sense that right now as we speak, there is a deep, a wide, and a very aggressive panic in the democratic party. it started minutes into the debate and it continues right now. it involves party strategists in evolves elected officials. it involves fundraisers and they re having conversations about the president s performance, which they think was dismal, which they think will hurt other people down the party in the ticket and they re having conversations about what they should do about it. some of those conversations include should we go to the white house and as the president step aside, others are other the conversations are about should prominent democrats go public with that call? because they feel this debate was so terrible. they do say, in moments in the debate later, the president got better and got his footing. but then at the end, even his closing statement was a little halting. the contrast between the two candidates. let me be clear. none of them and a lot of repub
Taxpayers is a higher priority than defending the middle class because we all think of ourselves as taxpayers. but we tests an ad that just came out from priorities from moveon.org and it was one of the worst tested ads of the campaign because it was so graphic and vicious. and you even see these candidates stepping on children. the public, the viewers said no way. let s take a look at one of the worst ads of the campaign so far. i, mitt romney and my vice presidential pick paul ryan do solemnly pledge we ll fight for fox cuts for millionaires and billionaires we ll pay for by stepping on the middle class and destroying medicare. mr. chairman and members of the 1% we thank you for your loyal and generous support and we accept your nomination for president and vice president of the 1%. megyn: you have to laugh it s so
Today, you know, we want these candidates to be, you know, more off script and more alive and vibrant and not sort of programmed and they feel like we do a got-you when revealed. that being said, there has to be a middle ground here and that s what these folks are striving for. maggie haberman from politico. thank you. coming up next here, obama campaign press secretary ben labolt. plus can medicare be saved? this is the plan for back to school. introducing share everything, only from verizon. a shareable pool of data to power up to 10 different devices. add multiple smartphones to your plan, so everyone in your family can enjoy unlimited talk and text. the first plan of its kind. share everything. get your student a samsung galaxy nexus for $99.99.
Now, you re still going to have the standard medicare plan you can get. so if you want to stay the way it is, you can do it, but if you want to have other options and choices, just the way we did when i was a federal employee, when all these members of congress, they got to choose among plans. that s what we re going to be able to do for future generations. but for current seniors and those nearing retirement, 55 and above, we re happy to have this discussion because we re not touching it and we didn t rob medicare to fund obama care. and there s a new poll out today in florida, of all places, that is showing obama care is still very unpopular. people are more frightened of that because they know that s coming at them right now. that 15-person board is going to impact what your husband, what my parents, are going to be able to get in procedures. if you re in medicare, you don t you can t really go any other place except maybe a doctor who s not taking medicare and will just take cash
Cymbalta can help. go to cymbalta.com to learn about a free trial offer. hi, everyone, i m tamron hall. coming up in just 15 minutes on news nation, armed with a whiteboard and marker, mitt romney has an impromptu q&a with reporters to draw a literal line between his plan and the president s regarding medicare. romney is now saying his plan and paul ryan s are near identical. we ll dig into what that means. plus another battle brewing in arizona. governor jan brewer s latest stand against the obama administration. president obama and mitt romney both claiming that they can save medcare and accusing each of thor of destroying medicare, but is this politically charged debate so full of hype and half truths that it makes it impossible to ever solve the real problems? david walker is former u.s. controller general, now ceo of the comeback america initiative