this is like general critics lemay in world war ii. this is carpet bombing is absolutely fiber content firebombing. this is not brilliant. it is brute force. the thing that the president knows his bed he is less likely than republicans because of the carpet for it. i can only imagine what would happen if mitt romney were running for his super pac was running a similarly rough nature ad, i don t think he she would be having a very good day today. shannon: 11:30 a.m. eastern time everyday. thank you so much, chris. clearly, that ad is sparking a major quest for truth on the romney and obama trail. there are similar cries coming from democrats about a new mitt romney ad. that ad accuses the president of gutting the work requirements for welfare recipients.
this. there is a question in the original law of whether or not these kinds of waivers with regard to the work requirement can even be waived. that might have to be settled in the courts. but what romney is saying, is look you have an executive who has once again gone around the congress and legislative process to give these waivers, again, questionable legality on the work requirement. what is important to recognize here is that you might now under this. if this is allowed to stand you ion then countingbureaucrats things as work that should not be counted as work. so, for example, we have examples of journaling, or bed rest, or meditative reading. that is work. counting as work requirements. if you allow the states this kind of flexibility in being able to decide what is work and what is not work you ll have this ma tphaouf srer maneuvering.
including nevada and utah called for these waivers. reporter: now utah s letter, though, complained only about the accounting requirements in the law and did not ask for a waiver of the work requirement. the governor also questioned whether hhs could act on its even saying, quote, utah understood that hss did not have waiver authority and our request was limited, and limited flexibility was made under that assumption. secretary sebelius sent a letter to congress saying she would not accept any changes that undercut the work requirement in the original law. skeptical lawmakers say if that s true then why did the department argue in the first place that it could waive work requirements? shannon. shannon: interesting question. jim, thank you. reporter: yes, imagine. shannon: again the romney campaign took this debate to a new level when it released this ad just yesterday. in 1996 president clinton and a bipartisan congress helped end welfare as we notice by requiring work for welfar
i think they will be major importance. mitt romney has to clean barack obama s glock these debates for people to be comfort stable with him leading this country for the next four years it s amazing to me when you look at some of these polls out there, they don t realize that harry reid hasn t passed a budget in three years, and the senate of the united states. that s uncon shunnable what s going on in washington, d.c. there is a lot of news that doesn t get out. people have to study the facts of what s going on. don t peso much attention to the ads. both sides lie about the other person. they take everything out of context to try to make a point. you have to search out what the truth out and that takes a lot of work. shannon: what does that say about the current state of american politics if you are saying both sides don t tell the truth all the time? if i m selgd you a product and holding up my blackberry and
behalf of the romney campaign. bill burton who was formerly with the white house, they are the super pac behind this ad. the white house has been asked numerous times the past few hours. bill burton said it would be overstating the ad to say they are connecting this woman s death to mitt romney. so christopher hahn, why run the ad. what is the point of the ad? i think the ad is over the top. but i think we ll have over the top ads all election season long. the romney campaign as already engaged in over the top action. i think they are saying this president is the most radical ever. shannon: chris plant want to bring you in here. here is the problem we have