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up first tonight, presidential politics. a major shift in tone. not much new on policy front. mitt romney makes a direct appeal for latino votes. speaking to a national conv convention down in florida one day before the same group hears from president obama governor romney began by asking hispanic voters to remember promises the incumbent failed to keep on immigration and other issues. >> that you dont really have an alternative. i believe hes taking your vote for granted. ive come her...

Place that krystal was describing, which is theres no good place for romney to go on this. he cant take a position that is both popular with the country, popular with hispanics, and also popular with his base. there is no good answer. >> well, and frankly, its not like their strategy prior to this was working out that great with the latino community. i mean, they were -- the president was being supported by somewhere between 60 to 70% of latinos already. but the question for this is, does it ins...

The team did similar public vetting of a large number of other candidates. other vice presidential possibilities including senator rob portman of ohio, former minnesota governor tim pawlenty are undergoing a more intensive review, according to two republicans close to the campaign." joining me now is manuel franzia, writer for "the washington post," and author of the new book, "the rise of marco rubio," and jonathan capehart, msnbc analyst and "washington post" opinion writer. manuel, it sounds ...

Franzia, writer for "the washington post," and author of the new book, "the rise of marco rubio," and jonathan capehart, msnbc analyst and "washington post" opinion writer. manuel, it sounds like the romney campaign began the day just trying to get the word out there. no, rubio isnt going to be rubio, and then romney has to go out and say it is going to be rubio. obviously because of what navarro was saying about, this is a huge dis against the most important national political figure in the rep...

The economy in a minute. specifically for hispanic vot r voters do you think there is a clear choice between obama and romney. >> i think there is a clear choice on every voter. >> im asking you on the hispanic population. >> hispanic voters support the healthcare bill. in immigration, yes, this is a president who has tried to get immigration reform done in a comprehensive way. we came close to getting the dream act done. we are a nation of laws but also a nation of immigrants and people who wan...

Specifically for hispanic vot r voters do you think there is a clear choice between obama and romney. >> i think there is a clear choice on every voter. >> im asking you on the hispanic population. >> hispanic voters support the healthcare bill. in immigration, yes, this is a president who has tried to get immigration reform done in a comprehensive way. we came close to getting the dream act done. we are a nation of laws but also a nation of immigrants and people who want to staff our labs and s...

>> politico is handled by the haz/mat team. >> i was going to say, i dont know who handles politico. >> going back to the beginning, the most interesting thing about that chart, when they talk about minorities up and white working class down, what theyre talking about is literally just the population. not talking about voters. >> right. its an important difference. >> theyre talking about human beings. that trend does, if the president can turn out his people, mostly talking about hispanic voter...

Going to be to play up to this growing population of puerto rican voters in the i-4 corridor, to get voters in the traditional base in florida and the cuban community and go after the i-4 corridor. you already saw him semi-endorse puerto rican statehood. it will be much more difficult out west for him. if you talk about florida being the battleground for that, my guess would be less negativity in florida, maybe more out west and more playing to the puerto rican community down there. >> it remain...

a man chewed off the face of his victim. lets go "outfront." im erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, tipping point. the latest syrian pictures of 49 murdered children in syria have made people ask whether america must step in. the uprising has left more than 12,000 syrians dead. with the rest of the world watching from the sidelines. today the only response was symbolic. eight countries including the united states expelling syrian diplomats. in the year when the president is running on ...

and a new drug, is it to blame for a brutal attack where police say -- this is truly gruesome. a man chewed off the face of his victim. lets go "outfront." im erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, tipping point. the latest syrian pictures of 49 murdered children in syria have made people ask whether america must step in. the uprising has left more than 12,000 syrians dead. with the rest of the world watching from the sidelines. today the only response was symbolic. eight countries includ...