black and white, spotted, and our little girl, tricia, the 6-year-old named it checkers. and, you know, the kids, like all kids, love the dog, and gist want to say this right now, that regardless of what they say about it, we re going to keep it. well, sunday, this sunday marks the 60th anniversary of the this sunday marks the 60th anniversary of the checkers speech, a moment of transparency and survival. romney released what will be two years of tax returns but not the 12 his father put out or the ones nixon said we all should put out. chief investigative national reporter and also he reported on this anniversary. jeffrey franks, the author of the upcoming book, ike and dick, portrait of a strange political marriage. i always remember the interesting point that, when nixon was making that demand that all the politicians should release the facts about their tax returns and everything else, eisenhower broke his pencil point listening to it. he was so angry because nixon
0 so what are we left with? no legend, just the myth of mitt romney, and as of this afternoon, those tax returns. thanks so much for watching today and for all week. we appreciate you, the audience. chris matthews is next with hardball. don t go the crime if you can t do the time. let s play hardball. o the cri can t do the time. let s play hardball. do the cr can t do the time. let s play hardball. good evening. i m chris matthews out in los angeles. doing the bill more show tonight. let s start with the difficulties mitt romney has been having in the campaign. romney is reaping what he sowed. who was it that aplowed that multistate effort to suppress the black vote which bget calls the most blatant he s ever seen. if he and his agent wasn t behind it, he should say so. who was it thata straighted this racially attack on people on welfare? wasn t that mitt s voice we heard saying i am mitt romney and i approve this message? who was it who has been out there backing 100% th
racially attack on people on welfare? wasn t that mitt s voice we heard saying i am mitt romney and i approve this message? who was it who has been out there backing 100% the obstructionist republican congress and its number one priority, to terminate the obama presidency through the filibuster. if romney s got it hard, perhaps it was he from the start using the dirty tools of the old days that s responsible. voter suppression, coated racial appeals, the filibuster. if he s having a tough month, maybe he s earned a few more. howard fineman and joy ann reid are here. first, new polls in the presidential race. let s check the hardball scoreboard. according to a national journal poll, president obama leads mitt romney by seven, 50% to 43%. the president also has a seven-point lead nationally in the new princeton poll. he s at 52%, romney at 45%. two interesting state number from the purple strategies poll. in north carolina president obama has a two-point lead over mitt romney