is divisive and partisan. >> by the way, blurry gillespie also the name of a less than heralded trumpet >> nobody ever booked blurry, just dizzy. >> there is more. >> the attack rom rom wouldn't have done. >> you see in the bush ad saying, you know, he is a strong leader, you don't see him saying and that guy, you know, would have done something different. >> yeah, yeah, the democrats have used him to project how a hypothetical president romney would act. and it is so devious of democrats to steal that tactic. >> the cerebral cortex, back fake. >> now we have to get back to the place where terrorists are a. >> how can romney protect us when he doesn't understand the threat. >> this is president obama and i approve this message. >> no, no, you don't approve of the that message. you think it is divisive and partisan. the guy just said that. before our other troubling aspects to this anniversary. >> one might expect the president would say great day, great job on behalf of the navy seals. >> i would do what the president is supposed to do is give credit to others and those on the front lin

want to get reaction from ed gillespie.me. >> thank you, piers, for having me. >> nice to see a rare moment there of camaraderie between the two warring factions. >> well, david and i spent quite a bit of time together on these shows. we don't agree on much, but we have respect for one another. >> what do you think of the whole joe biden incident over the weekend? i say incident because it seemed to spark a huge debate even though the democrats are trying to say there'sing in new. what did you make of it? >> i found he had a policy break from the president. he prefaced saying i'm the vice president and don't send the precedent the president does, but seems to disagree with the president. the fact is this is not an area of disagreement. one of the few areas that we don't disagree in this campaign which is that we should not change the nature of marriage in this country from being between one man and one woman. clearly the president has some dissent within his own white house. >> what is changing, though, is public opinion. y

but to a regional detectives working the case had cleared gillespie as a suspect after the three rapes that critical information was never shared with his defense before trial and that's why a federal judge vacated his conviction last week gillespie was originally offered just thirty days in jail if he would just admit to the crimes but he refused to plead guilty for something he didn't do. all. you know the value of that. well if anything can be learned from the study mistakes could be avoided if defendants are given better resources the report's authors noted that the high profile cases particularly those involving capital punishment are more likely to lead to exoneration convictions that lead to death sentences were nine times more likely to be overturned and that's because many more defense lawyers donate their time and expertise to these cases if all defendants were afforded better representation miscarriages of justice could be avoided and it could also save taxpayer money in the long run not only is it expensive to keep prisoners incarcerated but those wrongfully convicted and t

i'll talk to ed gillespie. he's standing by live. >>> now a castro, yes, a castro is coming to the united states. why some cuban-americans are furious. we're going in-depth. >>> first the secret service and now dea agents are under investigation for allegedly hiring prostitutes in colombia. i'm wolf blitzer. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> the high-powered campaign surrogate is on the hot seat for going off message after newark's democratic mayor cory booker spoke about the attacks on mitt romney's old firm bane capital. he had to struggle to do damage control and the dust still hasn't settled. let's discuss what's going on with the key adviser of the romney campaign, ed gillespie, former republican of the national committee. thanks very much for coming in. >> thank you for having me, wolf. good to be with you. >> let's talk about what the president specifically said about mitt romney, his experience at bane capital yesterday and then we'll get your rea

here is ed gillespie. so what is your side of -- >> there are a lot of different things to talk about there, bob, but number one let's start with the attack on governor romney as, you know, in terms of his experience in the private sector. the fact is that bain capital, there were a number of investments that didn't perform well, in the case of bain it was less than five percent of the investments that ended up in bankruptcy, the fact is 80 percent of the companies he invested in grew, and that means that jobs were created if you look for example at sports authority, 15,000 jobs, if you look at brighter horizons 15,000 jobs, staples nearly 90,000 jobs created, this is a reflection of the factness and i think what you alluded to with mayor booker, rendell and others the concern hostile's rhetoric to private investment and job creators is highlighting the fact his policies are hostile to private investment and job creators, that's why we have been at eight percent unemployment or higher for the past 39 month

