, willard mitt romney. that's been your name your whole life. you forgot your real name, you must not be watching "politicsnation" because i remind you. >> willard mitt romney has done it again. >> willard mitt romney says -- >> maybe you can break that down from willard east. >> willard, willard, willard, you never cease to amaze me. >> governor romney, your name is willard. if not, i'd like to see your long form birth certificate, please. >>> ahead, you won't believe what conservatives are saying now about the occupy wall street movement. and we are moments away from crowing the "politicsnation" turkey of the year. it was a tough call this year. the top turkey revealed next. this new at&t 4g lte is fast. did you hear sam... ...got promoted to director? so 12 seconds ago. we should get him a present. thanks for the gift basket. you're welcome. you're welcome. did you see hr just sent out new... ...office rules? cause you're currently in violation of 6 of them. oh yeah, baby? ...and 7. did you guys hear that fred is leaving? so 30 seconds ago. [

an explosive report from the boston globe today reports that just as willard mitt romney was leaving the governor's office his top staff members destroyed all electronic records from their computers. quote, 11 of his top aides purchased their state issue computer hard drives and the romney administration's e-mails were all wiped from a server. and the computers that weren't purchased, they were replaced just before the next governor duval patrick and his staff showed up to take power in january, 2007. state employees buying their work computers? that's a new one on me. romney's chief legal counsel said it was common practice in the governor's office and, quote, those purchases were in agreement with the law and long-standing executive branch practice. in massachusetts they're supposed to hand over electronic records when the governor leaves office.

. >> but interestingly enough willard "mitt" romney can't seem to take a stand here. me show you him being questioned about this. this is willard. >> if the payroll tax cut is not extended, that would mean a tax increase for all americans. what would be the consequences of that? >> what it takes to create jobs is more than just a -- a temporary shift in a tax stimulus. >> so you would be okay with seeing the payroll tax cut -- >> i don't like temporary little band-aids. >> temporary little band-aids, i don't understand, governor rendell. maybe you can break that down from willardese to me and explain to me whether he's for it or against it. >> well, it sounds like he's against it which is phenomenal. $1,500 is a lot of money, as you and the congresswoman have said, for middle class families, especially now, but when you multiply it by all of the americans who are gth going to get it, it's literally hundreds of billions of dollars. that's not a temporary band-aid. that money goes right into the economy and it gets spent. but the reason that the republicans are saying t

neck and neck with willard mitt romney, if you will. mitt romney had a very interesting response to gingrich last night and it truly defined both of the front-runners. >> amnesty is a magnet. what we have had in the past, programs that have said people who have come here illegally are going to get to stay, that's only going to encourage more people to come here illegally. >> so romney's really going to the right of gingrich here. >> and it's a position where romney's pretty much been since 2007 and this is the position that you see most republican candidates, whether it's an -- r running for president, senate, governor, this is the terrain that you actually get republican votes for cht it is worth noting though that mitt romney in a 2006 interview, before he was running for president in 2007, actually appeared to support a pathway for citizenship for illegal immigrants, but that is gone and you hear more talk about no amnesty. >> it will be interesting to see if they accuse him. >> rick perry tried and didn't succeed. very interesting th

mitt romney said that his name has always been mitt. >> mitt romney's full name is willard mitt romney. >> mitt is his middle name. >> i'd like to see your long form birth certificate. >> willard suffers an identity crisis. >> i'm mitt romney, and yes, wolf, that's also my first name. >> he has the distinction of being the luckiest bird on the face of the earth. >>> iowa christian conservatives are uniting to stop mitt romney from winning the republican nomination, according to a cnn report. representatives from leading iowa social conservative groups held a secret meeting on monday in des moines, which i guess isn't secret anymore. and they discussed which candidate they might endorse, endorse in order to prevent romney from winning the iowa caucuses. bob vander plots, the president of the family leader, who had a representative at the meeting and invited some of the attendees said, "our concern is that if the conservatives stay as fragmented as they are, that romney could win the iowa caucuses, and if he wins the iowa caucuses, he'll be the nominee. so i think there's an urgency to s

. >> the moderatedor was of course, wolf blitzer but more interestingly, mitt romney's full name is willard mitt romney. for more on all this, let's bring in our panel. joining us from washington, mark ginsburg is a former u.s. ambassador to morocco, a former white house middle east adviser to president carter. and karen finney is an msnbc political analyst and former dnc communications director. now, karen, we'll get to the name game in a minute. let's start with newt gingrich on immigration. did he put himself in the conservative dog house defending long material undocumented workers? we saw how well that worked for rick perry. >> yeah. but newt gingrich is crazy like a fofl. i think it was a politically calculated move. it gives him an opportunity to move more to the center. this is clearly a play for a general election issue. knowing that the latino vote will be very important. it moves hill to the center a little on an issue where mitt romney is trying to be more to the right. and remember, newt gingrich has plenty of other crazy that he talks about when he talks about things like, lit

