romney recognitioned that in 2006, just as president obama does today. >> you know what else is going the value of etch-a-sketch job closing 141% today. is speaker bane invested in etch-a-sketches? >> he's going to now start plugging mr. potato head. you might want to look at hasbro stock. i don't think so, but they're kind of a shadowy outfit. >> thanks for your >> one general in the war on women claims there isn't such a thing, it's all political theater, coming up. capital one is issuing a venture double miles challenge. show us how much you spent last year and we'll give you 2 miles on your travel reward card. up to 100,000 miles! hawaii, here we come. claim your miles at capitalone.com today! what's in your wallet? can you play games on that? not on the runway. no. >> t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t >>me and stephanie miller in the morning ... what a way to start the day. one of the protagonists on the war on women insists it's political theater. >> the agreement with that position belonging to the governor of virginia is so profound, senator attempt

romney recognitioned that in 2006, just as president obama does today. >> you know what else is going up? the value of etch-a-sketch job closing 141% today. is speaker bane invested in etch-a-sketches? >> he's going to now start plugging mr. potato head. you might want to look at hasbro stock. i don't think so, but they're kind of a shadowy outfit. >> thanks for your time. >> one general in the war on women claims there isn't such a thing, it's all political theater, coming up. >> the father of the transvaginal ultrasound said the war on women is just political theater. coming up next. theater. >> the agreement with that position belonging to the governor of virginia is so profound senator attempts to defund planned parenthood supporting bills like the protect life act and no taxpayer funding for abortion act which there ain't already. senator seems to have something of a change of heart. >> i think planned parenthood does mammograms, they do so much of the health care, the preventative health care, and if they are doing that, we need to provide those services, absolutely. >> by the w

president obama was eager to give mitt romney special recognition for supporting the idea of a mandatewhen he served as governor of massachusetts. >> even though i knew it wouldn't be politically popular and resisted the idea when i ran for this office, we ultimately included a provision in the affordable care act that people who can afford to buy health insurance should take the responsibility to do so. in fact, this idea has enjoyed support from members of both parties, including the current republican nominee for president. >>> romney undetoured by the court's ruling pledging to undo the law on day one if he is elected president. >> what the court did today was say that obama care does not violate the constitution. what they did not do was say that obama care is good law or good pol sichlt. obama care was bad policy yesterday. it is bad policy today. it was bad law yesterday. it is bad law today. obama cares a job killer. businesses across the country have been asked what the impact is of obama care. three-quarters of those surveyed says obama care makes it less likely for them to h

romney and dr. godwin to the podium at this time. in recognition of gov. mitt romney's contribution and an acknowledgement of his camaraderie on the right to preserve those values upon which this nation was founded, but the power invested in me by the board of trustees at liberty university, the doctor humanities is hereby conferred upon gov. mitt romney with all the rights and the privileges pertaining thereto. now, to deliver our 39th annual commencement address, i am thrilled to welcome the next president of united states, gov. mitt romney. [applause] >> thank you so very much. thank you for that powerful and moving and emotional introduction. thank you for your friendship. what a great man. chester falwell, thank you for your introduction and your support in kind is today. faculty and staff and distinguished guests, parents and friends and graduating seniors from liberty. [applause] 40 graduates, of course, this moment marks a clear ending and a clear -- for the graduates, of course, this moment marks a clear ending and a clear beginning. to the class o

mitt romney's name recognition is approaching the same universality of that, but this is the who wouldr have a beer question with and i remember ann and i covered george w. bush and it was him in 2000 over al gore. and him in 2004 sorover john ke. so the guy who didn't drink beer was the guy they wanted to have a beer with because they had a sense that he was more a regular person. i don't know that president obama exactly meets the same criteria as president bush, but people know him better and feel like he's more personable than mitt romney. >> romney was asked on his take on the upcoming debates. he basically predicted that the president wouldn't tell the truth. take a listen. >> well, i think he's going to say a lot of things that aren't accurate. and i'd be tempted to go back to that wonderful line by ronald reagan, there you go again. i think the challenge that i'll have in the debate is that the president tends to, how shall i say it, say things that aren't true. >> is that the only challenge that mitt romney will have in those debates? >> i thought that was a remarkable line. i