. >> joining me now is ed gillespie, former counselor, good morning. >> good morning. good to be with you. >> let me start with gay marriage. i felt like there was an incontinues tense tea to mitt romney's -- >> you felt there was what? >> not an intensity. >> his position is clear. he believes marriage should be between a man and a woman. that was president obama's decision until 24 hours ago and now this is a bright line difference in this campaign. chuck, this is going to be a decision in november where there are big differences between the two nominees for the presidency, the incumbent president and governor romney, and government san sanction of same-sex marriage, whether we should go forward with the job killing mandate and job killing bill and continue to press to raise tax. so there is going to be a lot of differences. >> you guys campaigned on this issue of marriage? >> sure. i think it's important for people and ingenders strong feelings on both sides. how we talk about our differences, the fact is, that's a significant difference in november. >> you know, fo

today romney's own adviser ed gillespie said romney will campaign on this issue, because it's another bright line difference with president obama. but mitt romney does not appear too eager to campaign on it. let's turn to mr. charles blow, columnist for "the new york times," and mike rogers, managing editor of rawstory.com. gentleman, good to have you with us tonight. charles, he's all over the map. he's -- i mean, it's like a train wreck. how does he recover if he does. >> i don't know if you can recover. and the problem with mitt romney is he keeps coming down on the wrong side of the fairness issue. whether it's policy, whether it's the gay marriage issue. the issue of basic fairness in this society, where do you stand and how does that contrast with the president, he's really on the wrong side of that. and he keeps what allowing to happen, he keeps losing the week to these issue. whether that's last week with the student loans and the president really coming out and pushing on that issue, or the president coming out and making this statement with this issue, and him kind of flip-f

there's not a lot inside the gop that's welcoming black folks in a way that there might have been when gillespieinteresting. i think black folks have got to remember that, one, all of us are not democrats and that these black folks are concerned about the economy, they're concerned about issues. some of them even voted for president obama. >> but there is this perception that if you do not vote for president obama, and you're black person, you're in some way a sellout. >> sure. >> a race traitor. >> a race traitor. you might as well be clarence thomas to them. >> if people, they look to 2008 and they see this grand campaign, you know, which was excellent run, then they see a presidency and then another grand campaign again. where they felt like he's a good campaigner and not a good president? >> i think it's a call to remembrance in some ways to say think about what we've been through together. i'm the same man that i was in 2008 and we have travelled this journey together. i think a lot of people are prone regardless of mistakes that have been made to stick with what they know. >> but i'll be v

ed gillespie is sasenior adviser to the romney campaign. >> is the incident troubling to you? >> governor romney doesn't remember that incident at all. it's understandable. it was high school. >> on radio this morning, romney denied the specific charges, but issued a blanket apology for some of his actions. >> i had no idea this person might have been gay, and as the article points out, i participated in a lot of hijinx and pranks in high school, and some may have gone too far, and for that, i apologize. >> later on tv. >> i don't recall the incident myself, but i have seen the reports and i'm not going to argue with that. there's no question that i did some stupid things when i was in high school. >> i think it's going to be very difficult to criticize mitt romney for what he did when he was 18 years old. he's had a whole life to grow up and growing up is growing out of these irresponsible things. >> in 2007, then candidate obama faced some criticism for his admission of youthful indiscretions in his book "dreams from my father." >> i kept playing basketball, attended classes

gillespie. the 3 is way off line. juan scores. 3-1 dodgers. one of 3 giant errors.y lead the major in errors. huff back from the disabled list. hoping to get a cut here. james robbed hector sanchez that would have driven in a pair. full extension perfect toss. the dodgers tack on 5 more run runs. 9-1 final a at chavez are convenient. drilled harper in the back then after the game hamilton admitted he hit the kid on purpose. old school way of welcoming him to the show. hitting him was dump. admitting it dumber. hammel suspended 5 games sew misses one start. jazz finished off but not before they had a fourth quarter scare. most under rated coaches in history midway through the fourth gary neal hits the 3. spurs up 21. big 3. this is over. not so fast. 19-2 run

gillespie. the 3 is way off line. juan scores. 3-1 dodgers. one of 3 giant errors.ping to get a cut here. james robbed hector sanchez that would have driven in a pair. full extension perfect toss. the dodgers tack on 5 more run runs. 9-1 final a at chavez are convenient. drilled harper in the back then after the game hamilton admitted he hit the kid on purpose. old school way of welcoming him to the show. hitting him was dump. admitting it dumber. hammel suspended 5 games sew misses one start. jazz finished off but not before they had a fourth quarter scare. most under rated coaches in history midway through the fourth gary neal hits the 3. spurs up 21. big 3. this is over. not so fast. 19-2 run by the jazz. within 4 here they come but former warrior steven jackson strips paul. the score. 87-81. spurs sweep and advance to the west semi. griffin and clipper leading memphis 2-1. second quarter. this would be lob city with authority. 30 for griffin grizzly use a run to tie it at 85. gay in the line. final seconds. for the win. suffocated by the griz defense. on to over

