draw. jack gilchrist, the star last week, he received some help from the government through the years. the new hampshire union leader reported in 1999 gilchrist receive $8,000 in tax exempt revenue bonds issued by the new hampshire business finance authority and said his company received a u.s. small business administration loan totalling somewhere south of $500,000 in late 80s. he said his business has received matching funds from the new england trade adjustment assistance center which, by the way, is also federally funded. look, every one of the attacks that the campaigns do to each other you try to create clarity and then you dig in and see there s more muddiness there than you may have counted on. finally the campaign turns to foreign policy today as romney speaks to veterans of foreign wars convention in nevada before heading off on a weeklong trip
but he won t be getting it from me. there was a brief suspension of politics, but no more. both campaigns are back in full swing. mitt romney, back on the campaign trail. the president back on the campaign trail. we know that mitt romney is going on a big foreign trip overseas. mitt s going abroad, right? setting off this week on his first foreign trip. how s that going to go? mitt romney s focusing on three countries. he starts in london, he starts in the olympics. but then he s going on to israel and poland. israel and poland have very conservative governments. i was a severely conservative republican governor. he is afraid of offending the right-wing base of the republican party. do i believe supreme court should overturn roe v. wade? yes. i believe that abortion should be safe and legal in this country. do i believe that supreme court should overturn roe v. wade? yes. since roe v. wade has been the long for 20 years, we should sustain and suppo
wanted. but he won t be getting it from me. there was a brief suspension of politics, but no more. both campaigns are back in full swing. mitt romney, back on the campaign trail. the president back on the campaign trail. we know that mitt romney is going on a big foreign trip overseas. mitt s going abroad, right? setting off this week on his first foreign trip. how s that going to go? mitt romney s focusing on three countries. he starts in london, he starts in the olympics. but then he s going on to israel and poland. israel and poland have very conservative governments. i was a severely conservative republican governor. he is afraid of offending the right-wing base of the republican party. do i believe supreme court should overturn roe v. wade? yes. i believe that abortion should be safe and legal in this country. do i believe that supreme court should overturn roe v. wade? yes. since roe v. wade has been the long for 20 years, we should sustain a
romney s trying to push the right wing line the president only believes in government and doesn t understand the private sector. the problem is romney is out of a significant portion of the speech and totally distorts the president s point. the president was arguing that the government can help job creators. not that it is the only key to job creation. the romney ad is deceiving and is wrong. and yet, it has become a staple of his campaign. at a fund-raiser in oakland last night, the president called him out on it. earlier today governor romney was at it again. knowingly twisting my words around to suggest i don t value small businesses. now, you know, look, in politics, we all tolerate a certain amount of spin. although, you know, when folks just like omit entire sentences of what you said, they start kind of suppliesi isuppliesing . you may have gone over the edge there. romney is now running on this distortion but now details are emerging that undercut his message. thi
seal the hatch. after prevailing past primarily pressure, senator orrin hatch raises the idea of making a deal on the debt. but then his staff pushes back. why a compromise is still such a dirty word. and america loses an icon. astronaut sally ride shattered a glass ceiling, broke through the atmosphere to become the first american woman in space but she lost a battle with cancer. good morning from washington. it s tuesday, july 24th, 2012. this is the daily rundown. i m chuck todd. first reads of the morning. the obama campaign s relentless attacks are hurting mitt romney, but are they also hurting the president? and his brand? some democrats are worried it is and whether the obama campaign believes that or not, they are out with a new ad that has a slight change in tone titled the choice. it s running in nine battleground states and features the presidentcamera, a techniquu expect to see at start or end of campaign, take a look. over the next four months you have a