romney campaign as well. that doesn't mean this race is over. there are a lot of things can happen. the debate next week. there is a recognition inside the romney campaign that governor romney needs to sort of find within him to make a better argument, a clear argument through advertising and other things. and we still have time to see him do that. gwen: and we are talking dozens of polls that we have been all reading and consuming for the last couple of weeks, to the point that people say, should we believe these polls especially when they make a uniform turn, what are you hearing about that? >> the polls are moving in the direction that jeff talked about, so there might be that type of fault or fault with another poll, but you can't ignore the can cumulative direction of all these polls. a lot of people, especially in the romney camp are trying to figure out what has happened. and we have been working on that story. one thing that we think has happened is that a lot of people -- americans started tuning in around the conventions. romney took his advertisements off the air and didn't think it would be a good time to air ads a

president obama was eager to give mitt romney special recognition for supporting the idea of a mandatehen he served as governor of massachusetts. >> even though i knew it wouldn't be politically popular and resisted the idea when i ran for this office we ultimately included a provision in the affordable care act that people who can afford to buy health insurance should take the responsibility to do so. in fact, this idea is enjoyed support from members of both parties, including the current republican nominee for president. >> but romney attacked the health care law, saying it will hurt the economy. >> obama care is a job killer. businesses across the country have been asked what the impact is of obama care three quarters of those surveyed by the chamber of commerce said obama care makes it less likely for them to hire people. if we want good jobs and a bright economic future, for ourselves and for our kids, we must replace obama care. that is my mission. that is our work. and i'm asking the people of america to join me. >> in the 12 hours following the supreme court's ruling the romne

he's been very effective [everyone talking at once] >> also may be recognition that mitt romney is still the most likely nominee, and if he stays in the race, he helps romney. insures his future. >> exit question -- santorum surge in iowa. will that surge plus his strong polling in south carolina mean that he will win in south carolina, pat buchanan? >> i think as of now, romney will win new hampshire, south carolina, florida, and i think this is just about over. >> you do? >> uh-huh. >> as clean as that? >> yes. santorum isn't as pure as he presents himself. he's about to get a barrage of negative advertising and supposed to boy for us dealing with special interests in -- and so -- i think he's peaked. >> five seconds here. >> i think romney will continue to roll. >> i agree. i think romney will continue to roll and i agree with what pat satisfied. by the time we get through florida this, race will be over. >> romney is on a roll. when we come back, obama report card. >>> issue two, obama report card. >> i promise to do everything i can, every day, every minute, every second to make sur

monday in iowa, excuse me new sham hire and possibly repeat that in iowa and it's clear recognition from the romneyampaign that perhaps this ryan, can add to romney's energy. now, historically the selection of a running mate 4 to 6% bump in the poll, not much more, that's yet to materialize for paul ryan, but we're only in the first week, having said that the romney campaign is counting on combined 11 point bounce in the polls. and putting the two together, they hope will bring about the 11 point bounce much faster, doug. >> carl cameron at the villages, where paul ryan continues to work the rope line there. thanks, karl. and president obama is wheels up to new hampshire and when he arrives, he arrived in new hampshire in the next hour and greeted by this sign, not so friendly reminder of romney campaign, that the comment with small businesses is a sticking point with small business owners and one is gene marks, founder and owner of the marks group and joins us right now. goods to see you, gene. >> hey, doug, how are you. >> well, thank you. tell me what you made of that speech you just heard? >> f

it's about-face time, face recognition. romney sitting in a corner standing and waving and everybody else in another corner drinking and it's legal especially if people in the room aren't the ones to turn you in. >> the president's campaign say their opponent, romney are on track to raise $100 million just in june alone. if that's true, then does that mean that the president is going to be totally outgunned in the money battle? is that what we're looking at here? >> i think this may be the first time that an incumbent president is outspent. if you total up all of the money, the campaign money, the victory funds and independent expenditures. it really seems -- just takes a couple billionaires who vent, i call them villawilvillainaires. republicans are ahead of obama. we'll see what they figure out in the sauna how they divide up their money. the president, the incumbent president of the united states could be the financial underdog in this race. it shows you how far out of control the spending has gone. >> absolutely incredible. th

