george w. bush. you don't see george w. bush. >> sean: we aren't talking with george w. on't see george w. bush in the romney ad. the reason why bill clinton is appearing in a barack obama ad is the two men share a common vision for america of shared prosperity where everybody moves forward and pays their fair share as opposed to. >> sean: talking points, this is annoying. >> let's talk about the ads. >> sean: talk about the bill clinton ad. >> you don't see george w. bush in an ad. >> he said the tax cuts should be extended because of a poor economy. he said stop attacking bain they are a good company. bill clinton said that mitt romney has met the threshold, he can be president. he gets the big speaking engagement, why? to save barack obama becaus. >> you don't see george bush in an ad because george bush is not running for president. he said it it in the ad today. what is the choice. president obama has done nothing about talk about bain and mitt romney's tax returns and nothing to lay out the clear choice of a plan here and for are bill clinton to come out and say the

bushes? chelsea clinton works for nbc news as a special correspondent. hillary, chelsea, jeb or george p.? >> i think it's a bush next. >> bush next. >> young george p., jeb's son, is already active. >> bush but also griffin, stewie in 2024. >> helene? >> no question about it, bush. >> why does nobody say hillary clinton who could run in 2016? that's my prediction. thanks to a great roundtable. howard fineman, kelly o'donnell, helene cooper and major garrett. that's the show. chris will be back next week with a special preview of convention week.

one of the things that was a shame about georgetown beat bush george bush and the draft going away was a bad idea. if you're going to have wars, everyone should have a chance to be in the military. >> question to the left. >> a question about the media specifically as it pertained to post-political careers. it can be galvanizing and polarizing. these people are making substantial careers by flash in the pan political appearances. does that move against this movement? >> who wants to tackle that? >> i did not hear the last part of the question. >> and you think the financial gains that seem to happen for the politically polarizing undermines the pushed towards civility? >> technical, making money. >> i've is thinking this when you're talking a manner to the about that it may not be that civility, but incivility has a certain quality. some people are drawn to that. i have been taught politeness, but look at what they are doing. that is when we add doubt may be something that we privately admire. >> it is true in some of the debates on cable channels. >> the most polarized people are movi

but to pool the latinos as george bush and i know george bush and certainly romney is no george bush,d a great job at getting out latinos. but mitt romney and paul ryan team are just not going to be able to do that. if they had mario on the ballot, on the ticket, i think they would have got a lot of latinos. >> geraldo: i think they would. congressman price, you know paul ryan. you may not work out with him. i don't know but you are good friends. how do you think he did today? he went to the villages. he went to the heart of the medicare recipient community in florida today with his mom. do you think that he can get over the initial reaction from mine and your mom and others that this guy is scary because he is going change things? >> i did what the other side didn't believe he would do and that is go right to the seniors in the state of florida and speak to them and say there would be no changes under our plan for anybody over the age of 55. no changes. the fear mongering is simply not true. i want to address the issue you of the latino and african american voter and elsewhere. we ar

george w. bush presidential." interestingly, your books on karl rove was about george bush. you say road is as relevant today as he was then. talk about the opening night of the convention. >> but we saw was the theme, not just "we built it" but barack obama, that man. it was toned down a lot of it like it because of hurricane isaac, but he did not hear that so much from the first -- potential first lady, but from chris christie and other minority speakers. the interesting thing about christie, he talked a lot about chris christie. it was 12 minutes before he even mentioned mitt romney. i was at the texas republican convention a couple of months ago. paul ryan was the speaker. the delegates did not want to hear the name mitt romney. when rick perry engine mitt romney on stage, he was booed because ted cruz was the tea party candidate. paul ryan never mention mitt romney by name two years ago. >> where does the tea party fall yesterday? how did they figure during the convention? >> you talk to these delegates -- i was at a christian conservative meeting a couple of days ago. t

his bush, george bush, the second president bush, had been in the national guard, but he beat, he beat al gore who had served in vietnam, and kerry was defeated by bush the second time. mccain was defeated by obama. i don't think that being a war veteran or a war hero is not helpful, but it obviously doesn't put people over the top anymore. and that's an interesting situation. but with fewer people serving in the military, with less than 1% serving, we just have to recognize we're going to have a smaller and smaller proportion of veterans in almost every area of american life, including our politics. we have to find ways to deal with that. >> on behalf of the marines memorial, sir, and for your guests here tonight, thank you. >> thank you, bucky. >> for coming here to share your views. [applause] >> thank you. >> booktv is on c-span2 with your favorite book programs throughout the day. our in depth programs, originally airing live the first sunday >> just as i entered here, some guy said to me, i didn't know america failed. and i said, stick around, you know? stick around. um, i also w

