Jay Caponigro, senior director of community engagement at the University of Notre Dame, died Thursday (May 11) after a more than year-long illness. He w.
absolutely. but it s not clear that romney or any other potential gop candidate would get a good grade from voters. a recent the washington post /pew poll showed the public is unimpressed with the field as it stands now. in fact, 37% of republican voters have a negative impression of current 2012 #)h(% candidates. and, of course, we re watching what is happening there in new hampshire, very important state for mitt romney as he looks forward to today and making that official announcement to become the next president of the united states as a gop candidate. we ll be watching that. we expect that to happen in about 30 or 40 minutes. stay with us this hour as we try to understand what s happening and what are some of the issues he will need to deal with in that announcement. let s bring in our political panel, josh green, senior political editor of the atlantic, and maria cardona with the dewey square group. thanks for being with us. i want to take a listen first to this