romney. >> there's no recognition that a lot of republican policies like the earned income tax credit are what has resulted in a larger percentage of the population not paying taxes. so, i mean, just all the way around, it shows a fundamental lack of understanding of american people. >> last night, liliana, he does this forum on univision, we're seeing images of it, and he's asked four or five times how are you going to address immigration. he says he's going to offer a comprehensive reform. >> correct. >> what is it? silence. no details. he's asked if he would support what the president has done in this order which allows for children of illegal immigrants who were brought here without any knowledge of their own, any power over their parents, to be allowed to stay and not be deported, he says nothing. is that good enough? >> certainly not, and what a great opportunity in front of millions of spanish-speaking households who are wondering and hoping there's going to be an answer because i'll tell you, and i hear it from the base and a lot of people out and about where some of the hispanic voter

romney and dr. godwin to the podium at this time. in recognition of mitt romney's contribution to our nation and in acknowledgement of his camaraderie and the right to preserve those valleys on which they were founded, by the power vested in me by the board of trustees of liberty university, the dr. of humanities is here by conifered on governor mitt romney. [cheers and applause] now i'm thrilled to mention the next president of the united states, governor mitt romney. >> thank you so very much. thank you for your friendship. what a great man. thank you for your instruction and support and kindness today. pastor jonathan fallwell. faculties and staff and distinguished guests. parents and friends, graduating seniors from liberty. [cheers and applause] this moment marks a clear ending and a clear beginning. the task set before you four years ago is now completed in full. to the class of 2012, well done and congratulations. [cheers and applause] i'm told some of you may have taken a little longer than four years to complete your stowedies? one graduat

romney was taking. >> i think the debate was a recognition that mitt romney does not want a fundamental choice on foreignere the president's positions are popular. when you look at them, america does not want to be more engaged in the middle east and more engaged in the world. he does want a fundamental choice on economic policy where he thinks he has his advantage and tried to press some of those last night. part of this was reassurance. i think be his model was ronald reagan in 1980. go back and look at that debate ronald reagan against jimmy carter, talked about world peace all the time. he had to get across a hurdle he was scary or dangerous and that i think was romney's intention last night and i he succeeded pretty well. >> when romney made that pivot and i think they kind of anticipated that there had been a number of weeks maybe from the romney camp because i was picking it up before we went on the air at 6:30 last night for the evening news, but when he made that pivot, did the president have to remain as aggressive as he was or did he come off as being unlikable? was this -- >> i actually thoug

romney? did you maintain his lead through four hours of debating? he was able to express to thoughts with no recognition that he had just done so. here's mitt romney, a, disavowing any knowledge of the super pac ads newt gingrich is complaining about and then, b, defending the precise content of those ads and go. >> with regards to the ads, i haven't seen them. >> let me tell you this, the ad i saw said that you've been forced out of the speakership. that was correct. said you at down with nancy pelosi and argued for a climate change bill. that was correct. as part of an investigation an ethics investigation that you had to reimburse some $3,000. those things are all true. >> jon: let me tell you what is specifically in the ads i never saw. the weird thing is, why not just defend it? we all know people like that. why would you like about that? i refuse to look at those stolen cell phone pictures of scarlet johansson. what's up with how grainy they are? i mean, nobody's body is that perfect. i mean, come on. kind of a bad moment there for mitt. at least he didn't do anything to reinforce the other rom no

romney there. it's a recognition to the power of the community, the size of the community and the relevant role of the latino community will play in 2012. during the speech, indeed, the reaction was sort of mixed. but at the very end there was a huge crowd that wanted to take pictures and shake hands with the governor. again, i think that that is a part of the pride that was sensed in that room to have both candidates attend the conference thursday and then again tomorrow the president will be there. >> absolutely. let me ask you regarding the question that everyone was hoping to hear a specific answer regarding the president's new deportation policy, whether or not mitt romney would follow suit, whether the governor believes it is wrong. do you believe he adequately answered that queson? >> in my opinion he did not give sufficient detail as to what he would donor did he state whether or not he agrees with what the president has done. he did indeed call at it political move. he said that he would replace it with long term solution that would sue per seed it. he did not name or give details as to w

crack about jimmy carter i am going to skip, but i would like to invite governor romney to the podium at this time. in recognition of his contribution and acknowledgement of his camaraderie and the right to preserve those and values on which this nation was founded, by the power vested in me, the doctor has conferred mitt romney with all the rights and privileges appertained. privileges appertained.

