delineating between what the obama campaipresidency looks li romney s presidentially will look like. i agree with you, we re getting down to the 11th hour and there s one final debate and i really hope that romney takes this time to lay it out word for word in a simple and accessible way because this is just too complicated for people. when you think of the fact that the economy is not has not recovered at the rate we d like, as quickly as we d like, and that was going to be romney s issue and according to the polls, he and the president is tied here, what can he do, megan, as a republican? if he was watching, what could he do on wednesday night that could give him the edge back on the economy? that was going to be his issue. there s a lot of ammo out there right now. if i were governor romney i would start talking about libya, the terrorist attack that jay
this race. but you are not at this point. you re losing. here s what we re saying. fox news to paul ryan, quote, you re losing. ouch. when they turn to the ryan/romney economic plan which would somehow reduce the deficit or popular deductions. you re the master of the budget. so briefly let s go through the plan. the obama plan says independent groups say if you cut those tax rates for everybody 20%, it costs $5 trillion over ten years. true? not in the least bit true. look, this just goes to show, if you for tur statics enough, they will confess enough to what you want them to say. how much would it cost? it s revenue neutral. i m not talking about the cut. we ll get to the deductions. but the cut in the tax rates. the cut in tax rates is lower all american tax rates by 20%. how much does that cost? it s revenue neutral. it s not revenue neutral
mathematically possible. and romney himself hopes you don t think about all of those pesky little details missing from his plan. the devil s in the details. what are we talking about? the mortgage deduction, the charitable deductions? the angel is in the policy. we ll see if romney can avoid talking about all of those devils in wednesday night s debate in the economy. joining me now is msnbc contributor and author megan mccain and msnbc political analyst richard wolf. he s the author of revival, the struggle for survival inside the obama white house. thanks to both of you for being here tonight. thanks, reverend. richard, it s got to be bad if fox news isn t buying your line. you know, chris wallace was asking really reasonable questions. it s flot just about specifics. it s to try and explain the real
so you are hoping that they can explain many of us are not there because they have not communicated. i think no matter how complex the issue is, which no one is saying this is an incredibly complex issue, they are going to have to narrow it down and make it digestible for average americans and they are not doing that right now. richard, not only are they not doing that but it is getting incoherent. governor bob mcdonald was on andrea mitchell on this station today and when she raised the question of romney s tax plan, let me show you the encounter here. uh-huh. where is the math? and is mitt romney going to be under some pressure in the state to produce specifics as to how it will add up? well, andrea, first, it s a laughable question. i mean, did i miss something? what s laughable about that? that s a very reasonable
all anti-abortion. though romney has clarified that he would allow abortions in case of rape and incest. they all stand by it and want to defund planned parenthood. they are all opposed to contraception coverage. absolutely. i think todd akin is the republican party. it s a crude or more sloppy way of saying what they stand for. he and paul ryan worked together on that forceable rape bill. the problem right now is not only that that s also the republican platform. the man who wrote all of the platforms is also fundraising for todd akin. this is not out of a mainstream view. these people are a big part of the republican coalition so it s a big moment to find out what it is that they believe about women. when you look at the fact that several republicans are now supporting akin, including some who tried to get him out of the race, you got priebus, the gop