and briefed and read clips. he called it a celebration of failure, the democratic national convention, 2012, in charlotte, north carolina. i asked about the democratic national convention decision to remove god, from the platform, and he teed off. having removed purposefully god, from the platform, suggests a party which is increasingly out of touch with the mainstream of american people. this party is veering further and further away into an extreme wing that americans do not recognize. carl: i i asked if he thought it was war on religion? he said, no, part of the democrats being out of town. and he complained about 47 million americans on food stamps, 15 more since president obama took office. shepard: what did governor romney say about the president giving himself an incomplete,
look, subrosa what they are doing all the time is pounding away on romney s taxes. if the obama campaign would live up the tone, let s have a philosophical debate about things that matter i think the romney-ryan campaign would be pleased. romney accused the president of conducting a war on religion. that takes him off his economic message and is a personal attack. if romney believes what he said he should take a cue from president obama and use the high tone that we just saw the president use. whether you think that the catholic church has a right to its own contraception policies that is the difference. jon: we ll let these two argue it out. thank you both. jenna: instead of the regular debates why don t we have both campaigns compete in an ironman and whoever wins the race or finishes then we find out who is tough enough.
you could tell looking as the running mate. they have the disgraceful ad that makes up the story about obama s record on welfare and the work requirement. they have another ad waging a war on religion which is trying to appeal to catholics. they re trying to solidify their base. and because if they didn t have that, they would have difficulty doing anything. but ryan s positions are so extreme. i m glad we re talking about the full range of his positions on women s health, on food for hungry kids, on college affordability. on domestic violence. it just runs the gamut. these are extreme, single digit kind of support positions. now, catherine, when she says let s talk about all of the issues, i mean it s almost like if you look at ryan s record it s a wish list for the extreme right of the gop. immigration, he voted against this dream act.
to go against their faith. reporter: war on religion? more upsetting, though, even to some democrats is the newest team obama ad blaming romney for the death of a woman after bain capital closed her husband s plant. my family lost her health care. and a short time after that, my wife became ill. reporter: short time? in fact, it was five years. the president s aides say don t blame him for a super pac ad that he can t control. i m steve handelsman, nbc news, washington. well, mitt romney sat down with nbc news political director and chief white house correspondent chuck todd yesterday for an extended interview. this was part of an upcoming documentary. and todd asked romney about selecting a nominee for vice president. take a listen. reporter: what do you want your running mate to say about you? what do you want your selection to say about what kind of president you re goi to be? i don t think i have anything
attacks the portion of obama care which requires even religious organizations that preach against contraception to purchase healthcare for employees that provide the service. this is the subject for 34 lawsuits around the country. it has not yet been ruled on by the supreme court. it will make its way to the supreme court but after election day. it is a perfectly leg gnitimate argument for the romney camp to suggest this legislation tries to force the hand of religious groups by forcing them to do the opposite of what they teach. that is a war on religion. democrats will push back. we haven t seen a lot of it today. they are dealing with the fallout and offensive about the cancer ad and the welfare reform ad. what about the ad and how it plays? i think it has a very specific focus target audience