program because my husband was a federal employee for a long time. our health care isn t really affected. there are a small number of people who will be required to purchase insurance who don t have it now. it will become available on exchanges. you re right. but as you know are you saying wacko bird? let s say thank you. this didn t happen on your watch. i know you ve pointed your chief of staff to investigate. we don t have the results yet. can you reassure the american people that there was not a politically motivated cover-up? andrea, i obviously was on the road all of last week. i didn t see the hearings but i followed them and i m getting a summary report of everything that s taken place. what i ve seen thus far, i have to tell you after all of the hearings that i took part in as chairman of the foreign relations committee, all of the briefings that i took part in, many of which were classified.
[cheers] as governor of massachusetts, i chose a woman lt. governor. a woman chief of staff, half of my cabinet and senior officials were women. and in business i mentored and supported great women leaders who went on to run great companies. laura: totally antiwoman to me. and joining me now to analyze whether romney s appeal to the female voting block was effective in atlanta la let that la poor a republic strategist and in new york lorena maxwell democratic strategist. you will get the first crack at the apple here. mitt romney the litany of both women who actually spoke and were showcased at the convention itself. governors and so forth state leaders even some of us. i didn t know how many women he had worked with while governor of massachusetts. this is clearly an individual who is very comfortable working with women and very comfortable promoting women. what was your reaction. i think it s wonderful that they are highlighting the women that he has worked with
[cheers] as governor of massachusetts, i chose a woman lt. governor. a woman chief of staff, half of my cabinet and senior officials were women. and in business i mentored and supported great women leaders who went on to run great companies. laura: totally antiwoman to me. and joining me now to analyze whether romney s appeal to the female voting block was effective in atlanta la let that la poor a republic strategist and in new york lorena maxwell democratic strategist. you will get the first crack at the apple here. mitt romney the litany of both women who actually spoke and were showcased at the convention itself. governors and so forth state leaders even some of us. i didn t know how many women he had worked with while governor of massachusetts. this is clearly an individual who is very comfortable working with women and very comfortable promoting women. what was your reaction. i think it s wonderful that they are highlighting the
[cheers] as governor of massachusetts, i chose a woman lt. governor. a woman chief of staff, half of my cabinet and senior officials were women. and in business i mentored and supported great women leaders who went on to run great companies. laura: totally antiwoman to me. and joining me now to analyze whether romney s appeal to the female voting block was effective in atlanta la let that la poor a republic strategist and in new york lorena maxwell democratic strategist. you will get the first crack at the apple here. mitt romney the litany of both women who actually spoke and were showcased at the convention itself. governors and so forth state leaders even some of us. i didn t know how many women he had worked with while governor of massachusetts. this is clearly an individual who is very comfortable working with women and very comfortable promoting women. what was your reaction. i think it s wonderful that they are highlighting the
politics, but, you know, it s kind of the pot calling the kettle black by romney saying he s pandering to hispanics. of course president obama is pandering to the hispanics. bill: do the voters see it that way, that s the question. i believe it is, it s all about politics to get some legislation passed you have to get the votes, that s what politics is all b. and that s what presidential candidates do. the flaw, what is missing in the piece of romney s speech is what is his long-term propose a. let s put it out here for examination. you can t criticize what one president is doing and say i ll do it better but not saying what you re going to do. bill: part of what julie s point is, i ll let you jump back in here. if immigration is so important to this administration why wait three and a half years to get it done. that s exactly right. immigration is a tough issue. presidents are reluctant to bring it up as a topic. it s got to be. if romney is elected he owes it to the country to br