[cheers and applause] [crowd chanting, "mitt, mitt, mitt, mitt!"] jobs and better pay checks are t years we have never imagined is lack of leadership. into the future and imagine what we can do. new future. use of the differences when president obama and i were side by side in our debates. between us and some of the[che] he says it has to be this way. i say it cannot stay this way. he is hoping we sell. i cannot wait to get started. americans do not sell. we build. that says we can do better. [cheers and applause] tomorrow, we get to work rebuilding our country, restore our confidence and renewing our conviction, confidence of a solid path and steady shot at a better job. [cheers and applause] i need you to reach across the other yard sign, and we will reach across the aisle in washington in good faith to the other party. this is much more because this is much more than our moment, it is america's moment. purpose and optimism. we have journeyed together far and wide in discreet campaign for america's future, and now, we are almost come. one final pus

. >> now, mitt, on the other hand, mitt, mitt romney, much greater challenge. >> we are told that they have practiced to such a level of detail that he even was preparing how he sits and there is a good reason for that. he is going to be sitting on a bar stool and mitt romney is a mormon, so he doesn't spend a lot of time on bar stools, according to his aides, because he doesn't drink. >> colbert: yes. that is true. that is true. you should know that. only people who drink know how to sit on stools. that's why, whenever you see someone successfully sitting on one, that is an early sign of alcoholism. seek help!, please! >> the guy falling off the stool, that is your designated driver. and that is why last night's debate, i have to tell you, i mean, it was such a challenge for mitt. lack of stool experience. i mean, where would mitt have seen one? his kitchen counter? everyone knows the romney family eats standing at podiums. but once mitt managed to dock his butt with the international stool station, just like that, oh, then, then the candidates took their gloves off and everybody know

mitt romney called president obama to congratulate him on winning a second term. the former massachusetts governor addressed his supporters. >> please welcome governor mitt romney. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. thank you, my friends. thank you so very much. thank you. thank you. thank you. i have just called president obama to congratulate him on his victory. his supporters and his campaign also deserve congratulations. i wish all of them well, but particularly the president, the first lady, and their daughters. this is a time of great challenges for america. i pray the president will be successful in guiding our nation. [applause] i want to thank paul ryan for all he has done for our campaign. [applause] and for our country. besides my wife, hit paul is the best choice i have ever made. [applause] and i trust that his intellect and his hard work, and his commitment to principle, will continue to contribute to the good of our nation. i also want to thank ann, a love of my life. -- the love of my life. [applause] she would have been a wonderful first lady. [applause] she has been that and more to me and to our family, and to the many people she has touched with her compassion and care. theirk my son's for tireless work on the behalf of the campaign, and think their wives and children for taking up the slack as their husbands and dads have spent so many weeks away from home. [applause] i want to thank the dedicated campaign team. and matt rhodes. they have made an extraordinary effort, not just for me, but for the country we love. to you tonight, and to the team across the country -- the volunteers, fund-raisers, donors, surrogates. i do not think there is an effort that can compare with what you have done these past few years. thank you so much. [applause] thanks for all the hours of work, for the calls, for the speeches and appearances, for the resources, and the prayers. you gave the plea from yourselves and performed magnificently. you have been the best we could have imagined. you inspired us. you humbled us. the nation is at a critical point. which cannot risk of partisan posturing. our leaders have to reach across the aisle to do the people's work. we citizens have to rise to the occasion. we look to our teachers and professors. we count on you to inspire our children with a passion for learning and discovery. we look to our pastors, priests, rabbis, and counselors of all kinds, he to whom advance the principles of charity, honesty, integrity, and family. we look to our parents. everything depends on the success of our homes. we looked to job creators of all kinds. we are counting on you to invest, to higher, to step forward. we look to democrats and republicans in government at all levels to put the people before the politics. i believe in america. i believe in the people of [applause] [applause] [applause] i ran for office because i am concerned about america. this election is over, but our principles in door. endure. i believe in the principles on which this nation was founded, the only guide to a resurgent economy and a new greatness. like so many of you, paul and i have left everything on the field. we have given our all to this campaign. [applause] i so wish i had been able to fulfill your hopes, to lead the country in a different direction. the nation chose another leader so ann and i join with you to pray for him and this great nation. thank you and god bless america. thank you so much. thank you. thanks, guys. [cheers and applause] [applause] [mittmitt] [applause] >> good night. [applause] [applause] >> president obama, elected to a second term, gave his victory speech in chicago. a few more headlines about the election at bloomberg.com. stocks and treasury is rise on the obama victory. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states and the first family. \[cheers and applause] \[applause] [signed, sealed, and delivered playing] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [cheers and applause] >> thank you. thank you. thank you so much. tonight, more than 200 years after a former colony won the right to determine its own destiny, the task of perfecting our union moves forward. \[applause] it moves forward because of you. it moves forward because you reaffirmed the spirit that has triumphed over war and oppression. -- and the depression. the spirit that lifted this country from the depths of despair to the great heights of hope. the belief that while each of us will pursue our own indi

