to go back to his point, is mitt rom no in a pickle? he s in a pickle and he has an answer which is to focus on the economy and what he calls the disappointments. that is the only thing that mitt romney wants to talk about. the fact is that is the number one issue for most americans. while this is an important issue, it s one where the americans are polarized. we have a big day friday. there was a suggestion today in one of the articles that both campaigns have a big red circle around friday because the new unemployment numbers come out. does this stop the conversation about healing care or will it have a life of its own. you have the repeal vote coming up in the house and the republicans will insist on keeping this an issue. it s probably not the determinate issue and will come up in the presidential debates and come up in the advertising
dumping of the cheaper steel and the fact that 17 other steel mills including bethlehem steel went under, which shows the political pressure, in terms of the trade between the nations that was putting economic pressure on the companies. it s not the kind of thing that obama would be saying. but maybe you don t do the ad. when you know it s that egregeious and unfair, maybe you just don t do the ad. you are not going to say those two things because that destroys the ad. but i think people are getting wise to it. i think that s why governor rom no s up in the polls. if you look at the polls, i am seeing every poll has him up. i think people are tired of it. they want jobs. they want real thinking. and they are not getting that from this administration. i mean, we hear this jobs, jobs, jobs. but i am want so sure we are seeing jobs, jobs, jobs in this country you are not seeing real numbers. certainly, every time somebody gives up rooking for a job
president obama gave the go ahead for the raid that took out osama bin laden. the campaign is suggesting if president rom no was begin the information he would not have made the kill. took the hard and more honorable path. that produced the best result. he would have taken. mitt romney criticized barack obama for vowing to strike al-qaida targets inside of if necessary. this is not the first time they hit romney on this issue. if you are looking for a bumper sticker to sum up how president obama handled what he inherited it is simple. osama bin laden is dead general motors is alive. the romney campaign passed this along from two defense policy advisors saying killing
see a lot of them. see if it is all religious-based. you can t help but ask, is this the question. a few days ago, he did a lot of controversial pastors. speaking to the folks in the congregations and to the pastor who is fact gathered to see him, it s something they raised. rom no s faith raises questions. it s a reason for them to be skeptical of romney where they may not otherwise be. it s like kevin said. santorum is speaking to the issues that they care about, but there is a sense of distrust there. i had somebody say to me the difference is that mccain had the same problems. mccain s military service allowed him to trump. when you start out with one question being skeptical and maybe it s religion and
has a chance to win, but only by doing that does he have a chance to create a contrast with romney. i am not sure he will be able to do t. i want to play another rick santorum sound bite, again from abc this morning. take a listen to this argument. see if governor rom no s willing to come out. he has turned down every debate. he is hiding behind the billionaires, who are spending outrageous amounts of money, all running negative ads. gregg: that s curious because romney annihilated newt gingrich and in the arizona debate, he put away rick santorum. where would you wish for rick santorum? that beigate in phoenix, the week before the michigan primary was the chance for santorum to seize the momentum and he blew it. that cost him michigan and a chance to win ohio and cost him a chance to be the new