i m afraid i m a complete pushover to my kids. i have a son and daughter and they re, we re such a close family. as i say to my children, home is all about what s inside of it. dell me about auntia. she s been working at nbc sports for a long time. do you guys ever get to intersect much? you know, maybe that s the key. my greatest job is trying to get enough sleep and occasionally a decent breakfast. cooking is not my thing. but fortunately my husband doesn t care. that s good, note to self, tina brown has one thing she does not excel in. thank you for allowing me to clean up before you got here. not. great conversations, right? alex is going to be back next weekend to bring you her conversation with msnbc s rachel madd maddow. they re going to discuss rachel s brand new book called drift. mitt romney may have taken a hit in the mommy wars, thanks to a
you know, 100 years ago today, the tie town ik sank earlier today two wreaths were tossed into the north atlantic to remember those who perished, it kurd on tccurred on the deck a boat that retraced the route of the titanic. it s time for today s big three. time warp edition. today s topics, blast from the past, scandal in the present. and gingrich in the future. want to bring in our big three panel. msnbc contributor and former communications director for rick santorum, robert trainham. real clear politics reporter, erin mcpike and msnbc contributor and democratic strategist, crystal ball. erin, i start with you, the mommy wars, this debate has been raging all week this is what mitt romney said on friday about it.
romney, both in softening his image. the attack on her just teed her up to go out there and make headway on this. to the extent that we re stuck in some of these roundabout questions like the mommy wars that aren t necessarily about the economy, this wasn t the best move by democrats. but she s going to be a very forceful presence for him in this campaign. you saw that this week with her response to all of that. dan, james? have you yet seen mitt romney come out of his corner and start attacking, taking the initiative? have we seen it yet? yeah. i think we saw it in the two victory speeches over the most recent primaries. they were very strong. the last one i found very little to disagree with. i think his message is coming together. but i think what he s really going have to do because it s a message about the economy, and that can get a little bit complicated. obama is running against the romneys as a rich couple, and him as a rich businessman. mitt romney has to find a way to
club or whether the lilly ledbetter law in fair pay was a good idea. romney has to set the agenda and talk about freedom and economic growth. on the freedom question, which he has a lot of room to run there with women, independent women don t love obamacare. they don t necessarily like the federal government dictating more of their healthcare choices. there s a lot of material here, but romney has to play offense, raise the issues. kim, you re in d.c. i ve got to put this question to you. it doesn t seem to be looking over this past week it was mitt romney that carried forward the attack, i thought it was ann romney, very classy in defense of the attack on her. she seems to be leading that campaign. well, she is. and part of this, this all happened, democratic political operative hilary rosen stepped into the middle of mommy wars. big mistake why anyone would ever do that. you cannot win in that. ann romney has been a very effective advocate for mitt
artifacts and they have done a beautiful job retelling the story and the big event, if you are in the area, to come and see. alisyn: lots of cool stuff. today one of the first-class tickets in today s dollars would be $50,000. rick: thank you. dave: on friday the 100 year anniversary of fenway park. 100 years old on friday. they will never sink fenway park. democratic strategist s comments starting the mommy wars. wake up!