economy of the future where the only people who do well are the investors and everybody else pays the price. plus, shut out. eleanor holmes norton speaks about being blocked from the house hearing on restricting abortions in her own district. and death of a disco queen. five-time grammy winner donna summer dies after a long battle with cancer. i love music good day. i m andrea mitchell live in washington. in a political bombshell the new york times broke the news that a republican super pac was considering a $10 million willy horton style ad campaign linking president obama to jafr maya wright. the proposal called the defeat of barack hussein obama, the plan to end his spending for good. but moments ago the super pac released a statement on behalf of the funder joe rikts, rejecting the approach and saying it s all a big mistake. the proposal was just, quote, a suggestion for a direction to take. mitt romney has also now repudiated it. this is a trial balloon? this is
considering a $10 million willy horton style ad campaign linking president obama to jafr maya wright. the proposal called the defeat of barack hussein obama, the plan to end his spending for good. but moments ago the super pac released a statement on behalf of the funder joe rikts, rejecting the approach and saying it s all a big mistake. the proposal was just, quote, a suggestion for a direction to take. mitt romney has also now repudiated it. this is a trial balloon? this is not just some side show, this came from fred davis, well known, did the big celebrity ad against barack obama for john mccain s campaign. the firm had spent a lot of money, the proposal included a tv ad, print ad, so now we re told never mind? well, i think what this was, andrea, was something that was not meant if fred davis and excuse me, joe rick ets had their way would have seen the light of day and not in the new york times. now these things work in mysterious ways. the times was out front, chr