these are things mitt romney was talking about. family values. we know black americans are for that. they are against gay marriage. mitt romney was talking about these things. what do we know that we just talked about? when children are born in sustained families, their chances of being successful in life go up not, not down. so mitt romney was talking about the things we have yet to hear coming out of the president's mouth with respect to black americans and the kind of gifts he would promise them. >> you mentioned your grandfather and there is a story there. >> my grandfather owned a dry cleaners. i did not know him very long. he died when i was about four. i think it was four. my little brother had been born and my other brother was not in this world yet. my grandfather was gunned down in his dry cleaners by two young black kids who tried to rob him. this was in 1970. my grandfather went to reach for a gun. i wrote about this. gun possession, gun laws, what we do about it all? he went to reach for a gun and shot him before he could do anything

republicans had a very weak field, and mitt romney was the best of a vy weak field, and he himself was an odd candidate, a given after the financial crisis, a man essentially of wall street, and also a man who was an essential issue of the 2010 campaign, where republicans have succeeded was obamacare but he had had something similar in massachusetts. he had two strikes against him whwhich made it very difficult against the disciplined obama to win. >> i think obama won because the republicans underestimated him anand they did i three -- did it through a litt self delususion that goes back to 2010 when they considered this to be a referendum on barack obama. it was not a referdum on barack obama. it was a referendum on the economy and the incumbentnt, but not barack obama the person. republicans thought this would be a slam-dunk in 2012, but they missed the fact that the turnout in 2010 was so far below what it was in 2008, and the people who did not turn o in 2010 -- young people, a african-americans women -- came t in big numbers for barack obama because they never did leave him. what

it's just based upon the neighborhood and the make up of the neighborhood. >> and he says if mitt romney wasinterested in winning city votes, he could have paid them a visit. >> i think when campaigns don't show a lot of campaigning here that shows up. >> rom romney did -- romney did come out on top in some of the precincts. four presipths out of 294 in the city wept to mitt romney. african american voters tend at the vote democratic even more so with an african american president that is korlth to an expert. one problem is that having nondiverse neighborhoods end up with these turn outs. >> politically like minded people tend to be clustering together in counties. this justshows that dom cats and republicans don't want to talk to one another. >> he just needed a little bit more time to do what he was trying to do. he was getting there but he needed four more years to finish out his plan. >> the official results show the president also won baltimore county and in one county precinct, obama got 833 out of 854 votes. we'll show you that on our website abc2news.com. there's also a lot of inform

all because mitt romney was in a serious order taken it seriously? butt of more jokes. david brennan is on the phone right now. thanks for joining. >> thank you. neil: you have seen the studies. remember, they broke down the juxtaposition of jokes you and it was something like 10 to one, making fun of romney. >> i think first of all you have to know that the comedian's lean left anyway. always. i mean, they are basically -- even though they try to balance that, they are goin to make fun of the other guy who is running against a democrat. but in spite of that, it doesn't matter. you know, look at george w. bush. talk about a walking talking joke. the second time that he ran -- were you kidding me? all he had to do was repeat what he said and people were screaming. neil: and he got reelected. >> and he got reelected i will say that that is right. i do think it was overly disproportionate and part of my thinking is that everything that mitt romney would do or say became a joke. even stuff that had to stand out as being unusual. you her what they have to

was that? guest: the romney campaign knew immediately that it was devastating. host: what was mitt romney's immediate reaction? guest: he was in california. he knew it was problematic. there was a staff conference call in the hours afterwards were they acknowledged that it was bad. romney came on the line and knew he had to address it. because of the time difference, it was not until about 11:00 eastern but he did not do a full walked back in their press conference. he said his remarks were not elegantly stated. what we are told is that he was uneasy about pollock -- apologizing because he did not want to be accused of being a flip-flop for. in the first hours after it came out -- a flip-flopper. it was not until he was at univision when he said he wanted the votes of the 100%. is still was not an apology and that never came until the debate in denver. it was an obvious gaffe, but he did not want to take it back because he was dogged by this image of someone who didn't stand. host: do we know how mother jones was able to get that video? guest: the reveals for the first time that th

