the union address. then there s romney adviser elliott cohen who says romney wouldn t rule out sending troops to libya. anybody in favor of that? it s a wonder romney s foreign policy got a thumb s up from donald rumsfeld who treated terrific comprehensive speech by governor romney. he knows america s role in the world should be a leader, not as a spectator. wow. the new mitt romney s closing remarks came right out of the bush cheney neon play book, folks. vote for us or we re going to get attacked again. america s security and cause of freedom cannot afford four more years like the last four years. mitt romney will not let americans know what his real policies are. it is the bush administration all over again. especially when it comes to foreign policy. how s that sit with you? even obama adviser robert gibbs and newt the gary radnich shgi
nuclear weapons is to attack the program directly. oh, boy. another romney adviser, here s a dandy. state department official robert joseph. joseph, you re wondering where do woe know this guy from? he s been calling for an attack on iran since 2006. and you might remember him as the guy who told president bush to use a false story about iraq and uranium. then there s elliot cohen, who says romney wouldn t rule out sending troops to libya. anybody in favor of that? it s no wonder romney s foreign policy got a thumbs up from donald rumsfeld who tweeted, terrific, comprehensive speech by romney. he knows the role of the united states in the world should be a leader. it came out of the play book. vote for us, or we re going to
it is no wonder romney and ryan aren t talking about that plan. no wonder they talked about talking about anything of substance opinion it is too tough to sell. they are resorting to distortion, putting out false ads that claim president is taking the work requirement out of welfare. let s be honest. that strategy is not inspiring. and voters aren t inspired either. the new nbc poll shows that 54% of americans say that the ryan pick has no effect on their vote. so much for the ryan bounce. joining me now is senator sherrod brown, democrat from ohio. senator, thanks for coming on the show tonight. good to be with you, reverend sharpton. i m sitting where you sat a week ago, broadcasting in cleveland. great. let me ask you a question. is the ryan/romney budget plan, especially medicare, a plus or a
and get something done here. a lot of us on the outside kind of criticizing the white house and the president for being so naive as to be trying to work with republicans. so i think if they would have really started to feel the heat for how obstructionist they have been from the beginning, i think those numbers would be lower. if people knew the truth. yeah. i agree with you. e.j. and karen, thanks for your time tonight. thanks. good to be with you. coming up, mitt romney goes all the way to iowa to show a working class farmer that he feels their pain. but he ends up with a one percenter who lives in a house that looks like a spaceship. some farmer. no wonder romney s not connecting with voters and falling behind in the polls. plus, fallout from our jaw-dropping interview with the republican who s peeling back the curtain on the fight to suppress the vote. it s very sad that the republican party doesn t want to
their health insurance. they lost their severance pay. they eat the carcass. they leave with that and they leave the skeleton. i m telling you, it is scary out there with the bain battle, the tax thrashing. it s no wonder romney has been laying low until todayment he hasn t faced the public since making his phantom of the opera exit from the naacp earlier on wednesday. now, it seems he ll face the music and just like you, we cannot wait to see what comes out of it. let s bring in our panel in washington. msnbc analyst karen finney and michael crowley of time magazine. are you in new york, michael? no, i love new york. i wish i was. i m in washington. i m sorry. i thought so. thank you. karen, i m getting visions of romney s boston headquarters looking like something out of a scooby doo episode. scrambling on friday the 13th to get away from the ghost of bain by suddenly scheduling five network interviews. is that about right? how about that.