strategyk together. the president is willing to reach across the aisle to make tough decisions and republicans should be willing to do so as well. ben, i will ask you one quick but very important question, which is, are we to believe that the president is going to be existing in a zinger-free zone tonight? there will be no actual zingers? i can guarantee you that nothing is going to rhyme or nothing in a ridiculously cheesy category. i can t promise he won t be sharp and quick whited at some point during the debate. from obama headquarters ben the thunder bolt labolt, thank you as always. after the break too little too late despite having months of alarming poll data the romney camp is seemingly only trying to play catch up with women and latino voters.
after this election, as the president often says this election can break the fever in washington on a number of issue and have willing partners to join us at the table to find a bipartisan solution. we know they exist. we have a seen them before. i worked for ted kennedy for a long time and came within inches of getting a bipartisan solution through congress. maybe some of the partners that turned their backs on immigration reform will come back and help us get it sdmun stephanie cutter, thank you very much. thank you. from obama headquarters. and coming up next, new details on what really happened the night that four americans were killed in benghazi, libya. join us next week live in new york education nation. our guests include arne duncan, former secretary of state condoleezza rice, new york city schools chancellor dennis walcott and chelsea clinton. you re watching andrea mitchell reports only on msnbc.
and these individuals were likely to support any democratic candidate. professor peterson, do you think that seth s research comes as news in boston and in chicago? meeting at the romney and at the obama headquarters. meaning have they already factored this in? and are they campaigning in a way that takes into account his potential prejudices? yeah. i think both campaigns have already sort of factored in their sense about this data. i think if you look back at the republican presidential primaries and people were asking the questions which i think are legitimate, why is birtherism still around? why do we see the racial dog whistles being played? part of the reason we ve seen that stuff is because of this data hasset has put on the table here. there s a significant percentage of the voting population that will be impacted and sometimes charged up by that kind of racialized politics. so i think on both sides they re aware of this.
interests of either economic freedom or political freedom sometimes around the globe and that we have to make sure that we re very clear about some of the differences and disagreements that we have when pursuing either bilateral agreements or multilateral agreements on policies on policy pursuits around the globe. finally, kevin, cow pie? i asked ben labolt at obama headquarters whether that was presidential. look, what i like about it is that president obama has engaged us on an issue that is terrible for president obama and where the american people and voters are judging him harshly which is on the amount of federal spending that is taking place under president obama s watch. the deficits that have been piled up. so i think it s great because it offers us an ability and offers governor romney a chance to offer a very distinct contrast on what he would do as president. the positions he would put in place in order to make sure we re not overspending that we only spend what we take
we begin this evening with two important political disputes. one of them a fascinating family feud. president obama out on the west coast fundraising. his team believes those efforts will be helped by the news he supports same-sex marriage. behind the scenes at the obama white house, a rift with the vice president for forcing the president to speed up that announcement. jessica yellin has just learned new details. the vice president just trying to make up by going into the oval office and saying, i m sorry. that s right, john. i have learned from senior administration official, the vice president, went in and apologized not for the position he took but for putting the president in a tough position. the president with a very understanding rely as i m told saying essentially that he knows the vice president is speaking from the heart. you can imagine that conversation. and in addition, the vice president s office has put out an official statement which fits inside a twitter r