this is this is if he wants a country where he gets to tell people what they should do, he needs to move to europe. joining me now, d.c. bureau chief for yahoo! news and a reporter for the atlantic. thank you so much for being with us early on this saturday. sure thing. mitt romney gave a major campaign speech yesterday in the detroit lions stadium. you were there, i understand. the stadium looked pretty empty. not necessarily the best of optics. is this another misstep for campaign romney? i don t think this is a major misstep. it clearly stepped on the story that they wanted to have out there, which was his economic plan, put a little more detail on his tax policy. he really wanted to paint himself as conservative, bold,
a general genuine detachment from real americans and blue collar workers, especially in the state of michigan? that s certainly what the democrats would like everybody to believe, right? he is this cartoonish, rich villain who has no idea that most americans don t have two cadillacs. or one. or one cadillac for that matter, that he s hopelessly out of touch, can t feel people s pain. that is the problem. when he does make these gaffes, it s a minor gaffe, right? he s talking about american cars. he s in detroit. it s not the end of the world to say something like this but the problem is it contributes to that perception and every time he makes one of these statements, it seems to add to that same perception that his opponents would like you to believe, which is this out of touch rich guy idea. david, is mitt romney at all connecting with misch begun vch? what are you hearing on the ground there. actually connecting with voters has been a problem of mitt romney s throughout th
pro-growth. all the coverage was about the field. when they announced the change of venue, the detroit economic club, craig, was the hosting event. the romney cam pane says and the detroit economic club also says that the club themselves are the one that moved this event. why did they move it? because a lot of tickets got sold, more than 1,200 people wanted to show up when it was announced mitt romney was going to give this economic speech. they moved it from a smaller venue to ford field. there were no venues in between? i ve been to detroit. there are lots of buildings in detroit. the optics were odd and it stepped on the message he wanted to have out there. romney also grabbing headlines, grabbing attention yesterday with this statement about cars. take a listen. i drive a mustang and a chevy pickup truck. ann drives a couple of cadillacs, actually. and i used to have a dodge truck. i used to have all three
michigan. you know, the trees are the right height. the streets are just right. i like the fact that most the cars i see are detroit-made automobiles. i drive a mustang and a chevy pickup truck. ann drives a couple of cadillacs, actually. the latest nbc news poll has governor romney, rick santorum neck and neck in the race. why hasn t romney been able to secure the home field advantage just yet? and why has his former political director yet to endorse him? joining me, jamie burnett, political director for mitt romney s 2008 new hampshire primary, republican consultant with the profile strategy group. what say you? why has the director not endorsed mr. romney just yet? thanks, craig. listen, i think like a lot of voters here in new hampshire right before the primary i wanted to give everybody a fair shot to see what they had to offer. see what kind of ideas were out there. i m familiar with mitt romney, obviously. i like him. i think he s in a pretty strong
here on tuesday. for mitt romney, this is his birth state. his father was a governor here and his father was ceo of american motor. it will be a psychological vote to his campaign. he seemed to slow down that momentum that he carried out of his three states on february 7th and going into super tuesday he will need to somehow re-energize his base for super tuesday. a lot at stake here in michigan, alex. back to you. ron mott, you get inside from the snow there. for a bit more on the two big primaries, tuesday in minnesota. i am joined by reid wilson and phyllisia with the washington post. good day to you. we ll do a ladies first here, felicia. it seemed to be overshadowed by the visual there, that somewhat empty detroit lions stadium, not necessarily a good visual. do you see this as being another