president obama in chicago talking about corey booker of newark. saying he was against ads going up against private equity firm saying they had done a lot to support and grow businesses, specifically talking about bain capital, mitt romney s company that booker said the kind of stuff, the ads are nauseating on both sides. enough is enough. president reacting to that. bring in the panel. steve hayes for weekly standard. a.b. stoddard of the hill. juan williams columnist with the hill. a.b., we didn t hear from booker there. basically he has been used now in a mitt romney ad defending the ads that are coming after bain capital. he was on meet the press this weekend and very honest
capitalism stands. it comes from a fellow republican. republicans attacked romney in just this way. corey booker was wrong here. i appreciate his honesty. if that is how he feels that is how he feeled. he said he was nauseated. that is a strong feeling. but the primary reason for romney candidacy, he says he knows how to make the economy run. he says he can make the economy much more smooth. he will come back more quickly if we have romney in the white house prowho appreciates and understands business in america. you to have a conversation about that if you are running against romney. i imagine romney wants to have a conversation about president obama con mucket the administration. that s on the table, too. it don t an objection. i don t understand why the only way i can understand it is that corey booker said he didn t like the reverend wright attacks. from the romney people. they might launch that. and he doesn t like small ball
harold ford junior, a democrat from tennessee. private equity is not a bad thing. private equity is a good thing in many instances. former auto star, sieb ratner. leading democrat. i don t think bain capital did anything to be embarrassed about. look at the totality of the record. they have done a lot to support businesses and grow businesses. bret: there was corey booker at the end. quick response by the romney campaign. what about the ads? well, i think the obama campaign is in a pickle here. it s clear that this is the central part of their argument against romney. central part of the indictment. no question. the questions comments today at the nato summit suggests how central it will be to the narrative. what is happening in the campaign generally they are trying to define romney. this is a point in the campaign before convention and before people are really
private equity at the home of private equity officials is that he, he says i m not against private equi it. i m against mitt romney say sheg a job creator. he made it clear he is happy to take the line of attack. against romney. booker was being honest. but he has been i don t think he is used as a surrogate much more. bret: may be used as surrogate for romney campaign. speaking to your point, a.b. the first is campaign and the second is romney ad in response. we have been bought and sold in the past. we never had a problem. we were always a business that had value. bain capital. and had come in. and whole different story.
going to be about. what is a strategy for us. to move the country forward. divisions forming among democrats, president obama defended the attack at bain capital after popular newark mayor corey booker broke ranks this weekend. from a personal level i m not about to sit here and indict private equity. if you look at he tallty of the bain capital record, they have done a lot to support businesses and grow businesses. to me, i m uncomfortable. reporter: he compared the negative ads now to proposed ads that were rejected an won t air by a superpac to link the president to the controversial former pastorrier maya wright. it s nauseating to the public. enough is enough. stop attacking private equity. stop attacking jeremiah wright. reporter: booker got blasted by the left and sent out an e-mail that called the