we have phil musser, mitt romney campaign advisor and kate, mr.y have not put it out as elegantly as you wanted. but i don't think anybody cares about what the details of what he said. i think romney has a great opportunity right now to restore and renew what he used to say last spring, that is obama is for the entitlement state and government dependency, whereas he, romney is for free interpriinte enterprise and a opportunity society. mitt has not been making this case in the contrast of the whole commute. he has a chance to do that, kate, why is this bad? >> the last time we saw the wind in the sales of the romney campaign is when he showed the guts and the courage to pick paul ryan to run as his vice presidential candidate. we saw a glimpse of what mitt romney is talking about. mitt romney said that people are lazy, he didn't say that, he actually said that we have a choice here, exactly what you just said, i think american people want to see strength, they want to see determination, they want to see him say what it is. last week, he said the w

political analyst andle forrer democratic governor of pennsylvania ed rendell and republican strategist phil mussertable. welcome both. phil, first to you. >> >> sure. >> there has been so much criticism. we see the criticism from peggy noonan i cited, you saw what scott brown had to say, linda mcmahon, republican senate candidates in blue states are running as fast as they can away from what he said at that fund-raiser about the 47%. >> well, look, i think the governor himself said the words were not artfully comprised and composed. mitt romney will be a president for 100% of the country. he has a big vision to do it. it's been a tough week and a half of process stories for the campaign, but, you know, as we go forward we have to remember we're right in this race. we have 48 days to go, a lot of really big important events, chances for governor romney to outline a very clear, distinct vision and in some ways the brouhaha sharpens the choice, confronting the country. polling suggests this is going to be a big question election, big questions about the direction of the economy, big questions about j

i'll go to phil mus musser on that.ig writes that the new income numbers come out and we've lost about $4500 during obama's presidency. in the month of august, we lost another 500 bucks. the reason i cite that is if you have more take home pay from lower middle class tax rates which is in romney's plan if he believes in it, that gets people through the income problem. that's why this thing should work. now, how is it that mitt romney can't get that message down? how is it that he can't explain that to people? he's a very brilliant guy. what's the problem here? >> well, it is a good plan and you know he's got the good mechanics behind his plan and he's had a tough month with respect to being stuck on talking about process questions a lot. and frankly, i think republicans are ready like steve said for a choice election. i think the country is ready for a choice election. and would he have moving would moving to the next phase where romney has to articulate the choice if our country.next phas romney has to articulate the c