and ron reagan. scott, i'll talk with you.romney's political rise since 1994 when he ran for senate in massachusetts against teddy kennedy. last night how did he do? did we see the real mitt romney? >> i think we definitely saw more of him. he opened up a little bit. i was struck by the emotion that he showed in talking about his sons in particular and sort of almost being wistful about how fast the time moves. i thought that was pretty effective. it wasn't that personal of a speech. so -- and i don't think anyone is expecting that doesn't know mitt romney. for him, someone who was very buttoned up and reluctant to get too much into his family life and certainly his faith, i think it was an opening up. i thought the most significant part of it was the degree to which he was willing to let people into his church life, both through his own words and then the very moving words, i thought, of the people who spoke from his congregation. >> one of the major tasks for republicans at this convention was to re-introduce romney to voter

thank you, ron reagan, as always, sir.ou, erin mcpike, for joining us from clear politics, real clear politics. when he with return, the campaigns that refuse into spire us with a future we want. i'm talking about both campaigns out there. not a lot of inspiration out the there. this is the place for politics. >>> let me finish tonight with this. i don't know anybody who's impressed with this campaign so far, and i'm talking about both candidates. romney seems like a guy trying desperately not to make another mistake, hoping the economic numbers will win it for him. if they get just a little bit worse and he can avoid blowing it. after all these years of running for just a few months more. now, can you think of anything less inspiring than that? a guy just trying not to crash, hoping that the economy will do it for him. obama, to be fair, hasn't been all that inspiring either. i know times are tough and he can't just play defense, and i know that means hitting his rival in the shins. but like you i remember that wonderful

joining me is ron reagan. it's good to have you here.cial platform, as we all know, was approved ahead of next week's rnc, calling no a ban on abortions. this is no different than what we saw on the platform in '04 and '08. we do have mitt romney speaking this week to affiliate wcmh about his own platform and the differences. take a listen. i'm made it clear i am pro-life, but i believe there should be exceptions. >> ron, i bring up the fact this is the same platform as '04 and '08. here we are in 2012, mitt romney doing the same thing. supported by the sponsorship/co-sponsorship of legislation during thinks time as congressman, but what is your take of this chasm that remains between the candidate and the party that we have seen over and over again. >> you're right about the -- as the platform on abortion, the plank on abortion that never did have an exception for rape or incest, because they assumed the no exception people let's call them, the todd akins were really a fringe elements in the republican party, but the republican parties

ron reagan is a contributor and author of "my father at 100."d liz, she's the author of "liz free or die." liz, thanks for joining us. in a recent town hall, steve king from iowa answered a question from someone who wanted to know why he opposed legislation to make it legal to attend dogfights. let's watch what the congressman said. >> when the legislation that passed in the farm bill, that said it's a federal crime to watch animals fight or to induce someone tols watch an animal fight, but it's not a federal crime to induce somebody to watch people fighting or something wrong with the priorities of people that think like that. >> what do you make of this guy, this character? >> well, it's so interesting because he went on to say all these crazy things about kidnapping children and taking them across state lines and then dropping them off at a playground, which actually is illegal in all 50 states. i think somebody like this, he's gone out of his way to vote against any kind of bill that has anything to do with protecting animals. and after a wh

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ron reagan is a contributor and author of "my father at 100."'s the author of "liz free or die." liz, thanks for joining us. in a recent town hall, steve king from iowa answered a question from someone who wanted to know why he opposed legislation that makes it illegal to attend dog fights. let's listen to what he said. >> whether the legislation that passed in the farm bill that says that it's a federal crime to watch animals fight or to induce someone else to watch an animal fight, but it's not a federal crime to watch people fighting? there's something wrong with the priorities of people who think like that. >> what do you make of this guy? this character? >> well, it's so interesting because you know, he went on to say all these crazy things about kidnapping children and taking them across state lines and then dropping them off as a playground, which is illegal, i'm pretty sure, in all 50 states. i think somebody like this. he's gone out of his way to vote against any kind of bill that has anything to do with protecting animals. after a whil

