was a severely conservative republican governor. sounds dangerous. anyway, welcome back. that was mitt romney famously touting his conservative credentials calling him severely conservative. the right wing romney from the primary fight is no more. this week the etch-a-sketch came alove the former governor championed centrist principles and got away with it. he keeps this act up. michael steele is a former rare of the rnc as well as an msnbc political analyst and cynthia tucker is a syndicated columnist. thank you. michael, there s on old tradition in politics, you go to your fringe or hard left or hard right to win the primaries and caucuses and then you start to move slowly so boy labor day you re ready to confront the enemy at the center. he didn t do it like that. he stayed right all the way through the summer and maybe masterfully wednesday decided to
in private. yeah. when he thought the cameras weren t rolling in private before wealthy donors. he said that the 47% were victims who were dependent on government, and that is why they voted for obama. and he didn t just stand by that remark then. when he was initially asked about it, he didn t say, oh, no, that was all wrong. he said, well, i may have stated it inelegantly, but i stand by the message. you know, michael said he was a successful governor of massachusetts for four years. most people agree that that s true, but he has spent the past two years repudiating every single thing he stood for when he was governor of massachusetts. so what values does mitt romney really have? what does mitt romney really believe except that he very much wants to be president of the united states? you re thoughts on the 47 going to 100 overnight on sean
going to do, he s going to be more aggressive. what does romney do next time to meet a more aggressive obama? mark? one thing, chris, i think that the obama campaign has kind of telegraphed their strategy by calling him the serial evader. i think they ve already said that s going to be a strategy. is that healthy to say you re going to prosecute or come in as a prosecutor? i think the romney campaign has a pretty good radar screen and they have picked that up. i think they will have romney well-prepared for that. i also think it s going to be interesting with the town hall format because this is a very different kind of environment, and, you know, i think this is where romney is going to have to connect and feel people s pain and so that s naturally something that obama does well. we ll see how well romney adapts to that environment. i m hoping candy crowley gets more in there. she s much more political than jim lehrer. she ll say follow up on that, answer it. i think she wil
a mitt romney campaign event in be aington, virginia, today? yep, big bird himself. the obama campaign was happy to point out that a guy in a big bird suit was in attendance today carrying a sign that said, crack down on wall street, not sesame street. pretty good stuff. we ll be right back. online outfit piccolo headphones buy now broadway show megapixels place to sleep little roadster war and peace deep sea diving ninja app hipster glasses 5% cash back sign up to get 5% everywhere online through december. only from discover. flavor, meet food. it s time for swanson flavor boost. concentrated broth in easy to use packets. mix it into skillet dishes, for an instant dose of. hell-o!
tradition in politics, you go to your fringe or hard left or hard right to win the primaries and caucuses, and then you start to move slowly so by labor day you re ready to confront the enemy at the center. he didn t do it like that. he stayed right all the way through the summer and maybe masterfully wednesday decided to go with i m for the 100%. i m for pre-existing condition coverage, for all this education, all this good stuff. i think part of that you re right in your analysis, that s exactly what happens politically. i think for the romney campaign they took that strategy, elongated it because they had some shoring up to do with their base. can he pull it off? can you make that kind of switcheroo in september? i think you can, number one. october. september/october. i think you can, number one. number two, we saw obama do the same thing, albeit earlier in the process. he was to hillary s left. he brought it around, started quoting reagan in the fall sounding very reag