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ranholm. we started the show by stating romney is pursuing three strategies. rally the g.o.p. base, confuse the middle and suppress the vote of the left. so were going to shift our conversation to romneys strategy of confusing the middle. obviously been very evident. weve talked about it earlier. if youre looking for a clear explanation on any tough issue from either mitt romney or paul ryan, im sorry to tell you that theyre just like your bad college boyfriend ...

and what did she do with jennifer grandholm. to heck with it if this convention didnt get you fired up, then step aside. two months two men with a plan and two ways to park your car. >> in romneys world the cars get the elevator and the workers get the shaft. too much for you mitt? too bad. ♪ >> jennifer: good evening, im jennifer grandholm. and im exhausted. as you may have heard i gave this little speech last night at the democratic national convention. it was totally fun, exciting...

he president wrapped up his convention. 96,000 new jobs were added last month, which dropped the unemployment rate from 8.3% to 8.1%. but it is not good enough. here is how the campaigns spun the jobs report. >> today we learned that after losing around 800,000 jobs a month when i took office, businesses added jobs for the 30th month in a row. [ cheers and applause ] >> he was going to get people back to work. you remember with his -- his stimulus plan. the stimu...

so who do you think said that? a crusader against poverty? no. it was charles koch the billionaire oil tycoon who has invested millions in building the grassroots tea party movement. he came out an op-ed today on the right-wing website "news max," in which he called for small government and cried for a system that allows the wealthy to control the agenda the idea that koch is complaining about cronyism would be laughable, if it werent so true about him. so when paul ryan was auditions ...

♪ reme economic agenda but his social policies are equally stunning. how bad are they? lets just say michele bachmann bad. take a look. on womens issues ryan says that he is has pro life as it gets. he cosponsored a personhood amendment, which means that life begins at fertilization, which outlaws, abortion the morn-after pill some iuds, michele bachmann supported that as well. thats paul ryan. thats michele bachmann. and by the way also he went even further than bachman...

be a nice guy. >> like i said she must not be from iowa. ♪ >> nearly one in six americans are in poverty today. thats the highest rate in a generation. you know what? were not going to take that. were going to turn this thing around. [ cheers ] >> well thats newly minted romney running mate, attack dog paul ryan. there is no denying that ryan has star power, star power that mitt romney sorely lacks. according to the "boston globe" before the selection of ryan, you could count the num...

this could be sweet. ♪ >> jennifer: so this is an old photo of a guy who i think just became the front runner to mitt romney running mate. why am i showing you a picture from over 20 years ago. because we can learn a lot about him from his youth. he was anointed prom king at his high school. he drove the oscar meyer wiener mobile, and now he wants to drive our economy off of a cliff. and he was voted biggest brown noser by his high school classmate. which might explain why he is the ...

mitt, and when were done hes going to look like something rafalca left in her stall. ♪ >> jennifer: you have heard about it the july jobs numbers came out today. we added more jobs than expected, but the unemployment rate picked up a little bit. what happened? mitt romney claimed today he can do better than the president of creating jobs. take a listen. >> i understand what it takes to get america working again. i understand that its small businesses that create jobs in america, that...

♪ >> jennifer: have you seen the movie "the candidate" with robert redford? if you havent, you should. it gives a humorous but eerily realistic glimpse inside a political campaign. but not just any political campaign. on the surface, robert redder ifs character the perfect candidate. hes easy on the eyes and get this, hes the son of a former governor. sound familiar? but mckay is a broken candidate. he is a product of privilege who maybe has no business being in politics. >> i wonder...

>> jennifer: have you seen the movie "the candidate" with robert redford? if you havent, you should. it gives a humorous but eerily realistic glimpse inside a political campaign. but not just any political campaign. on the surface, robert redder ifs character the perfect candidate. hes easy on the eyes and get this, hes the son of a former governor. sound familiar? but mckay is a broken candidate. he is a product of privilege who maybe has no business being in politics. >> i wonder if ...