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then people like david gregory, my colleague across the hall, look what happened when david gregory triedut what's under that christmas present, as the cost of of this. let's take a look at what happens when david gregory tries to find out the cost. mitt romney saying under his plan tax rates go down for everybody. how would he pay for it? says he would take tax deductions for the wealthy. on "meet the press" this past weekend, he failed to set a single example. let's watch. >> so everything i want to do with regard to taxation follows simple principles. bring down rates to encourage growth. keep revenue up limiting deductions and exemptions, make sure we don't put bigger burden on middle income people. i want to lower burden on middle income people. >> governor, where are the specifics how you get to this map. isn't that an issue? >> the specifics are these, which is those principles i described are the heart of my policy. >> give me an example of a loophole you will close. >> i can tell you people at the high end, high income taxpayers are going to have fewer deductions and exemptions.

on sunday, david gregory says really? really appeal obama care, all of it on day one? here's what that sounded like. >> on healthcare, you say you would rescind the president's healthcare plan on day one. does that mean you're prepared to say to americans young adults and those with pre-existing conditions that they would no longer be guaranteed healthcare? >> of course not. i say we're going to replace obama care. and i'm replacing it with my own plan and even in massachusetts where i was governor, our plan there deals with pre-existing conditions and with young -- >> so you keep that as part of the federal plan. >> bill: he said he would keep the pre-existing conditions, that provision and he would keep the provision that children could stay on their parent's health plan as long as they like. he said. and so what's going on here, judd? >> it was really a fascinating moment because it is the classic politician's dilemma in that he's got a position staked out. this has been staked out extremely vigorously because it was a

david gregory joins us now to talk about that, and more. i'm curious to know, david, what do we make of this? why now? >> i think that's got a lot of republicans scratching their heads. they've already taken a beating for not releasing more. now he releases one of those two years, and revives the debate about why not more. it's a fitting end to what's been a horrible end to the romney campaign. he pays 14%. he doesn't get a salary until earned income off investments. but that's not how most people do it. and especially during the week when he talked about writing off half the country because, you know, they're all too dependent on the government. >> i wonder if that was the thing that made him finally release the tax results, because he is talking about people who aren't paying taxes. >> i don't know that that was it. i think there was some need to finally do it. but again, i don't know why now. i think he had pledged to do two years. there is an upside that they argue, paul ryan made this point, look how much he gave to charity. he's gettin

starting with david gregory on "meet the press." >> governor, where are the specifics on how you get to this math? isn't that an issue? >> well, the specifics are these, which is those principles i described are the heart of my policy. >> give me an example of a loophole you will close. >> well, i can tell you people at the high end, high income taxpayers, are going to have fewer deductions and exemptions. >> okay. that's a no. the man who knows loopholes like a swiss banker knows the alps, like a cayman islander knows the sea, he just can't think of one. you just have to trust him that he will somehow slash hundreds of billions in revenue by way of tax cuts and pay for it somehow. okay. what about paul ryan? now, we know he would never duck the tough issues. >> why not say right now -- >> because we want to do -- we want to have -- george, because we want to have this debate in the public. we want to have this debate with congress. and we want to do this with the consent of the elected representatives of the people. we should do it out in the public view where the public can partici

. >> meantime, crazy dancer david gregory. >> wow. >> and mr. al roker. >> mr. tiny dancer. >> i like to focus on my art, interviewing jake gyllenhaal, focused on that, not just the dancing. >> distracted by your profuse sweating. >> anyway. >> making fun. is this on television? >> soleil moon frye is in house and we allowed her to take over our twitter feed which will be really fun. >> hey. >> any crazy observations. >> that was some amazing dancing. i'm super excited. i have taken over the twitter account so ask all your questions. i'll be tweeting live. you want to know what al eats for breakfast, i'm super excited. i'm going a send my first tweet right now. >> inspiring. >> also joining us for "take 3." >> and i think psy might be joining us for "take 3," too. >> we've also got the hot headlines from headline. >> and the best wines to order at a restaurant without being intimidated. >> lots to get to. the day's top stories, besides david's dancing. >> i think that's probably trending by now. good morning, everyone. international diplomatic facilities oversea

