go to stamps.com/tv and never go to the post office again. >>> john huntsman is a two term republicanernor from utah. he didn't attend the republican national convention this week because he thinks his party has lost its way. huntsman entered the race last june with ideas to turn this economy around. a resume to back them up and a tone of compromise for the greater good of the country. but in this republican party reaching across the aisle, setting aside some differences for the good of the country is a no-win situation. john huntsman rejoins me now. why are you not -- tell me many your words. i just characterized it. why didn't you go to tampa? >> governor romney's show. it ought to be. he earned it. he deserves it. and his team is there. they're doing their thing. that's the way it ought to be. i've been to every convention almost with the exception of maybe one since 1984 when i was a reagan delegate. i have to tell you, increasingly when you have a party that lacks inclusiveness that, is not focused on real solutions and delivering the bread and butter bottom line issues that amer

john huntsman joins me now. pleasure to see you, governor huntsman. many people looked to you as somebody who has fiscally conservative but have views that seem to be in sync with creating economic growth. the biggest challenge of our time right now. why didn't it work? >> well, i'd have to say it was very restive republican base. far more than i'd ever seen before. if you cross a partisan divide as i've done to serve a democratic president, that isn't always seen as a good move if you're going to run for higher office. in the old days, it was seen as something patriotic, something that was akin to putting your country before party which is what i believe in personally. i think the american people want that. in the early primary phases of presidential politics, that is not always looked upon favorably. i think a lot of the ideas that i brought to the forefront that were tied back to what i had done as governor, i thought i'm going to run for president. want to make sure that i got a track record as governor that speaks to what -- >> where you cut defi

earlier when i was speaking to john huntsman, i asked when china's leader may reappear. >> my sense ishat we're going to hear from him probably in the next couple of days if not some time next week and we'll hear more about the transition. >> it has been 407 days as soon as the u.s. lost its top credit rating. what are we doing to get it back? today there was another downgrading from a third credit agency of the united states' debt. if you think pandora has an idea of what you like best, the guys say they have an idea of how you may vote and it may matter big time for november on "outfront" next. >>> what do president obama, rick perry and ted nugent have in common? tonight an idea that has brought some unlikely characters together and is making the people who thought of it millions. tim is no stranger to big ideas. he launched pandora radio in the year 2000. pandora is now used by 150 million people worldwide but for most of its 12 years, pandora has been on the verge of debt, battling record labels over royalties, fighting washington over legislation. >> it's been jekyll and hyde. th

john huntsman had it right in the primaries when he said that mitt romney was like a well-oiled weather vane. this man seems to have no core convictions and consequently his campaign is flounderring flopping back and forth. even his supporters don't really know what he stands for because he doesn't stand for much except for tax cuts for really wealthy people. i think that's the core of his campgn and that's the problem. and that's why here in ohio he's not going over very well. this latest poll is an accurate reflection of what's going to happen in ohio come november 6th. no republican has won the presidency without winning ohio and mitt romney is not doing well in ohio right now. >> can you imagine presenting yourself as a candidate where you say i have a tax plan. i'm going to change your tax returns in very significant ways. however, i can not tell you about that. you're just going to have to vote for me and then you'll find out whether you still have a mortgage deduction, whether you can still deduct state and local taxes. you'll find all that out later after you elect me. i've neve

earlier when i was speaking to john huntsman, i asked when china's leader may reappear. >> my sense ising to hear from him probably in the next couple of days if not some time next week and we'll hear more about the transition. >> it has been 407 days as soon as the u.s. lost its top credit rating. what are we doing to get it back? today there was another downgrading from a third credit agency of the united states' debt. if you think pandora has an idea of what you like best, the guys say they have an idea of how you may vote and it may matter big time for november on "outfront" next. more convenient and more rewarding. it's the reason why we don't have costumers. we have members. american express. welcome in. the economy needs manufacturing. machines, tools, people making stuff. companies have to invest in making things. infrastructure, construction, production. we need it now more than ever. chevron's putting more than $8 billion dollars back in the u.s. economy this year. in pipes, cement, steel, jobs, energy. we need to get the wheels turning. i'm p. making real things... for real.

