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with republican strategist alex castellanos, and cinderella and congressional correspondent dana bash. i'm candy crowley. this is "state of the union." >>> it would not be debate season if the political world and the campaigns didn't play the expectations game. >> the president is obviously a very eloquent, gifted speaker. he will do just fine. >> the president's campaign manager jim mecina called romney a very skilled debater and in an open memo to interested parties, senior advisor david axelroad just as he was in the primaries, we expect mitt romney to be a prepared, disciplined, and aggressive debater. joining me now is someone who knows a thing or two about expectations and debates, republican senator john mccain. a little trip down memory lane there. >> i think both candidates are well prepared, and understandably, you'll see their sur gats lowering expectations. i don't know how our guy will compete, and that's part of the whole routine. >> who is the tougher debater? >> i think both are excellent in their own way. i think you could argue that mitt has had a lot more recent exp

eighth inning, run on third, one out, matt cain, uh-oh, wild catch, alex castellanos scores. we are tied at two. so, go to the top of the ninth. hanley ramirez gets a lot of wood on this one. this is going to be a double to right center. adrian gonzalez will come home. dodgers take the lead 3-2. and that's your final. >> it's a good ball game. well played, you know, both guys pitched well. and, you know, they got a lead-off triple to put us in a tough spot there and matty did great, too. he had some tough luck in the eighth there. that ball plays down the right field line. and of course, wild pitch. but, you know, hard-fought game. and, you know, they tried to come back. >>> over to college football. last week nevada spoiled cal's debut in the newly renovated memorial stadium. today the bears hosted southern utah as they were trying to avoid their first 0-2 start in the jeff tefford era. bears taking on southern utah. it was close, but the bears took over. first play of the fourth and zach maynard finds allen for the 19-yard touchdown. allen 5 receptions, 69 yards and a touch

alex castellanos scores. we're tied at 2.top of the ninth, the dodgers were counting on hanley ramirez. he delivers with a double to right center. adrian gonzalez will tap home plate. dodgers take the lead 3-2. th's your final. and our jaymee sire has more. >> reporter: it was exactly the type of ball game you'd expect from two teams battling for the division, a hard-fought, one-run contest that all came down to a couple of pitches. >> mostly the wild pitch is really frustrating right now. trying to go to the outer third, trying to get him to chase or something. i cut it. really aggravating right now. >> i made my best effort out there. i don't feel like i was -- i think i made the pitches that i needed to make, especially to adrian. and he beat me. ramirez, i missed on the fastball in. so it kind of got me there. buster threw guys out the way he needed to to keep the game close. >> reporter: matt cain was just the second giants starter in 14 games to complete seven innings. barry zito will look to follow suit on sunday as he

as alex castellanos pointed out, this won't end the discussion. i think if you look closely at what mitt romney did in his 2011 taxes, as we've done at the "huffington post," you could see he disallowed just enough of the deductions he was going to take for his charitable contributions to inch it over 14% but no more. so if we calculated that the white house is worth $200,000 to him because that's what he paid to get it over 14%, and then of course in tax law he can claim those deductions later on. in other words, he forewent $2 million of tax deductions. he could amend his taxes over the next three years, and i'll bet you anything that he does. he'll eventually take the deduction. everybody's going to sit around doing these calculations. and it just brings up the whole -- this in conjunction with the videotape. the 47% pa pay no taxes versus this, just doesn't solve any problems at all politically. >> this strikes me as the word cute, a good four-letter word for this, very cute to put out only what you promised, not to put out 10 or 12 years, the