there's a recognition on romney's part original his campaign's part that this is not a battle they wanto be fighting. this is a losing battle. specifically because you look at the young voters, 18-29. obama did extremely well with them in 2008. romney can't win them. romney won't win them this time. if he can hold the obama number down, he has a better chance. he is at them and looking at the independent swing voters who recognize a candidate, a party that would be against the student loan extension them would views that as extreme and offputting. the broader point, you have to ask yourself. is there a good cop bad cop routine going on with romney and the republican congress? romney is saying, yeah, at the end of the day, the president is right on this. we have not heard from the republican house. >> we've heard from individual representatives who say they don't support -- >> who are deeply troubled. that raises the question of a potential romney presidency. if he gets in there mouthing words like this on student loans, fine. what happened if a republican, maybe a republican senate next

aftermath when the decisions will actually have to be made the new counter weight to romney and norquist, a sane recognitionring sense back into politics into washington. that's my view. vanguard: the documentary series that redefined tv journalism. >>we're going to places where few others are going. >>it doesn't get anymore real than this. >>occupy! >>the award winning series "vanguard" only on current tv. >> eliot: national polls are fun to watch but don't matter a whole lot any more. all that matters is the swing states. the states that will pick the next president. joining me now is poll guru david schusser. am i right even though it's fun to see romney is up three or down three all that matters is ohio iowa, wisconsin those are the only ones we have to drill down on. >> that's right. to award romney all of his states and left with three or four percentage points with the battleground states. with the battleground states president obama all he needs to do to get to the 270 electoral votes that he needs to win if he wins nevada, and you have a top republican saying nevada is going with obama. wins wiscon

romney was reluck tabt to embrace the first one but used it to beat gingrich up. so you've already seen some recognitione romney campaign that this could potentially pose political problems down the line. >> i disagree with sa lis za on in that these endorsements are more important than the primaries. we have eight states that are going to vote in the next month. mitt romney's probably going to win seven out of the eight states if the patterns hold. the next month we have eight states that vote in may. if the dem graphic patterns existed so far hold, then santorum is going to win eight states. what's going to happen in mail? >> nobody's going to care. >> remember when hillary clinton sent barack obama reeling -- >> i don't think you can compare barack obama to mitt romney. >> obama lost all these states and nobody cared. west virginia, kentucky. nobody cared. >> there are serious doubts about the real conviction people feel about mitt romney and what better way to express that than sartorially. >> nice segue this. >> this is for you, buzzy ben smith. mitt romney on his website has sold 346 super fan t-s

recognition. >>> and it turns out, mitt romney is going to the white house after all. the former republican candidate is meeting president obama for lunch in the private dining room. mr. obama had promised in his victory speech that he would reach out to his rival. while in washington, romney will sit down with his former running mate, paul ryan. now, that lunch is not going to be open to the media. but, oh, to be a fly or anything on that wall. >> awkward. have fun, fellas. >>> when we come back this morning, get your motor running. the new cars getting the buzz at the l.a. auto show. >>> and you're going to need big bucks at starbucks. the $7 cup of coffee is here. >>> and we can't get enough of powerball. what we're learning about the winning tickets. and a little advice for next time. >>> and welcome back, everyone. three former bp workers are free this morning after being arraigned on manslaughter charger, stemming from the deepwater horizon oil rig explosion. they pleaded not guilty yesterday in new orleans and were released on bond. the men are accused of disreg

romney today had on stage with him both former senator and current congressman connie mack. in florida that is a family with a lot of name recognitionr a huge win here. a barrage of polls, many showing a double digit lead. clicked the real clear politics average of recent polls up to 11% for romney. by many accounts that is a difficult margin for newt foot gingrich to catch up with and today he has begun to say things like this campaign will continue for months. had some reporters speculating wildly he is hoping for a brokered convention. that is very unlikely. no doubt, newt gingrich rick santorum and ron paul all said regardless of the outcome in florida they are campaigning in contests ahead. if mitt romney pulls out a victory here he won't be free of the rivalry. they say they will dog him for weeks, maybe even months, shannon. >> shannon: and carl will be there for all of it. the campaign trail in florida has been brutal at times. former florida attorney general and u.s. congressman bill mccullum is the man behind newt gingrich, florida campaign team. joins us live from florida. for you, why did newt gingrich line up for you an