clearly, george bush doesn't care about george bush's people. when was the last time that you saw your family? >> sunday noon. >> there were thousands of stories like that here. all these delegates can do is huddle together and hope that help arrives on the club level and thinking of happier times. >> i would like to tell my wife, jenny, and my daughter, naomi that i love them and that i'm doing all right. >> we leave you now with some haunting images of this terrible day. ♪ [laughter] ♪ >> jon: we'll be right back. @e [cheers] [applause] >> jon: it's already been -- it's already been a strange, eventful week in st. paul. for more we turn to our political analyst thanks for joining us. last night, day one of the convention, how would you assess day one at this moment? >> well, john, day one went off without a hitch. the hurricane -- the hurricane hit right on schedule. category two. enough to moisten new orleans but not enough to drown it. the republicans pulled it off perfectly. >> jon: hurricane gustav was deliberate? >> absolutely. look, jon,

george w. bush, son of president george herbert walker bush. governor bush selected richard cheney as his running mate and that election would ultimately be decided by a supreme court ruling. here is his speech from early august 2000. mr. chairman. mr. chairman. thank you all. >> [applause] >> thank you! >> mr. chairman, mr. chairman, delegates and my fellow citizens, i proudly accept your nomination. [applause] thank you. thank you for this honor. thank you for this honor. together, we will renew america's purpose. >> [applause] >> our founders defined that purpose here in philadelphia. ben franklin was here. thomas jefferson. and of course, george washington. or as his friends called him, george w.! >> [applause]

he was george bush before george bush.the republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and a child. so i don't know if bondage was the right term. but dan quayle also offered advice for potential vice presidents saying one word sums up your job when you're going to be a vice president. and that one word is to be ready. which is more than one word. >> just ck

he was george bush before george bush.the republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and a child. so i don't know if bondage was the right term. but dan quayle also offered advice for potential vice presidents saying one word sums up your job when you're going to be a vice president. and that one word is to be ready. which is more than one word. >> just quickly, do you think that vice presidents go on, you know, to -- i mean, presidents go on to get their libraries and things like that. what happens to the vice president? >> i think they end up growing a beard and teaching at columbia university like al gore. or run an mtv network. fun stuff. >> lefall right, dean. thank you for your campaign. >>> >>> washington minutes out for august, but there's no holiday in politics. today, taxes, the debt, and a five-week summer recess. >> we would like to have the votes before we leave here, but just can't do it. >> can anything break the gridlock? a conversation with republican senator lindsey graham. >>> then

george w. bush. >> well, this is part of the alternate reality of the obama world. what we have to do is blame everything that's wrong in the country right now on george w. bush, blame it on the wars, blame it on the president bush's tax cuts and everything else. of course, it's not actually why we're in the situation we are. it's in part because we had a big housing crisis and also, compounded, dramatically by president obama's severe spending streak that he's been on since then. so, but this is what he's trying to sell and it's integral to his campaign. >> but if you look at the polling, kim, they show that a lot of voters still think that the troubles we're in were the fault of bush. >> yeah, here is the problem with those polls, so, yes, a lot of voters say they were the responsibility of bush, but the thing is, president bush isn't on the ballot list here, the problems with the polls they show more than half of america also thinks that president obama is a lot or moderately to blame for the economic crisis and that's the problem he has. >> okay, james, how different, how different do you think that mitt romney would be on economic policy than george bush

george bush. even george bush is like that bastard is crazy. >> yep. >> stephanie: cindy in michigan you are on the they don't really care if it is not compassionate. so i think they are going to have to just start running the numbers. and the cbo, i remember says it is going to increase the deficit because of all of the tax cuts for the rich. >> stephanie: yeah. >> caller: and alan grayson did miss one point about that $700 million in medicare they got medicare advantage which was just a junk privatized program, and the free screenings that prevent care -- you know prevent disease like infections from happening over and over and over where older people keep getting readmitted into the hospital, which is extremely expensive. you cut all of that out it does save a lot of money. >> stephanie: exactly. >> caller: they need to promote it as a savings and not a cutting. you are great. >> stephanie: oh, no you are great. >> you are first. >> oh, no after you. [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: they are turning this into an attack against president obama as we already covered. see how clever t

