believes. i see it as a strategy. this fits nicely with this whole welfare sort of strategy and the whole new birtherism strategy. frankly, their economic predicate that they have been pounding the president. they have not moved a majority of voters toward them. dole took a lead on clinton. kerry took a lead on bush. none of the polls have you seen him take a statically significant lead. i need to you say that again, in case folks missed that. we remember who won and who lost. there was a point in the campaigns where each of those challengers against an incumbent actually took a lead in the polls. especially when the primary season starts to wrap up, the base of the party starts to rally around them, have you seen them take a lead. romney has never sort of taken a a significant lead in any of the polls, even nbc s
much shorter in the republican party, and when it comes to seeking office, republicanism is not a bad professional strategy. let s not overstate the point. the democratic party enjoys the robust support of african-american voters, because the policies supported by the national party are demon strabs leah better for african-americans. even that s up for debate. why? say it with me, because not all black people think alike. when we come back, i ve got some of those rogue black folk, right here in nerdland. w,
expense at that primary debate. he was in on the joke when he spoke to an audience of supporters in michigan earlier this week, which is why we also know mitt romney s idea of what is funny. i was born at harper hospital. no one has ever asked to see my birth certificate. they know this was the place we were born and raised. joining me today. joe watkin, republican strategy, karen finney, buddy romer, chair of the reform project.org, former louisiana governor and 2012 president candidate. and associate professor of law at fordham university. thank you to all of you for being here. joe i m sorry. why me first? coming to you first and the question is real simple. who is mitt romney? i think mitt romney is a family man, somebody who comes