george will, donna brazile, matthew dowd, kerry healey and bill burton.rge will, let's talk about president obama. you heard all that hope four years ago, how does he calibrate the pitch four years later? >> i think he runs his pitch at his opponents. he presented himself as the first president as history to ever inherit from his predecessor this imperfect world. i think he's going to make six arguments for a second term. first, mitt romney is rich. we need a serious vice president, joe biden instead of paul ryan. third, republicans hate women. fourth, the only woman they don't hate is ayn rand. and she's dead and she wrote bad novels. fifth, something has to be done to present sandra fluke for paying for her on contraception. all will be well. finally, if i can raise by 4.64 points the top income rate on the fewer than 3% of american people. that's it. >> is that it, donna? >> no, first of all, president obama should not spend his speech refuting all of the arguments that the republicans have made against him since day one. secondly, he shouldn't try to

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george will, donna brazile, bill burton, kerry healey.et's talk about the republican convention, this first round, george, we saw three nice, one night short because of isaac, in those three nights, did they do what they needed to. >> it's not clear. the kind of people who tune in conventions unusually interested in politics. >> viewership was about 30% from four years ago. >> the verdict starts in the country, in 25 days. a third of the american people live in the 35 states, 32 states, for early voting. we're on the edge of something here and the question is, did mitt romney tell us something that we didn't already know. we know that he's against trickle-down government. but did he tell us something that we didn't already know? i doubt it. >> i don't believe he closed the door. george, when you attend a republican convention as a democrat, you respect they're going to hammer your side. what we saw for three nights, the republican party trying to figure out their path party. the rising stars of 2016 and a conversation with ann romney, who

bill burton was formerly the press secretary for president obama.ice to be here, soledad. >> let's talk money. when you compare dollars, the romney campaign is killing the obama campaign by a lot. >> no doubt the romney campaign is raising a great deal of money. if you look at how republicans raise money, no doubt they are going to be able to have a huge financial advantage. if you go to wall street, to the oil companies, people who work in those places, they know that a president romney would deregulate those industries and they could make a lot more money at the expense of the middle class. i think they have a lot more avenues to raise money because they know exactly what they'll get from a romney administration. on the democratic side, i think the democrats are starting to wake up and see there's a real threat from karl rove, the koch brothers, and people will spend hundreds of millions of dollars to have a huge impact on this election to drive a very right-wing ideology. >> go ahead. >> i was just going to say, obviously, you all formed to try t

ed rendell, jack reed, jarod bernstein, steve forbes and bill burton. let's get you up to speed on this morning's other top stories. first up, the ecb will be meeting on thursday. this is expected to be a big meeting. they're expected to go ahead and announce details of a bond buying program despite the region's sovereign debt cries. mario draghi is telling european lawmakers purchases of short-term sovereign bonds by central bank would not breach eu rules. >>> in the meantime, moody's is changing its outlook on aa rating of european union to negative and the agency is warning it might downgrade the bloc if it decides to cut the ratings on the eu's four biggest budget backers, germany, france, oous and netherlands which make up 45% of the budget. >>> back in the united states, the new york attorney general is investigating whether private equity firms have abused tax strategy in order to cut hundreds of millions from their tax bills. eric schneiderman wants documents that reveal whether they converted certain fgt fees into investments which are taxed at

john king, bill burton, bay buchanan, appreciate it all.hank you. >> thanks, anderson. >>> whatever the campaigns do, we are focusing all week on the economy. we've been asking voters what their top concerns are, what keeps you up at night. next, housing. which each candidate says he'll do to fix it. you'll meet one man in danger of losing his home and another trying to help him keep it. >>> in chicago, a mess of a monday, contract talks stall and nearly 30,000 public school teachers go on strike. where does that leave 350,000 students and their parents? that's ahead on "360." >>> we talked a bit about what the romney campaign says about the economy being the number one issue. the fact is it doesn't really matter what they truly think or the obama campaign thinks or what the voters think. two and three registered voters say economic conditions today are poor. that's not all they say. we ask them, what are your top five concerns about the economy, what keeps you up autonight? we'll be showcasing those things every night this week and trying

