forward to new laws. so imagine that making something illegal is going to stop it. it is not realistic. is this going to be hard for mitt romney? not just only talking about gun legislation but talking about the massachusetts health care law? all of the legislation that he has been heralded for being a good governor for, he doesn t really want to talk about when it comes to if he should be elected to president. salt lake city olympics and governor of massachusetts, he s got to be careful because some of those things not so pal table to the republican base and maybe not to the overall electorate. you know, with guns assault weapons, it s a flip-flop. it s kind of chicken. on the other hand, the president has not come out with a national ban either. there needs to be a lot more conversation about t andy, great to see you. thomas, thank you. good stuff in fortune
election. 2012, it s alternative. we re going to put y all back in chains. it s a trojan horse. this plan would literally be a death trap for some seniors. taxes like the tornado through america s nursing home. you ve got to give it to the rnc, they were quick to get this out. going after the president for its high favor ability rating. if he s sitting down with e.t., giving quotes to people magazine, these are info-tainment type news sources. this president does not have an angry, hateful bone in his body. that s not the man that i ve covered and everybody has covered. it s legitimate for the president, thomas, to talk to people magazine, those are people that mainstream the center of america reads.
deregulation. deregulation, the big thing there, of course, is going to be getting rid of obama care which, you know, is going to be a huge deal. all of this uncertainty, though, thomas, when you talk to people in the business sector, we had the biggest piece of legislation pass since world war ii. now this guy is going to get rid of it? not so good. one thing that he s talking about, his five-point plan, he addressed what the president has done, saying that the president has done virtually nothing. the problem with tax increases is they also reduce growth. raising taxes to try to get more growth is like a dog chasing its tail. it will never get there. does that attitude kind of dove tail what the paul ryan approach is? it s interesting because we re watching paul ryan explain as he s the deficit off the budget guy, explain where he fits into the romney ticket and what romney s policy would be moving forward if elected. well, i think you ve hit on
almost a dollar for every man, woman, and child in america. more than half of that money came from three states along with washington, d.c. in new york state, that s two-thirds of the money donated to the top super pacs. domeinico, explain what kind of influence these contributions get them down the line. thomas, you noted that the money per person, we re almost now at $2 per person in this country that s been spent on tv ads. we ve just passed $500,000 mark. the obama campaign and romney campaign splitting that, what the romney campaign at about $272 million, that s with outside groups factored in.
magazine. thank you. we move on to developing news that we re tracking out of london where he can ka dor ecuador granted political asylum to julian assange. it s really tense and angry situation with british police threatening to raid the embassy. and assange supporters, look at this, they are scuffling with the police there saying that britain is threatening to violate assange s civil rights. duncan, explain how ecuadorian officials to provide him asylum. good morning, thomas. ecuador really is defiant. the government reacted ang g