mr. romney was not serving in vietnam. but mr. romney has, i think, quite obviously been cognizant of the fact that his service question in his biography, him not serving in vietnam, could be used against him in politics, if anybody ever decided to use it against him. there was a watershed moment in mr. romney's failed candidacy for the presidency in 2008 when a romney campaign playbook mysteriously made its way into the hands of the press. remember this? it exposed the fact that the romney campaign had thought maybe, maybe his national campaign slogan for the presidency would be, "first, not france." not france? [ speaking foreign language ] he speaks fluent french! mitt romney was living in france. not france is going to be his campaign slogan? yes, quite deliberately. in 2012, in this year's presidential campaign, you might have noticed that mr. romney has been talking a lot about president obama being secretly europeanish. >> he takes this political inspiration from europe, and from the socialist democrats in europe. >> he want

mr. romney? >> let me start at the end there. i think there is not really a problem coalescing around governor romney. it was a difficult, long, drawn- out primary process. probably too many debates, but i think there is a growing consensus that we have our nominees. is governor romney and it is time to get behind him in the general. i did think about going on for it myself, but to be perfectly honest, i love what i'm doing in the private sector. i'm having such a great time. i spent more than 20 years in public office. i thought i owed it to my family and to myself to have some privacy where i can go out and work hard in the private sector and enjoy what i'm doing. tavis: i take part of your answer, the part that you are having fun, i accept that. the other part i'm not so convinced yet. do you honestly believe that the conservative wing of your party really has started to line up behind him and that he can convince them that he ought to have their votes? >> tavisi think you have raisedt exactly right. they have started to line u

mr. romney is saying that president to obama has not not created new laws. it's kind of hard to understand the dangling negative. i think what mitt romney is giving the impression of is that president obama has created new restrictive gun laws. he has created new laws, but which ones, exactly? >> we need a president who will stand up for the rights of hunters and sportsman and those who seek to protect their homes and their families. president obama has not. >> how has president obama not done that exactly? what has he done to not stand for the rights of those people? what are you accusing him of? >> if we're going to safeguard our second amendment, it's time to elect a president who will defend the rights president obama ignores or minimizes. >> what has president obama been ignoring or minimizing and how? really? what is the accusation here? do you want him to be overtly doing something he's not doing? you're damning president obama about doing what with guns, exactly? >> we've all seen enough of president obama over the last three years, we know we don't w

mr. romney talks about self-deportation and he's not kidding. he says that arizona's papers, please, law is a model for the nation. that is what is etched on to the sketch of mitt romney on april 18th, 2012. is all of that still true in the future? only you in the future have the answer to that. and frankly, those are just the issues leaving in terms of what it's looks like he's poised to erase and pretend like he never had these positions in the first place for the general election. but there's competition. i mean, let the record show that on april 18th, 2012, mitt romney's position on medicare is that he is in favor of abolishing medicare as it stands and replacing it with the paul ryan house republican plan. the paul ryan house republican plan would replace medicare with a system of coupons. so seniors, instead of getting medicare, will get coupons to get a discount on buying insurance on the regular private insurance market. good luck, grandma. don't forget your coupons. that is mitt romney's position on medicare, as of april 18th, 2012. in t

mr. romney to the white house. the support that's already behind mitt romney from one of his most dedicated fans: one ted nugent. it was actually on march 2nd that the 63-year-old guitarist made this announcement. after a long heart and soul conversation with mitt romney today, i concluded this goodman will properly represent we the people and i endorsed him. after their brilliant exploitation of hilary rosen's comment about ann romney having never worked outside the home, one might assume that the romneys would be extremely careful about the kind of surrogates and endorsements they would want associated with their presidential campaign. which is why i was beginning to wonder what attracted mr. romney to seek out ted nugent. perhaps it was mr. nugent's comments before the last election when he offered a carefully considered response to the two democrats who were fighting for the nomination. >> hey, obama. you might want to suck on one of these, you punk! obama, he's a piece of [ bleep ] and i told him to suck on my

mr. romney. that win for mr. romney in wisconsin tonight puts him one step closer to securing the republican presidential nomination. it escalates the calls for his rivals to drop out of the race. it solidifies his image as the presumptive republican president ideal nominee. it's all good for him. the bad news for mr. romney is that he might be going to jail. i don't think he will, but theoretically, i mean, mitt romney campaigning in wisconsin today appears to have broken the law. i'm not kidding. what you're looking at right now is a mitt romney campaign event this morning in waukesha, wisconsin. he is at a sub shop with paul ryan called cousins subs. they are not taking money. they are handing out free submarine sandwiches to wisconsin voters dug an event that was billed by the romney campaign as an election-day lunch. what you are looking at there is against the law. see mr. romney? watch. against the law. that's illegal. right there. when you hand the submarine sandwich to the person and don't take the money,