for the president is it's a chance to be an executive and for romney to show prudence and recognition as a challenger to the president, not as a president. >> one of his problems is going to be if, in fact, the media is focused as it logically is going to be on sandy for the next few days, it drowns out attention that romney wants to get and i think that puts a much greater premium on good old fashion get out to vote efforts in all of these states which are city critical which are not impacted by sandy and it doesn't make it impossible but it raises the bar for getting the collective attention to the campaign. >> here's something in june of last year at a cnn debate, mitt romney argued for turning over team ma and turn it over to the private sector. ee he wish he hasn't said, i think. >> fema is about to run out of money. how do you take on a role like that. >> absolutely. every time you have an occasion that takes something from the federal government and it could go even further and send it back to the private sector, that's even better. we're borrowing $1.6 trillion this year than

of how folks may feel about an issue, whether they agree or disagree with governor romney, i hope there's new recognition of how success ful he's been as a person, as a husband, a father, member of his church, member of his community. it's important to know that. i hope that will come through through this convention and into my speech tomorrow night. the second of course is the choice, because this election is a choice. that's the one thing both candidates agree on. both the president is saying that and governor romney is saying that. they have very different views of what government's role should be in america's economy and i think we will have a good debate about that, i hope, beginning at the end of this convention and moving forward. those are the two things i want to leave on the table tomorrow right before mitt romney comes up and speaks. >> the party has organized this to show as much diversity as possible. we saw some of the new faces, a lot of women yesterday, just the placement out there of where the delegations are, puerto rico and the district of columbia, up front, given prime real estate re

, shows us that with the public at large there is still a lot of room to define romney, because while his name recognitionone up and some of the flip-flop messaging has gotten through, they still don't know a lot about -- when you ask, they still don't know a lot about his, quote, unquote, business record or even his record as governor, because, you know, most americans have a life, unlike the rest of us who follow this stuff so closely. so i think what the democrats are doing is they know they've got room to define this. that's a. and b, i think it was very fair game because it was romney himself who tried to put up his bain years as evidence of being a job creator, and that's where they're going after him to say it's not about bain, it's about romney saying that being at bain was about job creation when they've already had to revise those numbers down from 100,000 to 10,000, a, and b, the romney team is not telling the full story. the company -- companies that they went in and quote, unquote, restructured, the bain investors always got their money back. sometimes these companies went on to be successful

his -- 21 points ahead but will it be rick santorum, a man who had no name recognition just weeks ago and he almost won. mitt romney barely came out of iowa with 1 vote. mitt romney beat expectations but he came out with good momentum. his poll numbers in new hampshire have picked up since iowa. a lot of people are saying could he be doing better than expectations but rand paul is also a candidate for number 2 spot and we are looking at newt gingrich, he finished 4th in iowa and he's hoping to be number 2 here but it is looking better for newt gingrich in south carolina m rick perry is going to that area and jon huntsman, he is a man who put everything into new hampshire, he skips iowa. it was 2-2. that community has a good track record of picking up the nominee and if that is any indication of what today will be we could be in a very close race tonight. >> now mitt romney made some comments that has his opponents wrapped up, how do you think it will affect a showing. >> even a lot of democrats have been using this, i like firing people, and he was actually talking about the american'sability to have several option

recognition. >>> this is something mitt romney is not going to look back on as a favorite moment. members of the naacp booed the candidate when he promised to repeal what he calls obama care. >> any republican who addresses naacp knows he or she is entering into potential hostile territory. >> four years ago 9% of african american voters supported barack obama. so mitt romney knew goitsing to be a challenge. he thanked the naacp for inviting him. >> i think the obama campaign doesn't think you're playing favorites. >> if you want a president make things better in the african american community you're looking at him. and you take a look. >> there was a smattering of boos but nothing like when he promised to eliminate all nonessential program he can find. >> that includes obama care. >> this booing went on 20 seconds. >> awkward moment for mitt romney. >> bruce cane says romney could have expect that had reaction. and possibly was counting on it mentioning it in that situation was a way for romney to prove that he had passed a similar plan in massachusetts, that he was willing to ha