neil: you never heard that mitt romney. >> he didn't do it when he was on the stump. when these guys, they get disillusioned. they always think they're going to win. they are preaching to the crowd. they get out they are, 25,000 people screang. and he walks out of there before he is. he thinks he's going to win. meanwhile, obama -- you know, the undecided people, they ere screaming and calling his name. they get disillusioned. you get this euphoria state. but if you make fun of yourself, and you make fun of the other guy and good taste, you have a good chance to win. neil: i think you're right. i think you have to recognize the inherent joke we all are. neil: >> he could've made fun about the offshore and islands and how he loves $4 million and how he deposited it. the one with the media would've said it wasn't funny. >> you think the media is, you know, people listen and the media can do what they want to do. but when it gets down to it, most people vote on one issue. you know what i'm saying? no matter what the man is campaigning on, everybody has their one issue, w

was endless. and a turnoff. severely wounded mitt romney. and there was obama's luck in mitt romney's unforced error. the op-ed, let detroit go bankrupt. there was the out of the blue war on women fueled by crazy statements from senate candidates like todd akin out in missouri. the guy who said women who are victims of legitimate rape he called it, don't get pregnant. and richard mourdock in indiana who said pregnancy is resulting from rape are a gift from god. and finally, was barack obama's biggest stroke of luck, that video of mitt romney talking to those rich people down in florida about those lowly 47%. katty, what was the big lucky break? >> a lot of them they had control over. or some control over. the obama campaign. or it was the fault of the candidates. but it was "the new york times" that chose the headline let detroit go bankrupt. so that really was a lucky break for the obama campaign because it played so well in the campaign in ohio. it really ginned up so many -- so much antipathy in that state. chris: i like the one -- the jok

i think it helped. >> i would also say this race was more of a referendum in some way on mitt romney was the president and that's unusual. >> did your side -- i know you're a true believer and i respect that. i mean it. do you think they didn't really believe he believed? >> no, i don't think that was the problem. i think the bigger problem was two things. they never personally connected with him. they never felt this attachment and didn't see him as this person. that's his personality. secondly, i think we failed midd middle-income blue collar voters who feel we no longer understand their daily life and that we think it'sal about the social issues and fighting the tax breaks for the wealthy. >> i know. my dad's a regular republican, not a right winger. he e said the trouble with my party is they care about the big corporations too much, like ge used to always point to it. look at this. romney's senior adviser defended his campaign this week in a big article he wrote. he said the campaign had the right had but failed to communicate better to hispanics and women, oh, my god. they commu

so the big reason--one of the big reasons why the democrats have a mandate was because mitt romney was he was at the white house yesterday. i'm sure you saw that. was that just an awkward gathering. >> we hope that he paid for his lunch. moochers and malingerers expect to get something free from the government. >> jennifer: he got a free lunch. >> they announced that it was chicken, but i have a feeling that it tasted like crow. >> jennifer: it was turkey. what are you going to do without mitt romney. >> you have boehner mitch mcconnell who talks like that, he does. >> jennifer: you think you have material to work with. >> and they're already running for 2016. >> jennifer: you've got a lineup. you're going to be busy. >> full employment. >> jennifer: will durst thanks to you, and thanks to you all here in "the war room." have a wonderful night, a great weekend, and we'll see you on monday.

manager signed in the to the effect that the race was unmistakably moving in mitt romney's direction. how could they have been so wrong? >> denial. in the polling, they assumed a smaller turnout by democrats than they got, but what they were really guilty of was phenomenal cautiousness, over caution. they felt they could win simply on the economy. that if the economy was bad, they would win by default. as a result, they allowed the democrats to define their guy as a clueless, out of touch rich guy and did nothing to rebut that, even though i think mitt romney is a much better person than they allowed him to appear to the american public. they were so cautious, so careful. they were afraid of more monism. they blew it. >> alright, take a look at this, please. -- they were afraid of mormonism. >> the boardwalk, the sons of my childhood no longer exist. >> after hurricane city ravaged the nation, the nation's top chris christie, a romney supporter, buddying up to president obama. >> when you know you have a responsibility to those folks, you could give a damn about the politic

