conservatives like the weekly standard's bill kristol and radio host laura ingram also piled on.am taking romney to task for his vacation in new hampshire. >> advisers telling him, it's fine, take a week. there's no week to spare. we got a country to save. should romney call the cease-fire or get out there on the trail and get off the jet ski? >> what's going on and how concerned should the republican candidate be? ed rendell was the former governor of pennsylvania and msnbc political analyst and steven more is on "the wall street journal" editorial board. he's the sfr economics writer. governor, the if the criticism were coming from salon.com and the new republic you and i wouldn't be here having this conversation. >> you're right. no question about it. go ahead, michael. >> i was going to say, of what significance if any is this in showing problems that persist with romney's base? >> i think first of all, we've got to keep things in perspective. in terms of voters, this criticism has no meaning at all. first of all, it's in the dead of the summer when no one's paying attention

back in 2008, there was a lesbian couple, chandra and nikki ingram that basically got their membership denied at another pool in virginia. now here's what they had to say after they had gotten denied. >> ingram said the rep she talked to was just about to give them the family membership when she asked when her husband could come in and sign. ingram said the rep then rescinded the offer after learning her partner was a woman. >> i honestly was mad and didn't have a lot to say truly speechless and said okay, that's fine. again, wanting to be a good role model for abby, we walked out at that point. >> we live in california. we're in a bit of a bubble but it is a little unsurprising this is going on in virginia. in fact, they passed an amendment that basically stated that only a union between one man and one woman may be a marriage valid in or recognized by this commonwealth and its political subdivisions. now, guys, you know, we're seeing these huge, you know, this huge momentum with the gay community. they're getting acceptance, especially in liberal areas like california. but you know y

what's interesting there is laura ingram yesterday on her radio show hit the jet ski comment. others have picked up on this on the right as well. finally, don't miss this nugget that romney was asked by cbs, whether he would still nominate a justice in the mold of john roberts to the court now that roberts has upheld the health care law. >> i certainly wouldn't nominate something who i knew would come out with a decision that i vehemently disagreed with and he reached a conclusion, i think, that was not accurate, not an appropriate conclusion. but that being said, he's a very bright person and i look for individuals that have intelligence and believe in following the constitution. >> and asked whether he was troubled by report that claims john roberts might have switched his vote, romney went further. >> it gives the impression that the decision was not made based upon constitutional foundation, but instead political consideration about the relationship between the branches of government. but we won't really know the afternoonses to those things until the justice himself speak

ingram looking to expand and diversi diversify. get away from the core pc business.day. >> thank you very much, jackie. >>> all right. kayla has a market flash for us. >> we are watching the railroad sector today. some key moves of key bank today. the company downgrading green briar and that's causing them to lose most of the gains of last week and upgrading gatx. the reason is they say you have to be defensive on the railroad sector. of course, greenbrier manufactures rail cars. that's the trade they think is good right now, gatx. sue? >>> bond traders in the uk getting extra time off this summer. as scheduled due to the olympics, no bond auctions in the weeks of the games. but the u.s. bond market is always actively traded and the corn market these days with the drought out there. rick santelli is live in chicago to wrap it up for us. ricky? >> the uk has a good work ethic and the u.s. would never close bond markets and auctions for the olympics. i should hold my tongue. look at the intraday 10. you can clearly see a 10:00 eastern on the spongy headline ism and imp

conservatives like bill christol and laura ingram added on. here was ingram taking romney to task for his vacation in new hampshire. >> advisers telling him, it's fine, take a week. there's no week to spare. we have a country to save. should romney call the cease fire or get out there on the trail and get off the jet ski. >> what's going on and how concerned should the republican candidate be? ed rendell was the former governor of pennsylvania and msnbc political analyst and stephen moore is on the board, the senior exhibition writer. governor, if the criticism for coming from salon.com, you and i wouldn't be here having this conversation. >> right. no question about it. go ahead, michael. >> i was going to say, of what significance if any is this in showing problems that persist with romney's base? >> i think first of all, we've got to keep things in perspective. in terms of voters, this criticism has no meaning at all. first of all, it's in the dead of the summer when no one's paying attention to politics except us. secondly, it's inside bas

ready to rumble joining me for tonight's big picture rumble our joshua riddle producer of the laura ingram show and founding member of the ons and nicole williams democratic strategist and attorney and marc harrold libertarian common.