ron reagan, one of the first people to read key parts of the. he wrote me. we were off. the roaring 80's. we want the roaring millennial or whenever it yesterday. >> how do you defend well? >> a store of value. a store of worth and a foundation relief efforts of human creativity. it's really the fruits of surprise. my next book after this is called knowledge and power. and it's about how all enterprise is ultimately based on surprise. if you could predicted the planet and you wouldn't need entrepreneur orioles. the fact that it is unexpected means that it is dependent on freedom. that's why this obama program like solyndra and all that based on controlling and governing the decisions of the entrepreneurs always fail. because they're based on the past. they're propping up the past. they are in the -- the future will come as a surprise to us. >> in your wealth and poverty book in the chapter, the nature of poverty you're right, the refusal of american leaders to tell the truth about blacks is more important when it comes to black poverty. the prevailing expressed opinion i

that the transaction took place more than fifteen hundred missiles had already been shipped to ron reagan addressed the media denying that the sale of weapons had been a weapons for hostages exchange and later simply claiming that the didn't have any information available to him at the time speculation about the involvement of reagan then vice president george bush and the administration at large was everywhere take a look at the c.b.s. interview from one thousand nine hundred eight then vice president george bush was asked about his involvement. can you reconcile that you were there mr underscored three separate occasions that it was a swap and told you were doing the most radical elements in iran you were doing straight away with the ayatollah khomeini old what they were doing and not what we were doing and that's the big difference and then i expressed my concerns and reservations about that that it's been testified to under oath by mr poindexter that's not the end of the story though during the arms for hostages deal investigation it was found that only twelve million of the thirty mi

let's hear from rick tower and ron reagan. have you seen this story that's out today, the the cbs affiliate reporter said that in order to get an interview with the candidate of the republican party for president, it's important that you not ask any question about what's in the news right now. you must not ask anything about todd akin, you must not ask anything about the party's position. these are the rules. >> i don't understand how he thinks this is going to fly. it's certainly not going to fly in televised debates where he'll look like a fool if he takes that stance and i don't think it will fly on the trail, either. if you tell them they can't ask a certain question, what do you think the first question is going to be? >> i know. >> of course they're going to ask about akin and abortion and everything else. these are legitimate question. he strikes me as a guy who's the ceo who's just used to getting his own way, he can tell anybody anything 37 you can't do this and that, bow down to him. it doesn't work that way when you

ron reagan will join me. meghan mccain will be back as well as melissa harris-perry.til then, follow me on twitter. don't go anywhere. "now" with alex wagner is coming up next. alex, we're watching ann romney practice her speech for tonight. it's going to be the most important speech of her life. >> it is indeed. prime time ann. we are going to monitor the latest developments from hurricane isaac but first, rain on the gop's parade. we'll discuss the republican party's identity crisis and governor romney's big chance to define himself. plus, romney's economy. we ask laurence o'donnell why the governor's economic message hasn't resonated and mark halperin explains why team obama remains quietly confident. >>> and the feminine mistake. how the rnc's platform isn't helping the party with women. we'll talk with cecile richards and sandra fluke when "now" starts in a mere 180 seconds. i've worked hard to build my family. and also to build my career. so i'm not about to always let my frequent bladder urges, or the worry my pipes might leak get in the way of my busy lifestyl

joining me now is robert costa and ron reagan.is poison? she was an atheist and consequently now he wants nothing to do with her. >> michael, i've spoken with paul ryan at length about his past history with rand. and he told me that he read rand during college. he rat atlas shrug and was inspired by the story of john gall. he believes in thomas more than rand of all people. and that he was inspired by rand because she believed in the free market. and that's where he really identified with her back when he was doesn't mean he belie believbeliev believes fully inch everything she said or wrote. >> i don't think it was only back in college. when he spoke to a group of rand devotees in 2005, he credited the russian american thinker for inspiring him to get 234 to politics. let's listen where. >> the reason i got involved in public service by and large f i had to credit one thinker, one person, it would be ayn rand. the fight we're in here, make no mistake about it, is a fight of individualism versus collectiveicism. >> ron, is it as i

