richard wolf will join me to discuss the comments. stay tuned. >>> good to have you back with us on "the ed show." mitt romney's comments about the >>> good to have you back with us on "the ed show." mitt romney's comments about the 47% of people who don't pay income taxes, it's wrong on a number of levels. now we'll break down the numbers and explain why he's insulting his strongest supporters in a moment. first, here's what romney said. >> well, what you say behind closed doors is really who you >> well, what you say behind closed doors is really who you are. i'm joined by david k. johnson who is a columnist and author of the book "the fine print." romney was basically right about one thing. 46.4% of americans don't pay federal income taxes. but here's the real break down from the tax policy center. two-thirds of romney's 47% actually do pay payroll taxes. david, the rest are elderly who make less than $20,000 a year. >> that's right. they are either elderly so used to pay taxes or are working hard at jobs that pay very little money

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. >> now let's turn to richard wolf, bloomberg view columnist and msnbc political analyst johnathon alter and erin mcpike for real clear politics. it is an interesting night at the office. let's start with you, richard. what's your response? what's your view here? is this getting doubly tough for mitt romney? we are finding a real rejection of romney tonight in the middle of the country. what do you make of it, richard. >> if you are the romney campaign you can spin your way out by talking about the number of delegates that haven't really been allocated tonight and maybe he wasn't campaigning hard in these place and all of that stuff. deep down there are some troubling things. not just because he lost here but minnesota he won four years ago. he is now the front runner and lost a state he won four years ago. missouri, you know, look, part of this process is not just winning the nomination but laying the ground work for the general election. in missouri some polls have him neck and neck with president obama. that is a state that john mccain won by a few thousand votes. given where the econ

steve and richard wolf on the strong arming of the delegates, romney style. >>> an arrest is made in the connection to the wisconsin planned parenthood bombing. mitt romney thinks he knows,000 fix the republican problem with women. >> the way we're going to get women voters is talking about how we will get this economy going again. >>> devastating tornadoes slam through nox. >> this is something i've never seen before. >> entire neighborhoods in dallas-ft. worth are destroyed. >>> good to have you with us. thanks for watching. we'll have full election results as we get them. president obama was the big winner today. he laid out two starkly different visions for america. in a speech to the associated press, the president said we can choose the vision to definded by paul ryan's budget or choose the path provided by president obama and the democrats. >> i believe this is a make or break moment for the middle class. i can't remember a time when the choice between competing visions of our future has been so unbasic biggousu unambiguously clear. the republicans running congress right now h

joining me now richard wolf and karen finney.ichard, why am i suspecting that the candidates are spending their weekend trying to figure out how to steer this back to domestic policy whenever they can? >> because you've seen this stuff before. remember the foreign policy debate in 2008 turned out to be about the world economy which turned out to be about the american economy and they'll do some of that again. trade is an obvious place you can do that. but don't under estimate the animosity between the two people and how much they want to relitigate every foreign change policy we saw in the last two, including mitt romney going back to libya and having at it all over again, only this time trying to do a clean-up job. i think they will want to engage because they really dislike each other and mitt romney has got some finishing too do. >> rush limbaugh believes that president obama is going to win monday night's debate. >> just get together with bob schieffer before the debate like he did candy crowley, when this comes up, you just

now let's turn to msnbc political analyst, richard wolf, bloomberg view columnist and nbc analyst alter and erin mcpike. it's been an interesting night at the office. let's start with you first, richard. what's your response? what's your view here? is this getting doubly tough for mitt romney? we're finding a real rejection of romney tonight in the middle of the country. what do you make of it, richard? >> look, if you're the romney campaign you can spin out of it by talking about the number of delegates that haven't been allocated tonight, and maybe he wasn't campaigning very hard in these plays and all that stuff. deep down there is troubling things because he lost her, but minnesota he won four years ago. he's now the front-runner and he's lost a state that he won four years ago. missou missouri, look, part of this process is not just about winning the nomination, it's laying the groundwork for the general election. in missouri there are some polls that have them neck and neck with president obama. that's a state of john mccain won by a few thousand votes. given where the economy is

