within the party. when you talk about being far right, singer himself is very pro game marriage. that is not exactly far right. his donations focused on individuals to broad especially the party base, and appeal of it. so that is important. also, mr. singer endorsed mitt romney and was behind the romney case. mitt romney vetted marco rubio in 12. something happened there to where marco rubio didn t make the cut. so it will be a very interesting period of time. this will keep mr. rubio in the fight. of course carly fiorina needs to get money as well. i don t think jeb bush will be staying in. we ll see where the jockey issing is if marco can be the outsider who understands washington, d.c. and can get something done. moving on to the next debate that is coming up, what, is it next thursday hosted by fox
bill kristol of weekly standard. kirsten powers for daily beast. and syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. charles? these are the numbers you get when you have a stagnant economy. stagnant unemployment. if you keep up with the numbers of jobs added, barely enough to keep up with the increase in population. unemployment takes up. people s perception of the economy have been fixed. unchanged for at least six months. so i think it has zero effect on the economy. on the election, i mean. in terms of the people who vote on the economy. so i think it s probably a wash. i think obama is lucky it came in under 8%. technically under 8%. he can talk about the increase in jobs since, you know, the last eight months, ridiculous number. romney case is the same in the past. no effect. bret: kirsten?
you know, a president running for re-election and his actual ballot position, they converge. and notice he s at 50 in the matchup with romney, 50 on approval. look at the missing here three points. if you will for mitt romney, the 48% disapprove, you sit there, and romney s sitting at 45%. i think that missing ingredient there is that he s not closed the sale. those are those last you know, that s just to catch up to where it should be on election day, right? that s where it would be if the election were held today, the election would be 50-48%, obama would win by a narrow two points. we d say it was a very close election, but what s missing? he s got to shave off a point or two from the president to win this thing, and it s these wayward independents. and at this point when does romney do it? you know, is he really going to put it all in the first debate? at this point that s what they think. that s the theory of the romney case. this is the first time and chuck knows this very
and a half games up in the nl central. the pirates fall back in the wild guard. gonzalez kept rolling for the nationals yesterday. they don t have straussburg, buff they have that guy. gonzalez struck out six, allowed one run in six innings of work. the nationals have the best record in baseball at 87-54. coming up on morning joe, the jromney campaign a new washington post poll helps the romney case. we ll show you the numbers and get the state of the race with the morning joe crew. when we come back here, was the 9/11 surfer real? could a man survive the collapse of the world trade tower by floating down a piece of debris? the discovery channel found the man.
five-network counterattack. the truth is that i left any role at bain capital in february of 99. said good-bye to my colleagues. they took over the business. this is reckless and absurd on his part. this magazine cover says the internet is driving us all crazy. not just distracted by gadgets, but in the serious. mental illness, depressive/obsessive/compulsive sense. is that nuts? plus, diane sawyer taking a very different approach to the nightly newscast than brian williams and scott pelly. we begin with a big break in a very cold case. the disappearance of 6-year-old etan patz. many of us first saw his face on the side of a mix calk carton is abc going softer or giving viewers really what they want? i m howard kurtz, and in this i reliable sources. it has been nothing short of a barrage with fresh artillery nearly every day. the washington post reports that mitt romney s firm, bain capital, funded companies that shipped american jobs overseas. vanity fair