retired lieutenant colonel bill cowan is a military analyst. read through some of what you said about this. you feel very strongly about all of this. and let's start where -- once the details started to pour out the cat was out of the bag and maybe that's what aloud this navy seal to begin this conversation. >> that's true. a lot of us who come out of that special ops community like seal team 6 take exception to people talking about things they shouldn't be talking about. historically seal team 6, delta force and the specialty units have been working for years on behalf of the united states government, missions overseas and historically none of them have had anything to say in print. we haven't seen this book yet. we don't know what he has to say. maybe it many only a 10-15 page book. maybe it's hundreds of pages. he says he wants to talk about the difficulties the families have. he wants to talk about the difficulties the seals and soldiers go through. it will be hard to tell what he uses as filler to make this story interesting and it's hard

paul. >> cowan: bill whitaker in tampa tonight, thanks, bill. mitt romney has a few days to go before arriving in tampa, he was in new hampshire today, at church, after which he went to work polishing the acceptance speech he will give on thursday night. both presidential campaigns recently refocused on the economy with more on that we turn to jan crawford in boston and cbs news political director john dickerson. guys, this may seem like the obvious question here but what is it governor romney really has to succeed at this week? >> reporter: well, this is a chance for the governor to show people who he is, what he stands for, that he can lead america to a better future, a better economy, more jobs, you are going to see a lot of testimonials from people trying to make that point to voters. olympic athletes talking about how he saved the salt lake city olympics, employees are going to say that he helped create their jobs through bain capital and of course his wife ann talking about romney as a family man. going to be very positive and forward look

just ahead, a cutting-edge story from bill geist. ,,,,,,,,,,,, >> cowan: consider for a moment the chainsawof a paint brush. bill geist introduces us to an artist who uses this as a tool for his trade. >> reporter: when the wooden wildlife returns to rural roadside, summer has arrived in america's vacationland. chainsaw art, considered rather crude by connoisseurs of the fine arts, remains popular among tourists. .. >> there goes a bear reporter: ... a few of whom will ask themselves what were we thinking, when they get home. ray murphy claims the title father of chainsaw art originating the genre59 years and more than 60,000 pieces ago >> these things are all over the world. >> yes. i've got work on actually seven continents >> reporter: antarctica? yes, there's a penguin in antarctica and a polar bear on the north pole and all the places in between. >> he's an artist. i can't draw a straight line. he does this with a chainsaw. i mean, you know, >> reporter: jim is a collector of ray's work. >> i got the harbor seal, the ship's captain, the skunk >> oh, yeah, the skunk. and the big eagle >

bill clinton. he'll give a phenomenal speech and a week later in an interview do something to screw it up. >> jonathan cowanll concede one thing i don't like. some of the republicans are going to charlotte to cause trouble. there are 50 of them. some of the names here -- nikki haley, governor mary fallan of oklahoma. that's as low rent to me as joe biden going to tampa. i think you have a little defense here. the republicans going to charlotte. i don't like it. the main reason is republicans don't need to go. the democrats are going to hang themselves anyway. >> larry, you're spot on. they shouldn't be going there. they should let democrats have their moment in the sun. not be afraid of what they will say. let them have it. you're completely on about that. >> jimmy, i want the democrats to say what they're going to say because they will say basically what you were saying. that's why they can't win this election. >> i think we can sum up what they will say with the three b's. they are going to talk about bush, bain and birth control. how that creates jobs or economic growth, i have no idea. >> i have a fourt