the 100th for mitt romney and first for the republic ticket now just a week away from the convention that will actually officially nominate them. at one point a very conservative state lawmaker up here by the name of jack varnes a president threw a fast ball and they turned it around on afghanistan and made it something of a shot at president obama, watch. what are you going to do about this damn mess in afghanistan? there are people overseas that are fighting for us who are responding to the call of the commander and chief and he ought to be reporting to their parents and their communities and the people of america. that s one thing i will do. what romney essentially said is the president owes it to americans to give more regular updates on what s going on in afghanistan. and he suggested that as romney has for the better part of the last two years on the campaign trail, he will do everything he can to get american troops home and not abandon afghanistan to the taliban or other
i guess because people it s insensitive. steve: when you think about it, the obama campaign has accused mitt romney of being a felon. last week they had the ad about mitt romney killed that guy s wife. now for the campaign, and they stand behind his comments for them to say, mitt romney is going to put y all back in chains, that really is it just us or do you think it goes way past the line? mitt romney really hit him last night in ohio. said that the president s desperate. eric: that is so important because after the cancer ad issue and the campaign says no, we re i m sorry. the white house never came out and disowned or disavowed the cancer ad, people waited to see what happens. stephanie cutter from the campaign, from chicago. steve: the one caught in a lie last week? eric: who called mitt romney a felon, backed it up saying we re okay with what joe biden said about the chains comment. back it up. why do they do that?
who wins ohio since they ve been a state wins the presidency. two exception tph-s all o exceptions in all history. we talk all the time about how romney continue breakthrough in ohio. he saw positive momentum in virginia, a place he should be winning. also in pennsylvania, wisconsin , romney continue breakthrough. all of a sudden it started happening. and to put it in context and to think about it this way, to get your bounce before the convention, we know that mitt romney is going to get a bounce out of this convention, barring total catastrophe from isaac. mitt romney is going to get something good out of this convention. to go into it with positive momentum from any candidate actually looks like what barack obama had in 2008 was when he started to liftoff even before he got to denver and that put the exclamation point on it. romney is looking at possible a similar scenario. megyn: we are taking a look at
mitt romney and paul ryan line up better. it killed john kerry in 2004. i think the president should be concerned that it s going to kill him in ohio in 2012. megyn: very interesting. chris stirewalt, thank you sir. see you often and soon in tampa. perhaps another indicator of ohio s importance is the frequency of visits from our commander in chief. he has made 10 visits there this year, a total of 13 since announcing his re-election. that puts ohio in the top four more frequent presidential destinations. in another battleground state, wisconsin a send off party is underway for the hometown hero congressman and vp candidate paul ryan. he was on stage with his family moments ago in his hometown of jamesville. he talked about working for america in the years ahead. friends, family, this is a
defining moment for our country. this is not an ordinary election, because it s not an ordinary time. we have a big choice to make. we are not just picking the next president for a few years, we are picking the pathway for america for a generation. megyn: congressman ryan will fly to tampa tomorrow. a short time ago he sat down with our own bret baier to talk about his big speech on wednesday. remember how big a deal it was when sarah palin took the stage at the rnc fours years ago, it shifted the race in favor of the mccain palin ticket. this is paul ryan s turn tomorrow night talking about any pre convention jitters, pre see much jitters, there is a lot riding on this for him. he ll join us with sound bytes on where paul ryan might be going witness. a live interview with mitt romney s sons, all five much