parts of that ad because president obama has failed. and when he touts the record he has change we can believe in he s going to have to run on that next year and governor romney wanted to point out that president obama s record on the economy is dismal. okay. thank you very much, congressman charlie bass. you re very welcome. a big endorsement thank you. of mitt romney. and with us now, ed rendell, nbc news political analyst and former chairman of the republican national committee and msnbc political analyst michael steele. welcome to you both. andrea. i wanted to play for both of you a think progress mash-up which tried to do to mitt romney what the romney campaign did to barack obama. let s watch. we should just raise everybody s taxes.
my word has been good on this tax pledge for 18 years to be bound by something based on circumstances that existed 18 years ago when the circumstances are different, i think that s a little naive. grover, we re short on time. your reaction to that? the congressman is an outliar among republicans. he got $120,000 this last year from organized labor. he s consistently voting left of center on economic issues. i m disappointed that he feels that when he makes a promise, there s a time limit. i wonder how the pro lifers would feel i promised to be pro life for two weeks, when i promised to be good on the second amendment, that was good for three years. the commitment on the pledge is for as long as you re in congress. it s written down. he knows that. i wouldn t want to be married to him or lend him money if he takes the idea that somehow there s a time limit on promises he makes. there you go. i do. thank you, sir, for joining us
transparent pledge that republicans take to their voters. democrats don t like the pledge that republicans have taken to the voters that they won t raise taxes. i m kind of concerned about the secret pledges that democrats make to the special spending interests, the labor unions and the trial lawyers a the earmark crowd that they will keep raising taxes to give them money. those are pledges but they re secret and they don t tell you you about them. the republican commitment, we will not raise your taxes is very public. everybody knows about it. and you could vote for or against a congressman or senator. if you think we should have higher taxes, vote for the democrat. there you go. you were talking about how that should be the brand for the republicans, we won t raise your taxes and we learned last night in 60 minutes you started as a political activist at the age of 12 working for nixon. they had a soundbite in the 60 minutes piece last night. here s a republican congressman who
violence. police say a woman that is we want went on a deadly shooting rampage leaving five people dead. four of her victims, children between the ages of 9 and 19 and then eventually took her own life in her car. right now, investigators say it appears to be a domestic incident and believe all of the victims knew one another. republican presidential candidate mitt romney picking up another key endorsement in new hampshire. congressman charlie bass who rode the republican wave into congress in 1994 announcing he s backing mr. romney. he received the endorsement of a new hampshire senator who is a rising star among conservative republicans. romney lost the crucial battleground state by a narrow margin in 2008. new hampshire primary seven weeks away. check out jennifer lopez heating things up at the american music awards last night in her nearly nude body suit. move your body yeah rock your body yeah dance for your poppy
between protesters and government forces have left at least 20 people dead this time around. more than 1700 people have been injured. the scene not much different from what we saw last spring. 3,000 protesters clashing with police in and around that square. people throwing rocks, demanding that the military government transfer power now to the egyptian people. police responded with tear gas and rubber bullets and set fire to tents in that square. republican presidential candidate mitt romney picking up another key endorsement in new hampshire. congressman charlie bass who rode the republican wave into congress in 1994 announcing that he will back romney. romney also received the endorsement of new hampshire s senator, she s a rising star among conservative republicans. romney lost the crucial battleground state by a narrow margin in 2008. the new hampshire primary now just seven weeks away. and it s been a good life for one republic. the group performing their smash hit at the american