mitt romney, the guy is just lucky! he probably barely donated much money at all but he still got-- (laughter) the event was actually closed to cameras but we do have footage of governor romney arriving at the white house. i believe that is him there and then he's getting out and then-- (laughter) that's-- campaign is over. so he doesn't have to pre-- pretend any more. can wear that serengeti lion sash he hadn't been wearing. by the way, obama couldn't have met the guy in a restaurant? had to make him come to the white house? that's some cold brew. hey, romney, what's up, man, hey, sn it funny, you almost lived here. yeah, this was almost your place, 3 million bus, you know what i mean? oh you worked so hard for seven years and-- you were just about to knock and go in and-- [bleep] anyway, check out what you have been missing. if you lived here you could be doing right now, watch this, watch this give me a monte chris o san witch, you like adele, get me adele on the phone too. have her sing rolling in the deep and also fire a missile at karachi, all right, i'll talk to you later. boom, that's a little play i did. obama in

my favorite moment was mitt romney. i think it was the 47% speech because republicans do this, like, like when george bush had a word faux pas, i didn't care. we laughed because we were like he doesn't know words. when mitt romney did it, he was telling the truth. that was brilliant. republicans are good at turning horrible things -- if they have a bill to destroy the environment it's called -- >> save the earth. >> or something like that. romney was straight up like don't say anything about poor people, i hate poor people. i love the 47% speech. it shows what the republicans stand for. >> it was a clarifying moment. one of my favorite moments was during the vice president debate. i felt joe biden was doing the same thing. he was clarifying this is pure ridiculousness. we had to cut this down a little bit. let's watch vp biden during the vp debate. >> transition. but what we also want to do in spite of their opposition. >> oh, god. >> this idea came from the clinton -- >> the answer, please. >> did they -- this is a plan

was it mitt romney? don't bet on it. the real boss is a man other woman in the back row of a tea party meeting. the angry one who stands up and scalds him. it's that angry voice rising up from the back of the room that haunts the tea party-backed republican. do they want to be the person who voted with the party leadership? or, worse yet, the democratic president? or do they want to vote against all of that? no taxes? no deals, no compromises. no nothing. period. this is the wall that those of the tea party have raised up. they can't vote for what they campaigned against, spending money on government. and that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "politics nation" with al sharpton starts right now. >> tonight, in new york city, welcome to "politics nation" second annual revvie awards. it's the best and the worst in politics, 2012. look, all the big stars are on the red carpet. donald trump is in the unreality show category. paul ryan's pumped and ready to go. what's with the hat there? >> and what's an awards

whether that was a big issue is hard to know. i do not think the mitt romneyampaign did a lot to tackle the issue early on. i think some of its was traveling overseas and talking about the olympics and things that did not do a lot to overcome some of the questions or doubts that people have. now his favorability ratings did improve after the convention. even at his best he was breaking even on favorability. no previous candidates has dealt with. the exit polls, 47 percent viewed him favorably. the evidence suggests it may well have been first candidates to go all the way to election day without ever turning those numbers fundamentally around. talking a little bit about obama's challenges and then coming back to mitt romney. one was rallying the liberals. with -- were they going to be disenchanted with the progress and not get fired up for the obama campaign? we've been tracking that through his first term. the end of 2009 people were wondering whether liberals were getting disenchanted with president obama. he was not winding down of course. he did not close g

mitt romney. they settled on him as eventual challenger. media, as well. there was a newsweek cover poking fun at mitt romney's mormonism for example. >> media is a target rich environment. they are trying define us as something as we are not. mormonism issue was front and center early on. think the romney campaign did a good job of trying to downplay that. certain members were nervous about bringing it up but the social media types and bloggers were constantly trying to make an issue and picked up by some. >> jon: what about the conventions when mitt romney got nominated, when barack obama got renominated, was it fair? >> when i look at the republican convention, the coverage, there was an effort to fear but i think they fell off the knowledge. it was clint eastwood and new famous empty chair. suddenly somehow a hollywood actor who was brought in because he had done the ad during the superbowl that seemed to be pro obama, but here he is endorsing mitt romney that was bigger than anything that mitt romney did. that is the most memorable event from a convention that

