future of america. ronald reagan was an optimist at heart who made everybody feel in the conservative movement for sure, feel excited about the conservative agenda for the country. feel it was an optimistic thing. it was going to get the country going again. you don t sense that in anything other than a mechanical way from mitt romney. he s offering a power point. he s got 59 points about how to make the economy better. they re not conservative principles. they have to find a way to articulate a more conservative message. here comes the new biography on the guy. a new personal tale for romney on the trail this week is the time he spent as a mormon minister. here he was yesterday in atlanta. in my church, we don t have a professional ministry. so people are asked to serve as the minister or the pastor of their congregation from time to time. i had a privilege of doing that for over ten years. and in that capacity, i had the chance to work with people who lost their jobs in som
here comes the new biography on the guy. a new personal tale for romney on the trail this week is the time he spent as a mormon minister. here he was yesterday in atlanta. in my church, we don t have a professional ministry. so people are asked to serve as the minister or the pastor of their congregation from time to time. i had a privilege of doing that for over ten years. and in that capacity, i had the chance to work with people who lost their jobs in some cases or were facing other financial distress. losing their homes. and i found that those kind of circumstances were not just about money or numbers. they were about lives and about emotions. sometimes marriages suffered. sometimes people became depressed. clinically depressed. being out of work a long time is a real threat and challenge to human happiness. and i feel this president has let us down. what job is he running for? what was that an application for?
he s not in a stronger position. here is how the washington post reports çit. quote, one prominent adviser told him to sharpen his use of code words and create small pictures, vivid imagery to connect with voters. another to say romney s message is too business like and broad. so, can the romney campaign reset the gps? let s go inside with rob johnson. we are joined by doug, former senior adviser to al gore and hillary clinton s presidential campaigns and garrett who is following mitt romney. four weeks now mitt romney has been stressing his business record. in the past couple weeks he s trying new lines on his stump speech. let me play a few for you. in my church, we don t have a professional ministry.
here is rick santorum in a prayerful moment. the man plans his way but the lord directs his steps. we pray you direct rick s steps as he campaigns for president. that you would take care of his family and protect them, that you would keep bella safe. in my church we don t have a professional ministry. people are asked to serve as the minister or pastor of their congregation from time to time, and i had that privilege for over ten years. in that capacity i had the chance to work with people who lost their jobs n some cases or were facing other financial distress, losing their homes. martha: christopher hahn is a former aid to charles schumer and a fox news contributor. gretchen ham ellis the spokeswoman for the republican conference. good to have you here. we ve been saying nonstop that this election was all about jobs and the economy. that was going to be the main topic, and boy for anybody who
for the first time in u.s. history the house of representatives had to decide the presidential election. no candidate received so the constitutional dictates, the house voted and they picked john quincy adams, though he had won fewer popular votes than andrew jackson. we know what happened after that. anyway, mitt romney is getting personal. in an event in atlanta, he described his experience as a lay leaders in the mormon church and the people he ministered to. in my church, we don t have a professional ministry. so people are asked to serve as the mince trier or the pastor of their congregation from time to time. people became clinically depressed, being out of work a long time is a real is a real threat and challenge to human happiness. i feel this president has let us down. let s bring in the panel.