mitt! mitt!. mitt!. mitt!. >> if you believe we can do better, if you believe america should be on a better course, if you're tired of being tired, then i ask you to vote for real change. paul ryan and i will bring real change to america from day one. when i'm elected of course the economy and the american job market will continue to be stagnant. but i won't waste anytime complaining about my predecessor. [cheering] and i won't spend my effort trying to pass partisan legislation unrelated to jobs and growth. from day one i will go to work to help americans get back to work. and you know people all over the country are responding to paul ryan and my five part plan to create more jobs and rising take-home pay. part one of that, is taking full advantages of our energy resources, our oil, our coal, our gas, nuclear, renewables. [cheering] >> on day one, on day one i will act to increase the number of leases and permits to drill on federal lands. [cheering] >> i will act to speed approval of the keystone pipeline fro

mitt romney jumped right on this and waste nod time issuing this response -- wasted no time issuing this response saying that the private sector is fine. watch what mitt had to say. >> after president obama made this statement -- >> the private sector is doing fine. >> mitt romney quickly responded. >> he said the private sector is doing fine. is he really that out of touch? >> speaking from the hot tub of his luxury yacht and another yacht next to a private island that's part of his chain of islands. mitt mitt, in touch with the common man. chris: jon stewart put it all together with this play on the jeff foxworthy, you know you're a red neck routine. >> if you have a car on your front lawn because your garage only holds five cars, if you go to the diner and order your eggs fabbri jay, if you think clover field was a movie about your butler you might be a romney. chris: romney's only the latest politician to become late-night fodder but many voters thought of mitt romney's wealth not as a sign of accomplishment but as a problem that distanced him from other people. from voters. and when we come back, the power of our minority seemed to combine into a majority in this country. are republicans headed for extinction? lus scoops and predictions chris: welco

mitt! mitt! mitt! mitt! >> look, president obama promised real change but he couldn't deliver it.a record of having achieved it. [ cheers and applause ] i actually built a business and i turned around another business. and i put the olympics back on track. by the way, with a democrat legislature, i helped turn my state from deficit to surplus and from job losses to job growth and from higher taxes to higher take home pay. and that's why i'm running for president. i know how to change the course the country is on and get it to a balanced deficit! [ cheers and applause ] i know how it build jobs and get rising take home pay because accomplishing real change is not something i just talk about. it's something i've actually done! [ cheers and applause ] and it's precisely what i'm going to do when i'm president of the united states. [ cheers and applause ] if you believe we can do better, if you believe america should be on a better course, if you're tired of being tired, then i ask you to vote and work for real change because paul ryan and i are going to bring real change to america f

mitt romney capturing south carolina, kentucky and tennessee. president obama leading mitt romney but a long night ahead. >>> literally seconds ago, georgia was called for mitt romney. so we can put that in mitt romney's column, more election coverage after the break. virginia, one of the closely watched swing states, mitt romney is in the lead, 158 to 42% for president obama. >> now to ohio, this was the subject of many visits by both candidates as late as today. mitt romney went as did vice president joe biden with two precincts reporting, president obama has 58% leading to mitt romney 42%. >> finally florida, another key state in this race, right now it is a tie. 50 to 50 but with only one percent reporting. again, the rule of thumb here that's mitt romney really needs to win two out of the three of these big states, virginia, ohio and florida. >> for many students at the university of california, berkeley, this is their first time to vote in a presidential election and with expectations that the race will come down to the wire, there are plenty of people on campus keeping a close eye on the returns. we are live at the campus with a live report. debra. >>