joining me to talk about the debt debate is ezra klein, and katrina, and nick gillespie of reason.com we start here talking about europe, and the position that europe finds itself in, and victor victoria, you were talking about the interconnectiveness, but then the debt ceiling showed back up here and i began to wonder if there is a european crisis happening at this level, and are we the next greece? are we the next group that will be facing it? >> we are not greece. we should always say that we control our own currency, and we are a tested economy, and the strongest economy in the world, and we have the cheapest treasury debt in the world, and the safest investment in the world, and with renot greece or europe. in conversations of the europe, we are too deep into the economic, because they are facing a deep crisis. the eurozone began in 1999 and greece joined in 2001, and what investors are terrified is that they cannot survive and that the political system does not work. we have no analog here, but the closest thing we do have is that if congress begins and the polarization of congr

washington post" and i quote: as for presumptive gop challenging, mitt romney former republican chair ed gillespiesaid the president's announcement meant same-sex marriage would be an issue this fall. >> i think it's an important issue for people, and, you know, it engenders strong feelings on both sides. i think it's important to be respectful in how we talk about our differences. >> though respect for differences became a problem for romney today after five of his prep school friends described romney leading a group to cut a bleach blond boy's hair. >> i had no idea what that individual's sexual orientation was. that wasn't something we all discussed or considered in the 60s. i don't recall the incident myself, but i have seen the reports, and not going to argue with that. >> he also apologized for any high school high jinx where he might have gone too far. joining me to discussion this story, story, noah feldman, bemis professor of law at harvard law school and also a columnist with "bloomberg view," and president of equality matters, who blogged on the story on the "new yorker's" website today

gillespie called up to play third but it's very difficult to replace a guy like the panda. >> tough news for us and important pab la. i feel in for him. particularly the way he has been playing and swinging the bat. you just don't replace a bat like pablo. he was on all star last year. very few guys mainly league baseball that can do things he can do with the bat. >> matinee today. trying to catch the foul ball. can't make the grab. continue to disappoint the family. marlins going for the sweep. crawford helping him. 2 more error today. 6 already this season. every time i say you continue to disappoint me dan laughs. doesn't even matter what the highlight is. just part of your life. the error led to run scoring. ramirez on the groyrnd. 1 nothing then base loaded ramirez batting again. 2 nothing. 2-1 game in the seventh. 1 out. runners at second third. nate with a fly ball. logan morrison makes the catch and this is too shallow so angel can't try to tag up. that's unproductive out. you can't when you need runs you can't make outs like that and ryan fails to drive in the tying run. miami s

. >> reporter: ed gillespie, a romney campaign advisor, shot back. >> there is a correlation, bob, between making money and growing a company and job creation. that's what president obama doesn't understand because he's never been in the private sector, doesn't really understand how it works. >> reporter: the obama/romney proxy debate continued on meet the press with newt gingrich taken on maryland governor martin o'malley who many on a 2016 presidential bid. democrats say the bain ads are meant to show romney doesn't have the experience to be president. >> i think it's more of a qualm fick issue. there's nothing that governor roll -- qualification issue. there's nothing that governor romney did in the private or public sector that distinguished himself as a job creator. there's a tremendous amount of balance required to be president of the united states, especially to bring our country back from the disastrous after effects of the bush recession, the bush job losses. >> this is an administration which went from yes, we can to why we couldn't and george w. bush was why the we couldn't. thi

chuck todd asked ed gillespie is this a campaign issue for you guys. let's listen to this. >> i think it is an important issue issue for people. strong feelings on both sides. he will actively push for a constitutional amendment. >> his view is given the nature of the states sanctions gay marriage and the clause in the constitution and a federal marriage amendment should be enacted. >> alex, they don't sound too eager about it. >> the climate in america is one of acceptance of gay marriage. the problem for the republican is a host of different issue pps at the state level people don't want to let this guy. if north carolina hasn't proposed amendment one there would be a lotless mag anytism to the issue of gay marriage. this is something that at the state level republican s can not -- it is a dog with a bone. it is like that on immigration and with gay rights. >> i don't think we should get too far ahead of the polling here. there is the threshold being crossed. >> we will see where it goes. might be a backlash effect. the other thing, i saw ohio pollin

