allyson: quick headlines for you. a homicide bomber crashes a car in a u.s. vehicle killing two pakistani and injuries others. two americans are among the injured. and a former assistance for lance armstrong claiming that armstrong said everyone does it when asked about doping. mike anderson said armstrong had banned steroids in the medicine cabinet. armstrong denied the doping. we ll go back to the set. steve: thank you, gretch. in last week s rnc republicans had themes of we built if. how will the democrats counter that message. joining us live from the nascar hall of fame national democratic strategist bob weiner and shawn spisit.
they will have columes out of bank of america stadium here in charlotte. but for them to blame george bush, is that all they got. brian: bob scheifer said we are talking about president obama not george bush. steve: david axelrod said the republicans were divided when they were down in tampa? oh, really? there is a number of democrats that are from states that simply don t agree with the direction that the president is taking us. places like west virginia, and missouri and a number of top democrats are not showing up. gretchen: senator clar mccas kill will not be here. she is from missouri and she led the charge and one of the first people to endorse barack obama in 2008. and senator joe manchin.
gretchen: i think at that is a central question for the campaign and i think it was governor o malley who said that s not the question of the campaign. but keep your e-mails and tweets coming to us. isn t that what the most central question other than your pocketbook in the campaign? are you better off? a lot of not just economically. steve: the thing about governor o malley, he said no, we re not better off and he immediately blamed george bush. to his credit, phil schieffer on bill schieffer. brian: he goes by bill or phil. steve: bob schieffer. one of my neighbors is bill and phil. gretchen: bill and phil? steve: he said hey, governor, george bush isn t on the ballot. anyway, david axelrod said yesterday that the previous week in tampas with a failure fore the republicans and yet when you look at the polling data that has come out, mr. romney has actually wound up with a bump in the polls. if you look at rasmussen, which
last week republicans had an effective week in tampa. how do you counter that. clint eastwood talked about the empty chair and romney is the empty suit. he has no specific lans. just yesterday they are the party that wants to decimate medicare and social security and cut half. steve: really. that is news to me. it is new to the american people given the ads republicans are putting out there. steve: shawn, mitt romney empty suits . his likeability went up in a 6-point swing. governor romney laid out a five-point plan to get people back to work and careers going for people who transition to the 21st century. and make us envelope independent. bob and his party are having a