erickson later deemed saul's comments the "read my lips moment of betrayal." a senior writer for the conservative "washington examiner" tweeted, "not sure if the romney camp realizes what a huge opening they've just created for democrats on obama care." and here is rush limbaugh's reaction. >> if people had been in massachusetts, under governor romney's health care plan, they would have had health care. >> oh. uh -- there's -- that's the potential gold mine for the obamaites because they can say, well, yeah, and romney care was the foundation for our plan, obama care, which they are already out there saying. >> a conservative editor for redstate.com tweets today, "what conservatives are doing regarding andrea saul's comments is the same as how you housebreak your dog. romney needs to know not to go there." here is the dog urinating on the carpet today in iowa. >> we've got to do some reforms in health care. and i have some experience doing that, as you know. and i know how to make a better setting than the one we have in health care. >> with 90 days until the

here's saul, this woman, andrea saul, who wasn't the only person to allude to the massachusetts plan today. the candidate himself, mitt romney, brought it up. he suggested it qualified him to tackle dealing with obama's health care law. let's watch the candidate. >> that doesn't mean that health care's perfect. we've got to do some reforms in health care. i have some experience doing that, as you know. >> there you go again. i just don't know how he can keep doing this. it is getting so confusing. and back to you, john. this campaign issue. let's take a look at the "washington examiner." phillip klein, who writes for the "washington examiner," which is a conservative paper i read every morning, let's hear what he had to say about this. he says it gets to a deeper problem with romney's campaign. quote, "i do think it's an example of a broader problem. romney consistently attempts to make up with tactics what he lacks in vision." that's what you said, bob. "romney's campaign isn't driven by any core ideology or governing philosophy but by responding to news cycles. so if romney thinks

andrea saul. that's not helpful to obama.s helpful to obama. >> some of these comments weren't great but they weren't that big of a deal. and conservatives, people on the right have made a much bigger deal -- >> okay. what's that tell you? laura ingraham, ann koulter, all these people jumping on -- rush limbaugh. are these people just exploiting an opportunity because they don't really like romney? >> they've never liked romney. >> that's what i wanted to know. >> ron reagan, nobody likes to fire people but this idea that i like to fire people like that's tough horse sense,s tough business, i've got to do it, and then these guys are getting away with everything. he likes a loose team or he likes a tight ship. which is is it? >> the problem with fehrnstrom and saul's case is he'd have to be firing them for telling the truth. that may be worse than firing them for not telling the truth. i mean, andrea saul in particular this is a woman doing the best to defend her boss and doing a pretty good job of it pointing out that these p

andrea saul still has her job as far as we know. today republican commentators were still not over saul's remarks. >> we conservatives don't think the republican establishment knows what they're up against. the way to respond to that ad is not accept its premise and then say, well -- it scared me that they may not know what they're up against. >> here's what i think he should do, mitt romney should do. he should fire his staff. eric fehrnstrom, the guy who said the mandate's not a tax. you can get rid of him. then you can get rid of andrea saul. >> you want to fire mitt romney is what you -- >> oh. >> the timing of a new romney ad released today looked like another attempt to solidify the base. the ad seems pitched to appeal to the several thousand subscribers to the right-wing catholic journal "first things" with a bonus quasi-endorsement from the ex-pope. >> who shares your values? president obama used his health care plan to declare war on religion, forcing religious institutions to go against their faith. mitt romney believes th

he travels with andrea saul all the time.o and takes care of her almost like a father figure because they travel together so much. they love mitt romney and mitt romney loves them and he won't fire any of them. >> we're in a dry hole here, because we're looking for managerial ability,t the same time, finding mr. kindness. papa bear. >> the real problem, again, for the romney campaign is not that he's loyal to his people or his people are letting him down, the real problem is it's dishonest, just as the republican party today is dishonest. they are not telling people what they really stand for. want to save medicare, no, they don't, they want to privatize it, they hate it, but they can't say that until they get into power. it's the same thing with romney. that's what's behind all of this. >> why is obama socialist, because he did individual health care. he got the idea from romney. is he a socialist, he's a state-level socialist. then if you move out of state, his spokesman says, heck, i should have stayed in massachusetts. by

regarding andrea saul's comments is the same as how you housebreak your dog. romney needs to know not to go there." here is the dog urinating on the carpet today in iowa. >> we've got to do some reforms in health care. and i have some experience doing that, as you know. and i know how to make a better setting than the one we have in health care. >> with 90 days until the presidential election, a new "washington post" poll shows president obama leading mitt romney on favorability by a 19-point spread. 53% view president obama favorably, 43% view him unfavorably. 40% view mitt romney favorably, while 49% view him unfavorably. romney's unfavorable score has increased 18 points this year. the pollster notes that mitt romney is "laboring under the lowest personal popularity ratings for a presumptive presidential nominee in mid-summer election-year polls pack to," wait for it, "the year 1984." and today, a new reuters poll shows that among registered voters nationally, president obama leads mitt romney by seven points, 49% to 42%. joining me now, "the huffington pos