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ron reagan is an author and analyst. and erin mcpike. i want to start with erin.ese people, all these press people that work for this guy. he must -- he either likes them, knows what they're up to. doesn't mind them being hit. he's got a thick skin for this stuff. >> he loves his campaign staff. and his campaign staff loves him. he will never fire any one of them. >> but he fired that gay guy that was spokesman for the foreign policy team. he dumped him in a new york minute. >> before he got to know him. he had just come on the campaign. he's known eric fehrnstrom since 2002 since he was running for governor. eric fehrnstrom is his favorite person inside the campaign. >> what about service? he says in that wonderful quote if i don't get the service i need, i dump this person. well, he's not getting the service he needs from some of these people. kiss my -- this is a holy site. makes it look worse. and this whole thing yesterday saying hey that plan is great. we should have it in indiana is what that woman was saying. that's not helpful to romney. it's helpful to o

they said you know like ron reagan did, or john kerry.but in the meantime we are doing radiation and chemo at the house, and also i am flying back and forth to washington. the coalition in washington kept me up there. i would go three or four days a week, and a day for me in washington, colin radio program, and npr program to a tv spot or up on health, we are hitting republicans as well as democrats to get support for the bill. the ledbetter bill is bipartisan. it doesn't belong to the democratic party or the republicans. it's a fundamental american rights that each of us are paid what we are legally entitled to and have earned. but when i walked off the stage that night at the democratic convention, i felt the audience. i could see the tears on the women's face down front, and the men were going yes, they got it. i walked off into reports ago and when did you endorse obama? i say tonight. because i knew i had to get off the fence and go for him, because john mccain had just said the women's problem across this great nation, we didn't hav

everybody in this great auditorium tonight -- we are all tremendously pleased and honored to have ron reaganancy reagan come down. [cheers and applause] we are all a part of this great, republican family that will give the leadership to the american people to win on november 2. i would like -- i would be honored on your behalf -- to ask my good friend, governor reagan, to say a few words at this time. [cheers and applause] >> thank you very much. [cheers and applause] mr. president, mrs. ford, mr. , mr. vice-ent president-to-be -- [cheers and applause] the distinguished guest here, and you ladies and gentlemen. i will say fellow republicans because all those watching, the democrats and independents, who are looking for a cause around which to rally and which i believe we can give them. [cheers and applause] mr. president, before you arrived tonight, these wonderful people here, when we came in, gave nancy and myself a welcome. that, and this, and your that, and this, and your kindness and generosity

that's what we're talking ability when we use this welfare queen boogieman, and certainly, ron ronalled reagan and his republican predsaecessors -- excuse me, the people who came after him are the people who gave us the language, stoked the fire in local elections like jesse helms that you pointed out earlier around affirmative action, but also george bush's campaign and willy horton and all of that. but it is also the tactic that was used by bill clinton to move the democratic party nationally far enough to the right to win the votes that turned the party in part into, i think, a much less courageous party around questions of race. and so, you know, earlier, you were pointing out the importance of talking about women's reproductive rights and going right at that and saying, democrats are going to be brave about this. and make this an issue on which they will run. the fact is democrats are going to have to eskew the legacy of bill clinton and go at the question of racial equality. >> on the issue of policy, one of the things that hamstrings the obama campaign is they have made essentially no p

they don't go around claiming that mitt romney is ron all reagan in terms of performance skills, because that would be ludicrous but they think that dynamic could play out again. that the economy in the end is such a weight on president obama that people have heard such negative things that mitt romney doesn't con frm-- conform to the stereotypes and when the they get to see him, that there is going to be in movement where they are-- most of the undecided vote will come to them that is their theory of the case. >> does it have a possibility of being true. >> i think it does have a possibility of being true but only if mitt romney performs well. the obama campaign is extraordinarily skillful. i didn't cover the carter campaign but i would bet you that the obama campaign is more skillful than the carter campaign was at going, at going hard and defining romney. and in a lot of these battleground states particularly the industrial midwest romney is a wall street figure at a time of populism and anger at wall street, they will hammer that home. they have cards to play on that that they are ho

when, in fact, john mccain only revealed two years, which is i think ron reagan had one year.ad one year. john kerry's wife didn't reveal any of her money back in the day. >> the ryan choice for vice president was an attempt to try and elevate the debate away from all that stuff, bain capital, tax returns, all that, and instead put him on a plateau about what about the fiscal future of the company, energize the republican base. i think they have a chance to do this. this whole medicare debate ultimately may be fault fought to a draw because romney and ryan are going on the offense. however, ultimately people tend to trust democrats a little bit more on that issue because after all, we like to spend money on entitlements. if they can fight it to a draw, that's a lot better than historically better than republicans have done on that issue. >> steve: i think this time, for the low information voter, they may not quite understand everythings that going o. if you look at the poll last week between given the choice between obamacare and medicare, they prefer medicare. and the republ