mitt romney is a liar. mitt romney doesn't understand the auto industry. mitt romney is lying to you and people calling up their bosses at plants and trying to figure out where their jobs were in danger and the answer is no. that goes to the final point, which is, what do we see here? we see the romney campaign acting like losers. >> yep. >> they are lying because they have nothing left to do. that's a loser move. okay? they are going in and trashing governor christie and politico and saying and impuning what he's doing on the storm and saying he's a running mate. that's a loser move. that's a loser move for after the election and doing hail mary pass passes. >> and the revenge comments which we played at the beginning of this program, krystal, seemed to be grabbing at whatever you can get. will anybody believe that the president is somehow encouraging revengeful behavior and not someone who has spoken at length since the beginning of his candidacy about the importance of that more perfect union? >> if anybody is voting out of anger and hatred in this election,

mitt romney. es un dÍa especial dice. >>> el hecho que demos entrevistas para mitt indica que lo apoyo. >>> por quÉ mittiden a dios para que su primo segundo sea el nuevo presidente de estados unidos. >>> yo siento que Él, siento que Él va o podrÍa ser guiado por dios en sus decisiones. >>> en colonia juÁrez de casas grandes, hay 20 familias, 50 llevan el apellido de mitt romney. >>> tienen sentimientos encontrados, falleciÓ un primo segundo de mitt romney, y estÁn esperanzados que llegue a la presidencia, por quÉ no? aseguran salir a festejar en la calle, en casas grandes, univisiÓn. >>> es parte de la historia, los familiares apoyando a candidatos. >>> los invitamos a quedarse con nosotros, para la cobertura especial. >>> si tiene que apartarse de su televisor, mire la cobertura en noticias univisiÓn.com, o en su mÓvil en la aplicacion. >>> nos vemos en segundos, no se vaya. (♪). >> las urnas están cerrando en todo el país . >> hoy los votantes

mitt! mitt! >> the mitt romney in 2008 was partly a politician and very much a business person and totally a novice to what it meant to be a national candidate. >> narrator: he had spent $45 million of his own money on the campaign. >> on the plane back to boston, following his announcement, he turned to me and he said, "eric, what are you going to do? we've got to figure out what our people are going to do. they're going to be moving on into other jobs." this was not a person who was thinking about running again for president. i think he felt he had his opportunity and the door had closed to him. >> it's a whole new political world for the president. >> narrator: november, 2010. >> an historic election for the republican party... >> narrator: the president's party suffered a significant midterm defeat. >> now the republicans back in power in the house of representatives... >> democrats are nursing a major midterm hangover... >> tuesday's election was a game changer... >> it was really one of the first times

mitt romney to his supporters. as sources offer us a rare and telling portrait of the most painful week of romney's political career. by week's end, mitt romney and his wife ann driving themselves to headquarters. gone with the secret service detail. instead of the long lines of supporters, now a line of dozens of staffers outside of romney's office door. some waiting to shake his hand, others looking for a quiet moment with the governor. the former presidential candidate eating pizza out of the box in his office. mrs. romney in jeans and a sweater. just hours after the loss last week, romney calling a staff meeting. emotions raw, romney and his wife arriving the deafening applause and chants of "mitt, mitt." romney was clearly moved. mrs. romney crying. sources telling me campaign manager matt rhoades saying, "we would rather lose with you than win with anyone else." in the days after defeat, a source close to mrs. romney said she described the moment she walked on that stage as surreal. saying mrs. romney wondered to herself, are we really conceding? it was mrs. romney that remains most optimistic as returns starting pouring in, playing with her grandchildren election night. in the hours after the concession speech, mitt romney offering praise for his body man, garrett jackson. jackson often capturing and tweeting images of the governor during private moments. among them, a smiling romney backstage watching his wife address millions of americans from the republican national convention. and this weekend, romney sending a note to supporters, "this was more than just a campaign. this was a national movement," he wrote. he did not reference his loss to the president, writing, "we sti