it was the best, because i couldn't believe it was happening in mid-august. mitt romney the white board to explain what he was doing with medicare. which, in and of itself was a hoax, but the notion that this man would have this horribly stage-managed moment in an effort to show he was all about business. he cemented every narrative out there. >> i don't know if the mice can pick it up, but the drinks are being spilled there over at that table. krystal ball, the best political theater. >> well, i also have a newt gingrich moment when he turned questions about him asking his former wife for an open marriage, parlayed into a debate moment, a huge applause moment. and then parlayed that into an actual victory in the south carolina primary. that was an incredible moment. >> do we happen to have that video? >> she says you asked her to enter into an open marriage, would you like to take some time to respond to that? >> no, but i will. i think the destructive, vicious, negative nature of much of the news media makes it harder to govern this country, harder to attract decent pe

him and there was no way that the country would are reelect president obama, that this was the year for mitt romneyved that all the way to the end and the last week of the campaign and i was out on the road with him, he had these huge crowds at different events and in fact on election day he did a stop in pittsburgh to go visit his election headquarters there and saw a bunch of people up on a parking ramp right at the airport. they hadn't announced the arrival at the airport. they just showed up. they took it as an omen. they thought it was a sign that he was going to win and all the way until the networks called the race on election night that he would be the winner. >> so jonathan, what, then, does that kind of mind do in this situation? i mean, i kind of -- i guess i kind of get the crying. the world makes no sense. >> right. well, the world makes no sense when you live in this bubble where -- just imagine, remember what was happening over at fox news on election night, how they couldn't believe what the rest of the country saw happening and saw it happening for weeks, if not months, this echo c

i was on this program being probably the number one critic of mitt romney, and we tried everything. ed tim pawlenty and michele bachmann and herman cain and rick perry. i think that was inverted, but we tried newt gingrich and rick santorum, and we arrived at the inevitable mitt romney. >> you ended up with a weak candidate. >> in many ways yes. >> do you think any of the other guys or women that you passed over would have been better? >> i don't know yet. you don't know. >> do you actually think so? do you think michele bachmann would have been a better candidate for president? >> i don't know. >> you're being a real -- that's agnosticism carried very far here. i think he beat all the other candidates. >> in some ways he was very good, but in some ways -- >> your best candidates were on the bench. your best candidates even though they had weaknesses are obviously other people that could have ran. mitch daniels, jeb bush. >> there were a lot of people that could have run and didn't run. mitt romney sort of came into the race without -- >> chris christie would have run a better race.

what what were so key in the president's victory. >> and the central paradox of the campaign is mitt romney wasposed to be this c.e.o. for the united states, the harvard mba and barack obama the transformational figure in the-- barack obama didn't perform that well until late and mitt romney certainly didn't run the campaign with. as it turns out campaign management in this day and age is more important than any individual candidate's performance. >> warner: and you all both say that one of the key strategic moves that worked against romney was this decision by the obama campaign in may of 2012. explain why thats with a risk for them to put a lot of money into this summertime assault on romney? >> we really think that president obama won the campaign in the spring. and what is key is in the west wing, in late may his advisors basically told him we want to spend the fall's budget right now, on a really tough tv assault against romney. and the president had to be convinced by the advisors to do this, and obviously he was thinking financially are we going to have that money in the fall or spend it

what what were so key in the president's victory. >> and the central paradox of the campaign is mitt romney wassed to be this c.e.o. for the united states the harvard mba and barack obama the transformational figure in the-- barack obama didn't perform that well until late and mitt romney certainly didn't run the campaign with. as it turns out campaign management in this day and age is more important than any individual candidate's performance. >> warner: and you all both say that one of the key strategic moves that worked against romney was this decision by the obama campaign in may of 2012. explain why thats with a risk for them to put a lot of money into this summertime assault on romney? >> we really think that president obama won the campaign in the spring. and what is key is in the west wing, in late may his advisors basically told him we want to spend the fall's budget right now on a really tough tv assault against romney. and the president had to be convinced by the advisors to do this, and obviously he was thinking financially are we going to have that money in the fall or spend it now