mr. romney has already accrued. versus the miniscule number that mr. artin, the press has been knocking gingrich and santorum since the beginning. we were being told from the beginning, way back months ago that romney was going to win. romney was going to win. and they were paying big money to the tv stations for advertising. big money. and he was trying to buy an election. that's what he is still trying to do. he's trying to buy an election. and that's very unfortunate for the american people. it's time that the press just reported the facts of what things look like instead of giving their opinions. the opinions are damaging to the american system. because the opinions are swaying people because everybody wants to be on the side of a winner. and if you remember early on, romney was only getting 25% of the vote in the various primaries and the conservative candidates were divvying up the rest. the other 75%. well, the press being complicit with the republican establishment, if you want to call it that is giving all this money to romney, or who knows who

mr. romney. mr. jected winner in connecticut, as well as in the great state of rhode island and finally in the first state of delaware. former house speaker newt gingrich having staked the future of his program on a win or close second there, he did not get it. five states, five wins tonight for mitt romney. . >>> primary pounce. republican presidential candidate, mitt romney sweeps the

mr. romney. mr. jected winner in connecticut, as well as in the great state of rhode island and finally in the first state of delaware. former house speaker newt gingrich having staked the future of his progon

mr. romney. >> apparently not. roblem among women they didn't look at that stuff. you ask the question, what can romney do with women? they could fire this guy or they could put mitt romney on your show to personally apologize to you for this. i think that would be -- >> i'd endorse that. >> it would be fun to see him on this show. but the obvious thing for him to do is to start talking a lot more to older working women where he may have a way to get at it. then he kind of tried to talk to working women the other day and insulted the cookies and that really got rid of the whole story. it's really surprising so far how flat-footed they are on this question. they had a few good days when they are playing off hilary rosen's comments, but even those didn't get them that far, especially when ann romney said that was the best day of her life. she is his best asset, by the way. i guess i would use her more. >> on the other side of this and you're in the obama campaign and you're looking at those roughly scheduled demograph

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mr. romney today, 39% of independents. now the reason why mr. obama is ahead is that there are more people that identify themselves as democrats these days than as republicans. so that's why the margin for the president exists. there's a very large gender gap, 10 points on mr. obama's side among women. women support the president 49% to 39%. whereas men support romney by a much narrower of 46% to 43%. so there is a gender gap. it's pretty large and obviously working to the president's benefit. one of the things quinnipiac did was try to assess which issues or strengths for which candidates. for instance, mr. romney has a lead of 47 to 43% when voters are asked who can best hand tell economy. now that's obviously important because the economy is the key issue in the the election. again, on the question of the economy, romney does well among independents by 55% to 22% which is a big margin. independents who are the key voting group say they think romney would do a better job than the president on the economy. and then that's what's helping mr. rom

mr. romney by 30 points. it was thought that mr.ingrich said if he could avoid a blow out in delaware that that might be his best justification for staying in the race. we'll keep you posted. stay with us bp. dget. she thought allstate car insurance was out of her reach. until she heard about the value plan. dollar for dollar, nobody protects you like allstate. whose non-stop day starts with back pain... and a choice. take advil now and maybe up to four in a day. or choose aleve and two pills for a day free of pain. way to go, coach. ♪ i worked at the colorado springs mail processing plant for 22 years. we processed on a given day about a million pieces of mail. checks, newspapers, bills. a lot of people get their medications only through the mail. small businesses depend on this processing plant. they want to shut down 3000 post offices, cut 100,000 jobs. they're gonna be putting people out of work everywhere. the american people depend on the postal service. thor's couture gets the most rewards of any small business credit card. [