bush tax cut. the supply siders are wrong. nothing trickles down. >> eliot: what i like to say to people. put a aside ideology. look at fact. it's the same blueprint we tried under george w. bush. >> it's worse. the tax cuts they want to provide to the very rich are multiples of the bush the cuts to the promise to the poor are much more onerous. 62% of the programs are designed for the poor. we're talking about head start food stamps, pell grants for poor students to attend universities. we're talking about everything that the federal government has tried to do to help people who for no fault of their own in most cases are poor or lower income in this country. >> eliot: it's george w. bush on steroids. the reasons for that is not only the tax policies that you laid out, but the spending time, they've capped 3.75% of gdp medicare medicaid, and defense associatesocial security. >> every time i hear that paul ryan, one thing that is on his side that i hear over and over again from pundits is that he's serious about entitlement reform. that's baloney. he's a destroyer of entitlements. he wants to take medicaid and give it out to the states with almost no federal support at all. the federal support goes from one-half to one-third to one quarter of what it is right now. he

bush era tax cuts expire at the end of the year. billionaire bloomberg says that would outfox the republicans and lead to an obama landslide in november. >>> are you ready for another george bush candidate? yahoo! reports george prescott bush of jeb and nephew of george w. says he may run for office in the future but has no specific plans yet. >>> basketball legend michael jordan is among an impressive team of hoop stars who will participate in what the president's campaign is calling the obama classic. politico says other supporters on the court will be carmelo anthony and patrick ewing. >>> a psychic adviser named tony leggett has done political palm readings. he says president obama's shows he's flexibility, multitalented, and could be a very successful president. and he says mitt romney is clever with lots of ideas and has the hand of a quote plain-looking man. >>> and in south africa last night, secretary of state hillary clinton had a little fun after a dinner hosted by south africa's foreign minister, she burned up the dance floor with the entertainers, and some other guests. good news there. that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. >>> and now here's your first look at how wall street's going to kick off the

george bush left us. i'm not blaming george bush. this is not about blaming george bush this is understanding what the situation was. we are not hemorrhaging 800,000 jobs a month. congress has the lowest approval rating its ever had. and i think the people understand barack obama casts pass law. it has to be congress. totally rejected every plan. >> laura: let me get this straight. so barack obama is powerless to deal with congress now with a democrat controlled congress. he can't do anything? is that what you are saying. >> now? no, no. the republicans have a house. he has a bill sitting there. >> laura: why should we reelect him if he can't do anything? >> he was very successful in increasing the debt from 10 trillion to 15 trillion. he was very successful in forcing through a mandated healthcare that he said was not mandated healthcare in the primary there in south carolina. >> laura: you have to deal with the congress that you have. right? the congress now is divided. that means you have to compromise with congress. you can't wish

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bush visited africa, asia, and the americas to help raise global awareness of malaria and hiv/aids. now as the chair of the women's initiative at the george w. bush institute mrs. bush continues our work on a global health care innovation education support -- performance supporting women and men who serve in the military. the u.s. government, the susan g. common for the cure announced an $85 million pink ribbon red ribbon initiative, a partnership to leverage platforms and resources to combat cervical and breast cancer in developing nations. the honor of having mrs. bush as a keynote speaker in our annual conference a couple of years ago introduced by her twin daughters , barbara and jinnah, also a great female leaders who gave the most touching interactions i have ever heard. they painted a fuller picture of their mother and remind all of us of the multiple roles women balance every day in ways that are truly remarkable. and so, as they did to my want to present to you a female leader of great depth and accomplishment, as i have noted, but a woman who is also a wife, mother, and a friend to all of us in this room who fight for equality and dignity for women all ove

george h.w. bush's council of economic affairs and the tax policy center is actually run by a guy named donald marin a principle on george w bush'swo key authors of this report or one co author and the head of the tax policy institute are george, daddy bush and george w. bush economists in their administration who have come out now to say that what mitt romney is proposing in terms of tax reform is mat mali impossible, total fraud raise taxes on 98% of americans and give the top 2% a tax cult. this is devastating for romney. devastating for romney and just proves that his tax plan was a fraud and mitt romney is a fraud. 866-55-press. and harry reid is right. that's what harry reid was told. the only guy that can fix this is mitt romney releasing his tax returns. 866-55-press. >> why does anybody believe that guy with a laugh like that particularly. >>you just think there is no low they won't go to. oh, no. if al gore's watching today... i.q. will go way up. how are you ever going to solve the problem if you don't look at all of the pieces? >>tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block. >>y

