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we have karl frisch.re going to play the four-minute video from fox news. >> the producer worked for weeks on that. >> for that news piece. >> yeah. >> jacki schechner is all hopped up this morning, and her news will be better than that. >> is nyquil actually a crock? >> horrible. it did absolutely nothing and then i just sat there wondering if your head could explode from too much congestion. >> this newscast could sound like nell. >> i was hoping for the demi moore thing, but instead i just got the totally not hot voice. >> good morning, jacki schechner. >> good morning, stephanie. good morning, everyone. this won't be the least bit awkward, the president are going to welcome former president bush and former first lady laura bush to the white house for the unveiling of george w. bush's portrait. vice president biden will also be there. up on the hill today the house is set to vote on a bill targeted at gender. republicans supporters claim the bill is about sex discrimination but abortion rights activist

karl. >> this is another case of the media and the right-wing having bush-nisha. is still complaining about jimmy carter. >> exactly. monica crowley. >> the has an actual record to run on now. and to suggest somehow that the american people are opposing him because of his race or name is insulting to the american people and quite frankly megan i think bigoted in its own right. >> wait. >> i don't know if she reads fox news polling. but the polling has mitt romney at 49% and president obama at 46%. >> yes, i don't hear anything reported when the president is up in the polls. >> yeah. >> megyn kelly. >> we are awaiting details from what might be a tense meeting between the republican leaders and our president. both sides they say want to head off a coming showdown over out of control spending in washington. >> well, that's framing it a certain way, isn't it? >> just a little. >> i'm sure the president is looking forward to the meeting only to have john boehner go back and break whatever deal they make. >> yeah, exactly. i don't think anybody buys this do you? karl w

you cannot shock anybody by telling them a karl rove ad tells a lie. the issue is that the assertions in this $10 million ad buy are just blatantly at face value shockingly dishonest to anybody who understands anything about these issues that are in this ad. we're told that republicans have focus group this ad down to the last bristle on the air brush. they are confident that the assertions are false to anybody that knows the fact, they are confident it not be shocking to anyone. they are confident that people do not know what the facts are. are they right? in so, the number one question is why don't more people know the actual facts? how do you run on your record when the other side has crafted a new record for you. a record they would rather run against instead of the record of what you have done. the chief strategist joins us next. [ heart beating, monitor beeping ] woman: what do you mean, homeowners insurance doesn't cover floods? [ heart rate increases ] man: a few inches of water caused all this? [ heart rate increases ] woman #2: but i don't ev

because karl rove's group has a new ad out. and it's softer than other attack ads. watch this. ♪ >> i always loved watching the kids play basketball. i still do. even though things have changed. it's funny. they can't find jobs to get their careers started, and i can't afford to retire. and now which ear all living together again. i supported president obama because he spoke so beautifully. he promised change but things changed for the worse, obama started spending like our credit cards have no limit. >> linda -- i know. karl's crying, it's true. and the kids being such losers in that ad always makes me cry. and i don't mean that for people that can't get a job, the rest of is the ad is oh, ho, back home. >> i think it's incredibly ironic that karl rove produced that ad. >> yes. linda do you think president obama is a bad guy, lacks character, et cetera. it seems like that is on an effective strategy. the strategy where they were going to try to get people to hate president obama is not going to work. >> that's not going to work at all. and as we just talked about,

karl and i disagree about this. they're spending the bulk of their money right now on online -- millions of dollars on online ads that are what we used to do in direct mail solicitation, where you'd go out and lose money trying to get people to chip in, buy a subscription now, then you'd hit them with the resolicit. to give you an idea, on the day the obama campaign was over in 2008, they had 110,000 twitter followers. 110 the day it was over. today it's 15 million. they had nowhere near -- today it's 25 million facebook followers. they have a targeted list that they have built up of millions of americans. remember last time 3 million people gave them $500 million. so if that goes to 5 million this time, i mean, given that the scale of the network has gotten -- that they've built is so big, i think this is a lull period where when they go in to resolicit they're going to get up i think above a billion dollars. now, that's not the thing that matters the most about that, though. it's that the romney campaign hasn't bu

just listen to the ceo of karl rove's superpac american crossroads, steven law. he's so worried about the billionaires. >> we have some very large donors who contribute a significant amount and they are fully disclosed, they're not overly concerned about it. but there are some people who are concerned about a culture of intimidation. increasingly, people feel like there are reprisals against people who get involved in the political process. >> stephen: yes, secret billionaires are just trying to get involved in the political process -- the same way the secret service wanted to get involved with those prostitutes. [ laughter ] so to protect themselves from accountability, big donors need anonymity. like casino billionaire sheldon adelson, who almost singlehandedly funded newt gingrich's superpac "winning our future," which has recently been renamed "dodging our creditors." [ laughter ] well, now adelson is going underground, where it's possible he also originated. [ laughter ] he says, from now on, if he injects big bucks into this election "it will be to a c-4."