what mitt romney's tv ads say about women? or what mitt romney himself says? mitt romney: do i believe the supreme court... should overturn roe v. wade? yes. and it would be my preference that they, that they... reverse roe v. wade. hopefully reverse roe v. wade. overturn roe v. wade. planned parenthood, we're going to get rid of that. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. anncr: no matter what mitt romney's ads say. we know what he'll do. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. >>> the fine pall monthly jobs report before the presidential -- final monthly jobs report before the presidential campaign came out today. fox's molly hennenberg has the latest. >> companies hired more workers in october than at any time in the last eight months. >> we've got higher unemployment today than when he took office. >> reporter: one jobs report, two different interpretations. the labor department says the economy added 171,000 new jobs in the month of october, but the rate of growth wasn't enough to keep the overall unemployment rate from rising by

what mitt romney's tv ads say about women? or what mitt romney himself says? mitt romney: do i believe the supreme court... should overturn roe v. wade? yes. and it would be my preference that they, that they... reverse roe v. wade. hopefully reverse roe v. wade. overturn roe v. wade. planned parenthood, we're going to get rid of that. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. anncr: no matter what mitt romney's ads say. we know what he'll do. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. . >>> many people taking advantage of early voting in the day's leading up to the presidential election. a maryland woman told us she voted. it didn't go quite as planned. beth parker explains. >> reporter: it's the first time for early voting. obviously, it's going over well here in prince georges county. look at the huge line that snakes around here. one woman we talked to said she didn't mind wale wait negligent the line but minded what happened next. >> i am upset. >> reporter: she's in her 60s and had never missed a chance to vote in a presidential electi

[cheers and applause] [crowd chanting, "mitt, mitt, mitt, mitt!"] is lack of leadership. tomorrow is a moment to look into the future and imagine what we can do. we can put the past four years behind us and start building a new future. use of the differences when president obama and i were side by side in our debates. he says it has to be this way. i say it cannot stay this way. [cheers and applause] he has offered excuses. i've got a plan. he is hoping we sell. i cannot wait to get started. americans do not sell. we build. we listen to that voice inside that says we can do better. [cheers and applause] that better life is out there, waiting for us. our destiny is in your hands. tomorrow, we get to work rebuilding our country, restore our confidence and renewing our conviction, confidence of a solid path and steady improvement, confidence that college grads will find better jobs when they graduate -- [cheers and applause] confidence that single moms working two jobs will have a shot at a better job. tomorrow, on november 6, we come together for a bet

mitt romney, will begin in kansas and the six electoral votes. we project kansas will be won by mitt romney, the republican presidential nominee. continuing, other states, louisiana in the south, eight electoral votes, mitt romney will carry louisiana, we project another win for mitt romney. nebraska, we project he will get three of the five electoral votes. they allocate by congressional district. right now we can project three, three going for mitt romney. in north dakota, another three electoral votes, all of them in north dakota going for mitt romney. let's go to south dakota right now. three electoral votes, we project those three electoral votes will go for mitt romney in south dakota. look at this. texas, 38 electoral votes all going for mitt romney. he wins the state of texas. that was expected, a big win. from texas to wyoming, three electoral votes, they go for mitt romney as well. not only in wyoming but let's stay mississippi. six electoral votes, mitt romney carries mississippi as well. we cannot make projections right now in several states but we can make projections for president obama. in michigan, right now, michigan, look at this, it was supposed to be close but right now, the polls hav

[cheers and applause] [crowd chanting, "mitt, mitt, mitt, mitt!"] that stands between us and some of the best years we have never imagined is -- ever imagined is lack of leadership. tomorrow is a moment to look into the future and imagine what we can do. we can put the past four years behind us and start building a new future. use of the differences when president obama and i were side by side in our debates. he says it has to be this way. i say it cannot stay this way. [cheers and applause] he has offered excuses. i've got a plan. he is hoping we sell. -- settle. i cannot wait to get started. americans do not settle. americans do not sell. we build. we listen to that voice inside that says we can do better. [cheers and applause] that better life is out there, waiting for us. our destiny is in your hands. tomorrow, we get to work rebuilding our country, restore our confidence and renewing our conviction, confidence of a solid path and steady improvement, confidence that college grads will find better jobs when they graduate -- [cheers and applause]