mr. romney at the time was a student. mitt romney is a harvard man.hat's how he got to massachusetts in the first place. after growing up in michigan and graduating from byu, mr. romney spent four years at harvard earning both a harvard law degree and a harvard business degree. this is mr. romney with a few of his harvard school business study buddy. they get together every five years for a mini-harvard reunion n a weird way it explains his line of attack today against president obama. >> we have a president who is a nice guy, perhaps he spent too much at harvard or not enough time working in the real world. >> mitt romney, as we discussed on this show last night, has exactly one trick as a presidential candidate. you take some perceived weakness about his own candidacy and you say that it's actually barack obama's weakness. does obama spend too much time at harvard thing, this is a favorite of mitt romneys. >> i didn't learn about the economy just reading about it or hearing about it in the faculty lounge at harvard. all of those years perhaps in the

mr. romney. mr. connecticut, as well as in the great state of rhode island. and finally, in the first state of delaware, former house speaker newt gingrich having staked the future of his campaign on a win or a close second there. he did not get it. five states, five wins tonight for mitt romney, the presumptive republican nominee. now it is time for "the last word" with lawrence o'donnell. have a great night. thanks for being with

mr. romney slashed projects by 14%. so we're left with this question. grand pivot to the center, should we believe what he says or place greater emphasis on what he does. as the president said just how, actions speak louder than words. >> it requires not just words, but deeds. >> thanks so much for watching. dylan ratigan is here. how are you? >> absolutely sensational, martin. >> that's a superlative description and i'm delighted to hear it. >> as you know, i had a birthday last week. and point of reflection and all this. >> may

mr. romney chooses mr. rubio? what happens to the latino vote if they have to choose between obama? >> you vote for the person who will be the leader. romney-obama. looking at any number of issues like jobs, education, or anything else. not beenubio havs supportive of issues for latinos. i would not say that he will make them envious of him being on the ticket. tavis: you are working on a museum honoring latino heritage. >> some communities haven't had a chance to be a full part of the history, at least to display everything they have been part of. we're hoping that in the future, if the goodwill of the american people go with it, at one point we will have a place where folks will have a chance as they now do with how native americans. they will have a chance where they get the full contributions. tavis: it is good to see you. up next, a native american. the stay with us. >> david troyer teaches literature and creative writing, his latest book is the first work, a journey through reservation life. good to have you on the program. you are right about this that indian reservations are

mr. romney slashed projects by 14%. so we're left with this question. grand pivot to the center, should we believe what he says or place greater emphasis on what he does. as the president said just how, actions speak louder than words. >> it requires not just words, but deeds. >> thanks so much for watching. dylan ratigan is here. how are you? >> absolutely sensational, martin. >> that's a superlative description and i'm delighted to hear it. >> as you know, i had a birthday last week. and point of reflection and all this. >> may i just say that -- >> i was talking, but -- >> i'm glad you racised it, because it's sensitive, but we wish to convey many happy returns of the day. >> a generous offering on your part and i accept your well wishes with the great grace and natural receptivity of the dill wlan rat began show staff as we go through this. can i make my point? >> please do.

mr. romney, at the end there you heard mr. santorum in one of the best phrased portions of this ad-hoc speech comparing himself to ronald reagan when he fought a losing campaign to gerald ford. he's coming mitt romney to gerald ford who lost to jimmy carter. it's one thing to call yourself ronald reagan, it's another thing to call someone gerald ford as an insult. i thought interesting also is a choice of words and the way that mr. santorum talked about what he sees himself being up against. he not only talked about the republican establishment as being behind mitt romney. he talked about the republican establishment and aristocracy. at this hour nbc has projected that in washington, d.c. where rick santorum was not on the ballot, mitt romney is the winner of that contest. nbc has projected that in maryland mitt romney is the winner. in wisconsin, we have very few results in so far. nbc is projebting the wisconsin race as too early to call but with mitt romney in the lead. right now too early to call in wisconsin. you can see o

god knows how many staff that mrs. romneyough on a daily basis. wake up america. gordon writes, hillary rosen should not apologize for stating the obvious. ann romney seems like a charming woman but if she ever had to work for a paycheck, she is by definition out of touch with all but a handful of americans. she can never understand the life of a the supermarket cashier that has to juggle family and work. the wives of nascar team owners is a relatively small voting bloc. go to the blog if you want to read more. >> jack, thank you. >>> it is never too late to learn. that's the mentality of two 80-year-old women taking their first stabs at social media. >> dottie, you know what she said back to me? >> what? >> she said, don't worry, we will get you a wheelchair. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] not everything powerful has to guzzle fuel. the 2012 e-class bluetec from mercedes-benz. ♪ sadly, no. oh. but i did pick up your dry cleaning and had your shoes shined. well, i made you a reservation at the sushi place around the corner. well, in