joining us right now is the chairman of the republican national committee, reince previn.irty harry, dirty harry? >> you know, there is no triple down in black jack, but i'll triple down on my comments from yesterday. speaking of las vegas. it's the truth. what else do you call somebody who goes on to the senate floor and claims that someone hasn't paid any taxes in ten years a complete lie? uses his official office to do it. we all get it. he's just playing this game and -- it's amazing to me that there can be any honor in a position that he holds that he's degraded so far down the tubes. it is what it is. he's a dirty liar and we're moving on. we're moving on to defeating this president and saving this country. >> steve: over the weekend i was at an event and there was a member of congress who is a democrat and i asked him about this. and he said you can't say something like that in public unless you have the proof. do you feel he has just made this up because we've seen the white house, they had a chance through axelrod to disavow it examine he double downed on it? >> i

reince previn, thank you for joining us. you want to go back out?ou got 20 guest appearance today. i think you got a lot to do. >> gretchen: thanks for stopping by. >> steve: thank you very much. >> gretchen: coming up, another example of wasification of america? one school district is making it easy for kids to pass, by lowering the standards. >> steve: plus work is winning the ad war at this point? frank luntz is here with a brand-new set of dials to see where voters stand. he's in our news room. he'll be with us next. >> steve: well, after being delayed by isaac, republican presidential detainee mitt romney now on his way to tampa today. we're hours away from that very big speech from the person who knows him best. fox news chief political correspondent, carl cameron, joins us live now from massachusetts. carl, tonight is ann romney's turn in the spotlight. right? >> that's right. and the romney press corp., mr. romney, mrs. romney, are now at the airport, outside of boston. the roar you hear are the engines. we're standing underneath the wing wh

go let him in. >> brian: it's reince previn. here you go, chairman. going to see how we do in this race. >> brian: what do you want me to do? jump? >> if you can only watch one thing on tv today, you need to make it our next segment 'cause steve, brian and gretch reason going -- are going to sit down with a very, very special guest. me. >> brian: what do you think of this vehicle? >> mr. doocy is in it. >> in it or on it? >> brian: just say hey, steve and gretch, take it away. >> steve and gretch -- steve examine gretch and brian. >> i see bill o'reilly. >> steve: he's behind you. >> i would like to congratulate you, this may be a historic first to get him up this early. >> gretchen: did you call him and wake him up? >> i woke him up and i know he'll have to have a nap this afternoon. >> i think in the four years from now the republican convention should be held on the equator. [ laughter ] this heat here, i was up what, 6. i walked out, 6:00 o'clock. 98 degrees. >> steve: here is a cooling towel with a fox news logo on it. >> gretchen, let me tell yo

reince previn, who heads up the rnc, said the nice thing about going first, the republicans go before, is that whatever they do to us, we can do ten times to them. there you can see the rnc hq in tampa, which we'll be at a week from now. >> eric: i can't see paul ryan going to hang out in the parking lot of charlotte for the dnc. it just doesn't seem like something he would do. i think it's hilarious joe biden will be walking around trying to talk to people of the it's like, you're not invited. go somewhere else. >> steve: the way the story broke, some republicans heading to florida heard secret service guys talking about when the vice president comes down, and they go wait a minute, the vice president is going to be there in person? that was the headline. >> gretchen: it's a good strategy because of his gaffes as of late. people are going to be following him around. he is going to make news down there whether or not he makes gaffes or not. so it is good strategy on their part. >> steve: the republicans say they've got a strategy as well. they're going to have a presence at the democr

. >> steve: we did have reince previn on.ng it together (exactly. there is more coming. did you see the new gallup poll where they looked at people who voted for obama and voted for mccain last time, who they intend to right now? this is actually kind of good news for mitt romney. >> yeah. >> steve: mccain voters, going to go for romney. 92% say they will. whereas the president of the united states, 6 points behind that for people who will be repeat business for him. >> yeah. if you know anybody who voted for mccain last time who is now switching to obama? i mean, i think -- i don't know a single person who is doing that, although i do know a lot of kind of moderate republican types who are very proud of their support for president obama in 2008 who decided to switch the other way. i think people are look for different metrics because as we saw in -- you guys might have talked about the "new york times" article from yesterday that examined the different methodology for these polls. you got nbc "wall street journal," sampled m

reince previn unveiling the giant stage at the republican national convention.year and a half to design and build. the convention kicks off monday in tampa. we'll be broadcasting live from there live all week. i think i saw -- maybe i shouldn't say what the theme of the convention is. can we say? >> brian: winning. >> gretchen: no. i think it was something about building it based off of we built this. based off of president obama's infamous line a couple of weeks ago. now the republicans are going to capitalize on that and make that the theme of the republican national convention. >> brian: if you have a good idea for what we should be doing when we're not on the air, write us. >> steve: remember, our coverage starts on sunday and then we're going to fly down and we're going to be there. we're done at 9:00 o'clock every morning. so we got a lot of time, lot of down time, if you got ideas on what we should be doing. >> gretchen: you're auctioning us off? i actually have a problem with that. >> steve: from noon on, our afternoons are free, what should we be coveri

reince previn, the chairman of the republican national committee is from wisconsin.this election cycle, that wisconsin has become the gravitational center of the gop. >> eric, you know what? in wisconsin, we're fiscally conservative. we're common sense people, folks that actually believe government should live within its means. and you've seen that not only in november 2010, but certainly if the recall election that the voters of wisconsin actually want the people that they elect to solve the problems. tell them the truth and put forward real solutions and that's what this election needs to be about. i've had a lot of conversations with paul. he's dedicated to making sure this is a mandate election because bottom line, we don't have a whole lot of time. we've got to start fixing the problems. we can't keep our head in the sand. that's why i'm so pleased about the pick. >> steve: if people go to youtube, they can watch something called a path to prosperity, where over 3 1/2 minute, paul ryan explains the looming debt crisis. he's got to appeal to the independents. let

you yourself, then you have reince previn, the head of the rnc from wisconsin.now the vp nominee. and last night you also mentioned home this year's miss america. thank you very much. >> that's right. we got the nfl mvp, he's a great guy. and miss wisconsin is miss america. so we're pretty pumped up. >> gretchen: that means you had front row seats. when you were delivering your speech, people in wisconsin and every other state heard you talk about this. this is what you cut from your budget gap. $3.5 billion to 1.6. you cut unemployment as well. what were your secrets? >> we just stuck with the reforms. paul ryan and i the last year laughed when people call us courageous because in the end, politics has got to be the only profession we get courageous, just by keeping your word. did it without raising taxes, helped small business create more jobs. one of the people i mentioned last night wasn't adjust small business owner. someone who in the recession took a pay cut to keep her job, eventually got laid off, got hired by another company called g 3 industries becau