aww, yeah, haha. excuse me. vo: get all your friends photos automatically with share shot on the galaxy s3. hey! first dance! are you kidding me??? they re sharing the spot light in charlotte, as thousands rally, protesting what they call bad politics and corporate greed. we want people to come out here and speak their mind and let the candidates hear what their real problems are. nbc s mark potter joins us live with the latest. explain the scene outside the center today, and is the protester turnout as big or as troublesome as the police thought? reporter: today it s actually pretty quiet. there s no scheduled protest.
in november of 2010, those economic troubles helped republicans seize control of the state legislature for the first time in 140 years. so what must the dumbs and president do accomplish this week? joining me from charlotte is professor melissa heaarris-perr. what the future is going to look like, so casting this vision for the next four years, here s what he had to say about the campaign kickoff back in may. take a look. the real question, the question that will actually make a difference in your life, in the lives of your children, is not just how we re doing today, but how we ll be doing tomorrow.
sarah palin beats paul ryan. well, she beats him when it comes to marathons. turns out congressman ryan did not have a two hour and 50 something run time like he claimed last week. it was more like four hours, one minute, 25 seconds. runners world magazine debunked his fib. ryan later admitted his brother owns the fastest marathon title in the family and he has never run a sub-three. the last republican vice presidential nominee sarah palin has a best time of three hours, 59 minutes. a runner-up will get to fulfill california delegate duties at democratic national convention taking place in charlotte. one is out after a night of heavy drinking and a police intervention. two delegates came back to their hotel, apparently passed out. one appeared to be unconscious so staff called the paramedics. he was sent to the hospital, then released the next day but the other delegate started fighting with hotel staff and emergency teches. the delegate was not arrested
electorate back in an excited frame of mind. can he do it? yeah, it s a two-part piece, i think for the president. one he s really going to have to show enthusiasm about his own record. there s a lot of people hoo here? charlotte to say i am excited to reelect this president as president of the united states. he s got to give them the talking points to remind folks he s done what no other many was able to do in passing the health care act. he has to talk about the ways he stood strong against a congress, that would have allowed student rates to double. when he s talking about a tax increase, it s a return to historic norms, that where we are right now basically allows the wealth jest americans off the hook from paying their fair share. i think the message is we have to move all together.
republicans are staging a counter-convention in charlotte, something the democrats planned to do in tampa last week, but had to scale back because of hurricane isaac. as many as 50 republicans, including the chairman reince prieb priebus, marco rubio, nikki haley, and bob mcdonnell will be in charlotte. and pile ryan won t be far away. among the republicans in charlotte, john spicer who joins me live. thanks for having me, thomas. absolutely. first of all, to several of the polls, including one that shows mitt romney got little or not post-convention bump. did he miss an opportunity? absolutely not. when you look below the top line, you ll see the intensity is extremely high. governor s favorable, likability rating is extremely high. our convention gave us an