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msnbc political analyst michelle bernard is president of the bernard center for women. politics and public policy. ruth and alissa the naleid itor of the associated press. we ll do a split panel, get our friend alan kruger in and come back. so newt versus mitt. you heard mitt romney was on this morning on fox. every day this week there s been the distraction, the shiny metal object that is herman cain but every day this week newt and romney have just turned up the volume a little bit on starting to engage. they ve turned up the volume and it s really frankly quite interesting to watch the differences between the two of them. i actually afwrgree with newt gingrich when he says he doesn t have to focus on distinguishing himself. we know him. whether you like his policy or not there is something charismatic about newt gingrich particularly in comparison to mitt romney. i think right now mitt romney is in for the fight of his life because we constantly keep hearing from the electorate an
here is a simple way to explain why mitt romney can t seem to feel the love from republican voters. a dozen of them in virginia were asked to describe him as if he was a part of their family. one description of romney? the dad that was never home. newt gingrich on the other hand was described as a favorite uncle. our guest conducted the focus group and also with me msnbc s deputy political director mark murray who watched the group in person. gentlemen, unbelievable stuff. exclusive first look on television. we know first read readers obsessively already reading about it. we gave it away. this is a group of republican voters. give me a summation of the type of republicans we have. conservative tea party movement people and moderate republicans so it was a nice, nice cross section, very middle income versus upper income.
a report that a journalist from the same tv station was barred from asking bachmann any questioning even though other stations had asked it. this news comes a week after bachmann s body guards physically pushed an abc news correspondent who was asking about her migraine headaches. this seems like a trend, of bombman s people keeping her in a bubble, insulationed from answering tough questions. joining me is huffington post report and is msnbc analyst alex wagner. can she run in a bubble? it s hard. i don t know if you ve ever done it. i ran for president, and they didn t let me run in a bubble. no, you can t. living in the bubble works when you re trying to build grass-roots support, but when you re on the national stage,
a report that a journalist from the same tv station was barred from asking bachmann any questioning even though other stations had asked it. this news comes a week after bachmann s body guards physically pushed an abc news correspondent who was asking about her migraine headaches. this seems like a trend, of bombman s people keeping her in a bubble, insulationed from answering tough questions. joining me is huffington post report and is msnbc analyst alex wagner. can she run in a bubble? it s hard. i don t know if you ve ever done it. i ran for president, and they didn t let me run in a bubble. no, you can t. living in the bubble works when you re trying to build grass-roots support, but when you re on the national stage, you do have to answer these