andrea saul's comment should not have created the kind of firestorm that it did.t is such a fragile alliance. if they have to throw paul ryan's name out there and try to gin up some more support to say hey, we'll do something to make you happy, that just shows you there's a lot of opportunity between now and the election. i think democrats recognize this, this issue of honest and trustworthiness. it's not just do moderates and democrats trust him? but people of his own party don't trust he's a true conservative. >> are that i setting sthemss up for disappointment if they don't do go with ryan? >> there's already a twitter campaign, #giveusryan. >> we are full of new testament references tonight. >> i wanted to stick with the theme. tim pawlenty used to be this kind of politician. but they believe he's just -- he can win any policy argument. they don't have that confidence with the other nominees. >> thanks so much. >> thanks. >>> coming up, there's not one voter i.d. law that's been passed in this country that would have prevented this serious case of election fra

erickson later deemed saul's comments the "read my lips moment of betrayal." for the conservative "washington examiner" tweeted, "not sure if the romney camp realizes what a huge opening they've just created for democrats on obama care." and here is rush limbaugh's reaction. >> if people had been in massachusetts, under governor romney's health care plan, they would have had health care. >> oh. uh -- there's -- that's the potential gold mine for the obamaites because they can say, well, yeah, and romney care was the foundation for our plan, obama care, which they are already out there saying. >> a conservative editor for redstate.com tweets today, "what conservatives ar

erickson later deemed saul's comments the "read my lips moment of betrayal."ative writer for the washington kparm tweeted, "not sure if the romney camp realizes what a huge opening they've just created for democrats on obama care." and here is rush limbaugh's reaction. >> if people had been in massachusetts, under governor romney's health care plan, they would have had health care. >> well, uh -- uh -- there's --

saul levine, the director from the department of health. thank you for being with us. >> thank you. >> why is this year the worst for the west nile virus? >> it's not the worst in washington, d.c., in the nation, the instance of west nile fever increased because of, one, the hot weather that occurred as well as some of the storm. d.c. doesn't have needs for concern of it being a year worst than what it is in the past. >> reporter: do we need to have a heightened concern here in the d.c. area? >> we than west nile virus is -- and we had one diagnosed case in the district and last year, we had seven for this time of the year and one should always, and go in the summer, begin to do that prevention message we know can prevent you from guessing the virus. >> why are we seeing more of the cases concentrated in the midwest in oklahoma, and texas? >> i think partly because of the hot. they have had unusually hot summers, as well as some of the storms that occurred and you have standing water, where the mosquitoes lay their eggs and they hatch and s

many republicans are not happy with what andrea saul said.ogger erica ferrari son tweetedment omg. this might just be the moment mitt romney lost the election. wow. but truth be told, i think andrea saul misplaced her talking point and she should update her resumÉ because the republican base is already calling for her head. this just underscores the very sad fact that to please his base, mitt romney has had to run against the one thing that he's done he should be enormously proud of. healthcare for all in massachusetts. other than that, he's neither proposed nor done a single thing that would help the most vulnerable. the least of these. so thank god for officer simone campbell and the catholic nuns who tend to the poor, feed the hungry, care for the sick, and who, by the way help craft obama-care. you may remember them as the nuns on the bus. well, it turns out their emphasis on charitable work has gotten the nuns in trouble with the vatican hierarchy who have questioned the nun's loyalty to church doctrine. they prefer that the nuns only ta

i'm not so confident that andrea saul was going to reenter the debate they were running away from. >>the problem. >> i think you have to go there. >> saying hey pointing, citing to the plan that you've been running away from for months, that's a messaging problem. >> eliot: andrea saul should be dusting off her resumÉ. there is no way they can put her out there talking about things this divisive. what the president needs to do is win women by significant margins in swing states that are still swing states and this debate that we're having, that the president and mitt romney is having every day will solidify when it comes to healthcare for women. the poll numbers we saw at the top of the show verify and validate what we think and mitt romney has become such an etch-a-sketch candidate he stand for nothing and his base is not% with him. >> it's fascinate watching the obama campaign strategy. as someone who writes about women's issues, they're running with the planned parenthooded and running with the fact that romney said planned parenthooded we're going to get rid of that. this new set

