how can the obama campaign make that argument without uncaring about the enormous difficulty people areing. >> i think you're right. the romney and ryan speeches were at their best for their side when they articulated this notion that it's okay to have supported barack obama and be a little disappointed because people are a little disappointed about. he set very high expectations. he came in up against this crazy bunch of stuff that he had to fight back against. perhaps he wasn't as bold with the stimulus as some of us would like have to be. but things are on the right track. things are getting better, and for the first time in this country we are about to have healthcare for everyone who wants it. the stimulus did help a lot of people, and made sure that it wasn't much worse. i think that they have pretty good arguments. i think people like barack obama. they believe deeply that he is taking the country in the right direction. >> eliot: i that, nonetheless it will be hard for them to make the affirmative argument without seeming uncaring and if they make negative argument or admit we s

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no one is going to say mitt romney is aloof and uncaring after this. >> laura: go ahead. >> the second objective was to convince those independents who voted for barack obama in 2008 and are disappointed with him to vote against him and who are struggling with that choice. the quote you played at the beginning i think is exactly one where he said i wish barack obama had succeeded because i want america to succeed. i think that's exactly how most americans feel. but his challenge going forward is that americans still want barack obama to succeed. they are proud of having elected the first african-american president and they don't want him to fail. so he has to make the case that obama failed, that his administration is beyond repair and if he gets four more years the country will be beyond repair. >> laura: heard metrics from other speakers marco rubio and others. margie you can speak to this mitt romney has bridge with single female voters women without children. all women not that far apart. barack obama has a six point advantage. last night after that story mark alluded to of the cou

they've either been born on the wrong side of the tracks or had abusive, uncaring families. we found an inmate inside the penitentiary of new mexico who grew up with all of life's advantages. and yet still became a violent predator. >> i come from a nice family. a good family compared to a lot of the families i hear about in here. my dad's a retired naval officer. he retired from the navy and joined the national guard, retired from the national guard and then started going to the county for the job. he retired as the county jail administrator. my mom, she's a secretary. she's very educated, very knowledgeable and wealthy. she quit her job to stay home with me so that i would have someone there for when i got home from school. do my homework, make sure i do what i had to do. >> but that didn't keep him out of trouble. >> i never had to face consequences, so i figured i was pretty much untouchable. and i rebelled against them being so straight and i went crooked bad. >> steele's rebellion culminated in a 60-year sentence for residential burglaries, armed robbery and false impr

the idea that the percentage is madep ea l or uncaring or automatic obama voter, either, i mean, all of that is just wrong. it's just wrong. i think he realized that pretty quickly. >>f you could say one thing, though, to either president obama or to mitt romney as they theyhhtee who is against the 47% more empathetic to that part of our country, what would you say? >> i -- i don't think that it's a matter of seeming more empathetic. i want to hear policy. i want to see changes. t.don't want to seeel gs if anything, they should be increased. i don't want to see medicare or medicaid threatened for people i love and people i don't know but i know rely on those programs. we needhelp. all o usd helt s time or another. some of us need it more than others and more than once. but because we need help doesn't mean that there's anything wrong with our moral character. >> larkin warren. larkin, thanks for joi me today. i appreciate it. ngla sls tnk you. thank you. i appreciate that. >>> a touchdown for nfl referees, they are back to work tonight after reaching a tentative labor deal. plus, maj

romney very strongly as someone who only cares about the rich, who likes to fire people, who is an uncaring capitalist. and that narrative has set in. you see in the polls people really don't know who romney is, really don't like the guy. that is something they could have used their money, their bully pulpit much more effectively in the summer and at the convention. >> ron, perry, guys, great talking to you this morning. thank you so much. >> thanks, chris. >>> meantime teachers and 350,000 kids are back in class in chicago this morning after that eight-day-long strike. each side is claiming victory. teachers will get a double digit pay increase over the next three years but it is smaller than they wanted. mayor rahm emanuel achieved his number one objective which is lengthening the school day. teachers still need to ratify the contract. we make a simple thing. a thing that helps you buy other things. but plenty of companies do that. so we make something else. we help make life a little easier, more convenient, more rewarding, more entertaining. year after year. it's the reason why we don't

philadelphia, i-4 corridor, swing districts that may look at republicans as being too harsh and too uncaring. maybe republicans are the candidates that are going to take care of their tax dollars better, going to run government more wisely, but the hard edge scared them. george w. bush, karl rove, jeb bush, they figured that out. this is dangerous, not because he's going to lose that 47% of the vote but because you're going to start seeing suburban voters, swing voters, storm away from the campaign as quickly as possible unless he fixes it. >> you mentioned some of the disarray that's been reported in the campaign, an article in politico saying advisers were sniping at each other in blind quotes. here's what goromry said on telemundo about that story. >> i've got a terrific campaign. my senior campaign people work extraordinarily well together. i work well with them. our campaign is doing well. >> so no changes in your campaign? >> i've got a good team. >> you know, joe, you don't usually see these kinds of stories until late in a campaign when campaign advisers know they are losing. do you

philadelphia, i-4 corridor, swing districts that may look at republicans as being too harsh and too uncaring. maybe republicans are the candidates that are going to take care of their tax dollars better, going to run government more wisely, but the hard edge scared them. george w. bush, karl rove, jeb bush, they figured that out. this is dangerous, not because he's going to lose that 47% of the vote but because you're going to start seeing suburban voters, swing voters, storm away from the campaign as quickly as possible unless he fixes it. >> you mentioned some of the disarray that's been reported in the campaign, an article in politico saying advisers were sniping at each other in blind quotes. here's what goromry said on telemundo about that story. >> i've got a terrific campaign. my senior campaign people work extraordinarily well together. i work well with them. our campaign is doing well. >> so no changes in your campaign? >> i've got a good team. >> you know, joe, you don't usually see these kinds of stories until late in a campaign when campaign advisers know they are losing. do you

white suburban moms are in swing districts that may look at republicans as being too harsh and too uncaringe the candidates that are going to take care of their tax dollars better, going to run government more wisely. but the hard edge scared them. george w. bush, karl rove, jeb bush, they figured that out. this is dangerous, not because he's going to lose that 47% of the vote, but because you're going to start seeing suburban voters, swing voters storm away from the campaign as quickly as possible unless he fixes it. >> and you mentioned some of the disarray reported in the campaign and the article in "politico." here's what governor romney said on telemundo about that story. >> i've got a terrific campaign. my senior campaign people work extraordinarily well together, i work well with them. our campaign is doing well. >> no changes in your campaign? >> no, i've got a good team. >> joe, you don't usually see these kind of stories until late in the campaign when campaign advisers now they're losing. do you think that's what's happening here? >> i think a few points of view that are a little

i mean, mitt -- you -- he just speaks to every worst stereo type of the wealthy, unthoughtful, uncaring think that's who he is. i think he does care about people in the individual context, but not in the abstract. >> bill: what do you do if you are mitt romney, and the republicans are starting to panic a little bit. >> yeah. >> bill: he didn't back down. i guess you have to give him maybe credit for that stance. he stands by and says this is the difference between me and obama. >> at a political level he can't back down because he would lose all credibility. so he has to double down on the ethos of what he is trying to say. >> bill: yeah. >> i think the interesting moment be -- and my guess is the margin in the swing states will continue to broaden. right now the president is up by 5 to 7 points in the states that really matter. and will continue to broaden probably after the debates. senate senateorial candidates will begin to run away from mitt romney. >> bill: eliot spitzer, of course "viewpoint" a must watch at 8:00 pm eastern every night. even scott brown said that's not my vision