i think that boils down to economic responsibility. >> alex castellano, thank you so much for being withu had a long night last night. >> a good one. >> a good one, yeah. thank you, alex. cnn's primetime coverage of the democratic national convention continues at 7:00 p.m. eastern with wolf blitzer and anderson cooper. >>> i'm sure you've been wondering what's up with tom cruise lately. he's not doing a good job of staying under the radar. a new vanity fair article has pretty surprising information about his dating life. it's actually shocking. great shot. how did the nba become the hottest league on the planet? by building on the cisco intelligent network they're able to serve up live video, and instant replays, creating fans from berlin to beijing. what can we help you build? nice shot kid. the nba around the world built by the only company that could. cisco. his morning starts with arthritis pain. and two pills. afternoon's overhaul starts with more pain. more pills. triple checking hydraulics. the evening brings more pain. so, back to more pills. almost done, when... hang on. stan's

paul begala and alex castellanos are standing by live. we'll continue this discussion with them. >>> also, there's new trouble at one of apple's parts suppliers. a brawl involving some 2,000 factory workers explodes into the street. >>> and look at this, the car in front of this tractor-trailer slammed on its brakes and the truck driver had nowhere else to go to avoid an accident. [ engine revving ] ♪ [ male announcer ] every car we build must make adrenaline pump and pulses quicken. ♪ to help you not just to stay alive... but feel alive. the new c class is no exception. it's a mercedes-benz through and through. see your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for exceptional offers through mercedes-benz financial services. >>> a presidential comparison that may or may not work. jack cafferty has that in "the cafferty file." >> 2012 is not 1980 and mitt romney is no ronald reagan, at least that's the message coming from many republicans about their party's presidential candidate, romney. politico reports that comparisons to the 1980 race when inc

when the campaign released more tax information today, alex castellanos said at first i thought thisn april fool's joke. i can't imagine why they would do this. there's 40 days left and you've made more of them about mitt's taxes. the criticism is the back stabbers who are leaking things like there to politico. romney associates are baffled that such a successful corporate leader has created a team with so few lines of authority and account bl accountability. they are trashing their own candidate. the criticism of how mr. romney is campaigning and why he's losing is also focused a lot this week on the schedule. he's not campaigning very much. his spare campaign schedule worries some republicans. fund raising trumps rallies in romney's schedule. his light public schedule has led some gop donors to grumble. from the wall street journal, gop senators offer romney advice. what's the advice. the nominee should be spending more time campaigning in official states. he was asked about that criticism and asked if he will do more campaign vents or campaigning harder. his response to a reporter

alex castellanos gets it home and tied at two. in 1 ninth. jeremy affeldt on the mound.y ramirez doubles. adrian gonzalez scores. dodgers take the 3-2 lead. giants bring the go-ahead run to the plate and brandon lee gets hector sanchez to line out. giants lose 3-2. they now lead the dodgers by four and a half games. and the giants in green bay. we will have the highlights at five. i'm mike shumann. have a great day. >>> up next, the situation in china may be worst than first thought as rescue teams try to reach earthquake victims. and two deadly >> live from the kgo broadcast center, this is abc7 news. >> welcome back, everyone. we are getting new pictures out of china this morning showing how desperate survivors are from two recent earthquakes. right now at least 80 people have died in the quakes. at least 800 more are injured. they hit a pure mountainous area of southwest china ma and shut down many communication lines to the people who need the help. >>> new this morning at least ten iraqi soldiers have been killed on an early morning raid on a military base about 50

alex castellanos gets it home and tied at two. in the ninth. jeremy affeldt on the mound.ley ramirez doubles. adrian gonzalez scores. dodgers take the 3-2 lead. giants bring the go-ahead run to the plate and brandon lee gets hector sanchez to line out. giants lose 3-2. they now lead the dodgers by four and a half games. of course, the 49ers in green bay. we will have those highlights at five. have a great day. >> as mike just mentioned, the giants play the dodgers tonight at at&t park. now, if you are going to the game, don't forget to use our exclusive ways app to help you get to the game on time. you can get the waze app on the google play or ipad store or go to our website and then join our abc7 traffic spotter group. up next, the situation in china may be worst than first thought as rescue teams begin to reach earthquake victims. and the two deadly attacks in iraq overnight. we will8taúes0p0p >> live from the kgo broadcast center, this is abc7 news. >> we are getting some new pictures out of china this morning showing just how desperate conditions are for survivors fro

