Chicago. Well have much more on the early voting later on in the show. But we start with tonights lead. Mitt romneys mourdock mess. Senate candidate Richard Mourdocks god intended rape comments are now threatening to undermine mitt romneys careful effort to appeal to voters as moderate mitt. Desperate to hide the extreme republican positions on Womens Health, romney is just wishing and hoping this will all go away. But someone forgot to tell the press corps this morning in ohio. Governor, do you wish senator mourdock would pull that ad . Thank you. Have a good day. You, too. Thats me . Have a great day. Thank you. Have a good day. But please dont ask be about god intending rape anymore. This is awkward for mitt romney after all at this hour romneys ad endorsing mourdock is still running in indiana and the campaign has no plans to pull support. And while governor romney tries to hide his own party is trying to keep the story out of the airways. Hes in a close election and congressman mi
for the moderate mitt effort, guess who is raising big bucks for team romney tonight? this man. dick cheney. wow. just when romney s trying to be mr. moderate, hear comes papa cheney. colin powell or dick cheney. gee, i wonder who s support you d rather have? joining me now, ryan grim, washington bureau chief of the hufg ton post and erin mcpike, national political reporter for real clear politics. she joins us live from cleveland where the president will hold a rally in just a couple of hours. thank you both for being here tonight. reporter: thank you. ryan, what does this second endorsement of the president mean with 12 days to go? well, for one thing, you know, this was to use a phrase he d recognize, this was one of