, and i mean the big donors, ought to call mitt romney and say if andrea saul isn't fired and off the campaign tomorrow, they are not giving another dime, it is not worth fighting for this man if this is the kind of spokesman he has. >> what in the world did andrea saul do to provoke the wrath of ann coulter? well, she told the truth. >> if people had been in massachusetts under governor romney's health care plan, they would have had health care. >>> ah, get, universal health care coverage like the kind in massachusetts and the kind passed and signed by president obama will help people in the soptic's situation, but conservatives, you see, they can't handle the truth. they are working too hard telling lies. >> we're watching and witnessing here -- >> no, i'm serious about this. >> i know you're serious. >> there's no point to you doing your show. no point in us going to a convention and pushing for this man if he's employing morons like this. >> i want everybody watching this broadcast to see her words in writing just to make sure it sinks in with all of us, including me. ann coulter

the p >>> police chief will be among that the speakers did saul sent as a has had 33 homicides so far this year. >>> next month the police chief sally will be bumped up 2% to $307,000 a year. he's what to make more money than california gov. jerry brown even more than vice president joe biden. >>> it was a billion dollar credit. here from germany at the simpson case. >>> cleanup,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> that allow this to may run in moscow to end race. >>> as we have adapted to return to clean things that appeared a little bit cool in spots especially in the north bay right now. the defense that francisco. 54 in livermore. i shall look including to concord in and deliver more. this afternoon the were talking sunshine and temperatures comfortably but below average. these instances of towards the media,. a lot of smoke still in the red and delta because the fighters up there. temperatures on the hot side. maybe in the next couple is also some minor fluctuations. with that money to the jurors are going to stay down just a bit hit 79 in san jose a 62 and 1/7 cup. a little busy through the delta

. >> saul of our vegetabled are roasted tonight, half off.a nice taste of windshield watcher fluid. >> students at the university of southern california put together a short documentary for a pretty remarkable cause. in the year 2012, 38.4% students did not graduate in the los angeles unified school district. there is a woman who created the los angeles community high school that would help the students that were kicked out or dropped out of the schools in the los angeles school district. the students who came to los angeles community high school, 93 got a diploma. they would have any number of problems, and for whatever reason, they could get kicked out of public schools. >> it show cases some of the people that this school helped. >> she helped me succeed in life and do things i wanted to do. if it wasn't for her i would not have graduated. >> it has an incredible purpose. the los angeles community high school is about to close it's doors due to lack of funding. >> you're kidding. is it a private school? a charity? why is it not getting fun

andrea saul and deputy campaign manager stephanie cutter. also coming up tom vilsack and "true blood" star, debra ann woll. "starting point" begins right now. >> good wednesday morning, thank you so much for being with us here. we want to begin with our starting point this morning being jared lee loughner, admitting he's guilty now and faces life in prison. >> he changed his plea to guilty on 19 different charges amidding to killing six people and wounds others outside a tucson grocery store. gabby giffords survived and is still recovering. he will avoid the death penalty. after the hearing a number of survivors came together outside the courthouse. >> give up this hopelessness in this country that we can't do anything. because we can and we must. >> these taboo words, gun control can be spoken plainly in the halls of congress again. >> one of ways i believe we can make good come out of this, is to begin some common sense discussion about who should bear arms. what hands should firearms go into. >> kyung lah was in the courtroom. >> he seeme

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a day we can salute the romney team and the person of andrea saul saying what we have been saying ate mitt romney mitt romney is selling is not the mitt romney his chief spokesperson is saying he is. and when his new friends keep telling themselves he should never have done, which happens to be something he should be bragging about, not hiding under the bed. well, that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "the ed show" with ed schultz starts right now. >>> good evening, americans. welcome to "the ed show" tonight from new york. 90 days before the 2012 election. and a hard-hitting commercial has mitt romney's campaign on the path towards self destruction. the facts are getting in the way for romney. this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >> she passed away in 22 days. i do not think mitt romney realizes what he's done to anyone. >> a hard-hitting ad on mitt romney has his campaign in a tail spin. >> if people had been in massachusetts under governor romney's health care plan, they would have had health care. >> republicans are jumping all over the romney camp's response.

but this morning when andrea saul was busy totally and completely failing to get this right on fox news channel, much of the rest of the romney campaign was not paying attention. they were preoccupied with something else. andrea saul was telling fox news how awesome massachusetts health reform would be for the whole country at approximately 10:35 this morning. at 10:33 this morning, the romney campaign was launching something that is equally difficult to get your head around in terms of its strategic value. the romney campaign trying desperately to get traction on something other than why mitt romney has not released his tax returns. today, at 10:33 a.m., that meant adding to their new attacks about welfare a starring role on the campaign conference call for newt gingrich. rolling him out to make the welfare attack today. newt gingrich, of course, having distinguished himself on the campaign trail on the primary for having remarkable sensitivity and political success when he talks to poverty and the concerns of poor families. >> you're totally poor. you're in a school that is failing wi

