don t go away. juan: wait a second. let s get back to what we re talking about here, ben. i have heard you say that governor romney is unhinged for saying that president obama is running a divisive campaign. so you re calling the man unhinged. i have also seen an ad run by an obama support pac that accuses basically accuses governor romney of being involved in a woman s death because of cancer. and on top of that, of course, we have the constant badgering of mitt romney to release taxes as if he s a criminal. in fact, someone in your campaign said he may be guilty of a felony. isn t that divisive? well, in terms of unhinged, governor romney, this past week and after running an almost entirely negative campaign, said that he wanted to have a debate about the economic choice facing voters this november. that s what the president said this election is about all along. yet a few days later he abandoned that pledge in which
i think you were a real stand up guy for coming and being on the factor. we appreciate it. happy to do it. thanks. juan: you re welcome. for the romney campaign, the selection of paul ryan for the vp slot has really energized the base. joining us now to talk about that and to respond to mr. la bolt, congressman, a surrogate fort romney campaign. you hear ben la bolt saying oh, no, it s the romney campaign that s playing dirty ball and we re just responding. what do you say? when the president is out there doing hard ball interviews with people magazine and entertainment weekly, governor romney and paul ryan are out there doing 60 minutes and out there talking about jobs and the economy and look, what they re engaged in in the obama administration and in their campaign is the politics of personal destruction. they re trying to distract at every turn. it s a playbook, comes around with a playbook out of chicago and the american people shouldn t stand for it. juan: now, when you
partner and running mate. he can lay out the stakes for the middle class in this election like few others and he s absolutely essential to our take. you ve seen him campaigning all around the country, laying out the choice in this election between a ticket that s committed to building the economy for the middle class out and governor romney and congressman ryan s plan which is extending and expanding tax cuts for the wealthiest. juan: but ben, ben, hold on. this is a no spin zone here. what you ve seen this week in the ice of most americans is a gaffe-prone vice president who has introduced charges of racial politics into the campaign, who doesn t know what century he s in, talking about changes for the 20th century, i believe we re still in the 21st. this is a man who it seems is bringing distraction and even some criticism from democrats. doug wilder, former black governor of virginia criticizing him for his reference to chains and slavery. ben, isn t that hurting your
avoiding them, instead choosing softball interviews. increased speculation that vice president biden has made one too many gaffes and hillary clinton has been asked to replace him. joining me from chicago, ben. thanks for coming in. we appreciate it. let s start with the news. thanks for having me. juan: you heard about the author ed klein, the author of the amateur, a book that absolutely cast gates the president. he says that he has it on sworn word from his sources in the hillary clinton camp that she has been asked to replace vice president biden on the ticket. is that right? that information is about as credible as mr. klein s book. mr. klein s latest book, einvented an entirely fictional dialogue that president clinton and secretary clinton had in their home where he wasn t present. everyone has denied the substance of that book. this is a media driven narrative. the vice president has been absolutely essential governing
i think you were a real stand up guy for coming and being on the factor. we appreciate it. happy to do it. thanks. juan: you re welcome. for the romney campaign, the selection of paul ryan for the vp slot has really energized the base. joining us now to talk about that and to respond to mr. la bolt, congressman, a surrogate fort romney campaign. you hear ben la bolt saying oh, no, it s the romney campaign that s playing dirty ball and we re just responding. what do you say? when the president is out there doing hard ball interviews with people magazine and entertainment weekly, governor romney and paul ryan are out there doing 60 minutes and out there talking about jobs and the economy and look, what they re engaged in in the obama administration and in their campaign is the politics of personal destruction. they re trying to distract at every turn. it s a playbook, comes around with a playbook out of chicago and the american people shouldn t stand for it. juan: now, when you