. >> alex castellanos was a senior romney adviser during the 2008 campaign. >> he's not a wallow in defeat done, stand up, let's see where we go from here. >> the reasons for the loss were in plain sight. the campaign was a muddle. the staff divided and the candidate struggled to connect. >> mitt's a man who likes to talk more about what he does than who he is. so it's hard to get beneath the shell sometimes. he's a private guy. >> and back in his private life, romney kept his options open, writing a book, raising money for other republicans, and waiting for the right opportunity and the go ahead. >> ann is the one that then came to mitt and said, i'm ready. let's do this again. >> so why the change of heart? >> it was a change of heart. what this m.s. disease has taught me is to learn how to be self-contained and how to not absorb some of the negative things and to recognize it was an endeavor worth doing and worth pursuing. >> i'm mitt romney. i believe in america and i'm running for president of the united states. >> but it was a different environment this time around. very anti-establi

the moments and debate magic yet to come, republican consultant romney 2008 campaign advisor, alex castellanosand donna brazile. a lot of folks are saying these debates are do or die for romney. donna, do you agree? >> absolutely. first impression is very, very important. mitt romney had several opportunities to change the trajectory of the campaign, his selection of a running mate, paul ryan, got a small bounce. the convention speech didn't get any bounce, and now the first debate. this is like the first night on broadway. there will be more voters tuning in, they will be looking at his performance and if he comes across as somebody who is credible, who is up to the task, he might get another bounce out of it. >> aren't undecided voters the least likely to tune into the debates? gallup looked back at records and found only two examples where debates really changed the course. that was 1960 and 2000. >> they are important moments for these candidates but you're exactly right. it's so hard to change anything at this point. why. these two guys are not unpainted canvases. barack obama, his canvas

republican strategist alex castellanos had a strong response to the campaign's move.e told the politico, quote, at first i thought this was an april fool's joke but it isn't april. i can't imagine david axelrod will now say i'm glad mitt put this issue behind him. this will drag mitt's taxes right back in the debate and there's not many days left. i can't imagine why they would do this. howard, why would they -- i know they said they're going to release the current year's or last year's returns and they did that showing he pays less than the average guy he says is one of the victim class who only pays payroll taxes. he pays less it turns out. but why would they tease us with this judge stennis solution like nixon did in the old days of saying i won't tell you what the taxes i paid were for the last 10 or 12 years but here's a little hint, hint of what i claim i paid. why would he do this? >> chris, i'm tempted to say they've had such a bad run they wanted to sort of get all the bad stuff out there right away at the end of this week. as alex pointed out, this won't end

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frum, gloria borger who did the definitive documentary on mitt romney, republican strategist alex castellanos, and presidential historian, douglas brinkley. and i appreciate all of you taking the time. gloria, you are on our independent political strike team. is this a fatal move for romney, or when you look at some of these polls, do you say this could actually help him with his base, a base, by the way, that seemed to be picked on and very unmotivated. >> it's not a fatal move for romney. i think what this does on the down side for them, and really on the down side, is that it plays into the whole white house narrative about mitt romney. that he's somebody who is out of touch, he doesn't understand people like me, he doesn't care about the middle class. you know, when you call 47% of voters people who consider themselves victims, that's not a good thing to do. it also plays into the narrative that he doesn't believe anything. will he say the same thing privately, or allegedly privately to a group of fund raisers that he would out in public? but, you know, nothing is a fatal blow these days

