i m mitt romney. i believe in america. and i m running for president. romney made his big announcement on a sunny farm but his speech was heavy on the gloom and doom, a long series of attacks on president obama whom romney repeatedly accused of thinking like a european. we re joined now by long time new hampshire conservative activist lafontaine and romney media adviser russ reefer. i m going to start with you. you are one of his top campaign strategists. i was interested in the tone of his message. let s listen and we can talk about it. when barack obama came to office we wished him well and hoped for the best. now in the third year of his four-year term we have more than slogans and promises to judge him by. barack obama has failed america. he went on to rip the president s foreign and domestic policies, fairly negative. can you explain why your candidate is launching his campaign with an attack on the president rather than focusing on a positive vision of what he wou