i remember you came on the show and you were not impressed with the $10 million figure on mitt romney and you won t be surprised if raises over $40 million. he has a lot of donors, he ought to be able to get to these people early. that s a real warning sign. jeff, barack obama, the campaign is throwing out $60 million it feels like it s a goal they want to make sure they surpass. its will surpass that. i m not sure if it s going to be 8 $80 million. and chris, you have said, you have made an observation this morning in the fix about how down overall fundraising is going to be on the republican side collectively. the first year of 2007, the big guys were actively
though, is is something. michele bachmann shared a personal story on the campaign trail last night you don t hear presidential candidates say very often. here it is. after our second child was born, we became pregnant with a third baby, and it was an unexpected baby, but of course we were delighted to have this child. and the child was coming along, and we ended up losing that child. when we lost that child, it changed us. you can get money wrong. but you can t get life wrong. and i am committed to life. chris. this is this is why i think she is compelling. i think everyone tends to think about presidential races and races in general that it s this dry policy discussion between oh, well, it s about especially p presidential races. it s about the person. it s about getting to know the person. that was george bush s reason he got elected in 2000. people felt like they liked him, felt like they knew him. this kind of thing in insight, you know, it s a struggle many
tying to that visit, his campaign has a new video out continuing his assault on the president s economic record. here it is. i just came from allentown middle works, where i had a chance to visit with workers there. the allentown meal work is set to close its doors on friday. msnbc contributor chris solis is managing editor of postpolitics.com. jeff zellny is the national political correspondent for the new york times. and of course charlie cook is an nbc news political analyst and editor of the cook political report and columnist for the national journal. charlie cook, mitt romney s campaign, one thing you can say about them, boy, do they stay on message. that s right. in that ad that ad. it was inspired by a british labor isn t working ad that was
they get? he s raising more money today in philadelphia. also this morning, t battle of the super pac. campaign ads following the success of karl rove s american crossroads for the 2010 campaign, former white house insiders are fighting fire with fire. they formed their own super duper pac as well. in fact it s so cool to be a tsuper pac, even stephen colbert is doing it. it s thursday, june 30, twep lef. all that and washington bids farewell to robert gates, leaving the pentagon today after 4 1/2 years, what is an historic run. i will tell you this the first memoir in washington that i really am looking forward to reading. all right. let s get to my first reads of the morning. start with the president. he issued a blistering critique of congress saying in blunt terms it s time to step up or stop complaining. congress can do the same thing. if you know you ve got to do something, just do it. i ve met with the leaders multiple times. at a certain point, they need to do