but what about everyone else? are we seeing some buyer s remorse here? does the romney campaign have a paul ryan problem? well, joining me now is former pennsylvania governor ed rendell, now an nbc news political analyst. and michael steele, msnbc analyst and former chairman of the rnc. thank you both for being here tonight. good to see you, rev. governor rendell, let me start with you. does romney have a paul ryan problem? well, he does with independent voters. certainly paul ripe s hayan s h with the pace. but that base, al, was coming out to vote against president obama no matter who he picked for vice president. and he s got a problem because of medicare. he s got a problem because of this latest rape thing and he certainly has a problem, because paul ryan is looking not like the honest, hard working guy, you know, that young congressman from wisconsin. he s looking like someone who is really a little shifty. first, he says he never asked
actually does know what a doughnut is. sure, of course he does. but is there also risk in it? if you re a guy, who frankly, is not necessarily somebody who, you know, does the kinds of things that the folks he s going to be visiting do. well, it gives him an opportunity to roll up his sleeves and get out there, and we re going to filed out. look, i think governor romney, we know a lot of things about him, we know he s got a great family, hard-working guy. this is going to give him an opportunity to connect with some folks in smaller towns and states that are going to matter to him. this is a great opportunity for him to show us he is a regular guy that can get out there. the other place he s going to be going, one of the places he s going is michigan, which is very interesting, i think, chris. obviously. it s where he was born, his dad was governor there. talk to me a little bit about what you think we ll hear in places like that. candidates on these bus tours, always trying to
earmarks. we ll bring in our panel now. ed rendell is the former democratic governor of pennsylvania and nbc news political analyst. joe watkins is a republican strategist and former aide in the george h.w. bush white house. good morning to you both. good morning, alex. i want to ask you, joe, because you have actually a personal sense of rick santorum. you ran against him for the u.s. senate seat there on the gop ticket back in 94 in pennsylvania. that s right. that s right. so your take of him right now? you have a personal view as well. well, is he certainly not somebody to be underestimated. he s a hard-working candidate. i think he has a work ethic that s second to none. i know that in pennsylvania when he was running for the u.s. senate that first time, he visited all 67 counties and talked individually with every county chairman and lots of people in those counties. he s a hard-working guy. you ve got to give him that. mitt romney has made a tactical error by undere
say awful things and send them around the world. only in america. how do you put a price on the insanity? one fan wants to know. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening, the big story tonight, details on the whitney houston investigation. her ex-husband bobby brown will attend. kevin costner, her co-star in the body guard will break his silence. performances by alicia keys and st stevie wonder. later, ricky gervais on the price of fame. i think it was oprah who said if you don t know who you are by the time you become famous, it will define you. i think, you know, these things don t command me. i love the work. we begin with the latest on the whitney houston investigation. don lemon has been all over the story. what s the latest tonight? we are learning the latest from a source close to the death investigation, piers. they are saying investigators are aware that whitney houston was partying even the night before she died in the hotel room, in the hotel, rathe
i m allowed to squeeze their head and anow them. say awful things and send them around the world. only in america. how do you put a price on the insanity? one fan wants to know. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening, the big story tonight, details on the whitney houston investigation. her ex-husband bobby brown will attend. kevin costner, her co-star in the body guard will break his silence. performances by alicia keys and stevie wonder. later, ricky gervais on the price of fame. i think it was oprah who said if you don t know who you are by the time you become famous, it will define you. i think, you know, these things don t command me. i love the work. we begin with the latest on the whitney houston investigation. don lemon has been all over the story. what s the latest tonight? we are learning the latest from a source close to the death investigation, piers. they are saying investigators are aware that whitney houston was partying even the night before s