be worse than quail, more trouble than tom eagleton, is chris mathews scared?well, he's hostile for sure. i mean, look, the list of reporters, you know, george stephanopoulos, andrea mitchell, on and on forever, but it began in the miami herald within hours of ryan being selected the headline was, ryan could be a drag on romney in florida, that's all you need to know how the mainstream media thinks we can put news stories out there, and get away with it. >> and then there's this guy, tour a, he likes to go by one name. tory on nbc, expert on race there, apparently and co-host of the cycle and accuses mitt romney of race bait, using a word at the top of the show, not going to repeat it here. how does he get away with that? >> i don't know. and the thing that always bothers me about these things is that his examples of how mitt romney is allegedly this terribly racist person who is trying to-- i'm not going to use the word, but portray black people in a certain way, are kind of standard campaign attacks. there's nothing in them that does not happen in every campa

. >>> now let me bring in chris mathews host of hardball on msnbc. let me ask you for a big picture question now. what are you looking for at this convention? what do you got your eyes on? >> well, i think it's going to come down to romney's acceptance speech. all this talk about the weather is just preview. i think the question is, can he connect to the american people in a way that -- in a way that says this guy can help me deal with my challenges. i know he's smart, i know he's rich, be i know he has a nice family, i know he's god fairing and religious and all that, can he connect with the problems i have and help me out in life? >> does he have it in him, i don't mean that to be harsh or anything, but if he hasn't connected with so many people up until this point can one speech turn the tide? >> that's true, what you said is true. he has never connected. he's not the nominee of the party because he's ever connected to the american people. he's the nominee of the party because he's very well funned, run an effective campaign, but personally no one

it is the bill clinton/al gore effect as chris mathews said yesterday, he was dead on. get those two together. because they both make each other look better. >> but there's the alternative, which is cover more ground and so they're trying to figure that out now. >> not if they're going to do it badly. >> not covering ground in august. when you roll out your new vp, it's a national campaign to make sure he doesn't get quailed or palined and you get the two together, don't you? chris was dead on yesterday. >> the odd thing is, just viewing the campaign thus far, romney is a far better performer, far more confident performer, when paul ryan is alongside him. >> sure is. >> great with paul ryan. >> it's unusual to watch. >> that's okay. romney shouldn't -- >> watched them a long time, he's a far more comfortable guy. >> what if they got one of those paul ryan-like cutouts. >> yeah. that would be good. >> standing next to him. >> i don't know that will work. >> coming up -- >> by the way, just for the record, i don't know if you notice this, joe biden, he doesn't need anybod

1% hood and not try to be the everyday regular guy and sort of embrace the fact that he is what chris mathews calls a square and maybe try to put forward an image that embraces himself as a rich guy. i don't know if that's going to work. what mitt romney needs to do with this convention is humanize himselfrs put a positive definition of himself out there and what this convention has to be about for him and also he's got to try to outshine paul ryan. right now the conversation is much more about his running mate than it is about him. i think that's a problem as well. >> the number two shouldn't be outshining the number one as we've seen in the past in '08. as we talked about here with mitt romney, three things that we've been hearing he needs to talk about, money, mormonism and massachusetts he did sit down with fox news to talk about the overcare to the health system in that state and spoke to it specifically. let's take a listen. >> with regards to women's health care, look, i'm the guy that was able to get health care for all of the women and men in my state. they're just talking about it a

ford journalism award with guest speaker chris mathews, host of msnbc hard with chris mathews. june 9, an important day for the girl scouts, before you head down to the mall we have our 15 annual meet the deadline 5-k race that benefits the national press club journalism institute antonio horton found neither of p90 x or you can come, run a 5-k, eat pancakes and hit the mall. i'd like to resent her guest with our and pc coffee mug. [applause] a couple last questions here. have you learned the flash mob dance for the rock the mall? >> i'm a little stressed about that. but you know, i've been told i have a beat, so i'm going to pick it up. i'm a little scared i'll break out on stage, but i'm ready for the challenge. >> i hear you're a good dancer. what is your favorite cookie? >> you saved toughest question for the end. all right. i will tell you what my answer used to be. but after i gave the answer, it's a little political. i love all cookies. in that day, my husband rob happened to be listening to the interview and i get home and a sister and three, stop it. you've got a cooki

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ford journalism or the guest speaker, chris mathews. second, there's an inert gas with a traditional npc mod. >> albright. my coffee. >> i'd like to ask everybody for a wonderful around us pause for a speaker today. [applause] and for all of you tennis stands out there, i is something very exciting that i would like to let you know anti-thank you that the usta has donate it to tickets to the 2012 u.s. open. these include seating and the president's courtside box, hospitality and the president suite, courtside seating in the u.s. armstrong stadium, access to all other courts in behind the scenes tour of the arthur ashe stadium. we will be auctioning the thought of proceeds will go to her national press club journalism institute. the national press club institute is committed to helping working journalists include skills and encouraging journalists to scholarship. i ask you keep an eye on our website at www.press.org on information on how to bid on this. i do have one last question and i would like to ask her, besides her victory over bob

like who just comes to mind like that has a passion or calling for what they do and she said it's chris mathewsion and that calling to just do what he does and you feel it. you sense it. and when you're around founders, 60% that are heart driven, all founders, are heart driven, 60% heart driven, you feel that infectious quality, feel that fire in the belly and it's not something we're presenting to you with power point slides or trying to show logic. you just can't help but fall in love with their story. >> yeah. that's absolutely true. the book is heart smarts guts and luck. what it takes to be an entrepreneur and build a great business. tony chan, thank you. so nice to meet you. >> thank you. >> good to have you on the show. still ahead u.s. ambassador to the united nations susan rice joins us on set. keep it here on "morning joe." this is new york state. we built the first railway, the first trade route to the west, the greatest empires. then, some said, we lost our edge. well today, there's a new new york state. one that's working to attract businesses and create jobs. a place where innovat

>> spike on twitter, hoping to hear willie top chris mathews clip. >> i don't think you repaint the mona lisa. >> can i get one of those meals? >> get you one. >> that's very good. >> republican national committee is in damage control mode right now and they've released the following message addressing their membership. been a lot of trouble for the republican party here lately, so they put together this message for the republican membership. hope you enjoy this too. >> in light of recent inappropriate behavior by republican congressman todd akin and kevin yoder the republican national committee requests from now until election day our members will refrain from the following naked swimming naked texting, pretty much anything naked, snorkeling and making offensive remarks about women. a message from the republican national committee. >> getting it done. getting it done. >> very perceptive. good morning. it is friday, august 24th. with us on set pulitzer-prize winning writer for "the washington post" and msnbc contributor jonathan capehart. msnbc and "time" magazine senior political analys

. >> chris mathews himself said o >> himself. >> he he said there was massive voter fraud when i wasadelphia, there still is today. >> i think what you do is you call rendell and tell him whether you need 300,000 or 400,000 votes. >> rendell was one of the better things and tried to stop some things. >> just joking. we love him. >> we do have a problem here. i think there's a conflict of visions. i think what chris dodd said when he passed the help america act, he said we need to make it easy to vote and hard to cheat. we're americans, we can do both. the problemcy think politics does get in the way here, and here's what i suggest. if there are a few people, and i think it's only a few people who lack a voter id, let's get them one. andrew yourngs the former mayor of atlanta, told me we are doing people a favor by getting them id. the law in pennsylvania was upheld by the court because there were several safeguards. even if you didn't have an i.d., if you signed an affidavit saying i'm too poor to get an i.d. and i can't get one, your vote would still be counted if you signed the aff