but mitt romney is no john huntsman. he's no ron paul.the word "afghanistan" even when it counts, let alone to visit afghanistan. let alone to make any arguments whatsoever that do not flow from the george w. bush foreign policy brain trust that he has held over wholesale from the bad old bush/cheney years of foreign policy. or does he not think they were bad old years? because of that, the debate, the pressure on the president, on the life-and-death issue of the war and the more than 80,000 americans facing in our name daily, because of that, that pressure will not come from president obama's political opponent. mitt romney punts on this one. he's pretending it does not exist. this election will, therefore, fail us as a nation, as a means of having a robust debate about a war we are still waging, while more than two-thirds of americans do not want us to be fighting it. elections are supposed to help us close the gap between what we want and what we get as a nation, because enterprising competitive politicians are supposed to recognize an

like congressman ron paul, former governor of new mexico gary johnson and former governor of utah john huntsman, the general perception among most voters in the public was and unfortunately is that all the republican candidates works sauve ashley devoted to the religious and moral agenda of the christian right. and of course the media a lovely attention to social issues such as gay rights and similar issues because they loved all the delicious sound bites that candidates like michele bachmann and newt gingrich are that allow them to spend their own narrative that all republicans are anti-gay. michele bachmann blamed the existence for gay people are not one but two natural disasters both a hurricane in an earthquake. newt gingrich who who is has had two mistresses and three wives talk about the sanctity of traditional marriage and rick perry charged that president obama was conducting a war on religion simply because he allows gay to serve in in a the military but for bids children from praying or salivating christmas. they are designed to whip up hatred against and in order for these candidates

. >>> abby huntsman is the daughter of former republican presidential candidate john huntsman. harold ford jr. is now an nbc news political analyst. good morning to both of you. we've been talking about this for months. he's been under pressure to do it for months. why now, why on a friday afternoon? >> he's had a tough week. maybe a tough two weeks. probably makes a lot of sense to distract and divert, it seems, probably in the romney campaign. unfortunate to have to release his tax returns to divert this attention. but hopefully this will shift romney to become more specific about where he would cut taxes, where he would raise taxes, how he would reform the code and might even prompt president obama to be a little more specific as well. >> there's still some discussion about the returns themselves. they could have had an even lower tax rate if they'd taken some additional deductions. is in the last we've heard of this? >> no, i think president obama has done an effective job. his campaign has done an effective job of raising the issue. hopefully it will spur a big conversatio

vice president dick cheney and former vice-presidential nominee, sarah palin and former candidate john huntsman an george allen of virginia. if you look reason why some attended or did not, some are in tough battles in their own home states and don't necessarily feels there is the time and don't want association with either party's convention. jon: they always say they want to stay home and campaign or serve their constituents. jenna: on both sides. jon: on both sides. president obama says governor romney has the wrong vision for america but what is his vision for a second term? we'll get a fair and balanced debate on that underway next. >>> facebook fans setting their sights on betty white. what some democrats would like to see from the 90-year-old actress coming up. jon: as democrats get ready to nominate 39 obama for a second term this week some are wondering what his vision is for another four years. would he focus on immigration reform, tax reform, make changes to medicare, medicaid? major garrett, now of the "national journal" daily writes, the easiest way to trip up a democrat in charlot

but mitt romney is no john hundre huntsman. he's no ron paul.y the word "afghanistan" even when it counts, let alone to visit afghanistan. let alone to make any arguments whatsoever that do not flow from the george w. bush foreign policy brain trust that he has held over wholesale from the bad old bush/cheney years of foreign policy. or does he not think they were bad old years? because of that, the debate, the pressure on the president, on the life-and-death issue of the war and the more than 80,000 americans facing in our name daily, because of that, that pressure will not come from prest