karl frisch is with us.e'll be joined by derek crowe political director for the brave new foundation, works with robert greenwald. talking about the war in afghanistan and whether we're winding it down soon enough. but first -- >> this is the "full court press." >> bill: dan has the really big stories. >> the biggest story might be that bristol palin's ex, levi johnson has picked the name of his new baby daughter. >> can i guess? >> sprinkler. >> close. >> telling inside edition last night he's naming the baby girl after his favorite gun so her name, breeze beretta. >> is it named after drew brees? >> he has breeze tattooed on his arm. he confirms the pregnancy was unplanned. it was the result of -- >> you don't say! >> surprised he didn't name her shotgun after his wedding. >> he and his girlfriend spent four days in a cabin in the alaskan wilderness and forgot their birth control and that's how it happened. >> wouldn't four days in the alaskan wilderness be birth control enough for most people? >> bill: hi

denninger author and trader thanks so much karl thank you very much. all right let's wind down with some viewer feedback i didn't get the chance to get to it on friday when we usually do it because there was so much news so many guests so let's get to it now first we want to bring attention to a post from mike shad logs blog we all know him as mish his a frequent and very popular guest on this show also a really good friend of the show so we want to make sure that you do not miss one of his latest pieces here it is it is a more personal piece about his efforts to raise money for a ls research you can see he's got money from twenty two countries and counting he's looking for more this is obviously a debilitating disease known as lou gehrig's it's one that's affected his family personally so he's raising money for charity including a raffle he's got a big goal he's trying to meet we know a lot of our viewers are his readers so you can check out his blog to find out more you know it's global economic analysis we want to make sure you don't miss that and m

karl, i want to come back to you again to the tactics of this. this does jeopardize i would imagine the president's capacity to win in north carolina. where just yesterday by 69-31 there was a very strong vote against same-sex marriage. so how does the white house calculate that in its electorate electoratecalelectoratecalculous. >> they are going to be much more conservative than the general electorate. and, two, in a fall election the most important thing this president could do to win in north carolina is what he did in 2008, and that is turn out young people, and this is going to energize them. two, turn out the african-american base. they're going to be there strong for him. >> i actually agree with that. >> can i hop in on that one. >> of course you can. >> basically president obama's electorate ceiling was 310 electoral votes. as of today it's 295. mitt romney's ceiling 290 electoral votes. this is becoming a much closer election because of this issue. i don't think it will be the dominant issue but it will play a significant role in the b

karl rove is here. karl, your thoughts, first about this recall -- let me back up. i know that you are part of an organization that does a lot of crossroads, which makes contributions to different issues around the country. so we are clear, you are here as a fox analyst. do you have any money in this race at all, the recall race? >> crossroads doesn't, but i have personally contributed to scott walker and i have known him for a better part of a decade. >> >> greta: full disclosure. what is your thought on the recall? >> we have two polls, one showing him up by 1 and another by 6, 19 days left to go. you know, it's going to be an all-out war between now and the election. tens of millions of dollars will have been spent in this contest. i think governor walker's well positioned to win and the question is by how much? the bigger the victory, the bigger the impact of the first of all, obviously twould be weather wois condition sin experiment of reigning in the power of certain public employee unions and having transparency in the retirement and the health benefits and e

this is stephanie cutter from team obama speaking about karl rove. >> here we are again.rove's group crossroads is spending $25 million from secret donners to tear down the president. when robe says the president broke his promise on middle class tax cuts, he's not telling you the truth. >> amazing stephanie cutter taking it to karl rove in a campaign ad. >> i've never seen anything like that before where basically karl rove is a staffer. he's a high level staffer but for the president's re-election campaign to go after a staffer is a big deal which tells you obviously karl rove and crossroads is clearly making some headway for them to go after them people. >> rove is the lead person and remember when they first started crossroads gps, they were saying this was meant to be a shadow rnc. he very publicly put himself out there as the face of the critique of president obama. >> karl rove happy to take it from all corners i think. after the break, he's back. former president george w. bush is re-emerging. will the party embrace the former leader or will he remain he who shall

karl rove is the republican bill ayers.cares about this. >> i would not equate the koch brothers with karl. they are two separate things. you know my feeling about the koch brothers. i think they have broken the law and sold to the enemy. >> eric: stop, snob, stop. >> bob: you always say stop. >> eric: we are talking about campaign financing. >> bob: big money behind campaigns. i believe karl rove would not do what the koch brothers do. brothers are evil people. >> greg: these are sugar daddies for political parties. get over it. >> bob: when you spend $100 million a year -- >> greg: how much money does obama have? >> bob: these people act independently. >> greg: you'd love them if they were on your side, bob. >> dana: what about the union none surprise, the unions will go out and have a campaign for president obama. that was counterbalanced. >> andrea: speaking the contractors, richard trumka has words about his relationship with president obama and what would happen after a second term. >> have you had specific conversati

