chris drill up my leg, mathews.t a surprise when he seem actually talking about obama and he still has his close on? you know, back in college used to have this acronym of the screen i when there there was a lot of pda, public display of affection in our dorm. it would be get a room, gir. i am always screaming at the television when chris mathews is speaking. back on july 17, all christmas banning himself, once again. >> this guy's done everything right previews raised his family right, fight his way to the top of the harvard law review and a blind test becomes a top editor there. everything he has done as clean as a whistle. he's never broken a law comment on it or want from a perfect father american and all they do is crash the guy. >> so that is the bar now been set for the presidency. he hasn't broken any law. okay, i think we all can accept the nomination for presidency. look, the only trashing that has been done over the last three and a half years is to our economy and to our international stature and that ha

they actually sent a grief counselor to chris mathews' leg feeling so bad, but you know what we're talking about from the changes. the .3, right, .3% change that's like a contestant on the biggest loser taking off his socks before he gets weighed. and this .-- >> it's huge, it's huge. >> .3 on the unemployment is massive. >> because it went from 8 to 7, but it's still closer to 8. but it's a big-- >> psychological for people. >> no, but 3/10 after percent on 150 million number is, it's 450,000 different jobs that are gone somewhere. where did they go? viperized. >> 450,000. >> what they're talking about the decrease in unemployment. >>, but the participation rate, juan, let's get new here. psychologically for the obama campaign they put their accountant on to try to get from 8% for 43 months, to get to 7.8 and they feel like they have proof behind their claim that things are getting better. but this number was, given all the other factors, probably can't hurt at all, but does it help them as much as they need it to. >> it helps a lot. psychologically, this is big news and i feel like liste

hi, i'm chris mathews. welcome to the show. with us today, new york magazine's john, trish and kelly and the huffington post's d howard. with just over a month to go for mitt romney, given the polls, the debates may be it. it could change the narrative that has dogged him or cemented. romney has the same urgent must-do list that he at the republican convention. only now could be his last chance. today we're going to look at romney's career, back at his career, at some missteps in past debates and also at some gems from barack obama. first up, first on romney's must-do list, get likable. and avoid this kind of reaction when governor rick perry charged that romney had hired illegal lawn workers. >> i'm speaking. i'm speaking. i'm speaking. i'm speaking. you get 30 seconds. this is the way the rules work here. is that i get 60 seconds. and you get -- >> but the american people want the truth. they want -- >> i understand -- >> you say that you knew you had illegals. >> would you please wait? are you just going to keep talking? are

my friend ron christie, adding a few if you noticed this, i think chris mathews doesn't realize that ron christie is running circles around him. it's the most fun things to watch because other than that it's dr. who couldn't argue with my cup of iced tea. you'd lose the debate. >> one thing i noticed in this area, this election that's very different than all past elections, every other car in the area would have a carrie or core or obama sticker. every five houses of death among time from a democratic candidate. i could drive off and just see a few bumper stickers to say obama. there's no houses in my west l.a. neighborhood that had been a bomb alongside. i'm wondering, what does this mean? [applause] >> well, i would like to think it's because conservatives got tired of having their cars keyed insides ripped down and decided to retaliate by key liberal cars and within their signs down, but i suspect that is not reinserted. i think probably baseless support for obama, so they may not be willing to say it. who would put an obama sign on this lawn. [laughter] it would be like a dukakis

i'm chris mathews at the university of denver with a big debate. let me start with the debate.hich of these two guys romney or obama can make the biggest gaffe, who can launch the deadliest zinger? that's the word romney's people. is this the dean martin rose to don rickles, is that the part we're casting here? sorry. i thought it was president of the united states. the person who will lead the west, lift this country up from long economic struggle, take us to a stronger, fair american future. i'm looking for the big thought tonight, the fresh, crisp, candid thinking that is the very essence of any set of solutions we can come up with. a fear a sling shot war, pestering salvos, crating bites for the next tv ads, words to be packaged and pitched out to us as examples of spontaneous vision and uncanny wisdom. i'm looking for the real thing. smart calls to action by someone who knows his number one job is simply to tell us what needs to be done. i'm joined by former white house press sect dedee dee myers and howard fineman. >> assume you're mitt romney and you have had a terrible

