joining me now is dino vadalo and anna navarro. hey, guys. many of the headlines reporting this story call him brave, as does his mom. but anna, this is 2012. is it brave to be honest about your sexuality now? >> you know, it is still brave, unfortunately. i wish it weren't. i wish we didn't have to make these announcements. i wish that, you know, coming out and saying i'm gay was just like coming out and me saying i'm straight or saying i'm hispanic or you saying, you know, you're black. this really, i hope, one day stops being a political issue and it turns into a personal issue. >> dean, how do you think this is going to impact ocean's career? will it at all? >> that's a real interesting question. i think that's the part that gets to brave. i met it with a yawn. i think a lot of people were like, another gay celebrity. big deal. the country singer shelly wright, after she came out, she lost a third of her sales in records. there are certain places that don't book her anymore. he might go up against that as well. in the hip-hop community, ho

is it even a possibility to discuss republican strategist anna navarro and frederick harris. condoleezza rice said last year, i want you to take a electric at what she said. >> i cannot imagine myself running for office not because politics are tough, but it's not me. >> she said it time and time again. this is a policy woman. she is an intensely private woman and has no interest at least in the past for run for example office. this is on the drudge report. what's your take? is this even possible? >> it's interesting. this question about credibility with minority voters having condi rice on the ticket is interesting. she provides romney with credibility around foreign policy issues. romney has no foreign policy experience. if anything, he needs condi rice for that. >> anna, when we look at how central she was to the bush administration and defending mass destruction and abortion, she calls herself mildly pro choice. she is not on the same page when it comes to that. >> that's a problem for the conservative base and the republican party. we saw two reactions that told you that

i spoke earlier with democratic strategist maria cardona and anna navarro about it.s, boehner told the american people probably aren't going to fall in love with mitt romney. 90% of the people that show up to vote in november are going to show up in that voting booth and they are going to vote for or against barack obama. i first asked republican, anna, if that quote worried her. >> it doesn't worry me at all. i think the man is absolutely right. you know, look, the first time you marry for love, the second time you marry for money. you know, we fell in love with barack obama four years ago. the young, charismatic leader. it was all about hope and change. well, four years later we're in cope and wait. unemployment's been at -- over 8% for 41 months. i think people have fallen out of love with barack obama. i don't need to fall in love with mitt romney. i just need for unemployment numbers to fall. if we're looking for love, we can go on match.com. if we're looking for a president, it's an entirely different thing. >> i think the concern is passion with actually going

is it even a possibility to discuss republican strategist anna navarro and frederick harris. you to take a electric at what she said. >> i cannot imagine myself running for office not because politics are tough, but it's not me. >> she said it time and time again. this is a policy woman. she is an intensely private woman and has no interest at least in the past for run for example office. this is on the drudge report. what's your take? is this even possible? >> it's interesting. this question about credibility with minority voters having condi rice on the ticket is interesting. she provides romney with credibility around foreign policy issues. romney has no foreign policy experience. if anything, he needs condi rice for that. >> anna, when we look at how central she was to the bush administration and defending mass destruction and abortion, she calls herself mildly pro choice. she is not on the same page when it comes to that. >> that's a problem for the conservative base and the republican party. we saw two reactions that told you that probably if condi rice was being consid

let's talk about it with two sitting contributors, maria cardona and anna navarro.> we're doing our job, don. >> here's what boehner said. the american people probably aren't going to fall in love with mitt romney. 95% of the people what show up to vote in november are going to show up in that voting booth and vote for or against barack obama. anna. ever heard the speaker of the house say that about his party's nominee? does that worry you at all? >> it doesn't worry me at all. i think the man is absolutely right. and you know, the first time you marry for love, the second time you marry for money. we fell in love with barack obama four years ago. this country fell in love with barack obama. the young, charismatic leader. four years later, we're no hope and wait. unemployment's been at over 8% for over 41 months. i don't need to fall no love with mitt romney. i just need for unemployment numbers to fall. if we're looking for love, we can go on math.com. for a president, it's an entirely different thing. >> i think the concern is passion with actually going to the vo

i talked about race and the election with anna navarro, republican strategist and frederick harris with a political science professor and i asked dana about romney's speech and why he said if people knew what was in his heart they would vote for him. take a listen. >> think mitt romney has a problem emoting and i think we all need to hear more of what's in his heart and i don't think that mitt romney went to the naacp to speak to the 5,000 people that were in that room and he knew he was going to get booed. i saw him get booed from south carolina a month before when he spoke in front of a latino audience. what he's chosen to do is i'm going to stay consistent and you'll not hear me pandering and say different things to one audience to another. that's the choice he made and it was courageous to go there and the naacp is a nonpartisan organization and they gave hem a lot more applause than they did boos and they did 25, between applauses. that's what we've all focused on, but, you know, and though they are non-partisan, though, they're members, and can be partisan and most of them are dem

let's discuss this further, however, with gop strategists and cnn contributor, anna navarro and donna brazil. anna, let me begin with you. was this mission accomplished for mitt romney? did he accomplish that goal that he set out to do by trying to say that the republican party by his very presence there is much more inclusive? >> i think it does send a very strong message of inclusiveness. look, fredricka, it's not easy to go into a tough crowd and mitt romney is showing that he can reach out to a tough crowd. he will go in and say the same thing to different groups even if it's not popular. so i think even all of those boos are not a bad thing because it shows that he is not pandering. it is not easy to go into a crowd like naacp and say that he's going to repeal obama care. he's saying it there like everywhere else. he gets points for consistency. this helps with swing votes, moderates, people that like to see inclusiveness and he absolutely in my books gets brownie points for showing up to a very tough audience. >> donna, what do you think? >> i thought the audience was polite. th

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