>> guest: well, he was a big surrogate for mitt romney. he traveled all over the country. it was a terrific way to introduce him to people outside of florida. even though he's very popular in florida and had a stunning victory in the 2010 senate race -- not a win that a lot of people expected him to get when that race started, you know, he was facing this very tough candidate, charlie crist, who was a popular governor at the time -- but outside of florida his profile was much smaller. and now he's been introduced to people in all sorts of key places like iowa and north carolina -- >> host: was just there. >> guest: -- and all of these other swing states. >> host: so when it comes to marco rubio as a presidential candidate, is he going to run in 2016? >> guest: well, nobody tells you at in this stage of the game that they are running. but if you want to look for some clues, on the weekend of the book festival he finds himself on saturday night in iowa. hmm. one could draw a conclusion from that possibly. clearly, he's on the short list of people that republicans are excited

look, this is exactly what mitt romney was talking about. here is someone saying, wait, i voted for you, obama, now give me the free stuff. this is exactly what mitt romney was talking about. >>eric: president obama ran the last campaign on things are getting better. give me for more years we are almost there. a very good indication of things are really getting better in the economy is food stamp use. food stamps are up to a record level. november showed 46 million people on food stamps. if things are getting better, how does that keep going up? >>guest: exactly. if you remember back during the campaign, obama was going around bragging saying, i saved detroit with the bailout. really? you saved detroit? is that why detroit is coming begging right now for money? it is insane. he is completely out of touch and he doesn't realize what this economy is like right now for every day folks. >>eric: thank you, michelle. >> there is supposed to be teaching for the kids but are they now towing the white house line? twins. i didn't see them coming. i hav

some in the mitt romney campaign who told mitt romney that he was going to win.n my mind, it was obvious all along. it is my business as a political analyst for fox news to look at polls, to ask hard questions about voter turnout models. consistently, the answer was president obama has a strong hand here and is likely to win in terms of those key swing states that were going to determine the electoral map. if you were going into this election the weekend before, it was pretty overwhelming, obama wins. gallup had them about even. there were some conservative pollsters who thought it was going to be a romney landslide. when we think young people are going to fade away and they are not as happy with president obama. you would say look at the reality of what pollsters are funding and they would say, no, and they thought there would be waived. it became wishful pecking by people talking to each other by people who work locked in a bubble. to finally come back to where you started, our people don't like president obama and who have on fairly demonized him and i think t

not like we needed any more proof that mitt romney just isn't the guy you want in your corner, but we got some. [ cheers ] >> the former presidential candidate wasvegas this weekend when juan manuel marquez knocked out mani pacquiao pacquiao. he reported said hi mani i'm mitt romney. i ran for president and lost. join us to talk about this is the king of excitement david shuster. >> oh, man. thank you. >> did you know that mitt romney was a big boxing fan? >> no, who knew he had any time for anything besides fox hunting or watching the staff wash down his horses after a race. >> we found out he has plenty of spare time apparently. >> for mani pacquiao was told there's no way you could possibly lose to judges from michigan, and ohio. but boxing fans know the undercards -- you don't really sit through the undercards you walk around. mitt romney and ann romney sat there expressionless out there recall of the undercards. and i'm told that the undercards were terrible. >> it is just fantastic. the post race mitt is one of the most fascinating stories out there. he said to pacquiao, i lost it's the beginning of him acknowledging that he did in fact lo

