this into question. this is complicated, but no matter who s right, this is a fight team obama is happy to have. also, when you think of veterans, you probably think older and conservative. but the obama team now thinks it s got a real shot at winning over veterans, especially younger vets from iraq and afghanistan. plus, what did joe paterno know and when did he know it? now we know. louis freeh s investigation of the penn state abuse scandal is out. paterno chose to protect jerry sandusky over the children he victimized and richard engel is just back from syria with a chilling account of what he saw in that country torn by civil war. finally, guess where the american s olympics uniforms were made? here s the hint, not in the u.s.a. we begin with mitt romney fighting back against the bain attacks. howard fineman is editorial director for the huffington post. joan walsh is editor of salon. both are msnbc political analysts. allow me to show you what came out today. toda
mark in terms of defense. the obama campaign attacked. there are questions about exactly what definitions you want to use of offshoring and outsourcing. there are definitions about time. the timeline and so on. but the basic attack was well known and i think in its heart had a lot to it. the romney campaign at first dismissed it. they tried to brush it off, make fun of it, they tried to counterattack by saying the president sent money overseas during the stimulus package. but it s only today more than a week later they re trying to react to a story they originally sent their staff down to the washington post to complain about. that was more than a week ago. joan, first read had this response to the new ad. quote, perhaps the biggest problem for team romney is this ad comes more than a week after the obama camp released its bain outsourcing ad. that s not quite rapid response. also today, the new york times reports on the disappointment of some romney supporters, built a
finest athletes compete. reed and could you tell it s an election year? next, bring on the photo shop. colorado republican lang sias is making a run at the state senate after losing in 2010. now, check out the campaign photo from 2010. notice the tea party endorsed paper posted on that sign and here he is in front of the sign. he is using that same picture as a campaign mail er, just like h did in 2010, but with one notable omission. no more nod to the tea party. why? in the last go around, the candidate was in a gop primary. this time, it s a face off with a democrat in a district that s pretty evenly split. finally, jane pitt, the mother of hollywood a-lister, brad pitt, drew some attention last week when she sent a letter to a local newspaper blasting
this is complicateded, but no matter who s right, this is a fight team obama is happy to have. also, when you think of veterans, you probably think older and conservative. but the obama team now thinks it s got a real shot at winning over veteran, especially younger vets from iraq and afghanistan. plus, what did joe paterno know and when? louis freeh s investigation is out and conclusion the plain. paterno chose to protect jerry sandusky over the children he victimized and richard engel is just back from syria with a chilling account of what he saw in the country. finally, guess where the american s olympics uniforms were made? here s the hint, not in the u.s.a. we begin with mitt romney fighting back against the bain attacks. howard fineman is editorial director for the huffington post. joan walsh is editor of salon. today, the romney campaign is out with a new ad accusing obama of lying about romney s role at bain. when a president doesn t tell the truth, how can we tru
bain capital and outsourcing. his team has released an ad saying president obama isn t telling the truth. romney says much of bain s outsourcing came after he left in 1999. today s boston globe may call this into question. this is complicated, but no matter who s right, this is a fight team obama is happy to have. also, when you think of veterans, you probably think older and conservative. but the obama team now thinks it s got a real shot at winning over veterans, especially younger vets from iraq and afghanistan. plus, what did joe paterno know and when did he know it? now we know. louis freeh s investigation of the penn state abuse scandal is out. paterno chose to protect jerry sandusky over the children he victimized and richard engel is just back from syria with a chilling account of what he saw in that country torn by civil war. finally, guess where the american s olympics uniforms were made? here s the hint, not in the u.s.a. we begin with mitt romney fighting back