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. >>> willard mitt romney started the national security debate with a bang. willard doesn't seem to know his own name. >> i'm mitt romney, and yes, wolf, that's also my first name. >> rom any's lie wasn't the only low light for the vul cher capital lift and world class job killer. willard was caught on tape acting like a spoiled brat when congressman ron paul answered a question about defense spending. take a look at this. romney could on the hide his destain. his stares and facial distortions show a lot about his character. willard was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and a chip on his shoulder. romney treated ron paul like a stranger who walked on stage for the first time. before tuesday's debate, romney and congressman paul have shared the stage 25 times over the last four years. you think he's heard just about every answer? willard romney has an elitist attitude, he's treated the debate process like a coronation instead of a competition. willard romney has no respect for his opponents. the stare he puts on governor perry is interesting as well. his re

willard's mitt romney. as usual, he went in the tach for the right wing. the others, michele bachmann, the rest of them mouth off stuff. gingrich i think may have given republicans an out. republicans needed some way to attract hispanics. the secret is iowa has the largest percentage of hispanic of any midwe shall state. >> eric: eastern half. the western half is white. >> bob: but they go to caucuses, too. >> eric: i understand that. he alienated half the state. >> andrea: i think he knew exactly what he was doing. newt knew what he was doing. the candidates do not speak, particularly somebody as seasoned as newt gingrich without looking at polls. >> dana: do you think he thought before he spoke? >> greg: i think he was prepared. what he is trying to say, i can kind of follow. imagine two people breaking in your house, one person steals something but the other person fixing your leaky pipes. he is saying separate the people and make sure bad people go away. that's what we want to do, but we can't do it without a process. the problem with immigration you c

. >> if willard mitt romney could be any ice cream he would be ba nan that nut, cookies and cream, coconut penitentiary tash pistachio with rainbow sprinkles on top. >> last night herman cain's wife gloria taped her first public appearance since her husband announced his presidential cab dascy. she had this reaction to the allegation from sharon beeial bialek of what they did in his car. >> to hear such graphic allegations and know that that would have been something that was totally disrespectful of her, as a woman. and i know that's not the person he is. he totally respects women. >> today sharon bialek's boyfriend at the time victor zuckerman appeared at a news conference to confirm the account that she told him about the alleged incident after it happened. >> she had indicated in previous interviews her account of what happened in d.c. i can confirm that when she returned she was upset. she said that something had happened and that mr. cain had touched her in an inappropriate manner. she said she handled it and didn't want to talk about it any further. i respected her request and this

. >>> willard mitt romney says corporations are people. so no wonder his economic plan is all about tax cuts for the rich. that's next. >>> we're back to talk about republican economics. as i like to say, it's where corporations are people. and real people don't matter. unless they're rich. today mitt romney rolled out his plan. and more than his economic plan. he's serving red plaet to the tea party and calling for cuts to, well, just about everything. >> the national endowment for the arts, the national endowment for the humanity, the corporation for public broadcasts, amtrak, the easiest cut of all, i will repeal obama care. groups like planned parenthood. >> that's right. romney wants you to believe planned parenthood is bringing down the economy. he's also taking a step toward paul ryan's plan to destroy medicare as we know it, by proposing a private insurance option for medicare. but wait. there's more. willard also wants to extend the bush tax cuts for the wealthy, slash taxes on corporations, and eliminate estate tax. almost all of

risen in the polls, and it clearly is motivated by those in the republican base that do not see willard mitt romney as the one they want to be candidate. >> you've run for president before. how daunting is it when you have that feeling? >> it's very daunting. i thought last night as i watched the debates, because i went through several of them in the democratic primaries in 2004, these guys really tried to come off like they knew what they were talking about. they were very loppy in other debates. there were no oops moments, and i think i was surprised. michele bachmann, who's still got a little factual stuff wrong, came off at her best last night. i think newt is an idea guy. i don't think newt gingrich calculated the politics of his immigration policy, but i think that he came to a policy that he agrees with, so there's no calculation. it was very interesting watching it. >> i want to talk about new number that put president obama at 44%, nearly half of those polled say he doesn't deserve a second term. do we need a better strategy from the white house besides running against congress and conside

