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and not show up because they want to be depressed and i give him money and there's that i mean ralph reed is always all about it but that's that's just but then it morphed into this conspiracy which are very convenient you know one of the things that i'd . seen in the last couple of election cycles that has troubled me about the media response to candidates getting ahead is that and even in the primaries i remember when it was hillary and obama that when one candidate gets ahead the media kind of beats up on that person until the next one until they are you know they just want to keep it like this because that brings in the advertising dollars it doesn't seem to be happening in this election cycle could it be that the reason it's not happening in this election cycle is because there's so much money being poured in the t.v. stations networks they don't have any extra time to sell. anything and this is my very very grand conspiracy theory about well i have quite a lot of it. but you know i think a lot of what's going on in this report is really don't know what's going on i think that the la

also, ralph reed. chairman of the faith and freedom coalition.rnell, bored, aloof, some said even arrogant. those are some of the words used today and last night to describe president obama on that stage. what exactly was the strategy heading into this? was there a strategy? >> what you saw last night from the president was the president trying to lay out the facts to those few undecided voters that are still out there. here's our plan, here's how we want to move the country forward versus mitt romney and his plan about moving the country forward. the problem with the debate last night is that one candidate showed up talking about the facts of their plan and the other candidate showed up with a completely different plan, and was completely dishonest about the facts of his plan. that was a little problematic. >> but the president did not seem to take the fight to mitt romney. if you believe that mitt romney wasn't being honest, the president never seemed to confront him at all, and never even mentioned that whole 47% thing. i mean, was that -- was

when you look at it, though, ralph reed, ohio becomes the path to the presidency.r behind in wisconsin. >> no republican has been elected president without carrying the state of ohio since the republican party was founded in 1852. i would say that constitutes a pattern. and the reality is, even though it's arithmetically possible for him to win without it -- it's hard. it's arithmetically possible. the truth is, what's happening in ohio, my view is, that the in-state polls are kind of a lagging indicator. today, in the real clear politics, obama is ahead of two. give or two. well within the margin of error. but in the three most recent polls, it's effectively tied. let me tell where you where we're heading, we're going back to the way campaigns used to be run, it's who knocks on the most doors, rings the most doorbells. george, a lot of these states not just one or two, will be decided 3,000, 5,000, 10,000 votes. >> and that's why president obama campaign invested from day one, hasn't left these battleground states from the 2008 campaign. in tens of thousands of do

matthew dowd, ralph reed, van jones, debber wasserman schultz. >>> and we say farewell to governor mcgovern. >>> hello again. early this morning, we learned that george mcgovern, the first senator to oppose the vietnam war, has passed away at the age of 90. we'll remember him later in the show. >>> but we begin with the race to the white house. more signs this mor romney's first debate bounce still has staying power. let's begin with mayor rahm emanuel. you're in florida this morning. polls show mitt romney ahead. i want to show you this politics electoral map, mitt romney has gone ahead for the first time right now. are you worried that this race is slipping away? >> no, i think that it's a very tight race, a competitive race, in the sense that it's coming down to a few states and a few votes and it's a clear choice between the candidates. one candidates who wampbts to take us back to the policies that led us to the near-collapse of the recession and the president who believes by investing in the american people and the middle class that's the best way to grow the economy. george, everybod

the faith and freedom coalition's ralph reed has been spearheading efforts to turnout the evangelical vote. >> it's one out of every four voters and if they turn out in huge numbers, they could really change the outcome of this election. >> reporter: while both parties have projects to reach out to faith constituencies, many religiously unaffiliated voters say despite their growing numbers, they still feel neglected by politicians. >> we've been pretty much erased from any kind of election talk. >> reporter: but how do you reach out to people who aren't at the same place at the same time every week talking about their shared beliefs? >> religion -- it's a great place for politics to find people is at church. so maybe that's something we'll have to figure out. you know in the future it's going to be social media you know facebook groups, stuff like that, twitter handles. i think that's something we should use more to utilize the people who are not church going. >> religions have a very, they have a structure to their communities and a support network and though i don't agree with many

education and because he gave money to the lottery fund which has been opposed by jacques abrams off of ralph reed and all these guys they said that your dad committed bribery first of all let me let me just say you have and it was right you have this right i just want to get to the to the biggest thing which is this this case was directed and carried out by karl rove right there is sworn testimony that came out after the case was closed ok so it was never used in the actual trial that that called rove directed the department of justice under bush to target democrats and specifically my father he's actually the one that vetted the judge to be the judge that presided over the case he's actually. the one that brought the canaries the prosecutor and the person that ran my dad's opponent's campaign to the state of alabama to do these things he and a bunch of republican operatives sought to throw my dad out of politics and what i what i need your viewers to understand is it's not an isolated case this is been going on for years and we it's ok to forgive people for doing terrible things but forgetting w

he was supposed to participate in a town hall tonight with conservative activist ralph reed. the event was abruptly canceled with very little notice. conservative media also did the best it could today to make the story go away. fox news only devoted 2 minutes and 12 seconds to mourdock's comments yesterday. republicans want this story to disappear because mitt romney cannot afford to lose women voters. a new ad by the obama campaign makes this very clear. >> which do you believe? what mitt romney's tv ads say about women, or what mitt romney, himself, says? >> do i believe supreme court should overturn roe v. wade? yes. and it would be my preference 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. >> no matter what mitt romney's ads say, we know what he'll do. >> in an interview with "rolling stone" magazine president obama was asked if he believes mitt romney will try and undo roe v. wade. "i don't think there's any doubt," the president said. "

joining us, conservative activist and founder of the faith and freedom coalition ralph reed.mocratic governor of pennsylvania ed rendell. anchor of bbc's "world news america" katty kay. and our chief white house correspondent and political director chuck todd. >>> good sunday morning. with both sides in full preparation mode for wednesday's first presidential debate, the struggling romney campaign is recalibrating his message to better connect with voters on the economy and to attack the president on his handling of the latest foreign policy crisis, the evolving explanation of what exactly happened in libya when our u.s. ambassador was killed more than two weeks ago on 9/11.

society.ra the bernard and audre rapoport foundation.n.the spring in order to appease rush limbaugh, ralph reedgrover norquist. >> you so let him off the hook. and i don't know why you do that. i feel as though that's what the media's frame for dealing with the primaries is. "well, we all know that you have to appeal to the party's base in the primaries, and then you have to move to the center because that's just something that people have to do." why do we let people do that as though that dance was acceptable in democratic society. >> oh no, i don't think you have to move to the center. i'm only saying he chose to go that route in order --ecause he thought he could only get the nomination that way. >> but why didn't you hold him accountable, not for just realizing that he had to do it tactically, but that that is a really corrupt thing to do. inappropriate and disqualifying for leadership, as opposed to it's just what politicians have to be up to. isn't it sad, he's a nice guy. >> candidates do change position and the question is when is it consequential and when isn't it. and when does it be