now for a look at what's coming up on "meet the press" here's david gregory. >> good morning.ress" this morning. i go one-on-one with governor mitt romney at a key juncture of this campaign, less than 60 days until the election. i press him on what a romney presidency would mean for america and also ask him about the state of this race. we'll get reaction and insights about where it stands from our political roundtable today. joining me the keynote speaker mayor castro. plus our political director, chuck todd. a special edition of "meet the press." mitt romney's first appearance in the course of this campaign. all coming up this morning. and be sure to stay tuned afterward for my press pass discussion with tom brokaw for a look at the changing political landscape. only here on nbc4. >> thanks, david. >>> do you ever turn your camera around and take a picture of yourself? well, nasa's mars rover is no different. curiosity took a picture of itself on mars. the big eye on the rover's face is kind of dangerous, it shoots laser beams to vaporize rocks. this guy is not joking around

david gregory, it was a very, very informative interview. we did get insight into things. governor romney suddenly re embracing romney care? >> what i hear him doing is embracing the popular aspects of the president's plan. i wish there had been a follow-up question asked of governor romney, and it would have been this. how do you pay for or how do you ensure insurance companies are affording coverage for pre-existing conditions and affording coverage for younger americans if you're getting rid of the individual mandate? because it seems to me you can't parse the president's plan. you need the individual mandate in order to have those requirements that are the most popular aspects of the plan. it's something that governor romney didn't address in primary season because he knows the objection in 2010 from the right wasn't to the federal government telling americans that they need insurance. it was to the notion generally of the government saying you need insurance. so now he's trying to tack toward the middle to appeal to independents. but i think it's going to be a tough s

as david gregory said give us one or two things you would cut. what hard choices would you make. democrats have been pushing on that. does your average voter who is undecided at this point, are they thinking i need to know more about what mitt romney and paul ryan specifically would do? i do not know the answer to that. my question because romney and ryan aren't giving any specifics is they think the answer to that question is no. we're going to find out, you know, 57 days from now. in 57 days we'll have some answers. >> you think. unless "the new york times" story is correct and we'll have legal battles. >> might be longer than that. >> in states beyond florida. that's nor another day. thank you very much. chris, see you later. mark, always great to see you. >> thanks. >> joining me now, here, jen, psaki traveling press secretary fors obama campaign. >> welcome back off the bus. >> off the bus for a few days. >> what is your take on the state of play, who's ahead, who's behind? >> we don't give too much away to date to day tracking polls but i will tell you i spent the last two

former white house correspondent savannah guthrie and david gregory. they've both moved on to other day jobs since. let's talk about the first lady and the role this puts her in. >> this was someone who was kind of thrust into public life and not enthused about this public role. i talked to an aide today, who said, she's comfortable with the fact that her kids are okay. they're being raised up in as normal a situation as they can be. that's allowed her to expand her horizons. you used to hear white house aids grumble she didn't get out on the campaign trail as much as they'd like. i had one tell me today, she gave us more dates on the campaign trail than we expected or hoped for. and they also say, it goes without saying, she appeals to women, certainly, minority voters. there's no audience they wouldn't be comfortable putting her in front of right now. >> david, let's talk about the keynote, there are some who predict they will take texas and turn it purple and eventually blue in the next couple of years. >> they want to highlight the young mayor juli

"meet the press" moderator david gregory joined us earlier today. he believes the president will attack mitt romney's vague ideas on how to improve the economy. >> talking to the president's advisers really what they want to do is be more specific. i think where they'll attack governor romney is, you know, that he went on the offensive against president obama, but didn't give the american people a road map for how he's going to usher in a better economy. i think that'll be the big attack line. >> the president will be looking for a bump from the convention. new polls from the rasmussen reports show that mitt romney is ahead of president obama 47-44%. just five days ago, the two were tied in this poll. similar shift happened in battle ground states. rasmussen polled voters in 11 swing states and showed romney and president obama are tied. the president is leading by four points five days ago. the republican national convention could explain the recent bump which is typical when the event wraps up. >>> it's a busy day on "meet the press." david welcom