mitt romney and i approve this message. what mitt romney's tv ads say about women? [ romney ] i'm mitt romney or what mitt romney himself says? mitt romney: do i believe the supreme court... should overturn roe v. wade? yes. and it would be my preference that they, that they... reverse roe v. wade. hopefully reverse roe v. wade. overturn roe v. wade. planned parenthood, we're going to get rid of that. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. anncr: no matter what mitt romney's ads say. we know what he'll do. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. . >>> now to the state of the redskins. sunday is the skins final game before their biweek. it's also their homecoming game. even though every game in the nfl you would agree is a must- win game, this week's game can really impact the rest of the season in a big way. lindsay is back now with a closer look. hi, lindsay. >> reporter: thank you, will. at this point, the redskins are 3-5. every player said there is a big difference between losing and falling to 3-6 and winning to improve to 4-5, especially into the biw

mitt romney gana porque ohio decide la elección. hoy por hoy, mitt romney tiene ventaja pero los demócratas tienen mucha confianza, pero los republicanos salen a votar, y si lo hacen en un 15% más, saldrá mitt que tenemos de autodefense y el futuro del país depende de la juventud que necestia más para alcanzar mejores trabajos. >>> espero que no suceda que se decida por 600 votos la elección. >>> claro, hay que recordar que las encuestas no necesariamente están bien, es muy posible que no se esté midiendo el voto latino correctamente. de repente el voto hispano no está siendo considerado. >>> gracias a los 5, hacmoes una pausa y ya regresamos con luis con california. ya regresamos la policia de savannah, georgia, investiga un tiroteo que dejo varios heridos en la feria anual "costal empire". ?que tal?, les habla adriana rodriguez... vamos al punto de las noticias.manifestantes en una marcha que llamaron de "solidaridad contra la austeridad" se enfrentaron a la policia en portland, oregon. los residentes en la costa este del pais trataban de volver a la normalidad despues del paso del huracan sandy, pero aun quedan cientos de miles de personas sin energia electrica.y el presidente obama y el

recuerden, es importante que comparen y así decidan quién tiene el mejor plan para ustedes. [ mitt romney ] soy mittel nuevo ipad ahí esta en la pantalla y atrajo a menos compradores que antes por la competencia. tiene críticas positivas y las negativas

made in campaign.difference in the it alled mitt romney to himself with no on the part of the president as reasonable mitt. gogone was the saber-rattling mitt, keep out foreigners mitt, suspectsitt and caracas --ack to [laughter] he became reasonable, intelllligent,oised, forget the islands and the swiss bank accounts. ththat did change the race. bruni of "the new york --es" made a telling point debate was so important because it made obama after the first truculent, and he overcompensasated for his performance and the first debabate tryin to catch u. >> apparently at mayor michael bloomberg did not care much the debates but he did about sandy and he did endorse the prent. >> it was interesting, the reason he gave for the .ndorsement unmentioned issue in the campaign, climate change. >> bloomberg is a popular guy in but in other quarters he is not. males -- thete is, by the angry white males going to come out of the romney?d save desert theing to president in sufficient numbers? bloomberg does not help obama -- >> i disagree. mayor bloomberg is a big help with that very importantnt of gun control, gay rights people who wantnt to limt drinks

what mitt romney's tv ads say about women? or what mitt romney himself says? mitt romney: do i belilieve the supreme court... should oveverturn roe v. wade? yes. and it would be my preference that they, that they... reverse roe v. wade. hopefully reverse roe v. wade. overturn roe v. wade. planned parenthood, we're going to get rid of that i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. anncr: no matter what mitt romney's ads say. we know what he'll do. president obama: i i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. so, maybe you're trying to fiwell, let me give it a shot. if you're ok with marylanders spending five hundred and... fifty million a year gaming in other states, fair eugh. but if you think we should keep that money herere... add twelve thousand jobs, and generate millions for schools... well you should probably vote for question sevenen. because if it doesn't pass, all of this goes away. that's why the post called seven, common sense. but decide for yourself. you have got to take a look t this video of a plane clipping and suv as it tries to airport.n th

