african-american voters, 94% to 0%. here is a bit of breaking news. not all black people think alike. i know, with all of the talk of the black community and the black church and the black vote, and with that big fat zero in romney s support, it s easy to believe that frip americans have a single political mind. nothing further from the truth. african-american political history is one of spirit the disagreement. think of the fierce condemnation of booker t. washington or decades of debate with ida b. wells, or the differing rhetorical styles of martin luther king jr. or malcolm x. when are you watching the convention in tampa this week, you might see something that will surprise you. black republicans. no, they are not lost. they are there because they support mitt romney and are prepared to work to make him president of the united states. no, this does the nos mean that they hate themselves or other
higher than that. if you are in the obama call pain. mitt romney, 34%. we can look although who is more easy going and likeable? president obama is whipping mitt romney on that. nobody likes this guy, and this one is key. who is more caring about average people. and there you have president obama at 52% and governor romney at 30%. and that is what it feels like to me. that s the gap that this convention will try to get over. the best chance for republicans in this convention is not mitt romney it s the cast who will introduce him and talk about him. the future of the republican party, that s the strongest point. mitt romney a decent guy. i like his best credentials, he has a chance to create jobs in america. in terms of caring about the average plain people who build a great nation, who fight the
that, of course, was george h.w. bush at the republican national convention. where was that convention held? held in new orleans. that convention held in new orleans. hey, put a nerd on it. put a nerd on it. yes. you didn t ring the bell. new orleans. george busch, new orleans. 1988. i was governor of the state and spoke at that convention, as a democrat. wow, look at that. pretty rare. was booed. booed off the stage, talking about justice. all right. okay, okay. next question. you guys are great. which candidate was nominated at the second-ever republican national convention? abraham lincoln. oh, buddy romer. i love nerdland sticker for you. and it was in 1860 in chicago, and he was not the front-runner at that convention. it took a lot of politicking and had absolutely nothing to do
1% story. we know mitt romney and most people know mitt romney from the last eight to ten years. we put new polish on it, it doesn t change the core fundamental question of do you trust him, do you trust his ideas and the economy. they also, after this last tomb of couple of beikes, have to redefine mr. ryan, we didn t know much about him, what we leashed about him was scary to people like me. and given mr. akin s comments, you have to redefine the republican party. we ve seen the most extreme elements of the party on display and i don t think that s the image of the republican party that they want for the country. data on this. let s take a quick look at nbc does news/wall street journal poll. president obama comes in at a 48% positive. 43% negative. would you like to see that
can i make a point? and two things. one, historically, you have a sitting president which is incredible. in some states, we definitely outspent 5, 6-1, and it definitely has an impact. if you are a congressman sitting in medium or small market district, raising money, think are you fine, and all of a sudden karl rove comes in, dumps $1 million negative advertising in your market and that will move numbers. even if it doesn t so if he dumps the money and the money is about romney or it can still impact your local congressionals. are you attacking the democratic brain. u.s. a tidal wave. no question, the presidential level, almost like a cruise liner if you will. congressional level, like a sailboat. it s carl rove or david axelrod,