george w. bush because of the spending that went up under george w. bush. escription drug benefits, for example, when he was president. interesting thing about george w. bush is that he stayed out of politics so much. he has been so silent. you see dick cheney out there all the time. and george w. bush, not at the convention. keeping a very, very low profile. >> he likes retirement. >> he does. >> also, he learned from his dad. he said there's one president at a time and he does not believe you should interfere with a current president. we want to remind you, though, this saturday night, you have the nomination of mitt romney moving on to the democratic convention and the renomination of barack obama. special documentary that will air, a tribute to the 41st president of the united states, george h.w. bush. wolf, back to you now on the floor. >> an excellent documentary and i recommend to our viewers. we're about to hear from the man who defeated mitt romney for the presidential nomination in 2008, senator john mccain. what will he say about mitt romney tonig

george h.w. bush and george w. bush is it of is not there. you could hear it in the way the different speakers spoke about romney's biography. it was all from a kind of cheat sheet, the same thing. but there was very little i thought truly authentic-- this is the guy. so there is a tension there. and is romney the last of something? you know, a certain generation of really northern liberal republicans? he's now posing as something more conservative. and is-- is ryan the future? or-- and i think it will depend on the election-- if the republicans get smashed in this election-- if you look at the polling now, it's unlikely, but who knows -- do they go through the kind of soul-searching the democrats went through in the late 80s and 90s that gave birth to bill clinton and the whole centrist democrat movement? it's going to be interesting to watch. >> rose: you think there's a possibility if the republicans are defeated badly, they may say we have to rebuild a different party. and that party might look to itself and say are we part of the future o

wasn't interested in george bush three days later, george bush is the nominee. there are all changes and i think key thing is that any one of these will have great support. >> right. we're talking tonight about paul ryan going on the family vacation. carl says it's something normally happens, always happens this time of the year, do you see, do you read anything into that? >> no. absolutely not. and that is -- jet airlines wherever he goes. you'll get him back quick. >> always a way to get in touch. >> and a good thing if it is ryan. he doesn't need any training. he knows his area better than anyone and probably anyone else in the party. going to have to defend his budget. it's a very complicated budget born with it moving in the right direction. who better than the architect of it. >> exactly. mitt romney begins a bus tour tomorrow, ed, certainly through florida, virginia, ohio. do you think rob portman will be joining us in ohio, marco rubio in florida. how do you see this? let's talk about tomorrow. how see see candidates on stage? >> i think everyone obviousl

george w. bush does better in the suburbs. george w. bushins the election and becomes president of the united states. virginia. this is the state where the demographics are changing. do the math first. 2004 now. see thred. in the richmond suburbs. in the washington, d.c. suburbs. that's 2004. george w. bush does very well. he wins. we come fast-forward to 2008. blue. barack obama wins the washington suburbs. wins down in the richmond suburbs. and changes this. again, he only broke even with john mccain in virginia among suburban women statewide. but closer into the city areas he does better. look at the gap for george w. bush. 17 points over john kerry amongst suburban women. anderson, close presidential elections in the united states are decided in the suburbs. one more example for you. we'll show you the state of ohio. this could be the decisive state this year. this is where president obama was today. again, a tie between obama and mccain in 2008. we know what happened. obama carried the state 52-47. you go back in time. george bush won b

bush visited africa, asia and the americas to help raise cool awareness of malaria and hiv/aids. now as the chair of the women's initiative of the george w. bush institute, mrs. bush continues her work on global healthcare innovation, and how wering women in the emerging democracies, education reform and supporting the women and men who served in america's military. in september, 2011, the bush institute, the u.s. government coming human aids and the susan g. komen announced a pink ribbon initiative a partnership to leverage pepfar's platform and resources to combat cervical and breast cancer in developing nations. my organization had the honor of having mrs. bush as a keynote speaker at our annual conference a couple of years ago. she was introduced then by her twin daughters barbara and jenna who gave one of the most touching introductions have ever heard. the painting a full picture of their mother and reminded all of those of the multiple roles that women balance every day in ways that are truly remarkable. and so as they did, i want to present to you a leader of great depth and accomplishment as i have noted, with a woman that is also a wife, a mother and a f