they were mocking him, and then he goes today to israel and essentially says that the israeli culture is superior to that of the palestinians. so he s basically going from nation to nation offending people. i don t know if that s a good resume builder for president of the united states. he s taking the word offensive to a new level. joy reid, john bramnick, and emily, thank you so much. we ll go beyond the pundits and sound bites to get a better understand of what romney is up to. the word that captures his candidacy will crack open the dyson-ary for insight, next. gr. [ man ] you think jason bourne was the whole story? there s a lot more going on here. who the hell is he? it s aaron cross. you trying to put me down? [ man ] i thought they were dead! yeah, he s supposed to be dead. [ woman ] we have never seen evaluations like this.
ain t got a calculator that big. romney has endured weeks of pressure about his taxes on every network and in every major newspaper. every from president obama to george will has weighed in. romney says he just hasn t had the time to check his tax rate. let s bring in joann reed, new jersey republican leader john bramnick, and emily tuckman. mr. bramnic, are we supposed to believe that romney hasn t had time to check his tax rate? if the issue is a tax rate, president obama only paid 20% as an effective tax rate in 2011 and 26% in 2010. but he knows what he paid. he can answer when asked did he pay the rate? i have no problem with the fact that romney is successful. and if that s the criticism, that s exactly what we want in america, people who are successful. so the fact that he doesn t give