welcome back to politicsnation. you re looking live at the floor of the republican national convention in tampa where they re gearing up for a big night. paul ryan is set wait a second. did you see that? is that an elephant in the room? he s right there. see him? i mean, there s a massive elephant standing in the room. that s him right there. okay, fine. president bush isn t an actual elephant, and we all know he s not actually in any room in tampa, but he is the thing that the romney campaign doesn t want to talk about. after all, two wars and the crippling debt he left us aren t exactly popular. but here s the thing. the romney campaign just can t quit him. and tonight the bush presidency will take center stage. did you like bush s foreign
compounded, dramatically by president obama s severe spending streak that he s been on since then. so, but this is what he s trying to sell and it s integral to his campaign. but if you look at the polling, kim, they show that a lot of voters still think that the troubles we re in were the fault of bush. yeah, here is the problem with those polls, so, yes, a lot of voters say they were the responsibility of bush, but the thing is, president bush isn t on the ballot list here, the problems with the polls they show more than half of america also thinks that president obama is a lot or moderately to blame for the economic crisis and that s the problem he has. okay, james, how different, how different do you think that mitt romney would be on economic policy than george bush? they share some of the president s first term advisors, hubbard, and greg mankiw from harvard. where do you think he d be
compounded, dramatically by president obama s severe spending streak that he s been on since then. so, but this is what he s trying to sell and it s integral to his campaign. but if you look at the polling, kim, they show that a lot of voters still think that the troubles we re in were the fault of bush. yeah, here is the problem with those polls, so, yes, a lot of voters say they were the responsibility of bush, but the thing is, president bush isn t on the ballot list here, the problems with the polls they show more than half of america also thinks that president obama is a lot or moderately to blame for the economic crisis and that s the problem he has. okay, james, how different, how different do you think that mitt romney would be on economic policy than george bush? they share some of the president s first term advisors, hubbard, and greg mankiw from harvard. where do you think he d be
japan, one arresuspected of mur reporter: we are learning more about the case. tokyo police were holding him on different charges but now holding him on murder charges, looking to advance their case against this unidentified man, unidentified because he s still considered a minor under japanese law. for the minor of fur dg long, an irish exchange student found dead in a tokyo hotel room, strangled to death. the tokyo police say the only other person in the room was the 19-year-old. they are moving forward on a case against another american, blackston, an l.a. native. we spoke to his attorney and he says the tokyo prosecutor s office has officially charged him with groping furlong s friend on the night of her murder. the attorney says that these charges are not valid, that he intends to fight on behalf of his client trying to get his client off. he does not feel there s any sort of validity to this. the attorney also says that at this point he could face, if found guilty, an
compounded, dramatically by president obama s severe spending streak that he s been on since then. so, but this is what he s trying to sell and it s integral to his campaign. but if you look at the polling, kim, they show that a lot of voters still think that the troubles we re in were the fault of bush. yeah, here is the problem with those polls, so, yes, a lot of voters say they were the responsibility of bush, but the thing is, president bush isn t on the ballot list here, the problems with the polls they show more than half of america also thinks that president obama is a lot or moderately to blame for the economic crisis and that s the problem he has. okay, james, how different, how different do you think that mitt romney would be on economic policy than george bush? they share some of the president s first term advisors, hubbard, and greg mankiw from harvard. where do you think he d be