." >> since ron raald reagan we've employed 40 million people.% more hours of work per working age adult than they have in germany and france and median incomes that are 25% higher, even higher if you look at it more carefully. >> explain this to me. "the nine high rate states" this is in this country "nine highest tax rate states have had more growth than the lowest tax rate states." >> sure. i was debating austan goolsbee last week and he threw that statistic out. we know the value of clustering, moving to silicon valley and getting a job at facebook or intel is valuable. can the municipal move in and tax at higher rates, they can, you'd look at new york, california and you look at any of the big states that have really valuable clusters and what you're going to find is high local taxes. it's not the taxes that are driving growth up and down. it's the value of clustering and getting talented people together who can share idea. >> can't you just go back to the notion that capital is going to flourish where it's treated best and have some type of

with against reagan -- she would have disliked ron paul because ron paul among other things opposes abortion. she would have hated ron paul. she would have disliked anyone associated with ron paul. he would have disliked any libertarian. not named after ayn rand. his name is randal. that is a genuine urban legend. his name is randal. >> ayn rand and nathaniel branson came to a party. was that personal? >> it was personal. ayn rand had 100% personal represented differently at the time. she had had an affair with nathaniel brandon who was her principal deputy and her ideological heir between roughly the years 1952-1960. there was a big split in the rand movement and the reason was they had been having an affair from 1952 off and on through the 60s and nathaniel brandon wanted to break off and she didn't take kindly to that. this is established history. there was a tv movie made about it 20 years ago. even the objectivist movement acknowledged that a fair. she made all kinds of accusations against him. serve as accusations. it was a personal dispute. it goes back to the quote from nathaniel bra

it was one of the biggest scandals of the reagan presidency of revelations that washington had been breaking and norms and ron and using the profits to fund the anti communist opposition in iran who are they so cold in iran contra the country to its foundations exposing america's lakeland flagrant breach of international following the end of the capitol hill hearings into the case exactly twenty five years ago president reagan went on national television to take full responsibility for what he called things he was unaware of but decades later the full extent of his involvement into the dealings and his awareness remain unclear the man who broke the story at the time a robot buried fears there are still too many details that will never see the light . what you saw here was the failure of the institutions of washington to get control of these things there had been an effort in the seventy's after watergate after the exposures of cia abuses to bring some constraints on to this process and then you saw the iran contra scandal it was the first test case really would congress really hold the president to task and a

either r t new delhi india it was the biggest scandal of the reagan presidency revelations that washington had been breaking and alms in boggo new ron and using the profits to fund the anti communist opposition in nicaragua the so-called iran contra affair should become treated foundations exposing washington's flagrant breach in international know exactly twenty four of the mom who broke the story robert perry says there's still so much more to come. what you saw here was the failure of the institutions of washington to get control of these things there had been an effort in the seventy's after watergate after the exposures of cia abuses to bring some constraints on to this process and then you saw the iran contra scandal it was the first test case really what would congress really hold the president to task in and make sure that he couldn't go off in his own direction the institutions of washington failed to both. enforce the law or see the law was in force but also in just explaining to the american people what had happened there are still many sections of the scandal that we don't know the full story about or even a chunk of the

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three decades ago ronald reagan's so-called scariest words in the english language from the government i'm here to help it's worked out well for republicans ever since and now ron paul is taking their message even further calling for virtually the elimination of government a libertarian paradise but what his supporters may not realize and what the supporters of the republican party may not know is this war against the government plays right into the hands of the corporate elite whose efforts are trying to destroy the middle class and turn america into a neo feudal economy broken up into two classes the super rich class like mitt romney and the vast working poor class like the rest of us joining me now is a man who literally wrote the book on the anti-government strategy dennis marker former congressional staffer journalist and author of the brilliant new book fifteen steps to corporate feudalism then us welcome. thank you thank you for joining us when middle class americans cheer republicans slamming the government during the convention this week and they've been duped. completely been do when i when i do in thirteen steps steps to corporate feudalism is actual