"the washington post's" kathleen parker. and "the chicago tribune's" clarence page. first up, this year's winner may be the one whose team goes furthest, even fights dirty to bury the other guy. today we ask which side will go the furthest? the word this past week was that at least one big money romney backer had in hand a proposal to do what john mccain did not. play the race card big with the thunder storm of jeremiah wright ads right around the time of the democratic convention. last time an independent group did flash the jeremiah wright card, late in october. >> for 20 years, barack obama followed a preacher of hate and said nothing as wright raged against our country. >> not god bless america. got damn america. >> on the other side what signs are there that the obama team might go ugly against mitt romney? last time, obama understandably didn't talk about john mccain's age in words. but the ads were clear. >> things have changed in the last 26 years. but mccain hasn't. he admits he still doesn't know how to use a computer. can't send an email. after one preside

from "the washington post," jonathan capehart and columnist kathleen parker. democratic lieutenant governor of california, gavin newsom. from the american conservative union, al cardins. >> announcer: from nbc news in washington, meet the per"meet t with david gregory. >>> good morning. what a week it has been. one thing that is clear, before the vice president made his remarks on "meet the press" last sunday, same-sex marriage was not front and center in the presidential campaign. that's changed. governor romney talking about it yesterday at a commencement speech. the president talking about it a great deal. and certainly the vice president's remarks kick-started that conversation and there's been a lot of palace intrigue about whether the president was upset with what his vice president did. "saturday night live" gave it some pretty funny treatment in a skit last night. we'll talk about the laugh lines and do that with our roundtable a little bit later on in the hour. but here's what i think people are going to be talking about in the week ahead, and that is

jimmy, i will read to you an op-ed by kathleen parker in the "washington post." she says his statement carries symbolically but changes nothing. but saying he thinks the issue should remain with the states he is taking a conservative states' rights position and bassing the buck. his announcement was fundamen l fundamentally meaningless. does he have a right to wear the halo? >> i have a problem with the theory that will he will is the first gay president just like i had a problem with bill clinton being the first black president. come on. i think kathleen, she's also from could you tell carolina is right to a degree in that it doesn't change anything with regard to can i get married right now. the answer is no, i can't. but did the president move the dime? yes, did he in a big way. and by the way, as i tweetsed the other day, this is the first president to say that he thinks that gharnlg should abequal right. it's landmark. what has he done? nothing. >> michael eric dyson -- bill clinton, tony morrison in the new yorker called big clinton the first black presiden

kathleen parker suggested we elected our first female president.om. and last week new york magazine made obama the nation's first jewish president. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] imagine facing the day with less chronic osteoarthritis pain. imagine living your life with less chronic low back pain. imagine you, with less pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is fda-approved to manage chronic musculoskeletal pain. one non-narcotic pill a day, every day, can help reduce this pain. tell your doctor right away if your mood worsens, you have unusual changes in mood or behavior or thoughts of suicide. antidepressants can increase these in children, teens, and young adults. cymbalta is not approved for children under 18. people taking maois or thioridazine or with uncontrolled glaucoma should not take cymbalta. taking it with nsaid pain relievers, aspirin, or blood thinners may increase bleeding risk. severe liver problems, some fatal, were reported. signs include abdominal pain and yellowing skin or eyes. tell your doctor about all your medicines, in

and columnist for "the washington post," jonathan capehart and kathleen parker.uld certainly say there's been palace intrigue. look at the cover of "the new york yorker" coming out with the pillars in a rainbow. i think this captures it, which is the disarray the president got out ahead of himself and forced the president to do something that they say he was going to do. >> the stunning thing, david, is they want us to know about the friction. all the staffers all leaking out how angry they are, people identified as top campaign aides, people in the vice president's office, people in the president's offi, all this intrigue publicly being dished out to us. why do they want us to know they're angry at the vice president? >> that the vice president apologized to the president. >> if they're angry at him for being impulsive, why are they being impulsive? why are they acting out on their anger? just be professional and say, well, we'll move on. i don't get why they want this spat to be public. >> here's the president talking to robin roberts of abc about this issue. >

. >> in the "washington post" article, kathleen parker disputed that there was a campaign issue by tryingspokesperson. >> see we got a black guy. [ applause ] >> see. they don't even get how racist that is? >> right. >> you might want to get my vomit sound effect ready. [ nbc "nightly news" theme ] >> okay. >> breitbart awars to honor, quote unquote, journalists. [ vomiting. ] >> the heritage foundation partnering with the stern for government integrity, slat -- [ vomiting ] >> having, quote unquote, pioneered a new media resolution that transformed journalism and the political landscape and sees to find to carry these torch for freedom and truth. [ vomiting ] >> do they realize what breitbart does is not journalism. >> yeah. >> propaganda -- >> it may be analysis -- >> now that was nauseating cory booker. >> yeah. >> jake in pennsylvania you are on the "stephanie miller show." hey, jake. >> what is up? >> not much. what is up? >> all of the candidates are willing to accept millions of dollars in donations and super pacs can collect millions of dollars in donations and everything like tha