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He is his own gaffe machine, because of his reluctance to ask people for help, to do normal things that a candidate would do. you know, i need your help. i need your vote. he doesnt do that. so he appears robotic. >> joy-ann, what struck me was just the tone of that. he was not apologetic in any means. he was not trying too sugarcoat anything. hes like, ive got money, so what! >> he sounds like eddie haskell. its like the romney robot was not programmed to talk to humans. and the press corps may...

Speeches he gave in florida after winning that big victory, he didnt one idea or policy about moving the country forward. people are seeing perhaps a bit of an empty suit. a rich guy out of touch like the cliche goes. thats whats been stunning. newt just looks mean. >> we have a couple things to clash now. im going to talk about this at the end of the show. i see problems down the road. they have to do with the economy. bob shrum, the president gets 44% of handling the economy. 43% on jobs. thos...

The real problem that romney has is he comes across as cold and callous and indifferent. hes a gaffe machine. he provides a new incident that makes him the guy thats not going to fight for ordinary people on the economy. hes not going to fight for jobs. i think when you look at this whole picture, its emerging in a good shake for the president. in a way that a lot of us wouldnt have predicted necessarily. first, the economy may get better. it may be getting better. were not going to change horse...

their reputations. ? we dpin with a major retreat into whats turning into a surprise issue on this years presidential campaign. the politics of womens health. in a ferocious backlash one of the nations biggest players in the fight against breast canter announced it will not cut off money tomanned parenthood. cnns lisa sylvester has more on todays about face. >> reporter: the susan g. komen board of directors and ceo began with saying sorry. "we want to apologize to the american public ...

>> last night we saw mitt romney bask in a warm, warm glow of the florida sunshine. >> i stand ready to lead this party, and to lead our nation. >> im not concerned about the very poor, we have a safety net there. >> kicking off his victory lap with a kick to the poor. >> im in this race because i care about americans. im not concerned about the very poor. >> soledad obrien was a little taken aback by the comment. >> i think there are lots of very poor americans who are struggling who would say ...

Acts, were still waiting to see who is the last one driving the clown car. >> do they want to be driven by thelma and louise or arrive at their destination which is 1600 pennsylvania avenue. >> joining our clown car is author sloan crowley. so who are the winners and losers this week? >> i would have to say the winners are president obama and then another winner ironically is going to be jon huntsman. >> interesting. because he has a chance to come from behind if given an opportunity. >> i think...

Communication standpoint, it was a shrewd play, but i think its a little exploitive and some people might be teed off. >> i think youre giving the administration too much credit. in my book, this is the second big gaffe biden made on the trail to sell this jobs bill. i think its a real problem for the administration. and i would agree with you, its somewhat exploitive. they were bored, but then were all bored when politicians speak. they cant be honest, they cant be straight shooters, unfortunat...

Communication standpoint, it was a shrewd play, but i think its a little exploitive and some people might be teed off. >> i think youre giving the administration too much credit. in my book, this is the second big gaffe biden made on the trail to sell this jobs bill. i think its a real problem for the administration. and i would agree with you, its somewhat exploitive. they were bored, but then were all bored when politicians speak. they cant be honest, they cant be straight shooters, unfortunat...

Surprised big democratic donors in cincinnati when he told them to keep them in mind for 2016. he raised the possibility unprompted which raised eyebrows. a writer wrote this -- the possibility of another go-round with the biden gaffe machine likely has many in washington wishing they had gone up with the rapture." as the probably heard by now the end the world predicted for saturday did not happen. harold camping told "san francisco chronicle" that he was flabbergasted that the end of the wor...

Surprised big democratic donors in cincinnati when he told them to keep them in mind for 2016. he raised the possibility unprompted which raised eyebrows. a writer wrote this -- the possibility of another go-round with the biden gaffe machine likely has many in washington wishing they had gone up with the rapture." as the probably heard by now the end the world predicted for saturday did not happen. harold camping told "san francisco chronicle" that he was flabbergasted that the end of the wor...