ryan budget. will the public be sympathetic to what paul ryan wants to medicare? >> they will not be sympathetic. there was a focus test that didn't believe that a politician would promote such a plan. we're talking about cutting medicare cutting medicaid -- essentially destroying medicare for all intents and purposes, cutting medicaid decimating infrastructure investment not achieving any deficit reduction and cutting taxes on the wealthy. >> look, you and i look at the numbers, and you heard me say, the numbers simply don't add up. >> right. >> it is worse than swiss cheese. if you submitted this to the sec, you would be accused to fraud. >> the vows to bring down the budget. >> he never really balances the bud

similarly with eric fernstrom's etch-a-sket -a-sketc etch-a-sketch, right? that's the truth. you're not supposed to tell the truth. so that's her sin. let's be very clear. and you know, particularly when you see it's validated even more so by red state suggesting that, you know, it's pick the scab. that means, shh, we're just not going to tell anybody who this guy really is and see if we can squeak on through to get barack obama out. that's why her reaction is over the top and sort of the harshness of the reaction from the right and that's why people are angry. they're angry she actually told the truth and forgot that she's not supposed to. but the second thing i want to say, i'm going to say it a little tougher than sam did, it is outrageous that there is this kind of reaction to what andrea saul did. and you guys know, i am not one who would normally take up for republican spokespeople, but if they're going to fire her, it's very sexist to say that, and they didn't say that when it came to eric fehrnstrom, who not only made the etch-a-sketch comment, but who on multiple occ

but i think they have tried to really try to etch-a-sketch his sort of stance on some of these issuesortion and these social conservatives issues and try to put him forward as more of a budget guy, as a fiscal conservative. but i think tonight we'll see in some ways two different parties on stage. >> but joan, jane romney which is governor romney's sister, she says he won't ban abortion. when questioned she says he's not going to be touching any of that. it's not his fake. mitt is much more in the middle when it comes to abortion. if his sister is saying that, that is a very different position than the ryan co-author of forcible rape kind of bills and what huckabee and akin and others want to hear from their nominee. >> well, again, you know, it's another shake of the etch-a-sketch, reverend al. i think the romney family has had an interesting position on abortion. back when he was pro-choice, he said it was because they had a young relative to died of a botched illegal abortion. his mother was pro-choice for the same reason. there was a real heart felt reason for that and he's never

is this etch-a-sketch now applied to ryan? will it work? >> i wouldn't use the word etch-a-sketch. i look at history. when jfk taps lbj to be his vp in 1960, lbj brought a large legislative agenda, legislative history. they shared a common vision. and they had that vision as a ticket and that's what you see with romney and ryan. same with obama and biden. four years ago, when senator biden was picked he and obama were not identical on every issue but shared a common vision. on medicare, they shared the same principles of the ryan budget. what ryan is doing -- in the fox news interview saying he's running as a ticket. he will answer the questions as krauthammer said but is running on the romney ticket. >> his philosophy is -- just a minute here. these are serious beliefs, this guy has. everyone says on your side a man of convince. so pay attention to his convictions. he wants to get rid of any taxation on capital gains. all the rich will make their money off cap gains and don't have to pay any taxes. he believes that and believes we have to get rid of medicare as we have and it turn

and the ability to take out that etch a sketch pad that governor romney's advisers said the etch a sketch. >> chris, the etch a sketch is gone and we've got to go, too. we're out of time. we'll talk to you tomorrow as the bus tour continues and both campaigns. that does it for this edition of andrea mitchell reports. jose diaz-balart has a look what's up next. >> today marks what some call a huge milestone for hundreds of thousands of undocumented young people living in the u.s. who are getting the chance to work for their dreams by applying for temporary legal status. i'll talk to a student who is preparing to fill out one of those applications. plus, in the world of international drug cartels, is mexico 2012 the colombia of the 1990s? i'll talk to a dea special agent who helped take down colombian kingpin pablo escobar. ke a big difference. like how a little oil from here can be such a big thing in an old friend's life. we discovered that by blending enhanced botanical oils into our food, we can help brighten an old dog's mind so he's up to his old tricks. it's just one way purina one i