it allowed mitt romney to reintroduce himself with no opposition on the part of the president as the moderate massachusetts reasonable mitt. gone was the saber-rattling mitt, keep out the foreigners mitt, round up the suspects mitt and send them to practice -- [laughter] he became reasonable, intelligent, poised, forget the cayman islands and the swiss bank accounts. frank bruni of "the new york times" made a telling point -- the first debate was important because it may president obama in the next two debates more truculent than is ordinarily his norm, and he overcompensated for his miserable performance in the first debate trying to catch up. >> apparently new york mayor michael bloomberg did not care much about the debates, but he did care about sandy and he endorsed the president. how much traction does that give him in the battle ground states? >> i am not sure it does. it was interesting, the reasons he gave before the endorsement, the unmentioned topic in the campaign, climate change, which he says that at least the president is taking note of and it is not happening on the other side. >> bloomberg is a popular guy in the east, but in other corners

> well, language change after an election, forget having lunch with mitt romney, how about hiring mitt romney mr. president? make mitt romney the czar of dowdownsizing government. she brought the money to the table. >> i can't help how they spend it, neil. neil: i'm kidding. with you. i think that mitt romney is a billion business guy. losing presidential candidates, we put them out to pasture. there has to be something we did do with these guys, like former day presidents, modern day avengers or something. >> we have to admit that mitt romney knows, only thing that obama defense praise him i thought he ran the olympics well. >> coi condescending. >> it was. >> and for lunch, sandwiches what? neil: turkey chili. i think -- i don't know what purpose was. i like it when they coming it afterwards, and shake hands, and i know they hate each other. can you imagine if you are mitt romney, i don't know what i do now, but i know half of the people in the country voted for me. >> this president is a masterful politician, we all disagree with his policies here. but we have to report his political savvy. if we give governor mit

recuerden, es importante que comparen y así decidan quién tiene el mejor plan para ustedes. [ mitt romney ] soy mitttra como una casa es el cuartel de una campaÑa. >>> si escribyera un manual de la campaÑa electoral desde cero, el maestro quiÑonezo tendrÍa se ser infcluida. >>> raquel busca votantes por telÉfono, los otros miembros preparan la propaganda electoral. >>> una comunidad sin dinero, pero con ganas de cambiar nas cosas en arizona. >>> la sala de la casa es el cuartel de campaÑa, toÑa ofelia la madre ayuda a organizar tanto, en el comedor marÍa elena planea estragias para que quiÑÓnez gane el puesto pÚblico. >>> un profesor es siempre un ejemplo, un ejemplo de lo que se tiene que hacer, y puede hacer. >>> hace meses el profesor fue parte de la portada de time, atrÁs de Él, habÍa un largo camino, traÍdo a estados unidos a los 5 aÑos, se criÓ en el seno de una familia originaria de durango mÉxico. creciÓ con 4 hermanos. >>> hay dos tipos de poder, el del dinero, y el de la gente. >>> decidiÓ entonces que marcarÍa la diferencia en el distrito roosevelt, uno de pobre representaciÓn hispana don

mitt romney a chance, that is the bottom line in why mitt romney is going to win. neil: i can never understand, those who say this undecided this late in the game, not as if either the president or mitt romney are carving cut outs of each other, i would think -- i would think that you have that have to be partially clueless or from mea neptune to not oline yourself with one or the other. but, it is not as if, you know, people are going to confuse one candidate for the other. >> no, i think it the starkest and clearest choice in 30 years. i think things reagan and carter, one are people that are such casual voters, they are just not going to vote, but the other camp are people that voted for president obama 4 years ago, and neil, and really want to believe that he was going to do it really want to believe he will do it again for next 4 years, but in their heart they know, we're worse off than we were 4 years ago, 23 million people unemployed, 6 trillion new debt this shot cutting in and -- this is not cutting it we need a change, i think they will end up votes for mitt romney, that is the camp, they know there is a choice but they have a hard time coming to grips they made a mistake 4

mitt romney: believe that they are victims. anncr: mitt romney thought no one was looking when... he attacked forty-seven percent of americans. his companies shipped jobs overseas. his plan cuts millionaires' taxes, but raises yours. he'll voucherize medicare... and make catastrophic cuts to education. so remember what romney said... and what his plan would do. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message.

