supported, even anodine, noncontroversial, narrowly targeted solutions to real world problems like this. now we know women getting paid less than men is a real world problem. in republican world, it is not a problem. not it s happening and we don t mind but it s not happening. in republicans minds, women don t get paid less than men in this country. look. in 1 profession out of 265, women are doing great. butlers turns out. it s awesome. the other 264 occupations those are obviously just statistical aberrations. i honestly thought this was an issue where republicans and democrats might disagree about how to solve the problem or republicans might think it s important to oppose the president than to try to solve the problem. before yesterday morning i did not know that republicans literally do not believe this problem exists. how, rachel, should this conversation actually be framed? i made the comment when i ve done this topic before and a lot
recall, rachel, he said, we shouldn t say those things publicly. if that s going to be our strategy, we should keep it quiet. it was a mistake by an inexperienced barack obama to say that out loud even if you were going to do it. he also said it would be going beyond the bounds to go into pakistan without the consent of their government. so it s a problematic argument for romney to make. again, he s looking at two facts which are pretty powerful for president obama and trying to figure out what can i do to minimize the impact of the benefit that the president gets and to try to undercut them? it s not going to be easy to do it. he s going to try. he ll quickly get on the his other arguments about gdp growth and unemployment rate and shortcomings of the economic facts on the ground. right now. i have to say, if i were them, i would have laid low on the bin laden thing for a day or two given the anniversary. it s interesting to watch how they handle it. john harwood. cnbc s chief washi
the dollar. that s not true. let rachel make her point. every greedy men would hire women. it s weird that you re interrupting me and not letting me make my point. it s important. the interruption is important because wi know that women are not fairing worse than men in the economy. women aren t getting paid less for equal work. that s a difference in factual understanding of the world. given that some of us believe that women are getting paid less than men for doing the same work the pst something called the fair pay act. it said if you re subject to discrimination starts before you know that discrimination is happening. effectively cutting off your resource to the courts. you didn t know now were being discriminated against, you can t go. the first act passed is the fair pay act to remedy that. the mitt romney campaign put you out as a surrogate to sure up people s feelings about this
she s voted against the lilly ledbetter fair pay act unfortunately for her. fortunately for those who seek the truth, rachel maddow was there to set them both straight. women this this country still make 77 cents on the dollar for what men make. women don t make less than men? actually, if you start looking at the numbers, rachel, there are lots of reasons for that. don t tell me the reasons. do women make less than men? wow. okay. we re working from different facts. men work 44 hours a week. women work 41 hours a week. men go into engineering, science and math. this is not a math is hard part. no it isn t. yes, it is. let rachel frame it. women are making 77 cents on the dollar for what men are making. that s not true. let rachel make her point.
be prepared for mr. romney to look back with glee to that unforgettable moment with the remarks when he stuck it to that blow hard donald trump. that was hilarious, governor romney. also when you picked vice president biden to be your running meat amazing and good choice with michelle. joining us is john harwood. cnbc s chief washington correspondent and author of the political memo. great to see you. thanks for being here. hey, rachel. is it too much of a stretch to see him saying the bailout was a mitt romney success and mr. romney saying he would have ordered the assaults on bin laden s compound? are they going after that line that gm is alive and bin laden s dead? absolutely they are. both of the items of the rather concise formulation as you mentioned are pretty powerful. it s an unimpeachable fact that osama bin laden was gotten under president obama after not having been gotten under president bush.