i really don t know. you know, wearing the jeans doesn t seem to work. not wearing the tie doesn t seem to work. he doesn t have that sort of faculty, that sort of ability to connect with people on that level. now he s announced that he really doesn t care to do so, as a matter of fact. he wants to connect with the folks at that fundraiser. nbc news just released a brand new poll. the numbers are very bad for mitt romney. the poll was taken before the fundraising video surfaced. president obama leads by 5 points on the economy. . on looking out for the middle class, president obama holds nearly a 20-point lead. bob, what do the numbers mean? i also want to get your reaction to how the president handled the 47% question from david letterman? i thought the president handled the letterman question brilliantly. he acted like somebody who could
but if ryan and romney have their way, the social safety net will be eliminated, privatetized, you can count on it. that s why he doesn t care about the 47% of the country. he s talking about an ideology. he s getting ready to let them fall right through the safety net that this country has provided. you know, those compassionate conservatives that used to be around to try to sell us their stuff about how good they are? earlier this evening, president obama taped an appearance on the late show with david letterman. he addressed the hidden video comments for the first time. mitt romney at a fundraiser in florida, there s a cell phone videotaping his remarks and he talks about being why 47% of the people voting don t matter to him. what does that mean? is that what rich guys at country clubs are talking about? well, i don t know what he
be commander in chief, who is president, who can speak to the whole country. mitt romney wishes he could etch a sketch this fundraiser. he wish he could etch a sketch the last three weeks. eugene is right. last week he had libya. this week he has this. his campaign has become a permanent damage control machine dealing with one crisis after anoth another. he s going to hope he can do something in the debate. i don t think he s going to suddenly morph into john f. kennedy. the only time he s been comfortable in this campaign is at that fundraiser. will he lose seniors? he will lose some. he won t lose them all. i think he will probably lose some support across the board and it will be interesting to watch the tracking polls and other polls as this kind of filters out and settles in. this certainly didn t do him any good. gentlemen, great to have you
approach to solve conflict in the middle east. he would do nothing. back in may speaking to the same group of donors at the private fundrais fundraiser, romney dismissed prospects for peace between israel and the palestinians.
but actually, it doesn t help israel to be isolated like this. it doesn t help israel to have american leaders disengaged. and you just have to go back to the bush administration. i suspect we all know who the secretary of states he s been talking to are. they are republicans. the last republican secretary of state condoleeza rice believed that peace was within reach and president bush needed to do more. they could have achieved more to achieve a real peace there. whether or not that s real, engagement makes a difference. two months after the fundraiser, romney visited israel and told an israeli newspaper that he was hopeful for a peaceful resolution. he says, i believe in a two-state solution which suggests that there will be two states, including a jewish state. that s not what he told his donors. are we to believe that or is this lip service? he doesn t give a time frame. maybe he think another president will achieve that. but when you put that on the