tax reform. so in big things like that. ergo taking that off the table for the super committee. no big things on the jobs bill either. but maybe enact a piece here or a piece there. of course, congressional republicans hope what that means is the inertia will hurt the president come the next election. white house is counting on the fact that inertia will hurt congressional republicans more. we ll see. this thing starts to play out at 10:30 this morning in the rose garden. finally this week, mitt romney and rick perry take their fight to florida. the republican candidates, they debate thursday in orlando ahead of a florida republican party straw poll. speaking of straw polls, ron paul won another one this weekend in california. he picked up 45% of a vote in a contest sponsored by the state s republican party. meanwhile, in iowa, rick perry tested the talking points he s probably going to bring to thursdays s debate. he s questioning romney s record, his character and even his upbringi
sexually transmitted diseases. let s get to what perry s up to now with the comparison of the romney background. romney born into wealth. rick perry, not so much. the theme is class warfare. president talking about populism, millionaires, versus the middle class, and rick perry on the campaign trail talking about his own personal upbringing versus mitt romney s. another form of personalized class warfare of sorts. should be fascinating to see how all this plays out. president obama may share common ground with republicans when it comes to the amount of money he needs to save. by now we all know the devil is in the details. nbc s kristen welker is live for us at the white house. we know some of the details here and there still seems to be some confusion over how the buffett rule works. is it an actual piece of tax legislation, sort of a tax penalty, if you will, or simply what the white house said last night, a guiding principle? do we have any idea what the president s going to say