let's look what happens when david gregory tries to find out what's underneath the christmas presentcost of the new thing. mitt romney saying under his plan tax rates would go down for everybody. how would he pay for that? he would take away tax deductions for the wealthy. on "meet the press", he failed to mention a single example. let's watch. >> so everything i want to do with regard to taxation follows simple principles. keep the rates down. keep revenue up by eliminates deductions and exemptions and make sure we don't put any bigger burden on middle-income people. >> governor, where are the specifics of how you get to the map? >> well, the specifics are these. those principles i described are the heart of my policy. >> can you give me an example of a loophole you will close. >> people at the high end, high-income taxpayers are going to have fewer deductions and exemptions. >> here's the problem with mitt romney's tax plan, the numbers don't add up. and he will drop the corporate rate to 25%. all told that would cost $4 trillion over ten years. the problem, mr. chairman, is that's

netanyahu came on david gregory was aggressive.san rice she was able to talk about narrative of a film being the cause without any push back. however, i disagree with judy the u.s. media got it wrong. international media has been right from the beginning. they have been looking at this and they called it a terrorist attack pretty fast. >>> judy adore you, but there was a meaning, maybe it came from someplace. maybe if i was the obama administration, our embassy just got attacked on 9/11, and an ambassador was killed. i better blame a mob or movie, put a something over the reality it's an al-qaeda hit on an u.n. ambassador with no security and journal on friday i did a terrific job on death of this ambassador and three other americans. mainstream media would be all over it and hillary clinton and homeland security is being grilled how it happened. it's not happening because there was a meeting that said, no, it came from somewhere. >> there was a line that the "new york times" on friday just as "wall street journal" was writing its

they think that is when independent, undecided voters want to hear, brian. >> david gregory part of our tampa team for the last four days. david, thanks. we do want to let you know david has an exclusive interview with chicago mayor former obama chief of staff rahm emanuel. among the guests on "meet the press" sunday morning here on this nbc station. >>> we are back in a moment with the big reopening of a national landmark. >>> a lot of other news items to get quickly caught up on here tonight. a supermarket night shift employee in the suburban new jersey community of old bridge left his job then walked back into work in the early morning hours armed with an ak-47 and a hand gun. he killed two people before killing himself. he's been identified as a former marine just 23 years old, discharged from military service in 2010. there was a private memorial service today for neil armstrong, a reunion of his apollo 11 crew mates, buzz aldrin was with armstrong on the moon and michael collins was there. he of course circled above to fly them home afterwards. john glenn and his wife annie were t

david gregory, one more note on the economy, which of course such a central issue coming into here. >> look, brian, there is so much celebration right now, but the grim reality in america is great poverty, historic unemployment. and i think a real question, which is do americans blame this president for that or do they not? and if he has to own that record, he's still in a lot of trouble. this was a much humbler president, i think, addressing this crowd. he's got a future vision. he has to hope people will stick with him as a leader on the economy. >> savannah, final question. is there an excitement gap between here and tampa isn't. >> well, i think some people who have been at both conventions think there was an excitement gap. there may have been an excitement gap between the president's speech and bill clinton's last night. this was a workman-like speech but it hit all the notes and obama campaign looks at it as a choice. that is a phrase you hear over and over again, because they want to lay out these two competing visions that they think this election is all about. they call it a

david gregory, one more note on the economy, which of course such a central issue coming into here. >> look, brian, there is so much celebration right now, but the grim reality in america is great poverty, historic unemployment. and i think a real question, which is do americans blame this president for that or do they not? and if he has to own that record, he's still in a lot of trouble. this was a much humbler president, i think, addressing this crowd. he's got a future vision. he has to hope people will stick with him as a leader on the economy. >> savannah, final question. is there an excitement gap between here and tampa isn't. >> well, i think some people who have been at both conventions think there was an excitement gap. there may have been an excitement gap between the president's speech and bill clinton's last night. this was a workman-like speech but it hit all the notes and obama campaign looks at it as a choice. that is a phrase you hear over and over again, because they want to lay out these two competing visions that they think this election is all about. they call it a

david gregory here with us. we want to let you know mitt romney will appear exclusively on "meet the press" this sunday morning. his first appearance of this election cycle. coming up sunday morning on this very same nbc station. we also want to let you know, we will talk with michelle obama, the first lady, tomorrow evening here on "nbc nightly news." >>> in other news we have a new hurricane as of today, number six of the season already. leslie has been upgraded to hurricane status. sustained winds of 75 miles an hour. the storm is still pretty far out there to sea but expected to pass fairly close to bermuda by saturday or sunday of this weekend. we got new numbers tonight for what's been a particularly bad year for west nile virus, the mosqui mosquito born illness that can be fatal. just under 2,000 reported, 87 have been fatal. it's a banner year for mosquitoes. the experts say there will probably be new cases right through the month of october. >>> still ahead as we continue from charlotte, the discovery t

