do you think todd akin moved the debate to the wrong place? the important debate should be about jobs and the economy. i go out and speak to my constituents, that s what they re talking about, jobs and the economy. i think congress should reflect what the people are talking about. in that case we don t sit around and parse abortion. i think that s a difficult place for political discussion anyway. i think we should be talking about things we can really affect, which is jobs and the economy. congressman mack, where are you on this platform? do you disagree? i am pro life but on rape and incest, there needs to be exceptions in the life of the mother. we re individual candidates who have our own thoughts and ideas and what makes this country great is that we can have differences of ideas and thoughts, but we bring them together. we put that out to the people of the state of florida or california or the country and they get to make a decision.
i remember there was a little bit of a controversy about the ryan budget. and you had said you didn t vote on it the second time and there was one report that said you didn t vote on it. you didn t think it went far enough. there was another. there was this idea, were you against the second ryan budget or not? what i said was if i was there, i would have voted against it. what i m looking for is and why? a lot of reforms that ryan has put out are good reforms. we need to balance our budget and we need to do it not in 28 years but in under ten years. and we can do t i think about my son, who is 9 years old. and if we have a plan that doesn t balance for 28 years, he is going to go to high school, go to college, graduate, get married, have a job, start planning for the future of his kids before we balance the budget. we can do better than that. congresswoman mack, what do you make of this you voted for the ryan budget both times.
right? congresswoman mack, congressman mack, thank you for coming on. we ve got a party crasher in the house. look who is coming up next, robert gibbs. plus we re waiting to hear from the president on tropical storm isaac. first, our trivia question for you. when was the last time both the republican and democratic conventions were held in the same city? chuck todd@dailyrundown. the assigns coming up on the daily rundown. melody shay, founder of asa products led the company to more than $3 million revenue in three years. but some bad decisions caused
white house and senate what happens if they send a mixed message? you ll have more of the same. the ac it s kind of working. it s kind of working. we re just getting started here in tampa. up next, mac attack. what s better than one mack? we ve got two. congressman mack and his wife will both be here. plus, isaac is churning out there in the gulf. we re keeping a close eye on the storm track. the president will speak live from the white house about the storm in less than an hour. you can see that right here on his schedule. plus, take a look at the speaker schedule for tonight. it starts at 7:00 pm. speaker boehner will kick things off, believe it or not, in the first level of prime time. as you see, a whole slue of newly elected folks in 2010 will get a turn at the podium. inform ikki haley, ted cruz and
that mitt romney is trying to sell. state tour of college towns today. can he recapture the enthusiasm of first-time voters? team romney is hoping jobs numbers will stand in the way. bracing for impact. isaac churps up the gulf, expecting to make landfall as only a category 1. that s the good news. but it s some time tonight and it could sit there for a while. the president delivers a statement on isaac from the white house in less than an hour. good morning from tampa, florida. i m outside now. as you can see, the weather has cleared up here. it s tuesday, august 28th, 2012. this is the daily rundown with chuck todd. congress couple mack. robert gibbs from team obama. lots more. lawrence o donnell. you name it. let me begin with my first reads of the morning. hours from now mitt romney and