did republicans lose the election because voters rejected mitt romney or because they rejected what romney wasaying he believed >>> leave it to congressman louie gomez, the old birther himself to suggest that the obama administration is in league with the muslim brotherhood. >>> my memory of what americans had, two political parties that were modern and moderate. that was a long time ago. we are going to talk about the days of eisenhower. this is hardball, the place for politics. >>> welcome back to "hardball." there's a reason mitt romney's team seemed confident in the days leading up to the election. remember how they were? their internal polls showed romney on the brink of victory. the electorate they told themselves existed bore little resemblance to the people who showed up to the polls. "the new republic" magazine obtained the internal poll numbers from the romney camp in the days leading up to the november 6th election. in iowa the campaign's numbers showed them tied with obama. in reality obama beat romney by about 6 points. in colorado romney's team thought they were up by 2.5. they a

it was the best, because i couldn't believe it was happening in mid-august. mitt romney the white board to explain what he was doing with medicare. which, in and of itself was a hoax, but the notion that this man would have this horribly stage-managed moment in an effort to show he was all about business. he cemented every narrative out there. >> i don't know if the mikes can pick it up, but the drinks are being spilled there over at that table. krystal ball, the best political theater. >> well, i also have a newt gingrich moment when he turned questions about him asking his former wife for an open marriage, parlayed that into a debate moment, a huge applause moment in the debate, and then parlayed that into an actual victory in the south carolina primary. that was an incredible moment. >> we happen to have that video cued up. >> she says you asked her to enter into an open marriage, would you like to take some time to respond to that? >> no, but i will. i think the destructive, vicious, negative nature of much of the news media makes it harder to govern this country, ha

mitt romney was the first non-incumbent president who got federal government money under a law passed by congress in 2010 for preparations for a transition to the white house. that $9 million has been spent on a transition that will never happen. >>> and that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. >>> now it's time for a holiday tradition around here. and only a matter of days, santa claus will be climbing into a sleigh and traveling all around the world courtesy of eight tiny reindeer. nbc's bob redell is in north pole, alaska, where they are getting set for a big sendoff. bob, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. i got to tell you, those things are a little bit different this year. normally santa's sleigh here in front of his house would already be partially filled with toys. clearly, that is not the case. part of the issue is, the temperature. it is minus -- i'm not kidding here. minus 48 degrees. so this is slowing him and his elves down a bit. but he has reassured us. we've been inside. he's reassured us that in spite of these extreme temperatures they will be read

. >>> mitt romney was spotted on a costco shopping spree.ght, romney ended up buying 14 costcos. >> that is good. fleet wood mac is band being a the rumors are flying. the band is heading back on tour with two new songs, but stevie nix says fans really just want to hear all the classics. the big tour kicks off with a 34 city north american tour in columbus, ohio on april 4th. my hometown. thought i'd throw that in there. no one cares. frankie muniz shocked his twitter followers when he revealed he was recovering from a mini voestroke. the 27-year-old wrote i have to start taking care of my body. that and playing the people's princess was, quote, the hardest thing i've ever done. wats went on to say the film focuses with her love affair with a surgeon. and finally, forbes has released its list of hollywood's most overpaid actors. top the spot went to eddie murphy who has had a string of recent flops. forbes estimated every dollar murphy was paid for his last three films, he returned $2.30 at the box office. number two, cath lynn katherine hei

lateral trade deal and if you look at it in the context of domestic politics here keep in mind that mitt romney was running like a cold warrior against barack obama and barack obama although he didn't indulge in that. anti russian in. his opponent certainly didn't stand up and hold what he was doing for what it was this cold warrior nonsense the relationship between the united states and russia should be much further along in terms of economic developments and their political problems and such as just sort of almost a cartoon to look at here so why has the u.s. done this i missed out on usual is it to block people from entering the country and even freezing assets and prevent them from doing business on an on an individual basis but actually tied in with this jackson vanny agreement why do you think the state has actually done that. well first there is an actual political threshold to get passed in order to get jackson vanity repealed again romney ran you know as a cold warrior anti russian that russia was going to be the big enemy of the united states in the years to come certainly that sentiment