joining us now for "the interview," an evil dark money overlord named bill burton, a senior strategisto-obama superpac, priorities usa action. bill, it's good to have you here. >> overlord is such a dirty word. >> it sounds better than it looks. it looks nice. then you say it out loud. >> i don't think it looks nice, either. >> did i get the basic point right there about, about the money -- money outside the campaigns, money you've been raising and spending. it's at a disadvantage. you have to pay more for your ad time? >> the campaigns pay a much cheaper rate than the superpacs are able to pay. on the republican side, karl rove and the koch brothers have hundreds of millions of dollars so can put throwaway behind ads they're doing and can be up and have an impact. the truth is the campaigns are allowed to spend at a much cheaper value. >> i know that the legal distinction is that there's not supposed to be any coordination between pacs supporting a candidate. superpacs supporting a candidate and the candidates' campaign. here's the thing i don't understand. i understand that means you

outside advocacy groups including one started by president obama's former deputy press secretary bill burton. >> as soon as karl rove and the coke brothers decide to disclose their donors we'll do the exact same thing. >> reporter: finally, in addition to the perks and access big fund-raisers know there are jobs to be had. among the fund-raisers this week, raz fernando. he was named to the advisory board but resigned last year shortly after abc news asked about his qualifications to be on the board. it was not something fernando wanted to talk about. >> who are you? >> this is abc news. >> reporter: and once again, we were ordered to turn off our cameras, stop asking questions or face arrest. >> you'll be arrested. >> i'll be arrested for asking questions of this man? >> please leave. >> the supreme court says all this spending is protected by the first amendment as free speech. while leaders of both parties acknowledge the system is out of control like an arms race, no one is willing to be the first one to stop and give the other side a competitive advantage. >> great reporting, brian. one

. >>> last night on the rachel madow show bill burton talked to racel about the impact or lack thereof super packs are having on the romney campaign. ory tel about mitt t romney is there is no story about mitt romney. the story they tell about barack obama is well he's always bad things. if you're trying to figure out well what is it that - what's the strategy here? how are we trying toin ts ra itorfi on their side. that's why they're so inefficient with their money. spending is a wreck. message is all over the place. that's why they're not having as big an impact and people thought they would. >> don't miss the unique take on politics and all the top stories on the el madow show at 9:00 eastern, the place for politics. >>> here's your "first look" at the other news going on around today. in utah, a dramatic rescue for a young deer that got trapped in a man hole earlier this week. poor guy. officers used a cinpeo lasso the spooked animal and hoist it to safety. the deer was then released back into the wild. >>> all right. beer drinkers may want to turn away for a mont. cases and cases

not more government. >> let's let bill burton respond to that.well, for starters, you know, this attack was tried back in 2008. obviously it didn't work for senator mccain. people have a sense of who president obama is, where he wants to take this country. and they know he's not the caricature the romney campaign has made him to be. he's for growing the economy. over the last 30 months there have been consecutive 30 months of job growth. brought the financial sector back from the brink. saved the auto industry. the question that americans have right now is whether they want to keep moving in the direction that has shown growth that president obama's led this country in or back to the ways of george w. bush or what mitt romney wants revealed in a tape help out the very rich at the expense of the middle class. >> let's go back to jason chaffetz on this redistribution of wealth. there's almost a four-year record president obama has now in terms of redistribution of wealth. if you look at the redistribution that's occurred over the past four years, t

