i m from ranthem, and i drive a truck. republican senator scott brown used that pickup truck to burnish his regular guy persona and win election in massachusetts, the bluest of blue states. now republican mitt romney getting on in the truck action himself. he s been spotted by boston newspapers driving that black chevy pickup to political events. including a fund-raiser in new hampshire just last week. romney s spokesperson down played the comparison saying romney s owned that truck since 2002. still a guy from the capital doesn t strike me as a big pickup guy. anyway. up next, what s with the fuss over the first lady s trip to spain? critics say she shouldn t have vacationed overseas given the state of the american economy. is this much ado about nothing? how big a boost can the first lady give to democratic candidates this fall? a bunch would rather have her than him. you re watching hardball only
i drive a truck. republican senator scott brown used that pickup truck to show his regular guy persona. now republican mitt romney getting on in the truck action himself. he s been spotted by boston newspapers driving that black chevy pickup to political events, events. last week it was downplayed saying he s own that truck since 2002. still, doesn t strike me as a big pickup guy. up next, what s with the fuss over the first lady s trip to spain? is this much ado about nothing? how big a boost can the first lady give to democratic candidates this fall? a bunch would rather have her than him. [ male announcer ] the ram 60-day handshake.
truck. republican senator scott brown used that pickup truck to burnish his regular guy persona and win election in massachusetts, the bluest of blue states. now republican mitt romney getting on in the truck action himself. he s been spotted by boston newspapers driving that black chevy pickup to political events. including a fund raisener new hampshire just last week. romney s spokesperson down played the comparison saying romney s owned that truck since 2002. still a guy from the capital doesn t strike me as a big pickup guy. up next, what s with the fuss over the first lady s trip to spain? critics say she shouldn t have vacationed overseas given the state of the american economy? is this much ado about nothing? how big a boost can the first lady give to democratic candidates this fall? a bunch would rather have her than him. you re watching hardball only on msnbc. even when i was ahead, i was always behind.
at the same time, you know, the president this is boston. baseball, this is one of those things that comes ahead of politics and comes ahead of partisanship. chris cillizza, how far is fenway from symphony hall where he was speaking? he usually, the president is quite kind of good i think at mixing in sports and the regular guy persona but i will give you another example to chuck s point of why you don t mess with the boston red sox. remember martha cokeley, the kurt schilling famous bloody sock, she had no idea who curt schilling really was and that became cultural currency she didn t get. this to me is not that but i would say sports, number one, politics number two for people like chuck and i but probably politics number 464 for most people. do not violate their sporting, who they want to root for.