and rick santorum campaigning in stuart, florida, this hour. florida primary just seven days away. republican candidates are facing off for more one more debate rather ahead of tuesday s florida primary. the latest matchup in tampa last night, mitt romney hammered, hammered away at newt gingrich, and his record of leadership. gingrich shot back, accusing romney of lying. here s a taste. in the 15 years after he left the speakership, the speaker has been working as an influence peddler in washington and during those 15 years, i helped turn around the olympics, helped begin a very successful turn around in the state of massachusetts. he just said four things that are false. i don t want to waste the time on them. i think the american public deserve a discussion about how to beat barack obama, the american public deserves a discussion about what we would do about the economy and i think this is the worst kind of trivial politics. the economy is going to be the main foc
the news the last 3 1/2 years. can you tell our audience, how much contact has reverend wright had with the president of the united states since he took the oath of office? you know, they haven t had any. president obama was clear that mr. right s views didn t reflect the president s views. this required moral leadership on mitt romney s part to stand up to the extreme voices in his party. once again, he didn t rise to the occasion. one of the things he tried to do today is equate this hateful attack with a simple discussion of governor romney s economic record we had in this campaign. we ve seen this from romney before. he didn t stand up to one of the symbolic heads of the republican party, rush limbaugh when he made those hateful comments against sandra fluke. we ve been clear whether supporter of the president or person that used this rhetoric,
or talked on the phone? you mean to tell me romney went on sean hannity s radio show and brought up reverend wright and happens to distance himself today? i don t buy it. the good thing, this will rile up the liberal base in this country, to go out and attack their guy, once again being attacked with sleaze. get your cell phones out, i want to know what you think. are republicans getting desperate to bring up jeremiah wright again? text a for yes and b for no. we ll bring you the results later on in the know. here s what we have. mitt romney says he read it and doesn t have anything to do with it. he repudiates that an everything. does the obama camp believe that? joining me tonight is the national press secretary for the obama campaign. good to have you tonight. thanks for having me. mr. wright has not been in
conservative african-american as a spokesperson who can argue mr. obama misled the nation by presenting himself as a metrosexual black abe lincoln. give me a break. the proposal also suggested listing a group of black business leaders to endorse the effort. this morgan, mitt romney said he hadn t heard anything about it. once his campaign got their act together, he said this. as i read the article, i want to make it very clear i repudiate that effort. i think it s the wrong course for a pac or campaign. i hope our campaigns can respectively be about the future and issues and about a vision for america. i ve been disappointed on the president s campaign to date, which is focused on character assassination. i think we re wiser to talk about the issues of the day. really? back in february on sean
i repudiate that effort. the national press secretary for the obama campaign is here to respond. the politics with msnbc s richa richard wolffe and sam stein of the huffington post. the choice in november, obama economics or romney economics. this selection will create a stark and fundamental contrast. a choice between two different economic philosophies. paul krugman on the two different paths for our economy. jpmorgan s loss could be way bigger than expected. senate candidate elizabeth warren has harsh words for the bank, here tonight. in wisconsin, scott walker is doing funny math with the job numbers. it is literally a 57,000 plus increase from where my opponents are claiming the numbers were last year. reporter: democratic recall challenger, tom barrett is here. thanks for watching.