not with willard mitt romney who is still pretending he's just a regular joe. >> public servants shouldn'tfor. taxpayers shouldn't have money taken out of their paychecks to pay people in government who are our servants, making more money than we are. >> making more money than we are, willard? i don't know too many public servants worth $250 million, or who will have photo-opes of dollar bills stuffed in their suit. michele bachmann isn't the answer either. >> our nation needs to stop doing for people what they can and do for themselves. self-reliance means if anyone will not work, neither should he eat. >> if you don't have work, you should starve. is that her vision of america? 76% think this country is out of balance. republicans aren't the answer. joining me now is howard dean, former governor of vermont and former chair of the democratic national committee. howard, you ran for president. is it just me or attacking public workers and the unemployed seem like a bad campaign strategy to you? >> it is a bad campaign strategy, and i think tonight in ohio are you likely to see the result of

they are tied but mitt romney is flat, can't seem to move the dial no matter what he does, which means it is very possible that either mr. gingrich or even cain comes so close until willardnto new hampshire and then limping into south carolina. what does this tell us about the republican party base? >> it tells us they really don't like mitt romney. who knows if that will carry for the next couple of weeks or months through the campaign but there is the eternal search for the guy who is not romney. they will take newt gingrich, herman cain, ron paul, they will take anyone rather than take a look at mitt romney and we've heard that apparently mitt romney might double down in iowa and try to make some noise there. he wasn't there on saturday when those folks were making those comments about gay marriage, but it does look like -- i think one key thing to point out is that new hampshire loves to veto whatever iowa does. mike huckabee ran in 2008 and did poorly in new hampshire. he's putting all of his eggs in the new hampshire basket and thinking that south carolina will be the decider in this race as it typically is, but he, you know, he can't be happy with the fact that he

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. >> the moderatedor was of course, wolf blitzer but more interestingly, mitt romney's full name is willard mitt

mitt romney, and yes, wolf, that's also my first name. >> well, twitter and the blogs lit up, because romney's first name is actually willard. s his middle name. herman cain had a slip of his own. >> no blitz, that's oversimplifying it. i happened to believe if you allow our intelligence agencies to do their jobs, they can come up -- i'm sorry, blitz, i meant wolf, okay? >> wolf blisser. >>> just in case you missed donald trump, he says he's still thinking about running for president. interesting timing, his new book out is december 5th, called "time to get tough." check out our facebook page for an exclusive web -- the time of selling books and running for president can be very profitable. >>> american shoppers remain pretty tightfisted. perhaps more encouraging for retailers this holiday season take-home pay jumped almost 0.5%, the biggest gain in seven months. >>> only a third approve of president obama's handling of the economy, though. i'm joined by the legendary founder of the van guard group, jack bogle. i'm also joinedly lawrence it bentsen, and a member of patriotic millionaires, a group that says, please raise our t

. >> willard suffers an eye dent crisis. >> i'm mitt romney and yes, that's also my first name. >> and

mitt romney. this really is, bob, about willard just cannot convince the party that he is the guy.ncluding newt. this is about willard. >> yeah, it is. they don't trust him. the republican establishes wants him. republican prime year voters are very suspicious. they don't know what he believes in, and thish probably right about that. s think asç i said before, thi guy has a business plan. he's going to give the consumers whatever they want. he's been pro-choice, not pro-choice. pro-gay rights, against gay rights. he changes his mind on every essential issue of conscience and policy. now today there's a first sign his electricability argument is framed. there's a mu poll that shows that gingrich, at least for the moment, before people find out more about him perhaps, is doing better again obama than romney is. electability has been romney's calling card. it hasn't been enough, but he can't afford to lose it. >> now, dana, before we -- lest we forget herman cain was in miami today. herman cain did it again. he talked about frees cuba. we all now he's had challenges in -- how do you

willard. >> that's certainly what it seems to be at this point. i think looking ahead for mitt romney he's got somebody in rick perry stumbled in the cmbc debate. but he has also has $15 million in the bank. perry is known as somebody who can really run a negative campaign. he's got 15 million reasons to dump all negative opposition research that he's collected on mitt romney, really dump it in the early states. iowa, south carolina and new hampshire. that's what we're going to see ahead. he had a huge ad buy on fox. the same in south carolina. last going to be worrisome for mitt romney and could give him troubles in the days ahead. >> maria, one of the things you and i have been concerned about in our individual careers has been bias. and one of the things that we had to deal with in the face of confro confronting globally is muslims islamiphobia. herman cain had an interesting announcement. he stated, quote, i've had one very twel known muslim voice say to me directly that a majority of muslims shared the extremist views. gq reporters. a majority, herman cain, yes, a majority. now,