presidency. his views might be suck in the 60s, but we have this new technology called videotape. good luck, willard. joining me now is terri o neil, and laura basset. thank you both for joining me. thanks for having us. nice to see you. terri, let me start with you, how will you react it romney tries to pivot back from his stance on women s issue sns. too little too late. we know romney supports restricting birth control and the blunt amendment. maybe he is etch-a-sketch and come in with something different, but he is not, as a republican candidate, i don t think he will be able to come
president obama. 31% said mitt romney. how does romney turn that around? i don t, as a practical matter, think he can. i think governor romney has locked himself into so many positions that are conservative like the endorsement of the ryan budget. and in one sense, the campaign guy is right. there is a reset and you start anew. but the great david axelrod will not let romney forget what he said in this campaign. i think it would take a significant event for the president to lose. having said that, it doesn t mean that democrats can be complacent. we will have to be on our toes, we want to win back the congress, and there is plenty of fight ahead. i think they re locked in and it was a huge mistake. i agree and the in your opinions say that, but i don t take granted for granted.
to get the economy going again. so terri, he brings his wife out, they talk about the economy, they talk about women suffering disproportionately in the economy, does that persuade some women to forget his other positions. no, she may be a very admirable woman, and i m sure she is, but that doesn t change the fact that, in fact, the economic policies that mitt romney supports are bad for women. and the thing is that women know this. the fact that his wife is out there doesn t change the reality that his policies hurt women and women know it. let me ask you laura, you have been covering these issues for months on the gop race. do you think there is any way, now that it s pretty clear that romney is the nominee, that romney can walk back a lot of
suicidal. this plan destroyed medicare as we know it, and every senior citizen and tea party people don t want to change. this idea that we will cut taxes and it will trickle down. there is no evidence this has ever worked before or it will this time. the fairness argument is a big winner for the president, and if he says on that argument, it s a solid path to reelection. if i m the romney campaign i duck the fairness and say the most important thing for americans is to get a job. we have to get the economy moving again and here is is our plan. it s not a well defined plan up until now, and it has a lot of old things that they don t want to fight. here is our plan, we can get people back to work more
down. and proposed a budget so far to the right, it makes the contract with america look like the new deal. it is a trojan horse disguised as deficit reduction plans. it s an attempt to impose a radical vision on our country. it is thinly vailed social darwinism. but romney channelled paul ryan. i will gradually raise the age for social security,ly cut tax rates for individuals and corporations. i will repeal burdensome regulations. attacking social security, lowers taxes for the rich, lowers taxes for corporations. that s deeply unpopular. 76% don t want social security cut.