infected across nine states. eight have died. the manufacturer pulling its products off the market. now back to greta. greta: okay. we need some viewer help on this one. help us understand david axelrod s logic on this one. when his candidate, president obama, breaks two of his 2008 campaign promises, axelrod says that s not a lie. when governor romney in 2012 makes a campaign promise about taxes, the obama campaign calls governor romney a liar. why is one guy s campaign promises now broken? not a lie, the other guy s campaign promises a lie. how can that be? here s david axelrod on cbs s face the nation. are you saying that governor romney died or was dishonest? dishonest, absolutely. when he said he never proposed $5 trillion in tax cuts, that was dishonest. when senator obama said in 2008, i m going to cut the deficit in half, close gitmo, people said that was unrealistic, but didn t say he wasn t telling the truth. there s a difference, isn t there? no. closing gitmo invo
$180 million last month. now, i m sure all these campaign reform liberals are going to be up in arms about that, right? greta: i m up in arms about the fact that both parties will raise about a billion dollars, and taxpayers still have to foot the bill, a large bill at their conventions. they could have paid for those themselves. as usual, you re right. greta: you can come back. all of that, they re pouring in to a handful of swing states. and, you know, they ve got their organization, they re buying the organization as they go along. of course, you know, they have self-motivated people, but not as many not nearly as many as last time, so they have to purchase more support they have in the past, getting the vote out, that sort of thing. and they can start on day one of early voting, get the buses cranked up, those people together, and their voters out. you know, that s just the on-the-ground political game.
that whole bit about connecting with ordinary americans. beats me, greta. must be ordinary americans who have jobs. greta: maybe that is it. i don t know what that means. the other question is, what do you want in a president? do you want a president who will lead us boldly into this century and protect us and put in policies that will bring about prosperity and protect freedom and the constitution or do you want a president who feels my needs, you know, whatever they may be, more? i don t know. i guess we ll see. greta: is the fact that there s early voting going on, do you see that as an advantage now to governor romney, at least this week, because he s riding high this week? well, yeah. but i think it s probably an overall advantage for the democrats. the power of the incumbency, the money of the incumbency. obama apparently raised
$180 million last month. now, i m sure all these campaign reform liberals are going to be up in arms about that, right? greta: i m up in arms about the fact that both parties will raise about a billion dollars, and taxpayers still have to foot the bill, a large bill at their conventions. they could have paid for those themselves. as usual, you re right. greta: you can come back. all of that, they re pouring in to a handful of swing states. and, you know, they ve got their organization, they re buying the organization as they go along. of course, you know, they have self-motivated people, but not as many not nearly as many as last time, so they have to purchase more support they have in the past, getting the vote out, that sort of thing. and they can start on day one of early voting, get the buses cranked up, those people together, and their voters out. you know, that s just the on-the-ground political game.
all you have to do, if you went online and listened, he told me specifically he had five points that he made, and he really elaborated on the points. he didn t just say like number one, number two, it took him about eight minutes to answer me, and i was really pleased with his answer, because i thought to myself if there s any spin, i am going to stop him and say, just answer the question. he didn t. everybody afterwards, you could tell by the reaction of the crowd, everybody liked his answers. afterwards i had about four people come up to and say, what a great question. greta: then there came a point when a member of the obama campaign sent out an email to everybody. how did you hear about that? i came to work, had been out of the office for a little bit, and my boss had come in, he met me outside kind of laughing, and he said i was in the quad city times, and he said, you called