but during the interview, david gregory yesterday on "meet the press," he appeared to be more accepting to some parts of president obama's law. >> i say we're going to replace obamacare, and i'm replacing it with my own plan. and you know, even in massachusetts where i was governor, our plan there deals with preexisting conditions and with young people. >> so you keep that as part of the federal plan? >> i'm not getting rid of all of health care reform. of course there are a number of things that i like that i'm going to put in place. one is to make sure that those with preexisting conditions can get coverage. two is to assure that the marketplace allows for individuals to have policies that cover their family up to whatever age they might like. i also want individuals to be able to buy insurance -- health insurance -- on their own as opposed to only being able to get it on a tax advantage basis through their company. >> romney campaign insists that's nothing new, says that romney believes people who did not have a gap in their coverage should not be denied care. the candidate also spar

what nate silver, "the new york times" numbers guru and keeper of the famous 538 blog told nbc's david gregoryen't it now, and that was damaging sign. >> you can watch more of david gregory's interview with nate silver at presspass.nbcnews.com, and of course tomorrow, as is the case every sunday morning, if it's sunday, it's "meet the press" with moderator david gregory. >>> from yankee stadium to the cornfields of iowa. which candidate this seinfeld star has a serious man crush on. >>> then a little bit later, the missouri senate candidate who's not scoring any points with his lady like comments this week. >>> first, though, we will take you who the elephant in the room is in this presidential race. someone who both candidates just can't seem to kick. you're watching msnbc on this saturday afternoon. the place for politics. my doctor told me calcium is efficiently absorbed in small continuous amounts. citracal slow release continuously releases calcium plus d with efficient absorption in one daily dose. citracal slow release. so it can feel like you're using nothing at all. but neosporin® ecz

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i'm here with david gregory. >> how you doin? >>> i'm david gregory matt has the morning off. this is unbelievable. i know. sunday on "meet the press," is this a horse dance by david gregory. people started camping out by 5:00 a.m. the line is down to fifth avenue, down several blocks. the superstar psy will take to the stage and perform that. the wild dance moves gangham-style. everyone is doing the horse dance today. we can't stop. i was in the dressing room like practicing this all morning. >> you were. >> you'd be right. >> meanwhile, another thing, pre-orders start for the iphone 5. the hitch is that it comes with a new charger. was that really necessary? we'll find out what you're supposed to do with your old connectors. people everywhere saying what are we going do? >> you do sound bitter. the horse dance will cheer you up. >> exactly. >> we have serious news to get to. we'll begin in the middle east and the ongoing violence there. arrests have been made in connection with tuesday's deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. we're in tripoli this morning. good mor

. >> moderated nbc's david gregory. this debate is courtesy of wrc tv washington d.c. watch the entire debate monday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. the british house of commons is in recess. now, highlights from the august session of question time in the australian parliament. prime minster julia gillard and cabinet members discuss australia's recently imposed carbon tax. also, australia's health minister outlines new anti-smoking efforts. over in their senate, the foreign affairs minister discusses australian's role in the julian assange case. >> hello i'm david with highlights of the last sitting of the australian parliament. one of the issues that's been doving the government here in australia is solemn seekers. they've been come something record numbers on leaky boats and some sadly has been drowning at sea trying to get here. the government has been under a lot of pressure to take tougher policy to deter those for making this journey. finally the government backed down and embraced the opposition policy after it was recommended by an expert panel. it's what the o

>>> i'm david gregory and this is "press pass", to an extra meet the press conference. this week the two men who tried to tackle the fiscal crisis last year, simpson-bowles plan is back in the decision 2012 spotlight now. welcome both. it's like going to the mall with justin bieber hanging out with the two of you. but senator, there's something to that, you go around the country and talk in great detail about what you proposed. what is the reaction you get? >> people are thirsting for somebody not to give them bs and mush and erskine and i gave them numbers. we don't have power point or charts, we just tell you where your country is. the trajectory of debt and deficit and interest is as same as portugal, iraq, iran -- greece. >> poland is still in -- i won't go -- but it's sad and we take questions. we don't filter the questions. they can ask anything they want. they can be from aarp, seniors, teachers and they'll give us a standing ovation, thirsting for somebody to tell them the truth where their country is going. >> republican and democrat do that who really care abo