i believe karl rove would not do what the koch brothers do.e evil people. >> greg: these are sugar daddies for political parties. get over it. >> bob: when you spend $100 million a year -- >> greg: how much money does obama have? >> bob: these people act independently. >> greg: you'd love them if they were on your side, bob. >> dana: what about the union none surprise, the unions will go out and have a campaign for president obama. that was counterbalanced. >> andrea: speaking the contractors, richard trumka has words about his relationship with president obama and what would happen after a second term. >> have you had specific conversations with president obama about what his agenda in the second term might be? >> i have had conversations with the president. i have had conversations with his staff. his cabinet about things of that sorb. yeah. >> andrea: speaking of killer contracts. >> bob: i know richard trumka. a decent human being. private sector, unions represent less than 9% of the workforce. the idea that there is a killer contract out

so in the end it is going to get down to the things that karl and i talked about. i mean, i know we talked about the bigger issues. but it's going to get down to what's that ground game, what are the states, how does romney on immigration, on some other issues -- it could get down to niche issues, like how does he close that gap with hispanics because if he doesn't it really forces him to start getting into a situation where there's only a few states. ohio, virginia, florida. >> i agree the hispanic vote is important. >> just a number, karl. you carried in 2004 44% of the hispanic vote. what was john mccain in -- >> 31%. >> 31%. can mitt romney win with 31% of the hispanic vote? >> oh, sure. because romney had two problems. he had 5 million fewer republicans -- >> mccain did. >> mccain, excuse me. he had 5 million fewer republicans turn out to vote and he also had 3 million fewer veterans. that was one of the interesting things to me. lowest number of veterans to vote in a modern presidential election, percentage turnout among veterans with clearly an authentic war

. ♪ karl ♪ >> karl frisch bullfightstrategies.com.er von frisch's fur. >> good morning, what a day to be an american. >> yeah. somebody wrote me and said i wondered if you wrote your own blog and i know you do. because i started with the presidentsy is almost entirely about character. this took real courage. >> absolutely. it is something i didn't think was going to happen. >> me neither. >> before the election but i'm not as worried as i was when i first heard it was happening. there -- think back to george w. bush. even when people had fundamental disagreements with him, they knew where he stood, because he was remarkably consistent and even if he was pushing something unpopular, he stood up for it, and people gave him respect for that, and sometimes voted it because of it. i don't think any voter out there that is in the middle or on the right, didn't believe he didn't support marriage equality before this announcement. >> right. >> and also think of the young people that will turn out to vote for him -- >> yeah. >> -- and most imp

to pay for jeremiah wright ads my bet is that someone among the republicans will go glee probably karl rove who is going to spend three hundred million dollars this year attacking obama's character using reverend wright as rickets advisors proposed and that it will damage obama just like the swift boat attacks on john kerry's character probably lost in the two thousand and four election. and i'll bet that the democrats won't go ugly against romney's mormonism both out of a concern that it's an unfair attack but also because the mormon church unlike a small fraternity of swift boat commanders the mormon church is a very very rich and powerful institution that has already shown he can flip it election result numerous states most visibly with proposition eight in california on the other hand there will be massive amounts of mormon money thrown into this election particularly given that many mormons believe that one of their own is destined by joseph smith's prophecies to become president of the united states and this is their big chance religion and big money two of the most toxic element

>> i think that -- first of all, i agree with karl. like dead heat out there. regardless of party right now, it is more incumbent. and so you could see republicans take significant losses in the house and democrats lose the presidency. those kinds of things could happen. where it doesn't quite gel the way we normally would think of it. but if there is blow out, it is more likely to be with obama than romney. the power of income bancy, karl knows what that is right, to have that power behind you in terms of what you can do. the lead he has with the demographic groups that are out there right now, the way the electoral map looks in terms of what romney has to -- romney somehow doesn't get there. in terms of, just doesn't appear to be an acceptable or somehow messes up or just something goes wrong. it could really go wrong. i don't see that happening on the president side. fundamentally, they have been through it already. which is a very big deal. you know, i think romney may have a great team but they haven't been law that a general election as a team before and