if bill burton goes on m snbc, he's identifieded a bill burton, head of the pro beam super pac.entator letting him defend president obama without identifying him as tied to the obama campaign would be -- i mean -- >> negligence. >> it is the no even they're just reporting it. he's a paid contribute he were of fox. -- paid contributor of fox. it should be disclosed. >> bill: it is fox, the "wall street journal" and "the washington times." >> "the washington times." i'm sure it is a couple of other conservative things but those are the big ones we looked at media matters. >> bill: let's say good morning to paula from crest hill illinois. good morning. >> caller: hello. good morning. the reason i was calling today is i've taken the time out this week since that 47% video -- listened to fox news radio in chicago. i find the hosts stay away from the subject of it. but callers do call in and say that they agree with mitt romney for putting these lazy people on social security, welfare on notice. what's even hypocritical about this is the majority of their ads are for lawyers for socia

outside advocacy groups including one started by president obama's former deputy press secretary bill burton as soon as they expose the donors, we'll do the same thing. >> reporter: finally, with regard to the peshrks, among th big fund-raisers this week, rag fernando. he resigned last year shortly after abc news asked about his qualifications to be on the board. it was not something fernando wanted to talk about. this is abc news. and once again, we were ordered to turn off our cameras, stop asking questions or face arrest. >> you'll be arrested. >> rii'll be arrested for askin questions of this man? >> the supreme court says all this testing is protected by the first amendment. while leaders of both parties acknowledge the system is out of control like an arms race, no one is acknowledges to be the first one to stop and give the other side a great advantage. >> very good reporting, brian. thanks very much. we'll be right back. stay with us. and grow. at wells fargo, we believe you can never underestimate the power of a conversation. it's this exchange of ideas that helps you move ahead wit

bush and bill burton, cofounder super pac for president obama priorities usa. great to see you.e it. john avalon, who's the winner? >> change the rules, you change the game. the obama campaign's been focused on high voter outreach. the romney camp says they're responding in kind. the fact romney and republicans have done better with older voters might give them an edge on early voting. but when they tell reporters they're not targeting a specific demographic, that does give a warning sign. it's not just election day. it's election weeks and so right now the voting day and every lost vote for romney is not good. >> how important is is this early voting for you when you make that decision on where to spend money? >> early voting is pretty important and when you consider the fact that this places like north carolina, people are voting and can vote every day and other places like nevada, speak are starting to go to the polls. the ground game really matters and the president's put a lot into the infrastructure to make sure the campaign is set up in field offices across the country. b

ralm emanuel resigned so he could help bill burton to raise money to match it.t will be the impact of all . advertising, can it change the favorability numbers that bounced up for the president. >> chris: i want to go back to the question of the economy. it is lowsy for a long time and romney made the case that the president hasn't fixed the economy. is that enough? it doesn't seem to be enough to get him over the top a against obama. is that enough or does he have to do something else. >> chris: he lead oz the economy and if that is the motivator of the vote, that will make a difference. >> chris: he doesn't lead in the horse race. >> we still have time to go here. i think the decisive factor in the race like any other presidential race will be the conditions in the country and how they are per ceived. touch on the job numbers for a moment. i don't think that the bad job report changes how the people feel about the economy. the president needs people to feel differentlyy to have more hope. think about the message in the convention. give me more time. it is it a

one of the main runners is bill burton, who used to the obama's press secretary.hardly have announced in a press release i received yesterday, they raised $10 million last month. compared to the romney super pac of restore our future -- restore our future has raised $89 million overall. party usa action has only raised about $25 million overall -- priority usa action has only raised about $25 million overall. >> talk about what else you have here. >> you get passes, swag, amid us to take away. sometimes it is maybe an invite so that this is the access card you need to get into the democratic governors' association late night event on monday night. it was disco-themed. >> who sponsored it? >> there were a number of sponsors. about 15 overall including a live comcast was one of them, aflac was one of them, a totally different light of sponsors the first night, on sunday night, more of a young people's dj dance party. sometimes you have more issue- based swag. this is from the planned parenthood action event it is condoms, protect yourself against romney and ryan. ho

