in effect now. so-called monsoon conditions are expected to keep up today. martha: back to senator rand paul now responding to comments made by new jersey governor chris christie at an rn c event that was in boston last week. governor christie says the republican party needs to win in 2016 in his opinion and according to him it can t be done with libertarians like rand paul. here is rand paul on that yesterday. what i would say the party is big enough for both of us. it is big enough for a lot of different republicans n fact we don t need to, this all started with him saying we don t have room for libertarian republicans of the thing is, that is how we grow our party. martha: former new hampshire governor john sununu served as white house chief of staff under president george h.w. bush and advisor on mitt romney s campaign. always good to have you. good morningings sir. good to be here.
okay. but hrc, a group i have worked with for years, almost two decades, is with them, they accept the man s change of heart as part of the country s change of heart about gay rights and certainly marriage equality and who are these people that stay in the shadows and say they have a problem with his positions on guns, on israel, on gay rights, on everything? it just seems like quite a potpourri and, therefore, suspicious i think. i mean, you look at the list of groups that would oppose chuck hagel who are gay rights groups who would be willing to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars who don t want to alienate the white house, and you think maybe the list is down here. you think of conservatives who are willing to do that, and the list is a little bit higher. so i mean i think the spount people are spending monhundreds thousands of dollars. we don t know who it is. they re saying they re gay rights democrats but the fact they use a media farm with ties to the rn c, christin
said there was no for it on the convention floor and so clearly it s part of a larger pattern for her. it was awkward trying to watch her wiggle out of that one. was there a lack of accountability elsewhere in the mainstream media not calling her to task and said on special report, more papers ap outlets ought to stand up for you and report this story, why aren t there? i mean, the washington post gave her four pinochios and political fact, pants on fire and hasn t been a lot on the widespread then. and others speculated if it was an r.n. c chairman attacking a reporter for the new york times, that it might have been a different story and it s important to talk
record high for this time of year. with many oil rigs and refineries closed along the gulf coast prices are expected to rise even more. right now the average cost is 3.83 up $0.22 from a year ago. the republican national convention closing with the benediction of timothy cardinal dolan. oh god of wisdom justice and might we ask your guidance for those who govern us and on those who would govern us. most of all, oh mighty god we thank you for the great gift of our beloved country, for we are one nation under god and in god we trust. cardinal dolan will be saying a prayer at the democratic national convention next week. 13 after the hour jeb bush takes the stage at the rnc. he has harsh words for president obama. in the 4th year of your
ingenuity of the marketplace? that is really the dilemma that america faces. another four years or do we make the change? i think romney last night began a great general election and the next 60 plus days he will crisscross this country and layout his vision. one of the biggest criticisms facing governor romney before the rnc that he wasn t relatable to the american people. what is america saying this morning do you think? is he relatable now? certainly with ann romney s speech and the people in the nomination of romney layout the case as to who mitt romney is as an individual as a businessman, as a leader. the american people got a good taste of the type of character mitt romney will be as president. a lot of america will like what they see. his vision is hopeful.