was going to be simply a referendum. we were going to go out there, and the whole country was going to hear romney and he was going to say, if you feel kind of bad, give me a chance, let me take over. that s gone. this election is a choice, and he s now playing on the groundses the president has defined. who stands up for the middle class. well, michelle, you know, the romney campaign launched a series of ads this week saying that he was the candidate for the middle class. listen just listen to how he plans to bolster the middle class. listen to this. my plan is to help the middle class. trade has to work for america. that means crack down on cheaters like china, it means open up new markets. next, got to balance the budget. you ve got to cut the deficit. you ve got to stop spending more money than we take in. and cut the deficit and in his plan, at least his vice
planet. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we re learning much more about the shooter and the victims in the sikh temple slaughter in wisconsin. i ll speak wit oak creek police chief coming up live. we ll hear exclusively from two men who lost their mother in the killings. first, we re getting new details on the weapon. our own brian todd is joining us now live. he s in oak creek, wisconsin. brian, you ve been tracing the gun. what are you finding out? reporter: spoke to the gun store manager, wolf. new details on that weapon that authorities believe was used in this shooting. that information comes from the gun store manager who is still shaken by the experience. subject down! officers down! i need ambulance. we have one officer shot. 7512 subject with a gun, balding, white t-shirt. officer down. reporter: it was less than a week before this carnage that suspect wade michael page stopped here and picked up the .9-meter pistol. according to the mana
were free to a president who s been openly elected by his constituents. certainly, senator santorum wasn t comparing them on all counts, but suggesting says i m not going to enforce the laws of the land, that s what i m charged to do here. f i think it s an interesting comparison if maybe an artful one. but we got to get back to whether or not obama is selectively doing this. michelle, at least rick santorum has some fire in his belly, which is more than i can say for mitt romney. why don t we here mitt sound that tough on bain or taxes or just anything? the bain issue is one romney is still having issues with. he hasn t quite figured out how to defend himself and it is not something even his own party members are comfortable with. we ve heard a lot of people saying you need to hit harder, stop apologizing, you need to sound tougher. this is something that going
comparison gives support to enemies of america, we often hear this in times of war, but certainly here, to subject this man is a dictatorial force really bads to this organization of obama. i don t think rick santorum was calling him a dictator. i think he was saying he s been reenforcing that. i don t think so. i think he was suggesting simply there are laws on the books that obama s decided to not enforce and i think he s been doing that to score some election points. so perry and michelle s points, they are absolutely right. republicans and conservatives want more from mitt romney. they want him not to be more negative against obama, but at least to defend himself in more visceral ways when he s called a criminal or liar or felon. i mean, conservatives need to see more emotion from mitt romney and i think the clock is ticking on that. he s got to little to some little wayne i am not a mar
sexual chocolate. that s the way to start this panel. s.e. cupp, one of the hosts of the cycle, and michelle coddle, washington correspondent for newsweek and the daily beast. obama critics love to call him the food stamp prosecutesident. now, a popular refrain is that the president is cutting blank election year checks. smells like a distraction from the bain damage to me. well, this is an excellent statement. in terms of an argument, it s a little bit awkward one for the republicans to make because what the president has done with welfare is they re giving opportunity for states to apply for waivers for more flexibility. this does no do away with the work requirements and usually