rainy day. how many tickets do you have left to sell? they are all gone now with that information. [ laughter ] i do what i can. you know. you give and you give. all right. and here she is giving again. majorette, slash breaking news superstar jacki schechner. good morning, everybody. the obama campaign is going to air a new television ad. it focuses on the middle class and growing the economy from the middle out. i believe in fighting for the middle class because if they are prospering, all of us will prosper. the ad is positive. the campaign brought $6.5 million of advertising time during the olympics. by all accounts mitt romney s trip to london has been less than successful. senate majority leader harry reid put it s not good for the country for him to quote go abroad and insult everybody. he first lady is doing a much better job. she talked about her father who has multiple sclerosis and was an athlete until that rehabilitated him. and the games had always
and the importance of black parents to have a cohesive family. i think we re missing the big picture. he insulted the real housewives and is turning off every voter regardless of race. have you watched it lately, sam? you only made my point. so bob, let s give you the last word here. look, i think the president has talked about personal responsibility to white audiences, to black audiences. to hispanic audiences. i think it s always been part of his message. i don t think, frankly, i ll tell you something, if you went out and talked to the average african-american about this and talked to them about the president, i would say the president s approval rating is around 90%. he s going to get about 95% of that vote. some of these folks are dancing on the head of an idealogical pin. they re not getting what he s doing. bob, thank you for that 14th century analogy. bob shrum, karen finney, and sam stein. thank you for your time. a brief note about ed and wendy schultz. ed has been o
diagnosed with ovarian cancer, a very serious disease. he spoke about it publicly for the first time on his radio show today. it s been a real jolt to say the least. i mean, it shakes you to your bones. but she s a tough girl, and she went through surgery yesterday. the doctors feel like they got all of it. it was very successful surgery, but we got a long way to go. and you know, i m going to be gone for a while. doing the radio and tv show isn t exactly what i m thinking about right now. i m going to be with my wife through all of this. all of us on the ed show love and respect ed and wendy, and across the msnbc family, we wish ed, wendy, and their family well wishes and to get strong through this particularly horrendous ordeal. you can hear the entire statement by going to our blog at ed.msnbc.com.
that vote. some of these folks are dancing on the head of an idealogical pin. thank you for that analogy. bob shrum, karen finny, and sam stein. thank you for your time. a brief note about ed and wendy schultz. ed has been off tv for the last week dealing with a major health issue that has struck his wife. last wednesday night, wendy was diagnosed with ovarian cancer a very serious disease. he spoke about it publicly for the first time on his radio show today. it s been a real jolt to say the least. i mean it shakes you to your bones. but she s a tough girl and she went through surgery yesterday. the doctors feel like they got all of it. it was very successful surgery, but we got a long way to go. and you know i m going to be gone for a while. doing the radio and tv show isn t exactly what i m thinking
responsibility to white audiences, to black audiences. to hispanic audiences. i think it s always been part of his message. i don t think, frankly, i ll tell you something, if you went out and talked to the average african-american about this and talked to them about the president, i would say the president s approval rating is around 90%. he s going to get about 95% of that vote. some of these folks are dancing on the head of an idealogical pin. they re not getting what he s doing. bob, thank you for that 14th century analogy. bob shrum, karen finney, and sam stein. thank you for your time. a brief note about ed and wendy schultz. ed has been off tv for the last week dealing with a major health issue that has struck his wife. last wednesday night, wendy was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, a very serious disease. he spoke about it publicly for the first time on his radio show today. it s been a real jolt to say the least. i mean, it shakes you to your bones.