change it up and we start all over again. >> richard wolf, they say in business that an organizations the head of this organization. why wouldn't you think you could etch-a-sketch everything away? >> they say campaigns are like fish, they rot from the head down. if he wants to clear this up, he can do what candidate obama did when there was a questionable land deal. candidate obama had to sit down with a couple of members of a board and answer every single question. then it's done. and people can keep talking about it, but you've given your best explanation that felt's what mitt romney needs to do, preferably with the editorial board of "the boston globe." >> candidates say okay, we're going to settle this here and move on with the campaign. >> the most striking thing is you've seen an aggressive pushback from the romney campaign but they have not disputed the basic facts reported today, that he was listed as the president, the ceo, the sole shareholder from 1999 to 2002 of bain capital. all they're saying is something that may be unprovable. yeah, he was listed as all these things,

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reporter who wrote this story and for the hour, we're joined by alex wagner, krystal ball, and richard wolf. tell us what you found about mitt romney's exit date from bain. >> well, what we found, lawrence, is that the documents that mitt romney filed with the state ethics commission here in massachusetts, combined with some s.e.c. filings by bain capital put him as you noted as the sole stockholder, chairman of the board, 100% owner, president, ceo, et cetera of bain capital until 2002, which is later than his stated exit date of february of 1999. >> one of the things in the filings indicate he was getting a salary from bain and the brackets indicated on that form simply indicate that the salary was above $100,000. do you have any idea what the salary actually was? >> we don't. you're only required to report a range, so it says $100,000. it could be any amount beyond that. we know it was more than that in total coming in from bain, because this is separate from the capital gains he earned on the investments. those are passive investments. but what's interesting is that money, the $100,000

. >> joining me now are richard wolf and karen finney. richard, i said last night that this is much ado about nothing and republicans are just pretending that bill clinton said this stuff. but they're continuing it and pushing it, and it is a strange new tactic. i haven't seen this before where they simply lie about what someone has said saying, oh, no, he's on our team now. and they take someone as prominent and as publicly opposed to their position as bill clinton. how far do they think they can get with this? >> oh, look, you've got a candidate, a presumptive nominee who doesn't mind misrepresenting his own opinion. why would any of them care about misrepresenting a former president? there are a couple of things that are being wrapped up together and obviously distorted and lied about here. there are a couple of things first of all, what former president clinton was talking about was a legislative need knowing that all of this stuff is building up towards the end of the year, spending cuts, the tax cuts being extended, all of that stuff

richard wolf and former ohio governor ted strictland will join me next. and in the rewrite tonight if mitt romney denounces todd akin for talking about legitimate rape, why doesn't he denounce the republican who uses the bible to justify slavery? that's coming up. mike rowe here at a ford tell me fiona, who's having a big tire event? your ford dealer. who has 11 major brands to choose from? your ford dealer. who's offering a rebate? your ford dealer. who has the low price tire guarantee... affording peace of mind to anyone who might be in the market for a new set of tires? your ford dealer. i'm beginning to sense a pattern. buy four select tires, get a $60 rebate. use the ford service credit credit card, get $60 more. that's up to $120. where did you get that sweater vest? your ford dealer. >>> mitt romney is trying to close the gender gap before the election, but meryl streep is trying to stop him. and mitt romney is now afraid of answering questions from kids. the kids on nickelodeon. something that john mccain and barack obama did. why is mitt so afrai

i'm joined by richard wolf. richard, have republicans boxed in president obama by preventing any jobs legislation from passing? they have been clearly obstructionests. >> they have, and they have from the start, but you know, you get tactical success, that doesn't mean that you're dealing with the problems you're elected to solve or in fact you're going to win strategically in political terms. i would like to draw a comparison in events we felt strongly about which was in the bush administration, 9/11. we went through just these few years an economic 9/11. it was a serious crisis that started out in this country and superintend around the world. it's one thing for one party to say we're not going to help you out. we're not going to give you any votes and you can deal with it on your own. now, now at this point, you have a candidate who is bound by the same misjudgments, a candidate who wants to go back to a pre-economic meltdown, a pre-9/11 mindset, which is to pretend like it never happened and say we can go ba