an early political lesson mitt romney would never forget. >> mitt's sister jane has said for example this really deeply affected mittd that he's more careful in what he says, more scripted in what he says because he saw just how one phrase could torpedo a presidential campaign. >> thank you, governor romney. >> thank you very much. >> if george's failure turned romney into the cautious candidate he is today, he won't admit it. some people say you've learned from or overlearned from mistakes. >> i do that, too. i tell the truth, too. he used to say -- one of his favorite sayings was that being right too early is devastating in politics. but, still, it's being right. and you tell people what you believe. >> what romney believes has become an issue throughout his political career. and while the message was clearer in france, his mission would almost cost him his life. >> i was at home, and i had word that he was killed. who have use, there's big news. presenting androgel 1.62%. both are used to treat men with low testosterone. androgel 1.62% is from the makers of the number one prescribed testosterone replacement thera

mitt? america already said no to one mitt. it's time to double down! by the double down. >> america. did you know that taco bell is mexican? nasty out there but that's how things are going to be until the next election season rolls around which the way this country works will be in two maybe three weeks. i'm done talking now. >> jennifer: thank you brett. and now from the ridiculous to the sublime, from the humor to a bit of sweet humanity. president obama made a surprise visit to his campaign offices in chicago yesterday. and he gave what can only be described as a genuinely heartfelt thank you to the staff and the volunteers there. >> obama: even before last night's results i felt that the work that i had done in running for office had come full circle. because -- of what you guys have done. the work that i'm doing. i'm really proud of you. and what you -- [ applause ] >> jennifer: a real soft spot for men who are strong enough to cry. thank you all so much for joining us here in "the war room." come back and see us tomorrow night when we will be out

an early political lesson mitt romney would never forget. >> mitt's sister, jane, has said for example this really deeply affected mitthat he's more careful in what he says, more scripted in what he says because he saw how just one phrase could just torpedo a presidential campaign. >> thank you, governor romney. >> thank you very much. >> if george's failure turned romney into the cautious candidate he is today, he won't admit it. >> some people say you've learned from or overlearned from his mistakes. >> i do that, too. i tell the truth, too. he used to say -- one of his favorite sayings was being right too early is devastating in politics. but, still, it's being right, and you tell people what you believe. >> what a night! >> what romney believes has become an issue throughout his political career. and while the message was clearer in france, his mission would almost cost him his life. >> i was at home, and i had word that he was killed. my doctor told me calcium is efficiently absorbed in small continuous amounts. citracal slow release continuously releases calcium plus d with efficient absorption in one daily dose

mitt romney and reiterated his hope they would sit down, saying there were a lot of ideas that mitt romney said on the campaign that he agrees with. >> chuck todd, thank you, and after that moment you saw that senator john mccain went right out on the senate floor and shot right back at the president. nbc's kelly o'donnell has more for us. >> reporter: good evening, brian, this is really the latest chapter in what is a contentious history between the president and john mccain. and so after the news conference, john mccain went to the senate floor for his own televised rebuttal, taking on the president and the future of ambassador rice. >> if the president thinks that we are picking on people, he really does not have any idea of how serious this issue is. >> reporter: serious enough that some republican senators stepped forward after the president's news conference, repeating their vow to stop president obama from nominating u.s. ambassador rice from becoming the next secretary of state. >> she has says this was not a pre-planned attack, why was that done? >> reporter: for weeks, the republicans have expressed their anger with rice, urging her to explain the appearances regarding the video and the protest over benghazi. >> this is in response to a hateful video. >> i have grave concerns. answers from ambassador rice before i could support her for any position. >> this president and this administration has either been guilty of colossal incompetent acts or engaged in a cover-up, neither of which are acceptable to the american people. >> reporter: also today, mueller and joyce briefed the top commanders on the scandal involving petraeus. the acting cia director, morrell, was also here for private meetings the big expectation tonight is that petraeus himself will come forward to testify about the benghazi attack, not his own troubles, as early as tomorrow or friday. now there are some differences among republicans about what is the best way to get to the bottom of what happened in benghazi, some say the current investigations are sufficient. but john mccain and others are calling for a watergate-style with broader authority to investigate. >>> kelly o'donnell, thank you. as we mentioned, the president was conciliatory towards mitt romney. mitt romney, for his part, has laid low with his family since the loss. but today, his post-campaign remarks are surfacing. he was on a conference call with major donors today. what he said about what went wrong is already getting some attention tonight. nbc's peter alexander just back after covering the campaign, here with us in the studio. >> reporter: brian, good evening, as you know this conference call just wrapped up hours ago, governor romney blamed this defeat on what he described as big gifts that the president had given to some of the democrats most loyal voting block. he called it the old play book rule with specific interest groups. he said with regard to young people, a forgiveness of college loan interest was a big gift. he added free contraception was very big with college-aged women. and finally, he said obama-care made a difference, likewise with hispanic voters, health care was a big plus. he is scheduled to meet with top advisers tomorrow night. one thing is