netanyahu came on david gregory was aggressive.ith susan rice she was able to talk about narrative of a film being the cause without any push back. however, i disagree with judy the u.s. media got it wrong. international media has been right from the beginning. they have been looking at this and they called it a terrorist attack pretty fast. >>> judy adore you, but there was a meaning, maybe it came from someplace. maybe if i was the obama administration, our embassy just got attacked on 9/11, and an ambassador was killed. i better blame a mob or movie, put a something over the reality it's an al-qaeda hit on an u.n. ambassador with no security and journal on friday i did a terrific job on death of this ambassador and three other americans. mainstream media would be all over it and hillary clinton and homeland security is being grilled how it happened. it's not happening because there was a meeting that said, no, it came from somewhere. >> there was a line that the "new york times" on friday just as "wall street journal" was writin

>>> i'm david gregory and this is special edition of press pass from the republican convention, it's been a crucial week for republicans as they try to reintroduce mitt romney to the american public and "press pass" gives you an all-access pass, we look back at my stand-out moments with my interviews with the party's big names throughout the week. i sat down with the republican party chair who was revealing about his party's goals for reaching the voters and telling mitt romney's story over the week. we'll see if this message has registered. here i ask him about the state of the race as they head into the convention. >> i think if we're exactly where we are going into election day, we're going to win. if we're tied, we win. barack obama loses. people know what barack obama has to sell. and they know that he didn't deliver what he said he would deliver and i think that's a big problem for him. but independents don' generally break toward the incumbent. they know what barack obama promised, they know what he delivered. they know that the economy is in the ditch. so i like where we're a

david gregory can dance. days of you dancing? i have trouble digesting at that moment, but what was that about? >> he's got moves. >> you know, this is just part of my life, you know? >> where was the dancing video? >> well, last friday i was in for matt lauer on the "today" show, and they had psy, "gangnam style." and i had to get busy. >> they had the david gregory interpretive dance hour on the "today" show. >> david gregory can dance. it's true. i've seen david gregory dance. >> really? >> in dance settings, and he's really good. but on "gangnam style," david gregory was not -- was not at his best. >> wow. >> this is just my opinion. >> my goodness. and this comes from gene gene the dancing machine. remember that? >> i once was invited to a smooch on the cheek in a dance setting. >> i just threw up in my mouth. >> we've been showing polls, a bevy of polls have been coming out from the swing states, and it doesn't matter whether you're looking at the polls that we have this morning or the fox news polls, w

maybe you might not have seen the interview with david gregory but gregory went after him twice saying what loopholes would you close? in order for this tax plan to be revenue neutral. he didn't answer it. and then when paul ryan was asked this very same question by george stephanopoulos, ryan said err, err we're going to tell you after the election. don't you think that this the strategy of not revealing that tells you something about how well accepted that plan would be? >> oh, i don't know. i think a campaign heavy on hope and change in 2008 largely void of the specifics worked pretty well. i think the fact that -- i will say this. i think -- maybe it is because i'm an n. c. state guy. you were just down in charlotte. you know the rivalry between the wolf pack and the tar heels. if he follows a four corners offense staying totally away from specifics, i think that will be trouble. but a less than hospitable environment with dade gregory and the give-and-take of an interview, i think you always control your answers and i think the real challenge is on the stump and in advertising and

david gregory's moves, after the break. >>> it was a cliff-hanger on the finale of "america's got talent" here on nbc last night. america fell in love with these dogs, their back flipping and all their tricks. in addition to the $1 million they'll get a contract to appear in vegas. >> what a night. >> they're really cute. >>> in addition to doing the flips and tricks the dogs can also dance, we discovered. they appeared on the "today" show this morning and found an unlikely dance partner. >> it was none other than nbc's david gregory. take a look here. >> we're going to talk to the winners of last night's stunning finale. please stay with us. please. this is on television, david. >> oh david. hey, folks, the dancing did not stop there. there's savannah and al. cy performed, the south korean rapper behind the catchy music viral video gangnam style. there's the lasso going. they show off their moves. who knew david could do all that. >> go david, go david. >> i think that's going to go viral. >> we can do that too. >> not as well as he. he pulled it off. hats off to him. >>> when news4 at

