i did think he was good for him. it may be a low bar to say he s a wooden speaker, but he showed emotion. he introduced his family story, his personal story very well. the clip you just played, the most powerful, most sustained theme of his message, the idea that we wanted obama to succeed, he just didn t. there s just one small problem with that is that paul ryan, his vp pick and the entire senior leadership of the republicans on inaugural day were plotting how to make this president a failure. so if his pitch is i can cure this country and heal it and bring an end to the division, you ve got to wonder why he picked someone like paul ryan. yet, michael, if his pitch really was aimed mostly at that 10% of voters that are going to decide this election, the message is don t feel guilty about giving up on barack obama, you ve given him a fair chance, did he succeed at getting that message out there?
come naturally to mitt romney. as nice as the clips were and the speech we all agree was a great speech and he delivered it nicely, the problem is that s going to be replaced by lots of him speaking off the cuff in crowds where he hasn t performed smoothly. where he says the wrong things or gets into trouble which has been his default. so you know, that memory of him will fade. we ll get into the debates and that s a whole other piece of it. but these campaign moments have not been his strong point, to put it mildly. and he s got to pass the batten to himself, doesn t he, in a way, michael? because as i was watching louisiana night and this didn t make it into the 10:00 hour. but if you were watching some cable stations you saw a couple of friends of mitt romney. a couple who had lost a child and a woman who had lost her child as well. and they talked about what kind of person that romney was. i think you d have to be pretty hard hearted not to be moved by
moment last night has been generally good. he got a little more personal than we re used to. he fired up the base and gave his jobs pitch to america. i wish president obama had succeeded because i want america to succeed. but his promises gave way to disappointment and division. this isn t something we have to accept. now is the moment when we can do something, and with your help, we will do something. but a lot of attention is being paid to an earlier so-called mystery guest. clint eastwood, the talk of tampa and most of the political world. he talked to an empty chair pretending president obama was there. let me bring in msnbc political analyst richard wolffe and michael sheerer. before we get to clint eastwood, richard, how did mitt romney do?
president it s an election year, reminds me the case between the harvard professor and boston police officer and that was a local matter and the president injected himself and had them for a beer in the back yard of the white house and it s all about him and publicity and about getting reelected. no, the president spoke from a personal standpoint. and it gives the poor guy a break, cal. if he wanted to politicize it, he would have talked about gun control. as i mentioned michael sheerer of the new york times, the president is usually reluctant, burned on the boston cop story, he wanted to get into this. so you have to ask whether this is political calculation and they took on rush limbaugh, and obama and that s story if i was mr. zimmerman s attorney i would be really happy with what happened today. there s more news watch up ahead next, the media getting set for a big battle at the supreme court.
president it s an election year, reminds me the case between the harvard professor and boston police officer and that was a local matter and the president injected himself and had them for a beer in the back yard of the white house and it s all about him and publicity and about getting reelected. no, the president spoke from a personal standpoint. and it gives the poor guy a break, cal. if he wanted to politicize it, he would have talked about gun control. as i mentioned michael sheerer of the new york times, the president is usually reluctant, burned on the boston cop story, he wanted to get into this. so you have to ask whether this is political calculation and they took on rush limbaugh, and obama and that s story if i was mr. zimmerman s attorney i would be really happy with what happened today. there s more news watch up ahead next, the media getting set for a big battle at the supreme court.