>> we're going to be talking to john huntsman, and some chilling words that he has to say about americanand their preparedness for what we're seeing happen across the world today. and also, a profile, we heard a lot of chris stevens and his selfless dedication to serving in libya, what about the other three men that died, their families, two were exseals, one was an avid gamer, and breaking news out of afghanistan with the developing story with the killing of two u.s. marines, all of that at the top of the our, back to you. >> thank you, meanwhile, new details and a growing mystery whob is the man behind that anti-muslim film. when what you just bought, just broke. or when you have a little trouble a long way from home... as an american express cardmember you can expect some help. but what you might not expect, is you can get all this with a prepaid card. spends like cash. feels like membership. wanted to provide better employee benefits while balancing the company's bottom line, their very first word was... [ to the tune of "lullaby and good night" ] ♪ af-lac ♪ aflac [ male announcer ]

john huntsman on this issue sketched out very clear, hard nosed republican sounding traditional linedidn't make him into an isolationist that made him a realist and he was laughed off the stage. >>> president obama tonight sketched a dream of america that at least economically is back on its feet and moving forward after a lot of years of recession and war. his message was a throwback to almost a certain kind of normal. >> i'm asking you to rally around a set of goals for your country. goals in manufacturing, energy, education, national security and the deficit. real achievable plans that will lead to new jobs, more opportunity and rebuild this economy on a stronger foundation. that's what we can do in the next four years and that is why i'm running for a second term as president of the united states. >> real, achievable plan. a real politic. i want to turn here to ezra klein. >> i was really struck by the actual policy agenda in the speech. if you got past the rhetoric t was a modest policy agenda. that is what was different about it from in 2008. he talked about goals like doubling

they could have nominated jon huntsman or gone back to john mccain. there's a lot of very strong republicans on foreign policy. they hired mitt romney to run for president on the economy. and every day he's off and attacking and looking political and partisan about national security is a bad day for mitt romney. i do ne in our latest cnn opinion poll president obama has jumped out to a 12-point lead on who do you prefer on foreign policy. and that was before the latest inflammations, uprisings in the middle east so that may change things but this is not the turf that governor romney should be nning on. i he to give him free advice but it is the economy, governor. >> the disagreement on whether president obama refused a meeting with prime minister netanyahu, it has taken on a life of its own. you have a national security spokesman saying no meeting was requested so no meeting was denied, they're not going to be at the u.n. at the same time, do you buy that? >> it took a couple of days for them to come around to finally somebody that was sposed to know

presidential candidate jon huntsman and conservative commentator peggy noonan but that didn't deter other republicans from coming forward and piling on president obama liz cheney and senator john mccain and jim in off so the attacks on our embassies are the result of president obama's weight foreign policy and governor good hair rick perry released a scathing attack on the president reading in president obama's shameful lack of leadership in egypt the call made in the burning of our flag or our own embassy in cairo yesterday it is no wonder our enemies in the region are emboldened and our allies are afraid so is this a new low coming from the right which is now relying on misleading attacks to exploit the tragedy overseas to hurt president obama might happen tony joins me now he's an attorney and host a ring of fire radio mike welcome back tom just great and i hope you're well too a pointed out mitt romney's stutters during his press conference the one yesterday the you know when he full day later when he genuinely knew that he is lying he was just choking to get those words out and he kept looking down into his left which is where people usually store auditory information lik

huntsman. and richard soccarides. i'm getting over a cold, come on, people. and special advisor in the clinton white house and lawyer, johnd mitt romney will meet with voters in pennsylvania just days away. mitt romney or his campaign trying to lower expectations. we have seen the same thing on the president obama side as well. there's new in information obtained by cnn where he tells surrogates there are several reasons why the president will likely win the first debate. this will be the eighth one-on-one presidential debate for him and for mitt romney, it will be his first. select i secting president obama's national re-election campaign, nice to see you. we have been talking about in the last hours, the republicans doing this on the gop side, kind of the same thing is happening on the democratic side. let's play a little tape. >> mitt romney, i think, has an advantage because he's been through 20 of these debates in the primaries over the last year. he even bragged that he was declared the winner in 16 of those debates. i think in that sense, having been through this much more recently than president obama, i think he