caught up in conversations about bogus birth certificates or whether someone s dog should have been strapped to the roof of the car. the country is ailing. the economy is problematic, and we re having, i think, a really good conversation about who among the two of them can best move this country forward when it comes to jobs. i don t think that mitt romney can put part of his record in play. he talks about having been a job creator at bain. he stresses this far more than he does his record as the governor of massachusetts, and, therefore, the totality of that record is all fair game. do you believe that most people or many more will see what michael does after hearing the president, his strongest and most clear explanation of why mitt romney s record at bain capital matters. it s not, as he put it, an attack on private equity, it is as we have at the bottom of the screen, what this job is about. yeah. i mean, the president is essentially saying that the presidency is about people a
clearly draw the line. but i want to play what cory booker said to our own rachel a maddow last night regarding what he sees as gop manipulation of his words. here they are plucking sound bites out of that interview to manipulate them in a cynical manner to use them for their own purposes, and that slogan is really what had me and basically my entire staff really fit to be tied. in the beginning i think i use the metaphor my staff is going to have to hold me back. is it fair? we ve asked whether bain capital record of mitt romney is fair. cory booker filed his complaint, fit to be tied, but does that convince voters who have heard his words and the rnc who chooses to use his word? i think in some ways folks aren t paying attention in this level of detail to cory booker i don t know. he was the second most googled person yesterday nationally. that s true. that s true. and i think in some ways he s
playing a game of character assassination by talking about bain capital. by saying mitt romney is not only a bad business person but that he s a bad person. so that is so far their narrative here. i don t know that it will work. i think they probably need to put more positive stories out there about bain capital. in some ways pick up on some of the things you heard cory booker say about bain capital. that s their challenge. to quote mitt romney, to have $10,000 to bet but he once proposed a $10,000 bet. do you think we can end another week without mitt romney coming out with stronger language regarding bain company and his time leading that company? it seems it s a subject akin to his faith where it s at his core, around yet there s a reluctan reluctance, an uncomfortableness in him addressing that record, which frankly i don t understand because he might derive benefit if he would. i don t think that will change. i think that s who he is.