he just heard bill burton say his super pac raised $10 million. could that be the difference in a race that may swing on a point or two? >> a lot of people have talked about it that way, that the republicans between super pacs and romney's incredible fund-raising will just blow democrats out of the way in terms of the ad wars. especially in key states such as ohio. but i think the thing about this election is that if there's money that you need in a campaign, it will be found. there's no shortage of cash. i don't think either side will win or lose this race because they couldn't find enough money to run an ad somewhere in the cleveland media market. >> it is, perry, the money. and again we'll see what happens in september and october. but isn't it at least symbolically a sign of enthusiasm? >> yes, inks it thini think it. mccain raised so little money compared to the president last time. republicans are more excited. not necessarily about romney, but more about defeating president obama than they were in '08. sheri's right, though. the money will

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bill burton was president obama's deputy white house press secretary and now with priorities usa actionlice stewart presidential secretary to the santorum presidential campaign. thank you very much. first to you, bill, what about the criticism that we're hearing from republicans against the president's handling of the arab -- so-called arab spring? >> well, it's really kind of pathetic. if you're the romney campaign, you can see why you would attack on foreign policy even though that's not really where this campaign has been or the centerpiece of your argument has been because nothing else seems to be working. the economic argument they've been making is not catching on out in the states and the fact that the president still has a little bit of an advantage in a tight race, i think is something that's probably really worrying romney and his advisors and supporters frankly. >> and alice i wanted to play a little bit of rick san iter to rum, the man you used to work with as well as working with michelle bachmann at the values voters weekend, what he had to say about us. >> we will never h

emanuel the mayor of chicago resigned from the president's campaign and honorary position to help bill burton and the democratic super pac to raise money to try to match it. what will be the impact of all of that republican advertising? can it change some of the favorability numbers that also bounced up for the president at the convention? >> chris: brit, i want to go back to the question of the economy. people have seen that the economy is lousy for a long time now and mitt romney has made the case nonstop that the president hasn't fixed the economy. is that enough? so far it doesn't seem enough to get him up over the top. is that enough or does he have to do something else? >> he leads on the economy and has led consistently. as that turns out to be the principal motivator of the vote that is a huge difference. >> chris: but he doesn't lead in the horse race. >> i hear you. in the end we he still have some time to go here are. i still think that the decisive factor in the race like almost any other presidential race will be the conditions in the country and how they are perceived. let me to

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. >> so you're not directly involved in the campaign, working super pac with bill burton, paul begalahas that done poorly compared to the republicans. >> more special interest money. >> you used to do well with the fat cats on wall street. that sort of disappeared. >> it is what it is. i think this decision by the supreme court, worst decision by a court -- >> citizens united. >> but that's the law of the land. you have to deal with it. >> what are you doing for priorities usa? >> i can stay as co-chair of the campaign or help them. it is not that complicated. >> next 60 days between now and the election, raising as much for priorities usa as you can? >> yeah. >> the republicans and romney campaign have been raising more than the obama campaign. >> that's image. >> but there are super pacs doing better. >> i am going to try, if i can, whatever i can narrow the difference, make the change, i will do that. >> how do you do that. >> i just got started. i will come back in a couple weeks and talk about it. >> fund-raisers, dinner, get on the phone? >> a lot of this is one on one conversat

let's talk to bill burton about this and he used to be the deputy press secretary at the white house senior strategist for the super pac usa action and bill, you are now in the money game. and it is a lot of money. >> i am. >> and how much did you raise in the last month or so? >> $10 million in august which is the best month. >> why so important this go around and so expensive this go around to raise that kind of money to elect the next president this is. >> well, the supreme court changed some of the rules that you can fund elections and republicans got into it right away and spent $1 million in the midterms to defeat the democrats across the country, and so me and my colleague shawn left the white house and when we heard that carl roef and the koch brothers were going to wash over the president e's message, we wanted to raise money to get the message out what are the differences of president obama and mitt romney and how can we educate the voters about his business experience and how the educate the countries. >> and people go, oh, my god, think of the influence this money has on