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s there's just not as much of a disconnect between them i was going to have you on richard wolfe author of the book occupy the economy challenging capital as them. well so these days whenever i go out to dinner or when i travel i never book a reservation until i check out a few things how's the food how's the service has the hotel had bedbugs before you know these are important things to find out right how many people who write in their reviews and leave their comments do so because they can remain anonymous some lawmakers in new york are pushing legislation to ban anonymity on the. big apple web sites if you want to comment you need to leave your name at your home address and your ip address even critical reviews of local businesses on yelp they want to do this because apparently some people have been too mean spirited especially when it comes to political attacks or to correspond on a saucer churkin it looks more into this. the internet is known for its abducted the lure of anonymity a meijer been certain speaking one's mind but some good things just don't last forever a couple of law

eugene albertson and wolf richards, stay with us. the gingrich super pack. >>> it was a hot one in the sunshine state tonight. the former gingrich campaign spokesman rick tyler joins eugene robertson and richard wolffe. and later, former gop party chairman rod smith will let us know whether tonight was a win for the democrats. later my interview with barney frank at newt gingrich's shot at the nomination. let us know what you think about tonight's debate. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back to "the ed show." mitt romney attacked newt gingrich on his record as a leader. >> in the 15 years after he left the speakership, the speaker has been working as an influence peddler in washington. when i was fighting to say that the paul ryan plan to save medicare was bold and ripe, he was saying that it was right wing social engineering. >> i'm not going to spend the evening trying to chase governor romney's misinformation. we'll have a site on tomorrow morning. we'll list the things that were incorrect. i don't want to waste the time on him.

. >> joining me now is richard wolf an nbc political analyst.ls indicate that the enthusiasm that the president had of young voters in 2008 wasn't present. it looks like this is the very first nithing as soon as the president was -- he wants to get that youth vote activated once again. >> what they did with the women vote yes, i guess it's the second thing. >> that's right. >> but if you look at the numbers, they're already on the move, they're on the move as they have been across the board through the republican primaries, if you go back to the end of last year, you see the differential romney and obama at about 10 points now, it's up to about 17 points among younger voters, so it's already moving in the right directions, and what's unusual for this white house, which has frankly struggled with its message for the last three years is what we're seeing over the last several days, a repeated effort to hit this market, this group on the same issue again and began in different formats. that's a sustained effort that was lacking again for the first

more analysis with msnbc's richard wolfe coming up next. still ahead, a new policy in chicago could close public schools in poor areas. i will speak to the head of the chicago teachers union about what this means for students. sarah palin says a brokered convention would be a good thing, and she is not alone. mike capps antonio takes on the gop surge is later in the hour. share your thoughts on twitter using #ed show. we are right back. >> the ed show is brought to you by mazda. it just seemed to me tonight they had come together and said, we're really going to hit president obama on this and show some unity. i don't know if that happened but it seemed that way. they are absolutely bent that this president is doing the wrong thing in dealing with iran. your thoughts on that. >> well, again, they can only make that case by entirely misstating his position. so his actual rhetorical position is no different from president bush, that he will not tolerate iran having a nuclear weapon. but look at the sanctions regime. rick santorum went out ther