etch a sketch up. he's centered squarely on the far right. this is a problem for him. because the country is remarkably divided. we know you have a -- we know the number of people that will vote republican, the number of people that will vote democratic. that 8% simply undivided most of them women ages 30 to 50 want to know exactly what he means when he stands for, he says i am who i am, but they don't know what that is. that's his problem. he can't connect with that small sliver going to decide this election. >> is the speech we're going to see from mitt romney, is that his etch a sketch moment and tell the story the one worth getting to know about who this guy is. >> that speech is important. i don't -- it's not the end all, be all because as soon as we get to a debate it's the most important debate of his career. don't want to use too much hyperbole. it's important for him to connect to women and express under this president, unemployment amongst women has risen through the roof and he's got to expl

it won't be easy for mitt to shake the etch-a-sketch on this one. he's taking a hardline stance, let's count them on immigration, wasn't afraid to speak out during the primary season. remember he said this about arizona's infamous law. >> there's a model here in arizona. they passed a law that said that people that come here and try to fin work, the employer is required to look them up to e-verify. >> if i were elected and congress would pass the dream act, would i veto it, and the answer is yes. >> and there is the time he hammered rick perry for being too soft on immigration. >> when you were governor, you said i don't want to build a fence, you put in place a magnet to draw illegals to the state giving $100,000 of tuition credit to illegals that come into this country. >> and of course there is romney's famous self deportation policy. >> the answer is self deportation is people decide they can do better by going home because they can't find work here. >> republicans love self deportation policy so much they adopted it into their party platform fo

. >>> etch a sketch is cashing in on a quote from the rom campaign. the product is supporting the election. >> a fisherman nabs a record for a discovery. find out how old this bottle is. is there a message in it? i think so. time to check back in with holly. >> reporter: new want an amazing concert, allison, head to the west lawn of the capitol this sunday. it will be conducted by stephen, who is with us this morning. the concert this year includes a special arrangement, composed and arranged by steven, asey at the bat. we'll get a preview with a special narrater. >>> traffic on 395 all lanes northbound at duke street have reopened. an accident shut them down in the last hour creating backups of more than 3 miles. all lanes are now open. we understand there are some residual delays, but you can now get through that area. we'll be right back. he's made his choice. but what choices will women be left with? just like mitt romney, paul ryan would get rid of planned parenthood funding. in congress, ryan voted to ban all federal funding for planned parentho

he's the etch-a-sketch guy.n governor of massachusetts he railed against plants that killed people. he was a completely different guy then. but now he has buddied up with the oil guys who give him lots of money. and he gets extremists like paul ryan who wants to gut all clean energy r & d. and he's now deeply in the pocket of the traditional the 19th century industry. >> eliot: you're right. as governor of massachusetts he was on the side of bringing litigation and pushing back against the coal power plant in the midwest that was causing a lot of politician that pollution that would come down here and up the east coast. now he has flip flopped, but as you say the etch-a-sketch candidate, to look for consistency is a foolish endeavor. they love to rail against picking and choosing winners and losers solindra being exhibit a. but this is a huge bet by the federal government for traditional oil and gas to the tune of billions and billions of dollars. am i missing something here? >> no, absolutely. we know the dange

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it's almost like an etch a sketch. it up and we start all over again. >> i don't need to tell you that became a thing for a little while in this campaign. everyone was talking about it. people called it a gaffe and what not. but i also want to play some sound for from what some republicans are saying about this convention right now. >> i think thursday, he'll have a chance to what i call reintroduce himself to the american people. >> to be able to reintroduce governor romney to the american people. >> governor romney has a chance at this convention and going forward to reconnect with people. >> reintroduce, reconnect. is it really that different than etch a sketch? >> the point i was making back then is that the campaign in the general election would be different than the primary campaign in this sense. in the primary campaign, we had eight opponents. we were talking about the legislative record of some of those opponents like newt gingrich and rick santorum. today, we're in a different situation. it's a one-on-one con

you know, you can tell a lie on an etch a sketch, you can tell a lie on a whiteboard. thought romney did a pretty good job of lying today. what do you think? george bush was catapulting propaganda in order to do what? back in 2005, privatize social security. after he got elected, that's the first thing he did, he went to fargo, north dakota, to start talking about privatization of social security, private accounts. remember those days? romney and ryan are trying to do the same doggone thing with medicare. the lies are no different this time of around. >> i want to start by saying to people who are getting their check, people who are born prior to 1950, the system will not change when it comes to you. >> making sure it's there for current seniors, no changes by way for current seniors or those nearing retirement. >> people have to understand when we start talking about social securities to strengthen the social security system for generations to come. >> governor romney and i will protect and strengthen medicare for our current seniors and for our future seniors of tomo

