in which she either willfully or inadvertently put forward a narrative that the white house did not believe. gregg: clyburn has an apparent track record of doing this sort of thing. earlier this year he accused newt gingrich of using racially coded language. on msnbc he told al sharpton mitt romney was recommend any sent of racists who kept rosa parks in the back of the bus. then said the president s problems are in large measure because of his skin color. is there a pattern here with representative clyburn that diminishes his credibility? the bigger question is there a pattern of racism directed at this president by republicans. when you call someone the food stamp president, that sounds
was a spontaneous reaction to what just transpired in cairo in response to the video. people gathered outside the embassy and it grew very violent. alan, the word incompetent is a racially coded word? as a white guy i don t think it s my place to tell james coburn . gregg: clyburn . say something one is lazy and associating that word with african-american. furthermore, republicans are making a mistake. the first thing they do after the election is start attacking an african-american woman without any cause. this had nothing to do with
benghazi. she was given cia information. if she had used words like al qaeda or terrorism it could have put american in jeopardy. gregg: clyburn s remark arises out of the 97 congressmen who wrote a letter about susan rice using that letter the word incompetent. but two of the signatories are african-americans. and clyburn s colleague is tim scott, doesn t that undermine clyburn s argument? if this was condoleezza rice and not susan rise, alan would be on the other side of this camera suggesting she should resign in those five appearances
party lays low during the convention, but not this year, at the heart is a war room close to convention central, there they ll host daily press events and march out those of the middle-class americans from all walks of life. leading the charge will be the vice president, on opening day in tampa and other locations through tuesday, and when asked if he would be in florida, mr. biden jokingly said i m going to be the speaking at the convention. and representative clyburn and debbie wasserman schultz will also flank the veep. the president will be in swing states colorado, iowa and virginia, holding college-themed events. the air attack will be led by the first lady on the late show with david letterman on wednesday, her third appearance there. for the moment there is a lull in the scheduled onslaught. that s the final day when mitt romney formally accepts his nomination. for romney, this is familiar. he was part of the bracketing
standard. mara liasson, national public radio. mary kathryn ham of the daily caller. this has eed. now the vice president is engaged saying what he said. you heard the clyburn comments. your thoughts about today s attacks on governor romney business experience? i have been surprised at how clumsy the roll-out of this attack has been. this was supposed to be the hammer of thor. there was a dress rehearsal for attacks and they were caught flat-footed. they learned quickly and they came out quickly. the first ad from the obama team. but right now obama team is explaining gaps away. hedging especially before the booker thing happened. they were hedging on the attack to make it much less strong and miscalculation. bret: booker thing, newark mayor corey booker on meet the press on sunday. he came out on msnbc last night saying what he said is