do i believe you re going to-day do what you say you re going to do. whether or not you agree with president obama, he s done what he said he was going to do. when it comes to the economy, all of the trends are moving in the right direction. and all that mitt romney is offering is really the same policies that got us into this and there s no sort of parallel universe where you can say, see, if we would have done it there way things would be so much better. instead what we know is by following those policies we got ourselves in trouble. i think that s where the fundamental argument is going to come down. susan, wath to look at virginia, because until 2008 that state had not voted democrat in a presidential election since 1964. there s a new poll out that gives president obama an 8% lead over mitt romney in virginia do you think we re seeing a demographic shift in the south that dooms the gop there? we ve been seeing a demographic shift in the south for the last five to ten years. i
neighbors and seriously undermine the prospects of future negotiations. starting tomorrow, the president attends a summit meeting on nuclear security that will happen in seoul. and while he was at the dmz, the president signed a brick in the american soldiers dining room. let s go to strategy talk on nbc s meet the press. david plouff took aim at the achilles heel. he s the godfather of our health care plan. if he s president, remarkably he s running away from the past and he s saying he s going to try to throw all of this away. we know we have to do this for our economy, for the health and safety of the american people. the latest national poll shows president obama ahead of republican front-runners, mitt romney and rick santorum. but we have only seven months until the election. karen finney, former dnc
you heard david plouffe. do you think this is going to be the line of attack for president obama if mitt romney becomes the gop nominee? it is. the white house thinks they can muddle ground enough that there won t be a clear contrast. they think that the godfather line is going to stick. and that will be their line of attack through the summer. and frankly, this just isn t an issue that mitt romney is comfortable talking about. that s what his republican rivals have been saying on the campaign trail. if you nominate mitt romney, health care or obama care isn t going to be a general election issue. well, we know the supreme court is going to get down to business tomorrow and hear the health care reform case. oral arguments begin in the morning. here s what david ploueffe had to say about that. the health care reform signed by the president ever going to be rolled back? we don t think so and shouldn t be. we confident in the
much attention. it s pretty clear that newt gingrich and ron paul are not going to be the nominee. rick santorum probably won t be, either. it s probably going to be mitt romney. but he has to finish out these contests with rick santorum at least for another month or so. i know that rick santorum took off from louisiana, headed you will to wisconsin the does he have a chance in any of these three upcoming contests? only wisconsin. he s not even on the ballot in the district of columbia. he could try to campaign in maryland, but that s looking like a mitt romney stronghold. so his only shot is wisconsin. but even that might be tough for him. because the republican electorate in wince wsconsin is as conservative in some states he s been winning like alabama, mississippi and louisiana. in your latest article in real clear politics, you write about the endorsements being key for some of romney s narrow victories. tell us about that. well a couple of those endorsements were erin sho
constitutionality of the health care law? how do you see this playing out and what are the implications in the general election for president obama? president obama ultimately, there s arguments to be made. that s lot of spin going on that plifically he s okay either way. that the court is sort of expected to ultimately uphold large portions of the bill. if they struck something down, it would be one or two portions that they would consider unconstitutional. and that the obama campaign thinks it s not going to hurt them as bad as it did in the midterm elections, that some of the benefits will start to go into effect. that the republicans won t have a lot of ground to attack and ultimately, the election is not going to be about health care, it s going to be about other issues. so they feel pretty good going into the home stretch. speaking of the home stretch, maybe we re getting there in the gop race here because rick santorum won the gop primary in louisiana saturday. but nit mit