i m always struck by people that think, wow, it must be because i was just so smart. president obama attacks success, and therefore, under president obama we have less success and i will change that. with us now is ad week magazine charlie warzel to give us a rundown on on the good, bad and big birdie in these ads. i think both ads you pulled are very effective. i particularly like the obama one. that s weird. that s me. i know, it s shocking. the obama campaign had another ad tha thought was really effective, particularly in ohio. let s take a look at that one. we built that 30-foot stage, not knowing what it was for. just days later all three shiftishifts were to told to assemble in the warehouse. a group of people walked out on that stage and told us that the plant is now closed and all of you are fired.
exceptional nation that it is. fox news political analyst brit hume joins us. great to see you. nice to be here. gov. romney didn t go as far to call the president a felon that was suggested by some president staff members. but he does say president obama attacks success. is that fair? i think there s a distinct viewpoint between the president and mitt romney, between liberals and conservatives on how central government is to the success of our economy and to the success of our businesses. i think he was making a perfectly understandable point over the weekend that the government plays a role, that government creates an infrastructures, roads and bridges and legal rights, and copyrights and so on. but then he took it a stepfather when he said, look, if off got a business, you didn t build that, someone else made that happen.
that. that is very bold. very bold. can t wait to share the ending with you. good morning. welcome to early start. i m zoraida sambolin. i m john berman. this morning mitt romney is in ohio. so is bobby jindal and jeb bush. parade? coincidence? it is sort of a parade. all about the veepstakes. also the key state of ohio. more coming up. also nelson mandela s 94th birthday. we ll hear from former president clinton who just visited with the icon in a cnn exclusive. that s coming up. first, zoraidzoraida, the b story affecting so much of the country, the weather and the devastating drought conditions that have turned half of the u.s. into a disaster zone. the department of agriculture is declaring natural disasters in 1,000 counties across 26 states. blistering temperatures are making conditions even worse. across the midwest temperatures have topped more than 100 degrees. and heat advisories are reaching up into the mid-atlantic regions. the bone dry conditions
receive early boarding privileges. and finally, just in time for memorial day and all that barbecuing, your ketchup bottle frustrations could soon be over. thanks to something called liquiglide that lines the inside of the bottle and prevents it from sticking. it recently won an mit student $100,000. big sigh of relief. well, when it comes to business, republican mitt romney s current stump speech includes the accusation that president obama, quote, attacks success. and is anti-business. well, last night on politics nation, jerod bernstein told al that he actually sees the exact opposite. if you look at the numbers, the business community ought to be in love with president obama because corporate profits are not just back to where they were before the great recession when they were already soaring. they ve surpassed that.
america the unique nation, the exceptional nation that it is. fox news political analyst brit hume joins us. great to see you. nice to be here. gov. romney didn t go as far to call the president a felon that was suggested by some president staff members. but he does say president obama attacks success. is that fair? i think there s a distinct viewpoint between the president and mitt romney, between liberals and conservatives on how central government is to the success of our economy and to the success of our businesses. i think he was making a perfectly understandable point over the weekend that the government plays a role, that government creates an infrastructures, roads and bridges and legal rights, and copyrights and so on. but then he took it a stepfather when he said, look, if off got a business, you didn t build that, someone else made that happen.