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republican strategist alex castellanos had a strong response to the campaign's move. he told the politico, quote, at first i thought this was an april fool's joke but it isn't april. i can't imagine david axelrod will now say i'm glad mitt put this issue behind him. this will drag mitt's taxes right back in the debate and there's not many days left. i can't imagine why they would do this. howard, why would they -- i know they said they're going to release the current year's or last year's returns and they did that showing he pays less than the average guy he says is one of the victim class who only pays payroll taxes. he pays less it turns out. but why would they tease us with this judge stennis solution like nixon did in the old days of saying i won't tell you what the taxes i paid were for the last 10 or 12 years but here's a little hint, hint of what i claim i paid. why would he do this? >> chris, i'm tempted to say they've had such a bad run they wanted to sort of get all the bad stuff out there right away at the end of this week. as alex pointed out, this won't e

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but another top gop strategist, cnn contributor alex castellanos said could be a "game changer" in agn romney has no plans to back down his running mate, paul ryan, was just as harsh at a rally. >> if you show weakness, if you show moral equivocation, then foreign policy adventurism among our adversaries will increase. >> reporter: for the republican ticket it's a running theme romney has returned to time and again. from romney's book "no apologies" to his foreign policies dealings on the trail. >> he's given trust what's not earned, insult where it's not deserved and apology where it's not due. >> reporter: by contrast the president made no mention of romney in his remarks at the white house. >> we will not waiver in our commitment to make sure justice is done for this terrible act. and make no mistake, justice will be done. >> reporter: letting fellow democrats handle the response. >> i think he ought to apologize. and i don't think he knows what he's talking about, frankly. it's that simple. >> reporter: a top romney foreign policy advisor who asked not to be named acknowledged to

. >>> moments after former bill clinton's convention speech, our own contributor, alex castellanos predictednt obama would get a boost in the polls. cnn's new poll suggests alex was absolutely right. here's a question, can mitt romney still turn it around? alex and hilary rosen are standing by live. i had three kids. and she became the full time mother of three. it was soccer, and ballet, and cheerleading, and baseball. those years were crazy. so, as we go into this next phase, you know, a big part of it for us is that there isn't anything on the schedule. sven's home security gets the most rewards of any small business credit card! how does this thing work? oh, i like it! [ garth ] sven's small business earns 2% cash back on every purchase, every day! woo-hoo!!! so that's ten security gators, right? put them on my spark card! why settle for less? testing hot tar... great businesses deserve the most rewards! [ male announcer ] the spark business card from capital one. choose unlimited rewards with 2% cash back or double miles on every purchase, every day! what's in your wallet? here's your i

along with cnn con trip uniters alex castellanos and james carville.hese two men think about each other? were you ever able to figure it out? >> i get the sense there is at this point no love lost between the two of them. speaker boehner said at one point we didn't get to use -- president obama is not my kind of guy. and president obama sort of scoffs at speaker boehner. i think it's sort of a bromance gone bad and they sort of both feel frustrated they could have had this legacy making deal. >> james, it is interesting to see the style of president obama. we sort of saw it in this documentary. do you think if he is re-elected that there will be much more change? there will be more back slapping? there would be more kind of outreach? >> i don't know. a guy you sort of -- i think the outreach -- he'll talk to people or something like that. as you saw him at 6:30, he like, he likes to go be with his family. now maybe his daughters, they pointed out in the piece, or the documentary i guess you'd call it, will be older. but he may engage in some of that. b

. >> alex castellanos was a senior romney adviser during the 2008 campaign. >> he's not a wallow in defeatet's see where we go from here. >> the reasons for the loss were in plain sight. the campaign was a muddle. the staff divided and the candidate struggled to connect. >> mitt's a man who likes to talk more about what he does than who he is. so it's hard to get beneath the shell sometimes. he a private guy. >> and back in his private life, romney kept his options open, writing a book, raising money for other republicans, and waiting for the right opportunity and the go ahead. >> ann is the one that then came to mitt and said, i'm ready. let's do this again. >> so why the change of heart? >> it was a change of heart. what this m.s. disease has taught me is to learn how to be self-contained and how to not absorb some of the negative things and to recognize it was an endeavor worth doing and worth pursuing. >> i'm mitt romney. i believe in america and i'm running for president of the united states. >> but it was a different environment this time around. very anti-establishment. so romney wa