facebook. it wouldn t be the first time the two teemed up. the president wished the actress a happy 90th birthday and she told the a.p. she very much favors obama. a facebook campaign brought betty white to host snl in 2010. president obama is calling on the harold and kumar movement by joining forces with actor cal penn. hey, this is barack. listen i need to know if you re on board. okay, good, because i m counting on you, everybody is. we have to get this right. so there s a lot at stake here. just remember that i m trusting you on this, and i ll see you there. who was that? it sounded intense. the president. sweet.
and, of course, both bush and dole lost those elections. joining me now, cal penn, national campaign co-chair for obama for america and star of herald and kumar movies and the television show how i met your mother and nbc contributor joy reid star of the last word. the rule of this show is the person with the fewest credits gets to go first. so on these polling i m work on it. on the favorability number, if that holds, that s all you need to know. that s all you need to know. because until you said the word felony, i was going to say the only thing worse than being an unpopular candidate going into election where all the negatives about you are reinforced by almost everything you do, right? you re a one percenter who wants to cut the one percenters
counting on is the convention when he can sort of present his case, when the entire country is sort of watching. that somehow romney can make this grand case. the problem is, he doesn t have the personality for that. i have yet to see the mitt romney who can get on a podium and move enough people, you know, saying it s okay. i don t think that s going to be enough. kal penn and joy reid, thank you very much. coming up, harry reid believes mitt romney is hiding something big in his secret tax returns. i suspect he might be hiding something even bigger, a felony. and in the rewright tonight, a republican congressman says congress is an alcoholic on its way to hitting rock bottom and grover norquist is its bartender. because it matters. at hp we don t just believe in the power of technology. we believe in the power of people when technology works for you. to dream. to create.
romney who can get on a podium and move enough people, you know, saying it s okay. i don t think that s going to be enough. cal penn and joy reid, thank you very much. coming up, harry reid believes mitt romney is hiding something big in his secret tax returns. i suspect he might be hiding something even bigger. a felony. and in the rewrite tonight, a republican congressman says congress is an alcoholic on its way to hitting rock bottom. and grover norquist is its bartender. it s a weekend retreat. ays] [music plays] [music plays] it s something you re born with. and inspires the things you choose to do. you do what you do.
over the republicans. but the democrats had a bit of a ringer. freshman representative cedric richman of liu, who also happens to be a former college baseball pitcher. he struck out 13, carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning, and even though they did not play in the game, eric cantor and nancy pelosi did stop by to cheer on their teams. by the way, the senator also knocked in a bunch of runs. cal penn, an associate in the public engagement at the white house, will be leaving the white house to pursue his alternate career as an actor. think you ve never heard of cal penn? you ll recognize him now. penn is best known for his roles in the requested harold and kumar movies. took a break in 2009 to work for the obama administration. this time penn is heading out for a recurring role in the hit series how i met your mother starring neil patrick harris.