creation, because money is on sidelines and when it pours in, you will see amazing job growth. >> woody johnsonsee you, woody. >> more "morning joe" and live in a moment from tampa. >>> you seem to be surprised by the romney, i mean, by clint eastwood's performance, as the camera took a cutaway of you. >> i didn't know it was coming. again, i can tell you that we are grateful for everyone's support, and especially grateful for what a great night it was. >> all right. very grateful and poker face. sam stein, what did you learn? >> well, this man got a lot of great sup or the here -- support for a great city. >> and michael steele, you did it right, a great city in tampa. >> and thanks, tampa, and not only great strategically, but it is a great, great city. >> my thanks to everybody in town and you worked us through the storm and kept focused and everybody had a good time. >> and mark halperin? >> well, i like the breakfast of cham champions here. >> and mika? >> well, the personal stories from the real people that made my day. >> there you go. i think that i learned a lot more about mitt romney

woody johnson told romney supporters the campaign was halfway to the fund-raising goal of $800 million. two new polls show president obama with a 7-point lead and a 9-point lead respectively. the research poll fines that 64% of americans think romney favors the rich over the middle class. campaigning in pueblo, colorado, home of the largest manufacturing plant for wind powers. they talked about producing energy. >> at a moment when homegrown energy and renewable energy is creating jobs in iowa, my opponents wants to end tax credits for wind energy producers. think about what that means for a community like pueblo. the wind energy supports about 5,000 jobs across the state. without those tax credits, 37,000 american jobs including potentially hundreds of jobs right here would be at risk. >> this weekend the romney campaign kicks off a-day bus toor in virginia, florida, and ohio. they may have unwelcome company. the democratic national committee staged their own bus tour and call it romney economics, the middle class under the bus tour. with an announcement expected soon, there is plenty

woody johnson told romney supporters the campaign was halfway to the fund-raising goal of $800 milliondent obama with a 7-point lead and a 9-point lead respectively. the research poll fines that 64% of americans think romney favors the rich over the middle class. campaigning in pueblo, colorado, home of the largest manufacturing plant for wind powers. they talked about producing energy. >> at a moment when homegrown energy and renewable energy is creating jobs in iowa, my opponents wants to end tax credits for wind energy producers. think about what that means for a community like pueblo. the wind energy

in manhattan today he attended a fundraiser at the apartment of woody johnson. he gave supporters a pep talk, urging them to donate. he said they need a strong push to had finish line. president obama wrapped up a trip to colorado. at a rally the president said this is an intense campaign with passionate feelings. president obama said voters most choose between two visions for the country. he also spoke at the state fairgrounds and accused mitt romney of backing tax cuts for the wealthy. >>> stopping it before it stops. the new recommendations to prevent the spread of hiv. >> and the unexpected guest that took a stroll through the hotel. eçÑÑjo >>> health officials are telling doctors to consider a aids prevention pill. the centers for disease control previously advised to give it to high risk gay and bisexual men only but there are 140,000 couples in which one person is infected with hiv. today they advised giving the pill to those couples as well. >>> health officials took steps to prevent gone ria. the centers for disease control released new guidelines. and

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perhaps new york jets owner and backer woody johnson put it best when he said, "this will be a flagshng care of donors convention, it sails 101." the current issue of "time" magazine takes a look at the mind of mitt. and michael isikoff is the senior investigative reporter for nbc news. mike, is this really all about taking care of donors and basically average voters, well, you can go play with yourselves. >> reporter: which mike, martin? >> you, michael isikoff, the michael i'm looking at. >> reporter: yes, what goes on inside this convention hall is primarily a television show. well scripted. this is the way conventions always are. down to the minute. all for the home audience. but what really goes on at these conventions behind the scenes are these big parties, big bashes for high-roller donors, sponsored parties for lobbyists. all of which goes on on huge levels that are unimaginable in d.c. but, you know, really take on full steam at conventions, and the odd thing is, martin, that there were congressional reforms passed in 2007, in the wake of the jack abramoff scandals that were

he is somebody that woody johnson said it earlier, he's a bipartisan sort of person, a healing sort ofand a man on the mission and that mission is to save our country and save our economic financial situation. so he'll talk a little bit about that financial cliff we're all fearing as well. >> on a first name basis with him, huh? >> well, you know, look, i'm trying to be on a first name base witne basis with everybody, michelle. that's why you have me on the show. we're still positioned in a noncorno nonco-related way. the whole loan market. i was with dave tepper yesterday, he's got big exposure in cmbs. so do we. frankly, if you look at our portfolio, let's say 10%, 11% of the hedge fund is in mortgages. we're at 45%. that's worked for us this year. pry detecti predict we're in the third thing of that trade. we'll stay there until we see the right governmental policies that will take us back to the economic growth that the country deserves. >> live from the rnc, thanks so much. >> good to see you, thanks. >> how do you none correlate. she reported new details this morning on paulson a

doctor woody johnson, the new york jets owner. here as a special guest at the republican national convention. your political persuasion there? >> i am actually fund-raising for mitt romney and paul ryan. heading out to new york and new jersey and connecticut. neil: i would be curious what a guy like you who has obviously trying to take things to the next level, but this is more about a franchise, and you have argued that this ticket is what we need to take the economy to the next level. what do you mean by that? >> you have heard it endlessly. jobs, jobs, jobs is what this election will be about and the economy and the debt clock. approaching $16 trillion. if you just look at both of these candidates. they are the most able experienced people to actually get this job done. >> do you ever get a sense what the danger is? they just don't understand that. >> yes, i think if you bring it down to what it is whether it is 500,000 or 300,000, it is a large element that is going to be borne by the young people going forward. neil: i always

. >> remember, the biggest -- one of the biggest supporters in the country of mitt romney is woody johnsonthe jets. >> he's so nice. >> if tebow wants to come he could get the day off. >> if i'm tebow and i'm fighting against sanchez for snaps over the course of the next year, i could go out and run a few more sprints, i could work on my delivery so i'm coming more over the top, or i could speak for 15 minutes in the republican national convention. i think that last -- >> probably endear him more to woody than anything else. >> keep in mind, wasn't warmly received in the first place. if his team is playing and he's here -- i don't know. >> woody likes me. it's the jets. not just new york. >> more likely tebow than nadia comaneci. >> i don't know. that little romanian lights them up. maybe tebow says vandehei, but i don't know. >> everyone would be stoked. he except jim vandehei. >> i'm the only one on this stage that once interviewed him for a story about where he was going to get involved in politics and the americans for disability act and literally called my phone, left a message and sa