. >> remember, it was fehrnstrom who said the etch-a-sketch moment. little dials, things appear during the primary season, and it seems as though someone right now, as you said, they're doing a big reset right now, the romney campaign. someone is jumping up and down and erasing the etch-a-sketch thinking that after labor day when folks are finally focused on the presidential campaign, they will be looking at a blank screen. >> i don't think this -- this was at best endearingly clumsy. it was not -- >> doesn't it secretly -- i guess not to belabor this point, it's more than endearingly clumsy. it reveals a real truth about mitt romney which is he doesn't think the private sector is doing badly, he doesn't think big business is doing badly. he isn't the arch enemy of regulation. >> he's this technocrat and you are seeing he's really nuanced in views on stuff. >> it's about the level of investment, about not really caring about other people. it's one thing to say that you're a big fat rich cat and you have no interest in those who are suffering beneath $

it's almost like an etch-a-sketch.up and we start all over again. >> fernstrom or fernie, as he is known, is the subject of a recent huffington post story which takes a look at his rise from ruthless tabloid reporter to top romney aide. reporters christina wilkie and jason cherkis wrote fernstrom's tactics can be felt at a granular level from the campaign bus honking outside obama events to romney's stunt press conference in front of solyndra during the federal contracting brou-haha involving the energy company. for all of his dexterity in spinning minor events into major distractions, however, fernstrom can just as easily be the romney campaign's own dust cloud. joining us now from washington, our huffington post reporters, christina wilkie and jason cherkis. great to see you guys. jason, talk to us a little about how fernstrom, who sounds a little wild, fits into the broader picture that we have, this broader narrative that mitt romney's team is staffed by sort of buttoned-up suit wearing data driven private sector b

it's almost like an etch a sketch.t up and we start all over again. >> fehrnstrom remains one of romney's top advisers. who could forget warsaw where rick gorka lost his cool with reporters and delivered this priceless line. >> governor romney do you feel your gaffes have overshadowed -- >> this is a holy site. show some respect. show some respect. kiss my [ bleep ]. this is a holy site. show some respect. 12k3w4r that's the line of the year. kiss my -- this is a holy site. gorka was given time off. that might be a low key way to ease him out, but he's back. and now andrea saul, she set off a near revolt when she the other day dechded romney against an ad. >> to that point, you know if people had been in massachusetts under governor romney's health care plan, they would have had health care. there are a lot of people losing their jobs and losing their health care in president obama's economy. >> so what does a person have to do to get fired by mitt romney in real life when it comes to politics? ron reagan is an author

>> it sort of goes along with governor etch-a-sketch. mitt romney has a reputation for simply saying anything depending on the audience he's talking to in order to justify getting himself elected. and you know what, it actually looks like paul ryan is now becoming representative etch-a-sketch as well. they put out a statement that suddenly they don't oppose a rape exception for restrictions on abortion. but in fact, both men have vocally supported a personhood amendment, a law that would decree that life begins at conception which clearly criminalizes all abortion, not only in the case of rape, but in the case of incest or to preserve a woman's health or even her life. >> but this is, in a very strong manner, exposed the vice presidential candidate for the republicans because of course it's documented he was an original cosponsor when it came to redefining rape in this country. how scary is that? >> well, it's very scary. a man who would be vice president of the united states of america believes that women are liars and cheats when they

>> so i'm wait ago i feel like-- i came down here-- i came to tampa look, for mitt romney's etch a sketch and all i got was this lousy t-shirt. i came down thinking now we'll see the money where he tacks to the center. we haven't heard his speech and maybe that will come but you certainly don't get the sense that that's coming. with obama, they've clearly made a choice-- which i find baffling because i think he has achievements to run on. i can't -- >> including obamacare. >> exactly. you put everything into that. you built your whole first two years on it, bragged to historians about it, and how many ads have they taken out selling it, not saying we did it. here's why it is going to be great. >> you basically quoted me in a column about an interview with him saying the thing i have failed at-- >> his narrative. >> rose: the narrative is what got him to the white house. a narrative that began with his telling of the story at the democratic national convention in 2004 and ended with an inaugural speech, and many speeches in between. >> i still believe that-- i still wonder sometimes whethe

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