you were dealt a tough hand but your policies have not worked. in the 4th year of your presidency a real leader would accept responsibility for his actions and you haven t done it. and that of course wasn t the only family affair. last night in a moving video at the rnc we learned a little more about the romney s relationship. she is gorgeous, absolutely beautiful. you know, i can t explain love. i don t know why it happened. i don t know why it endures the way it does. you know at the very beginning i sat with her and chatted hwith her put my arm around her and something changed. my 16th birthday party was when mitt and i really became sort of an item. it was the beginning of our romance. 1968 he flew into the detroit airport right before christmas. of course his mother has her arms open he runs right by her
haven t gotten a lay of the land. steve: we are here in the tampa bay history center. 500 feet from where we are, right through the darkness is tampa bay times forum and where the rnc will convene later today for a minute and recess until tomorrow . what they will do. rn c will reveal a gigantic debt clock. we have one in new york city . there you can see is the debt clock in the rnc. reminding people we have a problem here in the country. gretchen: i believe when prebuous hits the gavele down it will start. brian: republicans are responsible for that, too. a lot of people saying what is it like being behind the scenes chris: yeah, fantastic. brian: look at where we are
month alone in afghanistan by afghan soldiers. those are the abreviated headlines this morning. steve: we are live this morning in tampa for the rnc and kicks off tomorrow and cancellation today due to isaac. more on all of that stuff coming up. brian: remember this hilarous geico commercial. maybe we should juggle to mammy pampy lane too get self confidence for you, you jack wagon. brian: you will not see it anymore. the star was canned for being a conservative. gretchen: first convention of the tea party era. what went down with wisconsin lieutenant governor. rebecca was there and herman caand i know cain and
i don t know if any of us ever expected we d be in this position to be at the convention supporting my dad. we re just thrilled to be here and thrilled to be supporting him. steve: it s very nice to meet all of you again, four years after the mitt mobile. craig and ben and josh and matt and tag. i didn t even need the name tag. thank you very much. i m steve. brian, are you wearing a name tag? brian: no, because you know who i am already. and i m actually standing brave in the elements while you re sitting this in the bar with the romney kids. meanwhile, this is the latest on tropical storm isaac. has it hit tampa? is it gaining strength? we ll examine what a few of the experts who have followed the path and i m forced to stay outside. we re also going to bring you behind the scenes and take you through with the organizers at the arena where it s formerly a hockey stadium, where all the fun will take play that s hope for the rnc. mine while, it s kind of nice to get out of the air
florida. but it reaches 350, 400 miles those outer bands of rain, raking daytona beach, orlando and north of that as well. as far as the damage, now that daylight arrived, damage assessment teams throughout monroe county, miami-dade county and others will get on the ground and get a better idea. but so far it does appear that this was really a good practice run for south florida because minor power outages, minor damage and minor flooding. but flooding, watch and torn watch remain in effect for much of south florida today. steve: phil, thank you very much for the live report from the keys. brian: by the way, this is his gig, if anyone can handle the hurricanes, he can. gretchen: although tampa, the rnc will likely avoid a direct hit, the storm creating convention chaos. that s why steve brown is