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gail collins never fails to insert a jab here or there. talking a lot about the dogs. >> it's a story that won't go away. it was revealed by mitt romney himself as an amusing anecdote. >> i bet he's sorry about that. >> you bet. and now it's gone on for month after month. and you can dismiss it as silly and why are we wasting our time, but the fact is a lot of little things go into majoring the image of a presidential candidate. dukakis in the tank, mitt romney wind surfing, gerald ford stum plink down the steps -- >> john kerry wind surfing. >> yeah. and in mitt romney's case, he cannot shake the image of the guy who put the dog on the roof of his car. >> and ann romney dwebded it saying the dog had only gotten secretary because it had eaten something bad but but the fact is then the romney camp tweeted out a picture of the president with bo in response to david axelrod showing the president and his loving dog and suggested that because the president in dream of my father wrote about eating dog meat in indonesia, that that somehow reflect

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. >> when are you going to stop channeling gail collins and stop talking about the dog on his roof? when are you going to stop that, axelrod? >> i'm a dog lover. >> me too. i have a rescue. i would never put them on the roof of my car. who would do that? >> mitt romney. >> he always does that. that's about how great it is. the story speaks for itself. it ain't going away. finally, did you ever think you would near newt gingrich, newt gingrich of all people, dispensing hair and make-up advice? while trying to make a point about health care. here is what he said about personalized healthcare just yesterday. this is newt again, quote, think about it. if you're going out on friday and you're going to put on make-up, each of you has a different skin tone and have you different hair color and you may want to create a different effect. if you're going to church you wear one level of make-up. if you go out on a date you may wear a different level of make-up. we will have to have very personalized medicine just the way we person allize make-up. i have to ask, what is with this guy, newt ging

. >> when did you stop channelling gail collins and talk about that poor dog put upon the roof?am a dog lover. >> i have a rescue. i would never put him on the roof of my car. who would do that? >> well, mitt romney. >> he always does that deadpan way. the story speaks for itself. it ain't going away. >>> finally, did you ever think you would hear newt gingrich dispensing hair and makeup advice? while trying to make a point about health care, no less. here's what newt said to a group of north carolina high school kids about a plan for personalized health care just yesterday. here i quote him. this is newt again. quote, think about it. if you're going to go out on friday and you're going to put on makeup, each of you has a different skin tone and you have different hair color, and you may want to create a different effect. if you're going to church, you probably wear one level of makeup. if you're going out on a date, you may wear a different level of makeup. we're going to be able to have very personalized medicine the way we have very personalized makeup. what is with this guy,

while this is sort of an eyebrow raising story -- and i think it's iconic in the sense, gail collinsas done her best to make sure people know about it, and a lot of people do -- i don't think it's going to be michael dukakis in the tank but i think it's going to be used to try to el straigillustrate some about mitt romney. >> ann romney asked about her husband's campaign. >> i think that in terms of ann romney, she has been seen for a very long time, and i think for good reason, as a strong surrogate for her husband. she's very warm. she's very engaging. she really paints a very loving picture of their family. i think that they took advantage of a very ill advised comment by a democratic operative that was critical of ann romney being a stay at home mother and tried to seed on it. chris cillizza was saying earlier he cannot continue with this deficit among women. however this means ann romney is elevated in a way she hadn't been before and we're about to find out more about her. it's going to be a real moment in the spotlight despite the fact that both sides are saying spouses are of

but when it's been mentioned 50 times by dnc enabling columnists in the "new york times," when gail collins has made her career writing about it 50 times -- >> we had a dog that we used to -- it was my dog, a stray dog we brought home and he had a bad habit of chasing cars and he chased a motorcycle, he got off the leash, chased a motor seek kell and bit the guy. we had to put the dog down. and i can see stories like that turning away and getting held up for something like that. at the time, i was furious. >> i have three dogs now. and they did love the window down. that's all i'm going to tell you. >> try too back and pig what happened when is a crazy sort of scenario. >> it's trivial and they're basing it -- gail collins is basing the entire choice of who you pick for president based on that one thing and she really kind of bet her career on it. >> except to say i'm sure she would -- she would say you get talking appointments from karl rove or something. >> when i grew up, i don't think she -- i'm not sure whether she had a dog because she was three doors up. >> you were her neighbor? >>

. >> do you think gail collins will tackle the dog issue now or does she say, wow, shy probably leave. >> i think she'll do the dog again. and i think you'll critique her on doing it again. >> my point is she's mentioned it 45 times in her column, the dog on the roof. do you know -- to mention eating dog, we have another 43 times where we have to bring that up. >> it's not the same to say it on airs as it is to write it. >> no, it's even worse because it lasts forever. >> but you have toed a pl admit tweet was goodgood. after axelrod said will is how a dog lover trieats his dog, and then a whole new meaning to this, it looks like he's sort of looking at the dog in hungry way. that's what i inferred. that's gets nasty. and did despite global economic concerns, international equities drew a lot of interest from investors in the last week. international stock funds pulling in a net 1.# $3 billion in new capital. this contrasts with outflows from u.s. focused stock funds of about $2.1 billion. >> in other headlines this morning, goldman sachs is facing a new insider trading probe. investi

gail collins quotes -- all right. >> and in other news this morning, china's returning to an export led trade surplus last month. the $5.4 billion surplus blew past expectations of a deficit. exports grew faster than expected. exports to the u.s. were a bright spot, although exfors to the eu declined not a huge surprise there. but of course the concern is about what china's import figures showed. they grew much less than expected, only about 5% year on year, highlighting concerns about the pace of a slowdown in domestic command from the most important marginal consumer. and the bank of japan meanwhile keeping its key interest rate steady as expected for the 25th straight year or something. markets already factoring in monetary easing at the boj's next meeting. finance minister saying he expects to take appropriate steps to support the economy. and back in the u.s., a few reports to watch. the nifb small business survey the out at 7:30 eastern and we'll have the news first courtesy of an interview. and then at 10:00, wholesale trade and my favorite job openings in labor turnover survey.

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