was not enough contrast. if you look at the way that romney talked about taxes, apologetic. very effectively made mittney looked like he was going to raise taxes on the middle-class. that was the cry based on this one study. weeks and weeks and weeks. any time the rpublican candidate is viewed as the tax sector. in many had to defend his position in the debate he was a way out of his way to say, if you are wealthy and all you're not getting any tax cuts, and it was a defensive argument on a fundamental issue rather than pointing president obama had twice argue in public that raising taxes in an economic downturn would doom the economy. the president of the united states said that and iran on a proposal. lou: two things that seem peculiar. i would love for both of you to respond. i heard a lot of bonn, abou the tea party. the tea party did not exist in this election. it was a non fctor. why in the world would there be so much concern in the republican party about the tea party. why was there an idea that you're better off today than you were four years ago and pick 2008 as the year, he baseline, and it

on the other side, beyond his victory was, of course, mitt romney's loss and there's probably no singlet that signified everything that was problematic with romney's candidacy more than the 47% video. he had been painted by his own 0 words and by president obama's team as a heartless, out of touch democrat and it made it difficult to be successful in this election. >> around to everybody else, the article of the year, and i hate to say this because you are here and you know we all basically have contempt for you and say nasty things about you and your dog when you leave the set. >> i'm aware. i'm aware. >> you had the political article of the year in may for new york magazine. you talked to obama's people and it was staggering. they said we know we can't win on our record. so we're going to have to destroy mitt romney and we're going to tear him apart -- >> and this is how we're going to do it. and they did exactly what they told you back in may they were going to do. i wonder did nobody from mitt romney's campaign get a s subscription this year? >> they said we're going to take him out

i was there at the time and it was not only the worst moment for mitt romney but the best moment for boris johnson, the mayor of london, when he came out with that fantastic line, "i hear there's some guy named mitt romney." >> i think it was the olympics, too, because it knocked 10 or 12 days out of his campaign, no one in his campaign wanted to go and he went for a show horse. >> he didn't watch the show horse. >> that would have killed his campaign early. if he had gone for greco-roman wrestling. >> why did the show horse hurt? >> it's a high-end, rich people sport. chris: and he had a horse in the race. >> i think that foreign trip was pretty bad, too, but not just because of london because after he left london he went to jerusalem and didn't meet with the palestinian president. things got worse and he went to poland where he had issues there, as well, so the entire trip was a big -- chris: sam? >> i agree with everybody. why not, because -- and i agree when he went to jerusalem and talked about the palestinians and said, well, the people here in the jewish state are so successful

the indiana legislature on the other hand in ohio the bill was reversed by referendum in even mitt romney was hurt so it remains to be seen the republicans apparently have tried to make it impossible to have a referendum pushing the issue to the two thousand and fourteen elections but certainly lots of governors in other states are going to be watching to see is this something they can get away with or not and the response is going to dictate that amazing send a straw to ryan johnson josh eidelson thank you all for being with us thank you for your. coming up last week hundreds of people lit up joints on the space needle in seattle given a new space needle through it to celebrate washington state's legalization of marijuana but will president obama let the states do their own thing or will he continue to push nixon's failed war on drugs. wealthy british scientists on. time to time. markets why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kinds a report. more news today violence is o

on election day, mitt romney was looking at the data. the data was off. bit, well, you might call it skewed. today we learned how skewed it was. there is some of romney's final poll numbers. this is a two-day average from six key swing states. in new hampshire, the poll had romney up 3.5 points. obama won the state by 5.6 points. romney poll is off by over 9. ouch. in colorado within romney poll had romney up 2.5 points. obama won by 5.4. romney poll off by almost 8. again, ouch. in iowa, a tie. romney won by almost 6 points. in minnesota, romney poll showed romney up by 4. he won by 7.7. in wisconsin, showing obama up by 4. he won by 6.8. in pennsylvania the romney poll showed obama up three points. he won by 5.4. so these are big swings. this isn't a little bit off. so the question becomes, why were the romney numbers so very off? the reporter who got the polling data posed that question to romney polster neil newhouse. he said, quote, i'm not sure what answer is, newhouse said. his future client may want to know that. he said his polls were more accurat