welcome back to the big picture rubble joining me tonight joshua riddle producer of the laura ingram show and founding member of the young cons nicole williams democratic strategist and attorney and marc harrold libertarian commentator and attorney with a lot of attorneys who could have a conversation about judicial review my favorite and some of the time i suppose last question if the documents released on thursday by the boston globe and there there have been new ones by the way today from talking points memo and and having him post the show that mitt romney lied on is a c c forms if these documents are credible it becomes obvious that he's guilty of a felony which would pretty much preclude him from running for president and therefore he steps down even before the republican convention which of the republican candidates will have to take his place joshua which way who would you be rooting for and what do you think of the possibilities in the very very very small event is convicted a felon that has been debunked of already you know i think it's a really exciting time for conservati

also mike huckabee is going to be with us laura ingram.ow many times have you heard that's a chance he may take him as his running mate. senator portman from ohio. guess who is with us? guess what we will ask him? fox and friends starts in 11 minutes. >> maui here they come. they are still planning the controversial trip to hawaii. they criticized them for going to hawaii was it is expected to cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. >> we are getting our first look at the device that caused a square. this picture of the mystery wire which was found by one of the air marshals in one of the bathrooms. it could be part of a device that converts ac to dc. >> that would make you nervous, though. >> it was a super save. there's a little girl in new york city who is alive today thanks to the watchful eye of one of our neighbors. she fell from a 3 story window out of her apartment building. we are live in coney island with more. she is apparently fine. she was on top of an air-conditioner? >> the little girl jumped from the third story of this apar

laura ingram says not with this economy. here's her take on "the o'reilly factor" last night. >> at this point in thistory i don't think it matters much when he has 60 percent and romney 30 percent. i agree romney should get his numbers up. bottom line is you can fire an employee even if you personally really like the employee. you dove to hate the employee to it think the employee is not doing a great job at the position. the president has spent an enormous amount of time burning h his like ability factor. he came and ran on the hope and change platform. it sounded very interesting and historic to a lot of people. people are glad there's a first african american president. i think some of that carries on to this day. but at the same time i believe the results are now being finally examined and whether he is likeable or really kind of a jerk is irrelevant to the question of whether we like in america. >> independent and undecided schroeders are going -- voters to play a big part. >>> now to stories you can bank on this morni

nora coleman and matthew ingram decided to beat the heat by getting in a kayak. they were looking for any relief. >> so hot, waiting for the bus to come down here. when we got to the water, we're look -- it's like 20 degrees cooler, threat's get in the water. >> reporter: yeah, getting in the water, that seems to be the solution a lot of people are turning to. now, while this out here looks like a lot of fung, doctors are advising everyone to be careful. make sure you drink a lot of water. if you're out in the sun, feeling nauseous or light-headed, you should get checked out. richard jordan, news4. >>> right now in our region, there are still more than 27,000 people sweating out this heat. pepco is working to restore power to more than 15,000 customers. dominion, virginia has about 5100 outages. bge is down to 6,300 people down in the dark. coming up around 5:30, we'll be stalk i stalking live to pepco. >> there's a developing story where a 12-year-old boy has been arrested and charged with murdering a 2-year-old. this hammond on tuesday in ft. washington, maryla

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laura ingram said get off of the boat and get in the fight. that's where you see the frustration coming from conservatives. respond to this bain attack and rich guy out of touch and don't reenforce it. >> something else that bill wrote about. ve, p stakings. you think that woman. >> condoleezza rice. and i think ann romney is impressive and not talking. but if they are lookingalt a woman as a possible vp pick. >> dick chen said no thanks in 2000. and the truth is, myself and amms as the romney campaign is data drin and look at polls and look at her ratings among the swing and you could make the case that she would be an exeisting pick. >> and we have 45 seconds on the hook in the end. >> do you think it will be a woman. no. i don't. rob portman. he needs him in congress. and he needs him to help him legislate and govern . >> i think he will follow the do no harm and he will be safe and i think portman. >> i would love to see rice and conseshatives like her. i am not sure the romney team likes her. the senator from new hampshire is an exciting

