value voter summit defeating barack obama in 2012 is the most important goal that we have. okay. tom, mcclusky thank you for joining us. appreciate that. thank you. we ll go to michael smerconish. michael, what do you think about the conversation there? i think that when voters wake up on a sunday morning and the vast majority of the country is not represented by people who were in that room and the take away, the headline is how a leader of the organization in and interview equates mormonism with a cult, i think it s a net negative and a loser for the gop field. that s what i think. because this is the headline. this is the story. in the same way, alex, when there was a debate recently and the boo ing of a gay soldier was the headline, in the same way that when rick perry at a prior debate was asked about the number of executions in texas and there was applause before he responded. in the same way that there was
this blunt, bulliy style and i do too, this go-getter, try to take control, balance the budget in new jersey. but i am not sure that s going to play with the republican base that s out there boo-ing gay soldiers and the like. let me go on from that bashing of the tea party. but it brings up a good point, which is gist as rick perry seemed great on paper. then we find out about the hpv vaccine and the in-state tuition. do you have this guy s position on gay civil unions. he support its. guns immigration, he says global warming is real and at least partly man made. right, right. with all due respect to bill, the people who are chasing after governor christie remind me of a pack of dogs chasing a car. it is not clear hathey will do if they catch it. all of these issues that have
an american soldier is booed. we don t believe in that. [ [ applause ] we don t believe in standing silent when that happens. we don t believe in them being silent since. you want to be commander in chief, you can start by standing up for the men and women who wear the uniform of the united states. even when it s not politically convenient. now, some gop candidates say they didn t hear the boo ing. the president also talked about his support of repealing the although he stopped short of endorsing same sex marriage. joining me now with more on today s political headlines, white house reporter david nakamura, good morning. hi, alex, how are you? i m well. thank you for asking. you re talking about going after gop candidates. we re 14-ish months, closer to 13 out from the election. is the president in full campaign mode in is he going to
pay 30% of income in taxes, something the white house called the buffett rule after warren buffett. mitch mcconnell went on the offensive saying the plan was not a budget but rather a campaign document. the republican presidential candidates also went after his proposal. you know, the president came out with a new budget today, and [ boo ing ] yeah. you have reason for that response. another trillion dollar budget deficit. another tax the rich scheme. more debt. more government. more control. less freedom, less opportunity. the times over the next debt ceiling is not this fall. we ve already played this game before. we know what obama is going to do. he s going to go up to the last minute, stand there say, how can you do this, we have no choice. time to stop it is right now. as i don t want to say i
of smallness who says it s okay for a stage full of political leaders, one of whom could end up being the president of the united states, being silent when an american soldier is booed. we don t believe in that. we don t believe in standing silent when that happens. we don t believe in them being silent since. you want to be commander in chief, you can start by standing up for the men and women who wear the uniform of the united states even when it s not politically convenient. some of the candidates say they didn t hear the boo ing. the president highlighted his administration s push for equal rights, including repealing the military s ban on openly gay service members. let s go now to decision 2012. herman cain s poll numbers are climbing since winning the florida straw poll. but he s just suffered a blow to the campaign staff. his communications director, ellen carmichael announced saturday she s quitting.