the times reporting that an intelligence official with more direct knowledge of president trump s dealings with you crane than the original whistle-blower whose complaint sparked the inquiry. and today, president trump is going after one of the few republican critics speaking out g against the president on these phone calls and this interaction with the foreign countries and inviting them to be part of the u.s. elections. the president launched a twitter attack on senator mitt rommy after they called it wrong and appalling. absolutely, and he is really launching some deeply personal attacks here and i want to pull up the tweets, someone wake up mitt romney and tell him that my
the reasons given? security. efficiency. and some suggest political the reason given security, efficiency and some suggest political gain. i so wish that i had been able to fulfill your hopes to lead the country in a different i so wish i had been able to lead your country in a different direction. to nearly half of america, mitt rommy s half, election night 2012 came as a shock with a terrible economy at home and new dangers abroad, president obama seemed so beatable. but rommy didn t know what obama knew. obama s team used the advantages
momentum in the hopes of winning positive media coverage and thus, creating a self-fulfilling prophecy. jonathan chait writes karl rove used that same strategy in 2000 and, of course, he won because he was the guy who looked like a winner. so to that point, ron, is playing the underdog as an incumbent a good move, a bad move? what do you think about the dynamics of the president who seems to sort of like the idea of playing the underdog and mitt rommy who wants to say i m the guy with momentum? actually, i was going to say i think the president obama is also bluffing in that sense. both campaigns are trying very hard to spin the numbers in a way that shows they re ahead because at this stage in the game, you do want to look like a winner. there is a certain small but important segment of voter who s tend to go towards the guy or gal who looks like they re going to win. you want to have that sense of momentum, even thoelts i think it s hard to measure who has got momentum. is it har
vard professor. critics charge it s filled inaccuracies including the health care act s effect on the economy. on morning joe today, tina brown defended the controversial article. let s take a look. kneel is a swash buckling very, very aggressive thinker. did neil step in it here? no, i think what kneel was saying was his skepticism about his conclusions not that they were the cbo s conclusions. that could have been a little more clear. he s just swash buckling. that s all. this article is the latest example of what s been a nasty presidential campaign cycle one often lacking in accountability. i would throw on mitt rommy that has been claiming that the president wants to end or it s his plan to end the welfare work requirements which has been raided by politifact as a pants on fire claim yet reiterated in ads, on the stump.
and economic crisis in the nation. every sthaep we took, for them that was important and where that goes from beyond just me to the candidate of president and the president itself from governor romney is for either to be the candidates of wisconsin. that ultimately, they re going take on the equally if not greater challenge that we face as a nation. i think people are hungry for that leadership. i don t care about the next election. i care about the next generation and here s what i ll do to fix it and that s what i think people are hungry for. i know you re a political junkie and you care about this stuff. is mitt rommy. still an underdog that had you winning and in those surveys always had the president leading mitt romney? i think he is an underdog. i think he d acknowledge he s an underdog, particularly in wisconsin, but anyone looking at the results last night would also acknowledge that it s now