laura ingram is blaming romney's aides for the jet ski. >> i don't even think this is his fault.his is his advisers. this isn't romney. this is the advisers saying take the week. should he get off the jet ski? >> and an editorial says it's a pr problem saying quote, the obama campaign is assailing mr. romney as an out of touch rich man and the rich man obliged by vacationing at his liakeside hoe with a jet ski cameo. today mitt romney defended his own time off this week. >> i'm delighted to be able to take a vacation with my family. i think all americans appreciate the time they have with their children and grandchildren. i hope more americans are able take vacations. >> joining me now is bob shrum. he saw the wind surfing attacks first hand when he was senior adviser for john kerry's 2004 campaign. and former communication's director for the democratic committee. thank you both for joining me tonight. >> glad to be here. >> bob, let me start with you. what would conservatives be saying about the jet ski vacation if he was a democrat? >> they'd say the same things as a democrat.

and brightpoint is being bought by ingram micro for $650 million in cash or $9 a share.lted for news pending. that follows reports that dell is about to announce it's acquired qwest. that's a lot of m&a news for a monday! but still. >> yeah, it is. all right. and it's a monday. that's when it happens. they work on the deals over the weekend. >>> the lonestar state versus the sunshine state. which would you prefer? it all comes down to what these two governors have to say. joining us now, texas governor rick perry, former presidential candidate, and rick scott is here as well. a battle of the ricks here. i'll tell you, it wasn't very -- listening to this guy all morning long talk about florida and how much better it is than texas started to rub me the wrong way, governor. is it really that hot and desolate and dusty? i mean, why wouldn't people just all go to florida after what rick scott told me? >> beaches and weather. >> palm trees. >> hey, we've got our beaches. we've got about 600 miles of beaches in the state of texas. so you know, the great thing about this is thes

you go somewhere else. >> most americans agree with it. >> stephanie: in former polling from laura ingramrish. we've seen it in the past when progressives have stated their cause in the market place and told business owners we don't like your social -- we don't like the way you do business. we don't like the way you're doing this. we'll take your business elsewhere. >> stephanie: i like that you pointed out -- >> it is not just -- he's not just stating his opinion. he's funding the radical anti-gay campaigns. this is not sort of meandering, i have an opinion on the weekend type of thing and he's being penalized. he's going out of his way to pick this fight. conservatives are whining that there is a fight. >> stephanie: some of americans mostly say meaning when i was in the hallway talking to monica crowley my informal polling shows most americans. >> known as the internal fox news poll. >> stephanie: there you go. eric boehlert, great stuff as always. talk to you next week. [ applause ] there he goes. all right. karl in nashville you're on "the stephanie miller show." hi karl. >> caller:

i think laura ingram said get off the boat and come back and campaign, get in the fight. that is where you see the frustration coming from conservatives who think respond to the bain attack. respond that the idea you are rich guy who is out of touch, don't reenforce it. >> want to fen initial out the week with something else that bill wrote about and that is the potential veep stakes and ann romney saying we are looking at a woman. >> ann romney is close to mitt romney. i don't think she is just talking. i think it probably would be condoleezza rice. >> but see said time and time again i don't want it. >> if you are as the romney campaign is data driven and look at the polls and condoleezza rice favorable ratings you could make the case she could be an acceptable pick. >> 45 seconds left for the hook at the end. do you think it will be a woman? >> i don't. i think it will be rob portman. he needs rob portman in the congress. he needs him to help him legislate and govern. >> chip? >> i think he is going to follow the first rule do no harm and go safe. i think that is what

radio host laura ingram took a swipe at romney, wondering why he's taking vacations when, quote, we havel street journal" now owned by rupert murdoch, says romney needs to be more specific on how to do a better job than obama. the romney campaign thinks it can play it safe and coast into the white house by saying the economy stinks and it's obama's fault. some of the griping is coming from conservative corners that weren't too thrilled with him in the first place. romney has a plan for jobs and economic growth laid out in his website. and the likely republican nominee has talked about how he would do things like lower tax rates, lift the barriers for the keystone pipeline, curve the regulatory costs and repeal obama care. meanwhile, what about president obama? with another grim jobs report for june out last friday, unemployment stuck at 8%, job growth remains weak. if unemployment stays where it is or goes higher, it may be tough for the president to convince millions of unemployed americans he can feel their economic pain. plus the national debt and annual deficits have spiralled out of