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but telling a story, with a start, middle and end and he had a two-minute closer that sounded as chris mathews said, memorably, sounded like a concession speech. you know, i'm not a perfect man, i've made mistakes, i'm sure mitt romney would say i've made mistakes how is that the opening line of your two-minute closer? >> yeah. >> that he carried into the closing statement. i don't think that -- i think that was lacking in the rest of the performance for the president. >> the other thing i noted about romney, not just his affect, because as tough as he was, he was polite and smiling, if you're looking at it with the sound turned off, one man looked happy and smiling and almost reagan-like in his demeanor, and the other man looked tense and not happy to be there, reluctant to be there. romney used words talked about empathy, suffering, caring, he cited examples, the teacher in las vegas. that really seemed to be trying to fix the 47% problem. >> i agree with that. he didn't get asked the 47% problem but his whole performance was an attempt to answer it in a certain way. he did talk about empath

were talking about you characterized him in similar terms almost, mitt romney as boss, last night chris mathews great line, the guy on the airplane who won't shut off his phone when the plane's trying to take off. your assessment of romney last night and also obama and his sort of physicality. >> the great thing about this debate format, you have movement. he wasn't just seated or behind the podium. president obama had a really nice confident but relaxed stroll. you would see it when he would get up, walk across the room, wasn't hesitant, wasn't too strong. he knew how to move as a person. truly greeting people and stepping up to them and looking them in the eye. mitt romney had this kind of odd baby step as he approached people and i sort of equate it to it's the boss at the company picnic and he's not sure how to approach the employee he never really met before and the guy over the shoulder is that bob from accounting, bob, nice to see you this is your lovely wife susan. and just that sense i need to approach and need to be strong but i don't know how to come to you person to person. boss to

msnbc's prime time coverage of tonight's debate hosted by rachel maddow in new york and chris mathews in denver begins at 8:00 eastern after "hard ball." this is "andrea mitchell reports" live in denver only on msnbc. hey. hey eddie. i brought your stuff. you don't have to do this. yes i do. i want you to keep this. it'd be weird. take care. you too. [ sighs ] so how did it go? he's upset. [ male announcer ] spend less time at gas stations with best in class fuel economy. it's our most innovative altima ever. ♪ check out the latest collection of snacks from lean cuisine. creamy spinach artichoke dip, crispy garlic chicken spring rolls. they're this season's must-have accessory. lean cuisine. be culinary chic. >>> i couldn't believe the other day when the president's opponents said that the 47% of the american people who don't pay income tax, just want to hang around and be dependent on the government, you know, we just had to ween them off of that because they didn't want to pay income tax. now, a guy with a tax account in the cayman islands is attacking other people for not wanting t

unabashed obama supporter chris mathews was even disappointed with his guy. >> where was obama tonightt know what he was doing out there. he had his head down, he was enduring the debate rather than fighting it. james carville, also noticed a new attacking style from romney. quote, mitt romney came in with a chain saw. and this tweet from bill maher. >> i can't believe i'm saying this, but obama looks like he needs-- he does need a teleprompter. well, coming up at ten o'clock. the top of the hour, eastern that would be, we will talk to brent about the media coverage of this debate. here is a question for you. by ten o'clock eastern, will the establishment media have rallied around the president, will they have a new tone by then? that will be new at 10. please go to our facebook page and give us your opinion on the debate and i want to hear from you, whether or not you are supporting president obama or not. i really want to hear from anybody who thought that president obama won the debate last night. come on, chime in. dare we call this a romney rally? futures up as we firmly count dow

chris matthews. now nobody can use him. (applause) admittedly mathews is runs a not a machine, everyone knows he is a simple potato battery. but still, he likes you. and even the people who don't like you were some what stunned at the poor performance. even osama bin laden from the bottom of his watery grave watched and was like that's the guy that killed me? (laughter) really? mr. look down at the paper all night, shot me in the face. here's what's perhaps most maddening. for the past year and a half you, mr. president, have inundated this country with urgent e-mails begging for support and money and energy and money and money and money. and it's not just the number of e-mails, it's the intensity of their content this is our one shot. say you're in. your response is critical. i can't do this on my own. and by the way, you made that you bund antley clear last night-- but the point is this, you and your campaign have demanded a level of effort, urgency and relentlessness from your supporters. a level of urgency and relentlessly you failed to display in a