malika henderson is a political reporter from the washington post. robert costa is a political reporter for national review. malika, let me start with you. is this a diversion to take attention away from bain where that issue appears to have gathered traction in the last couple of weeks? it s certainly turned out to be. we re talking about this story that the romney campaign drew lots of suspicion from folks here in washington and skepticism. so it only seems this is a way to divert attention from what everyone has been talking about this week, bain revelations, mitt romney s tax returns. so it certainly has worked out that way, too. i think another point to be made is here was a week where mitt romney went before the national association of colored people and was booed and in some ways it s not necessarily coincidental that days later, he comes out with a story or his campaign comes out with a story where it seems to be that they are vetting very high-profile african-american and in
for barack obama are disappointed in him. disappointment is the key in which the president s reelection is being played. americans will not settle for four more years of the same melancholy song. we can and must do better than that. that s mitt romney welcoming the applause to his speech there in iowa. our panel is back with us. ron christie here in new york. richard wolff and david corn in washington. you heard mitt romney talking there and blaming the president. once again, he is unfortunately untruthful when he says that democrats held the house for almost the whole of his presidency. that wasn t true. and ron christie conceded that as well here. what did you think of him saying this president has loaded debt? i thought it was president bush who was responsible for the prescription drug benefit? i thought it was president bush responsible for two unpaid for
who look like disney characters. take ron paul. does he remind you of anyone? how about claude from the hunchback of notre dame? much more where that came from on the sideshow. we begin with mitt romney s record at bain. new details of romney at bane, and various news organizations reported according to the testimony that he gave to the massachusetts commission in 2002 romney continued to attend board meetings for businesses acquired by bain, including staples. this comes from msnbc s david corn in washington. now why is this important? well, it was beginning in 1999 that bain invested heavily in company that is were pioneers of outsourcing according to the washington post. there s evidence that romney s standing has taken a hit recently. take a look at the latest real clear politics of polls.