attendance. the big speech last night was by bill clinton. and brian and i discovered we are staying at the same hotel as president of the united states. gretchen: odd beer with him or something? steve: no, no, no. he was about to company out when we were going out very early this morning. brian: we have an insider story that we claim as our exclusive story that we will share with you at the bottom of the hour. gretchen: really? i m not at your hotel, so i m not in on this. steve: it s good. and it has to do with bill clinton s speech last night. was it being edited right up to air time? we ve got some skinny you re not going to hear any place else. brian: we saw it happen. gretchen: let me give you headlines. remember when president obama said this? if you got a business, you didn t build that. somebody else made that happen. gretchen: the president has spent close to two months defending that you didn t build it comment. but this morning he s clarifying what he mean
counterprogramming from both campaigns. you ll have campaign folks from the romney side go to obama events but you don t necessarily see the person who is going to be vice president doing that. but biden, remember, is pretty popular with seniors and with, they believe, with seniors and with, you know, kind of blue collar, white workers. they still want to have him make the case and especially in florida to be able to appeal to some of those seniors, senior citizens. nbc news deputy political editor, thank you, sir. if you want the very latest political news it is really easy. download nbc s political app on i-tunes right now. he said if you have a business you didn t build it. someone else did that. mitt romney criticizes the president on the campaign trail for that didn t build it comment. up next, a successful business owner who said he did build it with government help. plus the republican platform includes language that opposes marriage equality but not all
but zach, if you think you need more from president obama, who s going to make the ask? is anybody in pennsylvania saying, what s your strategy, obama team, for pennsylvania? i mean, the goal posts have definitely shifted right now, and it would seem to me that the president and the vice president are going to have to work this state a heck of a lot harder. what do you think? obama does have people assigned to voter i.d. in pennsylvania. we just haven t seen much of the result. and, frankly, this, for us, this is not about which candidate is working harder. it s about whether people have the right to vote or not. all right. steven singer, zach stallberg, great to have you with us. keep up the fight. there s a lot more coming up in the next half hour of the ed show. stay with us. you had asked for stimulus money for your district. is that accurate? is that report accurate? i never asked for stimulus. i don t recall. i haven t seen this report so i really can t comment. the
and over and over again for the truth to sink in. tonight, wendell potter on the nonstop romney lies. jonathan alter on the possibility these lies could work. the fascination with taxes i ve paid i find to be very small minded. mitt romney dumps gasoline on his tax return fire. we have an exclusive response from senator harry reid. the associated press nails paul ryan on his request for stimulus funds. and ryan pulls a palin to try and dodge the question. you had asked for stimulus money for your district. is that accurate? is that report accurate? i never asked for stimulus. i don t recall i haven t seen this report so i really can t comment. and when a problem comes along, you must whip it. tonight, jerry gasol premieres the song dedicated to mitt romney s dog.
votes, too. this is going to put his race in play big-time. but zach, if you think you need more from president obama, who s going to make the ask? is anybody in pennsylvania saying, what s your strategy, obama team, for pennsylvania? i mean, the goal posts have definitely shifted right now, and it would seem to me that the president and the vice president are going to have to work this state a heck of a lot harder. what do you think? obama does have people assigned to voter i.d. in pennsylvania. we just haven t seen much of the result. and, frankly, this, for us, this is not about which candidate is working harder. it s about whether people have the right to vote or not. all right. steven singer, zach stallberg, great to have you with us. keep up the fight. there s a lot more coming up in the next half hour of the ed show. stay with us. you had asked for stimulus money for your district. is that accurate? is that report accurate? i never asked for stimulus. i don t recall.