hey, good morning, it s tuesday, may 7th. welcome to morning joe on a beautiful, beautiful day. what a beautiful may day. . gorgeous. with us onset, we ve got mike barnicle, political analyst and visiting professor at nyu, former democratic congressman harold ford jr. and fortune magazine s assistant editor. we ve got so much to talk about. i was really surprised at the last segment on way too early talking about chris christie undergoing an operation. chris text us to let us know this story was true or not. also, a lot of other things going on. today, we ll be seeing what the biggest companies in america are. we are. fortune 500, see who s going up, going down. also, benghazi, this story will not go away. yeah. we have new testimony that has come out talking about the military actually trying to get over to benghazi while the riots were going on. last-minute changes. being told to stand down. don t go over there. and i ll tell you, the people that wan
convention, and you are not mentioned in mitt romney s signature speech that s supposed to lay the groundwork for the really kick start of the campaign or reset of the campaign. and then you do hear him speak at this fund-raiser on hidden camera. yeah, exactly. i don t think you re happy. no. again, talking about the chaos of the campaign, pete weiner who wrote romney s speech wrote about afghanistan. yeah. and stuart stevens tore the speech up and chaos ensued, and this is what we get. gosh. we ve also got a new nbc/ wall street journal poll that came out, and it shows actually barack obama is benefiting. yeah. increased optimism on the economy, direction of the country. let s look at the head-to-head matchup, obama/biden ticket leads romney and ryan by 5 points, 50% to 45%. also since march president obama s job approval has reached the 50% mark.
0 first of all halperin is still stunned by the dress. i don t know. it s not that bad. it s good. no, it s good. i think mika looks purrfect. from chicago, thank you. there s a lot of national polling data out there. the romney campaign is pointing not to the wall street journal /nbc news poll which shows the president with a pretty substantial lead or the cbs/ new york times poll. there s a lot of polling that suggests the president has a big lead. the romney campaign has to be troubled by the fact that if you ask the question who do you trust more to deal with the economy? the president, the one attribute where he had a big gap, has closed the gap in a lot of polls. there are other polls like the associated press today, like the usa today /gallup poll which romney supporters, especially of course seniors, as well as many lower-north carolinas as well as men and women serving in the military who think conservative policies are better for the country even if they re
night was even though you didn t vote for me, i hear your voices, and i m going to work as hard as i can to be your president. and one of the things i ve learned as president is you represent the entire country. and when i meet republicans, as i m traveling around the country, they are hardworking family people who care deeply about this country. and my expectation is is that if you want to be president, you ve got to work for everybody, not just for some. others have said that you just kissed half the electorate good-bye this election year, that you all but called them moochers. did you? no, i m talking about a perspective of individuals who i m not likely to get to support me. i recognize that those people who are not paying income tax are going to say gosh, this provision that mitt keeps talking about, lowering income taxes, that s not going to be real attractive to them. and those that are dependent upon government and those that think government s job is to redistrib
capitol higrilled about the fast and furious fiasco. and no interest. and catholic church about hits belief. is the issue getting the coverage it deserves and your favorite news canal marks ten years at the top. on the panel this week, writer and fox news contributor, judy miller. syndicated columnist cal thomas, jim pinkerton contributing editor the american conservative magazine and host, alan colmes, i m jon scott, fox news watch is on right now. . jamie: i m in this race because i care about americans. i m not concerned about the very poor, we have a safety net there. and it needs repair i ll fix t i m not concerned about the very rich, that s fine. i m concerned about the very heart of america, the 90, 95% of americans right now who are struggling. jon: mitt romney on cnn the day after winning the florida republican primary, the media focused on the very first part of his phrase there, jim, where he said i m not concerned about the the very poor. everybody jump