vote by 5%, but he won the veteran vote by 30%. and he pays it back. he genuinely cares about those who served their country. judge jeanine: the speech was powerful, it was passionate. he was hitting on those themes of good versus evil. when said there is no place i would rather be on my first 4th of july celebration as president than with you the veterans. there was no doubt in my mind that he meant it. 100%. this is a genuine guy. people who say they don t trust them, they haven t met him. you and i both know this is coming deep from his heart. i know his kids. and you know his family as well. he genuinely respects those in uniform because he knows those things that we all cherish in life wouldn t be possible without the people in uniform.
veteran vote by 30%. and he pays it back. he genuinely cares about those who served their country. judge jeanine: the speech was powerful, it was passionate. he was hitting on those themes of good versus evil. when said there is no place i would rather be on my first 4th of july celebration as president than with you the veterans. there was no doubt in my mind that he meant it. 100%. this is a genuine guy. people who say they don t trust them, they haven t met him. you and i both know this is coming deep from his heart. i know his kids. and you know his family as well. he genuinely respects those in uniform because he knows those things that we all cherish in life wouldn t be possible without the people in uniform.
state in most polls. the one area where he s behind is the veteran vote. he s running even with white males against romney, if you take out the veterans vote. heather: that veteran vote is significant. trey, veterans are a high turn-out demographic concentrated in battleground states nearly one million each in north carolina, ohio and virginia, 1.6 million in florida. it is a significant demographic. how will events in the mideast, including that deadly attack at the consulate in libya and the administration s reaction following attacks, how will that affect the veteran vote? that is the issue. it absolutely will. you didn t have to be in charlotte to see the democrat party is being run by the extreme left, more than it ever has been. the extreme left believes, proudly, think. that extending an olive branch to our enemies and engaging in a conversation is the way to go. it is just not in touch with
president obama, it s no secret his campaign knows they will have to fight hard when it comes to veteran voters. president obama lost the veteran vote back to john mccain in 2008, 54-44%. so you have seen him making a pitch to veteran voters, not just on days like today when he s speaking to the dfw but when he s traveled to key battleground states like virginia, like north carolina. his strategy seems to be to tout what he sees to be some of his strengths, including creating tax credits for companies that hire veterans, also calling on congress to create a veterans jobs corps as well as drawing down wars in iraq and afghanistan and capturing and killing osama bin laden. those are some of the themes we hear president obama reiterate when he speaks to some of those groups. as you mentioned he announced that transition gps program which will help veterans find work. as you know, thomas, mitt romney also going after the veteran
day event there. with senator john mccain. mitt romney released this statement paying tribute to veterans. take a look. time for us to come together. carry this message across the country. that we re restoring those principles that made america the great nation that it is. we re going to keep america strong. and worthy of the great sacrifice of america s veterans. it s also worth mentions on this memorial day, that the veteran vote is also important. they make up about 13% of all voters. president obama lost veterans to john mccain back in 2008. the latest gallop poll shows he is trailing mitt romney in that group, so in the coming days and months, both candidates will be trying to appeal to veterans. thank you. kristen welker at the white house for us this morning and we will have live coverage of the president here on msnbc at 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. eastern time. this week, congress will