who are here today representative marcia fudge, representative betty sutton, and representative marcy captor. those of you who have a seat, feel free to sit down. so ohio, over the next five months, this election will take many twists and many turns. polls will go up and polls will go down, there will be no shortage of gaps and controversies that give both busy and give something to write about. you may have heard i recently made my own unique contribution to that process. it wasn't the first time and it won't be the last. and in the coming weeks, governor romney and i will spend time debating our records and our experience as we should but we will have many differences over the course of this campaign. there's one place where i stand in complete agreement with my opponent. this election is about our economic future. [ applause ] yes, foreign policy matters, social issues matter, but more than anything else, this election presents a choice between two fundamentally different visions of how to create strong, sustained growth. how to pay down our long-term debt, and most of all, how to generat

veteran ohio democrat marcy captor is fending off a challenge, from, get this, joe the plumber. remember him? the guy who isn't really a plumber and isn't really named joe. congresswoman captor joins us next. >>> plus, another night of protest in cairo as the power struggle between the military and muslim brotherhood takes a new and potentially dangerous turn. >>> but first, a look ahead to the president's schedule. you're watching "the daily rundown" only on msnbc. good lunch there with vice president biden. hopefully they don't go out to good stuff on capitol hill and shut down all the streets when i'm trying to get down there. so eat at the white house, mr. president. thank you. [ thunk ] sweet! [ male announcer ] the solid thunk of the door on the jetta. thanks, mister! [ meow ] [ male announcer ] another example of volkswagen quality. that's the power of german engineering. right now lease the 2012 jetta for $159 a month. visit vwdealer.com today. begins with back pain and a choice. take advil, and maybe have to take up to four in a day. or take aleve, which can relieve pain

that joe the plumber who's running for congress in ohio against marcy captor. take a look and see if you can figure out why certain jewish groups are calling the ad offensive. >> in 1911 turkey established gun control. armenians were -- exterminated. from 1939 to 19456 million jews and 7 million others unable to defend themselves were exterminated. >> i love america. >> using genocide for partisan political gain, prettyow even for a wannabe member of congress. >>> up next, why team obama loves the fight with republicans that want to hold the attorney general in contempt of congress. if you want to follow me on twitter, figure out how to spell smerconish. you're watching "hardball" the place for politics. >>> welcome back to "hardball." if there was any doubt president obama intends to tie mitt romney to the republican congress, it was erased in the president's big economic speech in ohio. >> governor romney disagrees with my vision. his allies in congress disagree with my vision. mr. romney and his allies in coress -- mr. romney and the current republican congr

that joe the plumber who's running for congress in ohio against marcy captor. look and see if you can figure out why certain jewish groups are calling the ad offensive. >> in 1911 turkey established gun control. from 1915 to 1917 ar -- exterminated. from 1939 to 19456 million jews and 7 million others unable to defend themselves were exterminated. >> i love america. >> using genocide for partisan political gain, pretty low even for a wannabe member of congress. >>> up next, why team obama loves the fight with republicans that want to hold the attorney general in contempt of congress. if you want to follow me on twitter, figure out how to spell smerconish. you're watching "hardball" the place for politics. i went to a small high school. the teacher that comes to mind for me is my high school math teacher, dr. gilmore. i mean he could teach. he was there for us, even if we needed him in college. you could call him, you had his phone number. he was just focused on making sure we were gonna be successful. he would never give up on any of us. let's compare. germ par

congresswoman marcie captor has been here. it's