mitt romney. mitt romney continued to campaign today. president obama made stops across chicago. our team coverage of election day continues. i want to start with rebecca cooper. >> mitt romney had

what mitt romney's tv ads say about women? or what mitt romney himself says? mitt romney: do i believe the supreme court... should overturn roe v.e? yes. and it would be my preference that they, that they... reverse roe v. wade. hopefully reverse roe v. wade. overturn roe v. wade. planned parenthood, we're goingg to get rid of that. i'll cut off funding to planned panthood. anncr: no matter what mitt romney's ads say. we know what he'll do. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message.

that you see is not the real mitt it's a secret mitt is the real mitt that existed in massachusetts long before. >> even if you look at mitt romney's record in massachusetts it doesn't exactly speak to bipartisan consensus, used the line item veto, 750, 800 times. the myth making around his middle of the roadness has been extraordinary. >> right. >> you're right. a big law on health care and not much else. but that was a big thing. >> jonathan chaits, i'm going to echo him but not quote from him. if you look on facebook, jonathan endorsed an argument really took off. i think that's partly because people who do lean one way or in a place now where they're paying attention and want to hear the right argument. i dodge think mayor bloomberg is going to persuade a lot of people in the close here, but for people leaning towards obama it is mobilizing. that is really the point at this phase in an election. i mean we talked about jay-z being on obama's side and to quote jay-z, we are in a love me or leave me alone moment in a mobilizing phase. >> do you think w

. >> i'm going to vote for mitt romney. >> mitt romney. >> reporter: romney? why?ecause he's more closely matches who we are as regular folks, what our ideals are. and for the social safety net. don't get me wrong. i want to help the helpless, to quote dennis miller, but i don't want to help the clueless. >> i'm definitely going to vote for obama. i pay a lot of income taxes. but you know, i look at that as a badge of success. you know? and i know i'm not going to -- who am i to judge someone less fortunate than me, you know, on food stamps? >> reporter: everything you say makes sense considering that you are on a mission from god. >> i'm leaning one way. >> reporter: how are you leaning? >> i'm leaning for america. >> such a divide that i think people are making it more of a personal thing -- >> scott walker recall just -- >> it's been -- >> politics the last four years. >> reporter: exhausting, right? >> it has been exhausting. >> reporter: couple points of trivia. my home state here leads the nation in most bars per capita and in most bush/obama counties, that i

mitt romney? >> i think it goes into the polling you showed for mitt romney that so many people are voting against barack obama who are casting their vote for mittney. i've come to terms with mitt romney. i'm happy to support him now but it's largely against barack obama. the problem for any candidate, i used to run campaigns for a living. it's very hard for a campaign to sustain the against vote as opposed to to the "give me a reason to vote for you" vote. he's been able to do it largely so far because of the president. i think for the tea party, they're still there but they've morphed into a republican voter. the cnn poll has romney ahead by 22% with independents. there's where your tea party is, people who aren't affiliated with the republican party but are voting against barack obama. >> errol, jump in with me and let's talking early voters. i think you can almost call them a bloc because they're really significant. they had a huge impact on president obama's campaign four years ago. it looked by the number that is much of the early voting has been going in president obama's favor. but nowhere near what it was in '08. is that a problem? >> w