actually ought to be central in this campaign was stunning. >> the response by the spokesperson, andrea saul, to this ad has created quite a firestorm this week in the conservative camp. did you anticipate that? >> no. they really fumbled the ball on that one. i mean, to have a romney campaign spokesperson basically saying that if mitt romney was there, he would have been able to save folks from people like mitt romney, i mean, it's -- so incoherent, but to watch the ann colters of the world and republican establishment freak out about it was really surprising. but it just speaks to the abject incoherence that you get from the romney campaign. >> senior adviser eric finstrom says that the president has lost his credibility over this ad. your reaction to that? >> i think it's -- you know, it's typically overstated, and hyperbol hyperbolic. we made this ad independently of anyone else. we're fully responsible for it. and the fact that they can't take a conversation about mitt romney's business experience says much more about mitt romney's business experience than it says about our ad. this is

romney press secretary andrea saul then replied, not true.obama released this ad today. >> was there ever any year when you paid lower than the 13.9%? >> well, i haven't calculated that. i'm happy to go back and look. >> abc news reached out to the campaign today after romney's answer. a spokesperson would only reiterate, mitt romney has paid his taxes in full compliance with u.s. law. >> joining me now is david cay johnst johnstont johnston, pulitzer prize-winning writer for reuters. david, it is not inconceivable to me that he would not know the yes-or-no answer to, is there ever a year you paid no taxes? the returns get presented to him and a couple things get pointed out. if they're really in a big hurry, they point out, here's where you sign and here's how much you owe. when it's zero, the accountants probably point to the zero. >> it is beyond belief, lawrence, that this man who has worked so hard, as you've pointed out, to go from being rich to super rich, to replace the silver spoon with a thick platinum spoon, doesn't know if he paid

ought to be central in the campaign was kind of stunning. >> the response by the spokesperson, andrea saul, to this ad, has created quite a firestorm this week in the conservative camp. did you anticipate that? >> no. they really fumbled the ball on that one. i mean, to have a romney campaign spokesperson basically saying that if mitt romney was there, he would have been able to save folks from people like mitt romney. i mean, it's so incohirant, but to watch the ann coulters of the world and the rest of the republican establishment freak out about it was really surprising. but it just speaks to the abject incohere nls you get from the romney campaign on a day to day basis. >> erai eric fehrnstrom said th president has lost his credibility over this ad. your reaction to that. >> i think it's typically overstated and hyperbolic. you know, we made this ad independently of anyone else. we're fully responsible for it. and the fact that they can't take a conversation about mitt romney's business experience says much more about mitt romney's business experience than it does about the ad. this is

a day we can salute the romney team and the person of andrea saul saying what we have been saying at "hardball" for a year. the mitt romney mitt romney is selling is not the mitt romney his chief spokesperson is saying he is. and when his new friends keep telling themselves he should never have done, which happens to be something he should be bragging about, not hiding under the bed. well, that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "the ed show" with ed schultz starts right now. >>> good evening, americans. welcome to "the ed show" tonight from new york. 90 days before the 2012 election. and a hard-hitting commercial has mitt romney's campaign on the path towards self destruction. the facts are getting in the way for romney. this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >> she passed away in 22 days. i do not think mitt romney realizes what he's done to anyone. >> a hard-hitting ad on mitt romney has his campaign in a tail spin. >> if people had been in massachusetts under governor romney's health care plan, they would have had health care. >> republicans are jumping all over t

i keep wondering what exactly and i'm aware of course of the comment from andrea saul.stray? i haven't seen any sign of mitt romney tacking towards the middle which i thought he would do and needs to do in order to win independents. >> he is a center right candidate. the republicans nominated the least conservative person that was running. so there is a degree of nervousness as there is in any arranged marriage that the person you've been set up for is going to do you wrong. and conservatives are known for having candidates do them wrong once elected. there was a scuffle this week. i wrote on it extensive will in terms of the foreign policy personnel. i think two things are important. first of all, the conservatives have been pleased with two developments. one, he went overseas and stood firmly behind israel. very important in the conservative movement these days. and two, he has really stood up for free enterprise and for small business which really oppressed conservatives. i also would urge that your viewers take a look at some of the polls and look at the resurgent p

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saul one of the people with a sign up to the chest. i said hey, charlie, flip the sign around.us a sense what you have. it was just a mitt romney sign. perhaps they're bringing those in as we speak. as we said, it is official. the mitt vpapp did activate, finally even though much of the political world knew this last night, at least through sources that app did go off activating and letting everybody know mitt romney officially announced that paul ryan will be his running mate. all of this will be started in a couple of hours from now. wolf, they will be getting on the bus and getting across the state of virginia. i think even though this event was not being planned and set up in wisconsin, paul ryan's home state. virginia is a very important battleground state. so, to have this event here in virginia. i think lays down a pretty big marker for the romney campaign that they've come to really go after the obama campaign on a state where president obama won last time around. they want this state badly. you can tell by what they're putting out here today. >> do you know when they d

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