nick gillespie took a great take down on king's piece.o read that if you want to learn. >> did you just say don't watch this crap? >> yes. >> you are like a more air brushed version of paul mccurio. >> that's the most disturbing thing i have ever been called. >> you both have problematic arms. >> that's true. elizabeth warren claimed to be 1/32 cherokee. you said you made two more from scratch, meaning two kids, so you live in a 75% native american household. but since they are 25% the math doesn't work out. if you assign a value of 100% to each person's heritage. your wife gets 100 and your kids get 50 and you get 0, so that comes to 200 out of 400 so my po nie t is stop the lies. >> the premise for the 75% is the tribe recognizes you as all or nothing. every one of these indians is considered 100%. as soon as my kids marry anyone else but that tribe, they cease to be. in fact, i list in their -- i am listed in their papers as caucasian. they don't have my name. they don't recognize my existence. >> your kids themselves cease to be chero

. >> ed gillespie, former chairman of the republican national committee.lso going in-depth, president raul castro of cuba's got a daughter who has now been granted a visa to visit the united states and she's headed to a conference in san francisco. what's going on? we have a cuba expert to talk about the latest twist in u.s.-cuban relations. also congress dana rohrabacher. he hates congressman rohrabacher and won't allow him to step foot in cuba -- >> in afghanistan. >> you're right. i have cuba on my mind and he won't let him go to afghanistan and rohrbaabacher will talk abo the specific charges leveled by karzai. we have that coming up. >> i look forward to that 37 we were talking about that in my morning meeting. it is one of the toughest places to rob in all of america, but two guys tried ring off the bellagio and -- yea. didn't so much work. black jack, pepper spray and a wig. you've got to see this. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] we imagined a vehicle that could adapt to changing road conditions. one that continually monitors and corrects for wheel slip. we

yesterday on this show, romney's senior adviser, he had gillespie, had this to say about the story. >> is the incident troubling to you? >> well, mitt romney doesn't understand that incident at all. it's easy to understand, it was high school. >> but mitt romney deciding to inflate the news bubble, hoping that it would pop. first they did it on fox news radio. >> i had no idea that this person might have been gay and, as the recall points out, i participated in a lot of hijinks and pranks during high school and some may have gone too far and for that i apologize. >> and then he stuck with the fox network, this time going on television to do it. >> i don't recall the incident myself but i've seen the reports and i'm not going to argue with that. there's no question that i did some stupid things when i was in high school. >> editor of the political report reminds us that it's nothing new for candidates to be reminded of youthful indiscretions. >> most politicians have done something in the past that they now regret. that said, i think mitt romney didn't handle it particularly well. he n

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. >> what is ed gillespie saying about this the top republican strategist?lso has it wrong on romney when the president says mitt romney doesn't want to talk about his years in massachusetts. here's gillespie on "the situation room." >> the president was also wrong, by the way, governor romney loves to talk about his record in massachusetts where he balanced the budget, where he took office when unemployment was nearly 6% and by the time he left unemployment was below -- at 4.7%. that's in sharp contrast to 39 months of 8% or higher unemployment that we've seen under president obama. >> also let's go back to one second for the quinnipiac poll brand-new out of florida the registered voters, six-point advantage for romney. their last survey was conducted three weeks ago and it was pretty much dead even. florida, you said it, that and ohio pretty much the granddaddies of states, a lot of electoral votes at stake. >> what about pennsylvania? i remember pennsylvania being one of the most critical states like that. now i don't hear about it as much. is it much of

congressman, ed gillespie, romney's senior adviser said they will campaign on this issue. take a listen to what he said a little bit earlier. >> this will be another brightline difference in this campaign. if you look at the balance, chuck, for example in the swing state of north carolina, decisive, where the voters of north carolina are. if you look at other states where there have been referendums held, i don't believe gay marriage has been sanctioned in a state passed by a referendum. >> votes haven't gone well for supporters of gay marriage. >> that's true. i would make this point. once there has been a state where same-sex marriage is allowed it doesn't get repudiated. there's a great deal of fear. there's a great deal of fear mond mongering. when you're talking about it as a possibility hasn't got a majority. once we have seen it, and those states which has had same-sex marriage it's never been repudiated. in new hampshire when the legislative majority voted for it and a large republican majority came in office in 2010 and make of them said we're going to repudiate a