using this to take away or limit people s second amendment rights. i don t know if that s the case because we don t have the documents. it s attacking the principles of the constitution. why is the nra waiting in. these guys are if the united states. we need more gun control. thanks for your wall to wall coverage on this. just doesn t smell right. circles because i think you re the talking in circles. back to our panel now, david corn, washington bureau chief, mother jones and nbc political analyst. we ll get to the contempt charges i want to get your reaction to what s happening today. we watched governor romney, as you like to call him, stand up in front of that plastic podium and offer the usual stuff. i hate obamacare. i ll repeal obamacare.
campaign that i came an apartment background. i read eviction notice on apartment doors. had to learn tough lessons on the little boy. eight mayonnaise-only sandwiches. america gave me a chance to work my way out. i want to preserve that country. i want to get back to the principles of the constitution and greatness of this country. jenna: so that being said, what is your number one priority? if you make it to the senate and big game to say in washington, d.c., what the is number one priority at top of your list you want to bring change to? with head down and full passion get government to understand and respect and adhere to the constitution. it is the greatest instrument this country ever had. 8,000 words or less. it is our playbook tore how we re supposed to act and treat each earth. it also the way to the government is supposed to look at rules they abide by. when i get there i will not conform and be part of a congenial men and women s club. i m going up to rob rock the
and florida that says to them, look, i m your guy. this is going to be our team effort to go and tackle the big target, which is really barack obama in november. how do you now position yourself to communicate more effectively better with those conservatives? well, i think conservatives in iowa here supporting me, conservatives in new hampshire are supporting me. i m getting support from conservative leaders as well as conservative voters. my message is straightforward, i know how to get this country working again by restoring the principles of the constitution, by restoring america as a merit society, an opportunity society, keeping us away from the european-style welfare state that president obama represents. that s a message which i laid out in my book several years ago. and people are also taking a look at my record as governor of massachusetts. i balanced the budget all four years, put in place a rainy day
you get ready for south carolina and florida that says to them, look, i m your guy. this is going to be our team effort to go and tackle the big target, which is really barack obama in november. how do you now position yourself to communicate more effectively better with those conservatives? well, i think conservatives in iowa here supporting me, conservatives in new hampshire are supporting me. i m getting support from conservative leaders as well as conservative voters. my message is straightforward, i know how to get this country working again by restoring the principles of the constitution, by restoring america as a merit society, an opportunity society, keeping us away from the european-style welfare state that president obama represents. that s a message which i laid out in my book several years ago. and people are also taking a look at my record as governor of massachusetts. i balanced the budget all four years, put in place a rainy day
congress that ensures that everybody in this town and in this country adheres to the principles of the constitution. it s called the supreme court of the united states. look, everybody there s an underpinning in everything that we do here. we are fulfilling we re fulfilling the mandate of the founding fathers, who created, as we know, an imperfect document that at that time didn t let african-americans or women participate in the process of representative democracy, and we have gone through the process of making that document stronger and better. i don t know that anybody everybody here adheres to the notion of they re here because of what s derived from the constitution. and robert, before we go to our break, let me ask you about the debt ceiling. obviously, you know in march there is a vote to raise the debt ceiling, essentially raise the amount that the federal government may borrow. the administration has talked, and frankly, cataclysmic terms