right now. thank you, ed. thanks. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. big news day. last week when bloomberg news reported that the mitt romney for president campaign had asked the governor of florida to please stop talking about the economy getting better in florida. citing two sources, they said the romney campaign asked florida governor rick scott to tone down his statements heralding improvements in the state s economy because they clash with the romney message that the nation is suffering under president barack obama. in the last few years since the financial crisis, florida unemployment did get up over 11%. now it s getting better. still bad in florida, still 8.6%, but it s better than it had been. if you re a governor in a state where things are getting better, you want to talk about that, you want to take credit, even if it is off message from the republican running for president has you thinking nothing is getting better anywhere. after that report ca
rachel maddow show starts right now. thank you, ed. thanks. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. big news day. last week when bloomberg news reported that the mitt romney for president campaign had asked the governor of florida to please stop talking about the economy getting better in florida. sighting two sources, they said the romney campaign asked florida governor rick scott to tone down his statements heraldingiment provements in the state s economy because they clash with the romney message that the nation is suffering under president barack obama. in the last few years since the financial crisis, florida unemployment did get up over 11%. now it s getting better. still bad in florida, still 8.6%, but it s better than it had been. if you re a governor in a state where things are getting better, you want to talk about that, yo want to take credit, even if it is off message from the republican running for president has you thinking nothing is getting bette
about how terrible president obama has been for the economy in virginia. but the state of virginia has a 5.6% unemployment rate. that s ninth lowest in the nation. lowest in the southeast. the republican governor of the state is out countering the mitt romney message about how awful everything is by saying actually, virginia is doing well. same deal in ohio. mitt romney going to ohio to campaign saying how terrible president obama has made the ohio economy. but the ohio unemployment rate is now below 6%, and the state s republican governor was telling the same crowd that mitt romney was talking to that ohio has made a lot of progress. in fact, when the governor of ohio was asked by a reporter if it bothered him if president obama got credit for this uptick in jobs in ohio and the improving economy there, the governor responded by saying, bother me? i hope he gets all of the credit. things are getting way better in terms of jobs in this important swing state of ohio. i hope pr
republican states. campaigning in virginia, talking about how terrible president obama has been for the economy in virginia. but the state of virginia has a 5.6% unemployment rate. that s ninth lowest in the nation. lowest in the southeast. the republican governor of the state is out countering the mitt romney message about how awful everything is by saying actually, virginia is doing well. same deal in ohio. mitt romney going to ohio to campaign saying how terrible president obama has made the ohio economy. but the ohio unemployment rate is now below 6%, and the state s republican governor was telling the same crowd that mitt romney was talking to that ohio has made a lot of progress. in fact, when the governor of ohio was asked by a reporter if it bothered him if president obama got credit for this uptick in jobs in ohio and the improving economy there, the governor responded by saying, bother me? i hope he gets all of the credit. things are getting way better in terms of j
campaigning in virginia, talking about how terrible president obama has been for the economy in virginia. but the state of virginia has a 5.6% unemployment rate. that s ninth lowest in the nation. lowest in the southeast. the republican governor of the state is out countering the mitt romney message about how awful everything is by saying actually, virginia is doing well. same deal in ohio. mitt romney going to ohio to campaign saying how terrible president obama has made the ohio economy. but the ohio unemployment rate is now below 6%, and the state s republican governor was telling e same crowd that mitt romney was talking to that ohio has made a lot of progress. in fact, when the governor of ohio was asked by a reporter if it bothered him if president obama got credit for this uptick in jobs in ohio and the improving economy there, the governor responded by saying, bother me? i hope he gets all of the credit. things are getting way better in terms of jobs in this important