he stay above this all? well, look. the president has to run on his record or run away from it or at least deal with it. the romney campaign, i have been often times sprietzed how little they have been engaging the president directly on his record. they have tried off and on, but they haven t had a systematic effort to engage the president on his record. maybe that will come at the convention. when i was in boston, they said that was coming. they led me to believe the next three weeks would be devoted to that. that s not how it s played out. maybe they are waiting to do that strategy down the road. what i do know is the president has a record. he has an economy he s not satisfied with and the the polling data suggests the people are not satisfied. the president is defying the gravity of the economic news around him. and the romney campaign has yet to bring him back closer to
up and going viral. that s the team. it s lip syncing to queen s don t stop me now. the u.s. swim team made a viral video to the tune of call me maybe. that wraps up this hour. i m richard lui. thomas roberts is up next. good morning. topping our agenda, breaking news this morning from pennsylvania. a big blow to those trying to stop a strict voter i.d. law. could it swing this battleground state mitt romney s way? plus the obama administration plans to fight ohio s early voting law in court. then chain reaction over comments joe biden made on the campaign trail. is the outrage real and which side is spreading the hate? plus the cycle hosts are back with their vp power
the electorate history it doesn t work that way. people want to put individuals back to work. and frankly, they picked someone, governor romney has picked someone that has a known history. someone that served on ways and means and created a budget. whether you like it or not, this is someone that created a solution and put it forward to america. that s tremendous. at the end of the day, women will rise or fall on their own merits and the selection by governor romney speaks well to the fact we need to solve the economic challenges of our country today. karen floyd, neera tandon, thank you for your time. crews are trying to stop a huge wildfire in washington state. give me some more! pull it! the bridge fire has burned up to 70 homes and buildings with many more threatened. some residents have tried to dig
women voters? we re joined by karen floyd and by nera tandon. thank you both for joining us today. paul ryan has brought some energy certainly and some enthusiasm to the romney campaign that we saw over the weekend. does this help with women voters? you know, i found it to be a very surprising choice in that regard. because, you know, it s true. mitt romney does have significant ground to catch up on with women voters. poll after poll has shone him to have a doesn t-digit loss. what s surprising about the ryan selection is that it really seems to double down on the problems that women see with this candidacy. it s not just the issue of choice where paul ryan has an even more extreme view and choice than mitt romney. he believes women should not
convince seniors it s the president cutting medicare? i think what it s going to do is elevate the issue of medicare in this debate. we launched an initiative in march called earn to say. this was focused on bringing the debate about medicare and social security out from behind closed doors in washington and to the american people. we have been hosting sessions around the country, our aarp volunteers have had meetings with members and voters of all ages in senior centers, coffee houses and universities to talk about these issues. we re delighted it s at the top of the agenda. we hope that it won t just be discussed in 30-second ads and that, in fact, voters will be able to hear precisely what both the president and governor romney plan to do if elected with medicare. along with those two