right now vitiate this law and get us back to a civil liberties regime it is but it is interesting karl you it really makes you wonder who is pulling the strings when the obama says one thing and does another and will definitely follow in this case it is essential to follow and thank you for your work on it that was karl made he would leave you counsel with bruce our friend representing the plaintiffs in this matter he is the candidate that the corporate press and mainstream two party system love to hate as the other g.o.p. candidates can add to the drop like flies ron ron paul is still taking it for the long haul even though he suspended his campaign states where primaries haven't been held he's going full force of the convention and continues to pick up delegates along the way so what is going to happen at the convention and where is it all going from there senior editor at reason and the author of the book ron paul revolution. joins me from new york. to brian what do you think about ron paul his new strategy here in kind of halting in this primary campaigning. it makes sense that he'

it's not -- karl isn't tweeting you like cool, fun, hip stuff. karl is like tweeting you interesting papers, interesting conferences and stuff like that. >> he's indexed to things? >> it's a shadow. we are rebuilding our website right now, all our electronic platforms. debuting in the fall. and our sort of core idea is to adapt to the stream experience that all of us are getting used to on twitter. >> if i could just add to, that i think chris is absolutely right. twitter is sort of the gateway to see what your friends are reading and looking at, not just friends, people you follow. so it's taking you to videos, it's taking you to long, investigative pieces that people are sharing around that you wouldn't know where to go to find otherwise. i'm definitely seeing a large percentage of things in the my twitter feed are linking to long pieces. >> lee bollinger, is this what you've heard? does it define, alter, lead you to rethink your proposal for an american world service? >> well, i mean, i don't want to be the advocate for a particular -- i mean,

here is the new ad from karl rove's group that says president obama engaged in massive government spending increases. >> obama started spending like our credit cards had no limit. how will my kids pay that off when they can't find jobs. i had so many hopes, cutting taxes, debt, and creating jobs. that's the change we need. >> mitt romney likened his spending to an inferno, let's watch him. >> rather than putting out that spending fire, he has been feeding it. he spent more and borrowed more. the time as come from a leader and a president who will lead us i will lead us out of this debt. >> and it's not true at all. market watch points out that federal spending is rising at the lowest rate, look at that bar chart there. from 2009 to 2013, no change. it's been about $3.5 trillion right through. every once in awhile i'm amazed when i hear that government spending is spiking, and believing that every year is ticking upward, but it's incredibly flat. >> it is, this market watch piece is getting a lot of attention. i've been trying to think about what is the biggest lie they have told so far. bi

let me pick up on that, karl.ts are taking a page out of your play book and go after someone's perceived strength and in this case a business record and turn it in the record. and they put a grand total. and romney invested millions and the company made money and years later. flood of steel came in from china. they went under . two years after he left bain capitol, so you know, it is a clever part. if you don't have a vision or forward agenda go after the other guy's record. it will be okay for romney. they went straight back at them. here is the details of gst-technologies and we invested in other steel companies that went from a couple hundreds employees to 6000, employees. >> senator bayh if the economy is an issue and you know that romney will go after obama on the problems. you do have to go after him on the record of governor and head of bain capitol. you can see it, chris. the obama campaign upons to make it a choice between two people and beyond that is weaknesses of the opponentment and last four years of

koch brothers plan to spend three hundred ninety five million dollars over the next few few months karl rove super pacs plan to spend three hundred million dollars the chamber of commerce has now promised to spend one hundred million in this election mitt romney's restore our future super pac also has the goal of spending one hundred million dollars and then there's the slew of other corporate wall street and personal billionaire super pacs each promising their own multimillion dollar contributions to the billion dollar election blitzkrieg against president obama and that doesn't include the traditional campaign fund raising goal that romney the republican party have set of an additional eight hundred million almost a billion again so all together we're staring down a multi billion dollar election effort just by the romney campaign and even that doesn't include another very special contributor to defeat obama at all costs campaign which is these guys so-called news this morning on fox and friends gretchen doocy and kill me debuted their very own anti obama political ad conceived of edit

and karl looked at him.and he goes, "hello, kerry." that really happened. >> jimmy: comedy bringing us together. >> exactly. >> jimmy: let's talk business here. scrabble. are you a scrabble player? >> i'm a scrabble player, i'm not sure i have the intensity i can see in your face right now. >> jimmy: no one has the intensity that i have. >> i can tell. right. >> jimmy: it's a little bit difficult. i have to run the show and concentrate on coming up with words at the same time. >> i wish my husband was here. he's incredible. >> jimmy: i wish that he was here, too. because once -- he made family history because he used up all seven of his letters with a great word. he got something like -- if you use all seven letters, you get 50 points. >> jimmy: it's a bingo. ex-checker? >> he got that word -- that's more than even -- >> i'm saying he added it. >> jimmy: oh, yeah. >> so, anyway, it's family lure for us. >> jimmy: hopefully you'll be able to rise to the occasion. we have two -- are you guys back there? >> yea