well, soledad, as soon as mitt romney landed here in london for his overseas trip he found the controversy surrounding basically what has been hoped by his campaign as what they re calling a listen and learn tour. it has been sort of who said what in the last 24 hours as you mentioned that quote that appeared in an article in the london daily telegraph apparently or allegedly we might even want to say from an unnamed romney advisor and even though the international press could not independently verify whether or not that advisor even uttered those comments, the vice president and the obama campaign jumped on those comments and released a statement from vice president biden and put it up on the screen for you. he said not surprisingly in this statement this is just another feeble attempt by the romney campaign to score political points at the expense of this critical partnership, this assertion is beneath a presidential campaign. for his part mitt romney was asked about all
be a test case in how much money, particularly from the rich, from powerful, from corporations, are going to pollute our democracy. so let s talk about some things we agree on. i think you and i joe, i think you and i actually it sounded a moment ago like you and i were agreeing on most stuff. i hope not. but let s talk about a few things that most of us around the table agree on, and that is that shareholders have a say in ceo compensation, and that ceo compensation for the most part should come down. that the divergence between the rich and poor is growing larger, and everybody from robert reich to allan green span to joe scarborough think that s bad for american capitalism. that warren buffett and the president shouldn t pay a lower tax rate than their secretaries. so we agree on these things. but i want to bring you into a conversation that we had earlier about how the problem is not just because of republicans say
waging a war on women. i know you don t agree with that. but looking at the polls, you have a gender gap problem. recent polls show a huge, huge margin for democrats among women voters. how big a problem is it, and how do you close it? well, for one thing, you know, if the democrats said we had a war on caterpillars, and every mainstream media outlet talked about the fact that the republicans have a war on caterpill caterpillars, then we d have a problem with caterpillars. the fact of the matter is it s a fiction. ok. welcome back to morning joe. live from washington. andrea mitchell is still with us. and joining the table, we have pulitzer prize winner associate editor of the washington post bob woodward, and nbc news chief white house correspondent and host of the daily rundown chuck todd. it is good friday. but another big holiday today. another big event. andrea mitchell, allan green span celebrating their 15th wedding anniversary. you blew my cover.
when it was also coming out of a recession at that time, you could let those tax rates go up. and let s be clear. allan green span who was a big advocate of the original bush tax cuts has said, it s time to let them go. let them expire. the remarkable thing about washington when it comes to this particular issue is in 2000, we had a big surplus. we seemed to be having economic growth for the foreseeable future, so we made a policy based on that. george w. bush was very clear. we had a surplus. it was the people s money, he was going to return it to the people. we now have exactly the opposite situation. we have a giant deficit. in a totally economic position. and yet they are saying we need the same policy. we need to agree that this is a different situation than in 1999 or 2000, and change. but as of yet, you have this now more than everism. whatever is going on, well, now more than ever, tax cuts and shrinking government is the answer to it. and rarely do we have this
to. but if the economy reaches the strength that it had in 1993 when it was also coming out of a recession at that time, you could let those tax rates go up. and let s be clear. allan green span who was a big advocate of the original bush tax cuts has said, it s time to let them go. let them expire. the remarkable thing about washington when it comes to this particular issue is in 2000, we had a big surplus. we seemed to be having economic growth for the foreseeable future, so we made a policy based on that. george w. bush was very clear. we had a surplus. it was the people s money, he was going to return it to the people. we now have exactly the opposite situation. we have a giant deficit. in a totally economic position. and yet they are saying we need the same policy. we need to agree that this is a different situation than in 1999 or 2000, and change. but as of yet, you have this now more than everism. whatever is going on, well, now more than ever, tax cuts and shrinking governme