Getting the american folks to concentrate on that as opposed to how much they like president carter really helped. that s a variation of the question that the romney campaign has been asking for several months and the results that they re getting based on the polling is not the answer that the romney campaign wants. well style matters in the debate. think about ronald reagan. jimmy carter had a lot of great lines in his debate with ronald reagan in the 1980 debate, but ronald reagan kept saying there you go again. in 1984 walter mondale was beating ronald reagan. but reagan said i m not going to let age be a determining factor, because my opponent is younger than me and less experienced than me. he used humor and well-timed phrases make a big difference in these debates. chris, joe raises an interesting point, the same point that matthew dowd raised in a national journal piece. in preparing for the debates, romney and president obama needs
Upward mobility for americans? or do they want more of the past four years that they have seen, which hasn t been very bright and it s been obama s failed economic policies that haven t been working. so i think this is great opportunity for governor romney to outline his plans. i don t think wednesday is a make-or-break night. i think he ll do great and i think you ll see the numbers in the polls tighten. i want to call your attention to some critics of the campaign on the right and the left. on fox news this morning, chris wallace pressed paul ryan for specifics on how a president romney would pay for his proposed across-the-board tax cuts, here s how their heated exchange ended. take a look. lowering tax rates by broadening the tax base works and you can but i have to point out you haven t given me the math. well i don t have it would take me too long to go through all of the math. let me say it this way, can you
Intelligence community, they made the decision to conclude that this was a terrorist attack. in the days after, that was not clear. why are we still hearing these mixed messages from the campaign? we re actually not hearing mixed messages. if you listen to the entire interviews of both, they said very much the same thing. that from the day the attack in benghazi happened, this president has been fully focused on securing our diplomats around the world and bringing justice to the killers from that attack. at every step of the way, this administration has had public statements that were based on the best information available at the time from the intelligence community. well, why not wait after it happened, after the attack happened, why not wait to say the this definitely wasn t a
Republicans. his coat tails could be that long. john, ed, thank you so much. john, while i have you here, quickly, nevada, i just found out, referred to as the silver state. is it also known as the sage brush state and the battle born state? does it have that many nicknames? it is, indeed. battle born is the state s motto. silver state is the state s nickname. you can use all those any time you want, craig. john rollston, expert on all things nevada. appreciate your time, sir. also appreciate you reaffirm whag tim told me a few moments ago. absolutely. with early voting already underway in iowa, how many hawkeyes could still be persuaded either way? we ll dig deal into that. we ll also go inside the romney/ryan campaign with nbc news reporters who are with the gop nominees 24/7. you re watching msnbc, the place for politics. .what should we invest in? maybe new buildings?
Romney campaign is putting on the debates. mark hurry, nbc news, senior political editor, telling us those conventions do matter after all. thank you, sir, have great sunday. three days until the much-anticipated first presidential debate and the romney camp betting that the showdown as you just heard there, will be a game-changer. governor romney is going to lay out his vision for a better and greater america for greater opportunity for all of our citizens. and i think that s when you re going to see this race really start to tighten. and then move in governor romney s direction. come thursday morning, the entire narrative of this race is going to change. joined by chris kofenus communications editor. chris, let me start with you. is this thing going to be as governor christie just said, is it going to be a game-changer? well, thanks for chris christie for raising expectations. i mean here s the reality i