mr. spicer is the spokesman for the republican party. that's their website right there. headlining one of the many wars that they have declared concerning president obama. in this case, the war on coal. so that was strike two. the next batter up to the plate was the top republican in the senate, mitch mcconnell. >> talk about a manufactured issue. there is no issue. senator kay bailey hutchison and kelly ayotte and susan collins and olympia snowe from maine and we don't see any evidence of this. >> the problem with rebutting the whole war on women thing saying it's manufactured, these women that you're citing might agree with you on it. but the problem is the woman when who say agree with him on this do not agree with him on this. >> if you do not agree this as an attack on women, you need to go home and talk to your wives, talk to your daughters. ask them if they feel that this is an attack. >> so at this point we have three strikes, which under normal circumstances would mean the end, it would mean you're out. but the republicans are still out there swinging away. they

spicer. this was a slamdown speech. you know that. and i want to get reaction. it's still about the economy, mr. romney said. and we're not stupid. that's a direct play off the bill clinton, a slamdown on obama. how will your man get around that? >> i think what everybody recognizes, or people should recognize would be stupid, would be to go back to doing the things we were doing in '07, '08 under bush, that got us into this mess. that's exactly what mitt romney wants to do. >> what does he want to do -- >> let me ask you to clarify. are you blaming bush, obama blames bush. '07, '08 the financial crisis. what did mitt romney have to do with that financial crisis. that's the part i don't get. mitt romney running for president. george w. bush is retired. >> i will answer that question for you, larry. what mitt romney wants to do is go back to those policies. he said i would repeal wall street reform, the very put in place to prevent another financial crisis. extend the bush tax cuts for the wealthy and add more on top of them. >> those are the same bush tax cuts that president obama has continued twice, so if you want to talk about