. >> moderated by nbc's david gregory. this debate is courtesy of wrc tv, washington, d.c. watch the entire debate monday at clock p.m. eastern on c-span. >> the british house of commons is in recess. now highlights from the august session of question time in the australia parliament. prime minister jule julia gillard and cabinet members discuss australia's recently imposed carbon tax and the government's immigration policy concerning asylum seekers. also they outline new anti-smoking efforts. then in their senate, the foreign affairs minister, discusses australia's role in the julian assange case. this is courtesy of australia's public affairs channel. ♪ >> hello. i have highlights of the last sitting australian parliament. one thing that has dogged australia for years is asylum seekers. they have been coming in record numbers on leaky boats, and some, sadly, have been drowning at sea trying to get here. the government has been under i lot of pressure to take a tougher policy to deter boats from making this journey. finally the government backed down and embraced the oppos

>>> i'm david gregory, had is "press pass," an extra "meet the press" conversation and this week i'm in tom brokaw as both parties try to put their best foot forward at their own conventions. probably no better person to talk to about the history and the impact of these meetings. we live in an age that these are infomercials, highly scripted affairs, you believe in the utility of them. >> i think it's time to rewrite the script. i think we should reduce it to one day, have the presidential candidate and his vice presidential candidate or her vice presidential candidate in the future appear in primetime in a kind of family-like setting because that's part of how we introduce them to the family. they can take two days before that. to do all the fundraising and corporate stuff and all the platform settlement. but not have to have it on television. do that one big night. and then have that by satellite transmitted around the country to football stadiums. chicago, and denver and seattle and have big get out the vote rallies. the reason i say that, is i think we have to revolve the america

doing a little warmup dance, already practicing with david gregory, and coming up we'll talk to psy withmorning, everybody. i'm savannah guthrie alongside david greg sy seems like your dream came true. what's coming up? >> a lot coming up, everybody is so excited about that. next here on the plaza, pink will be here, a new album coming out and she will be performing live as well. >> on tuesday. coming on tuesday. >> did i say friday? >> i did. >> i guess so. >> will have such a good tame she will stay until friday. >> want to get you ready for the weekend, the hottest fashion guide, music, movies, everything you need to get started for the weekend and oscar nominee jake gyllenhaal will be by to talk about the movie. first, the day's top stories with natalie morales. >> outrage in the middle east spreads over the internet movie seen by many as an insult to islam. protesters in cairo clashed overnight with egyptian police who fired tear gas to keep them from reaching the u.s. embassy which was attacked earlier this week. a large protest for later today was called off. in yemen, security fo

. >>> facebook kills off a popular actor and david gregory dancing machine. here's what's trending today. morgan freeman is not dead, but someone on facebook keeps trying to kill off the 75-year-old "shawshank redemption" star. the rat.com reports another hoax announcing his death this week drew more than 800,000 condolences. this is the second time recently that the actor has been victim of a prank about his death. >>> here's a question for you. where does a bear swim? anywhere he wants. this is a black bear being tracked in southern california. he was wandering around a neighborhood and occasionally taking dips in the pool, or trying to. he had an annoying helicopter buzzing overhead, tracking him. but you know what, it's hot in southern california. and even a bear needs to cool off in some cool waters. he eventually moved on. he did take a dip in several swimming pools before wandering back into the woods. because, you know, they have other things to do. >>> last night's stunning finale -- oh, my gosh. >> david gregory was quite the dancing machine on the

for starters in the booth, tom brokaw, david gregory, savannah guthrie. david, we heard the jimmy carter tribute, ted kennedy tribute, mayor, governor of massachusetts lit up the crowd. how would you put the excitement level vis-a-vis tampa? >> it is high. on night one. enthusiasm is key. mayor castro, so important for team obama to be able to energize core supporters, hispanic voters, women, younger voters. a lot of this is about giving the president a second look by all the voters to get that excitement. >> tom, as you know, a set of things a politician walks around knowing. price of a gallon of milk. price of a gallon of gas. and the answer to are you better off? the question ronald reagan knocked out of the park. having said that, the democrats have a messaging problem before this got under way. >> they did over the weekend. i think over the course of this campaign that will be translated into the two halves of the campaign coin. mr. romney's case against barack obama will be translated into look what he has done to you. on the other hand, president ob