in the last week of the campaign, here s a republican who gets on board and cooperates with the president. see, once again, i will look at that as an example of showing that a republican mindset can collaborate with the democratic side and work on the other side of the aisle. but again, it s not being used strategically or maybe generally as a way to portray and show that there is a new spirit and there is a true american spirit when we work together, and that s what s happening now in the time of crisis. it s a strength, it s not a weakness, what we re seeing. here, here. dr. james peterson, ari melber, lili gil valetta, thank you. coming up, new video evidence shows why mitt romney is so afraid to answer a reporter s questions. do stay with us. [ cheeping ] [ male announcer ] you hear that?
of trying to over dramatize it. it s really unfortunate, whether it is through twitter of powerful people or even us in the media, to not look at this and see the positive in it and try to make it into a big on the other side. they need chris christie. they need his personality. they need the kind of energy he brings to the party. some suggestion he might have been needed as a vice presidential candidate. that really goes, martin, to the question you raised at the top of the broadcast. what is mitt romney s closing argument. they spent an enormous amount of time to impugn christie and whether or not he was a running mate. that s what they re doing the weekend before the final election. that shows real problems. shows they re making some concessions here right in the run-up to the end. on the other side, they re confident about their numbers. you were on the same call earlier. they are confident about their numbers in the swing states. to your point, lili, is it not the case tha
for all voters. among african-american voters, it was seven points. two-point difference. so whatever we say about the african-american community, they may be committed for all series to democrats but there isn t a big voting pattern in there about this president. i wish more people would read your piece and get it squared. again, i don t think we should file as whole issue around race under his inability to communicate his policies. it s really up to us to try to move beyond some of the discussions we ve been having around this presidency because he is black. if we do that we might see i think to some extent he s helped us with that. lili gil valetta, ari melber, professor james peterson, stay where you are. next, chris christie and mitt romney, the bromance that was, is sadly no more. do stay with us.
whole strategy from the moment this president was inaugurated was to oppose, obstruct, ambush, absolutely everything he did and in the last week of the campaign, here s a republican who gets on board and cooperates with the president. see, once again, i will look at that as an example of showing that a republican mindset can collaborate with the democratic side and work on the other side of the aisle. but again, it s not being used strategically or maybe generally as a way to portray and show that there is a new spirit and there is a true american spirit when we work together, and that s what s happening now in the time of crisis. it s a strength, it s not a weakness, what we re seeing. here, here. dr. james peterson, ari melber, lili gil valetta, thank you. coming up, new video evidence shows why mitt romney is so afraid to answer a reporter s questions. do stay with us.
you can now add rupert murdoch to the list of conservatives who are preparing to blame the governor of new jersey if the president wins re-election. he tweets, thanks, bloomberg, right decision. now christie, while thanking o, must redeclare for romney or take blame for the next four dire years. in case you can t remember this insomnia that chris christie spoke that so disgusted conservatives, here s a reminder. i cannot thank the president enough for his personal concern and compassion for our state and for the people of our state. i just want to thank him for his extraordinary leadership and partnership. joining me to discuss that disgusting press conference is dr. james peterson, ari melber, and lili gil valetta. dr. peterson, can you explain to me the problem here. if it was a republican president and democratic governor, they