>> you know, richard wolfe, we're cynical of these elections. attacks.> at least until the romney campaign comes out and say here are the s.e.c. filings and knock it down, as michael steele and i agree, it makes you ask, what's wrong here? why doesn't this add up? >> there are many threats to pulling this story. the only way for the romney campaign to deal with it have the candidate sit down with an editorial board at "the boston globe" and answer every single question. he's got to put out the paperwork and that includes by the way the tax returns. these s.e.c. filings, you can debate whether he had active control or not but these papers show him as ceo, managing director and that was his principle occupation and he signed those documents. this is not just problematic, it throws into question for a start whether he was drawing a private equity salary while he was running for public office. >> okay. >> and that's the heart of it. secondly, you know, has he been telling the truth about his role in bain. >> michael steele, whether or not you think the story

. >> joining me now, richard wolf. od evening, richard. >> good evening, chris. >> we know fighting a deal is good for the republican base. but sort of in the big picture, what is the strategy here, what do they think they're accomplishing? >> i don't think there is a strategy, chris. they are a fractured party. it's very clear now that they are two parties. over 2010 and the last couple of years, we've seen them trying to pretend it's one republican party. it's clear that there are two parties and it's easier to unite when you're saying no than when it is when you're saying yes. that's precisely the problem republicans face now. because saying yes means agreeing month each other as opposed to opposing the president. saying yes at this point is extremely difficult as a big loss in this strategy is that john boehner is now sidelined. he's just not a relevant part of these discussions and that's a major defeat. >> so it's about mitch mcconnell then? >> the senate minority leader is the most important figure in the republi

we'll have richard wolf. >>> a pair of violent tornadoes barrel through dallas this afternoon. we'll have the latest update for you. >>> it's been a big night for mitt romney. nbc has projected mitt romney will win in the state of wisconsin. nbc news has projected mitt romney will win the maryland primary. nbc news has projected rom will win in the district of columbia. rick santorum has yet to prove he can do well in states with a manufacturing base. this is a problem for him and romney is outspendsing santorum by 450 50 to 1 in the state of wisconsin. here is a perfect example. in the state of north dakota, santorum won the caucus this march. what did that mean? ron paul won in second? mitt romney won third. the candidate walking away with most of the delegates was mitt romney. then you have the president of the united states picking them both apart. >> ronald reagan who as i recall is not accused of being a tax and spend socialist understood repeatedly when the deficit started to get out of control for him to make a deal, he would have to propose both spending cuts and tax i

. >> joan walsh on the president's hard hitting speech and richard wolf on the return of george w. bush. >> i don't like to be beating by a one legged veteran. >> the bully from jersey gets caught deceiving the public. he's here tonight. >>> rick santorum is cutting and running but not before he trashed the party. >> imagine that mitt romney been around at the time we were drafting our constitution, he could just shake it up and rewrite it. >>> thanks for watching. the word is bizarre. a very bizarre twist in the trayvon martin case. the shooter george zimmerman has gone rogue and his lawyers had enough. late today they cut ties with their client. >> as of how we are withdrawing as counsel for mr. zimmerman. we have lost contact with him. up to this point we had contact every day. he's gone on his own. i'm not sure what hi is doing or who he is talking to. at this point we're withdrawing as counsel. >> we're just announcing to you we can no longer represent him until such time as he may come forward and ask for that help more formally and in a different context than we had so far.

joining us now is richard wolfe. mitt romney keeps talking about this false allegation that the president apologizes four america. but isn't it time he apologized first to the consulate staff who don't need a set of circumstances that are inflamed by the bluster and nonsense that comes out of his mouth, but also, what about the relatives of those who were killed. is there no courtesy, could he not have waited to release that statement until their next of kin had been informed. he's the man who needs to apologize. >> you need to recognize that there are times when a president is a political partisan figure and that job is about campaigning and there are times when you are speaking about a country a country in mourning. that's when you're really head of state, the president does most things, that's what mitt romney fumbled really badly. >> the world fumbled is inadequa inadequate, richard. >> well looking back at what actually happened and considering his own behavior, i think romney needs to reread the words of presid