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Down. those guys look so stiff standing there together. and the one thing i would say is that this is not a trump card to fix romneys problem which is through a series of gaffes and statements and some attacks by his rivals. he looks increasingly like the face of unfairness in america. he looks out of touch and insensitive and callous. and i contrast this with the bush campaign in 2000 which mark was very involved in where the frustration of those of us who were working for al gore but very effe...

Understand why the republican party continues to hold up donald trump as a symbol of anybody thats worth anything in terms of reaching out for an endorsement. this guy doesnt carry a single vote. i think hes a net negative. as bob shrum says he compounds the image problem that mitt romney has. he is becoming a caricature of the worst kind of candidate that republicans can put up in this environment where president obama is starting to get a lot of traction with the middle class message. were beg...

the republican candidates take the stage in this, their last face-off before the florida primarily. ill moderate tonights republican debate right here on cnn. everyones talking about the tension on the tarmac. in your face airport encounter between arizonas republican governor. what was that all about? and newt gingrich vows to establish a permanent colony on the moon. will that idea take off with voters? im wolf blitzer on the campus of the university of north florida in jackson...

Go after it. theres something not awesome about having a potential candidate for president that has swiss bank accounts and accounts in bermuda and in the cayman islands. >> the alarming thing if you are romney, he has had problems in the primaries before the tax thing was an issue and the bain stuff was an issue with blue collar voters. i looked at the exit polls and theres a direct relationship between the enthusiasm that republican voters have for romney and their income level. he gets 50% of...

yp you juyou just heard to tax returns. mitt romney released histax returns 30 minutes ago. its no surprise. mitts a rich guy. heres a look at just how rich. he made more than $21 million in 2010. almost all of it came from incompetent vestments, not wages. he payed $3 million in taxes that year or 13.9%. christine romans is digging deeper into the 1040s. lets start with his offshore funds, christine. we had talked a little bit about that this week, and now were actually seeing it in...

♪[music plays] when youre responsible for this much of the team... you need a car you can count on. ♪[music plays] have you bleached your mind yet from the image of mitt romneys dog? im still sorry about that. i promise from here on out at least for tonights show. no more gastrointestinal distress and its fluids on the rachel maddow show. in discussing mr. romneys potential image problem as a man of privilege, we did not show this picture, but our guest described this picture, which

Hes going to have the aristocratic bearing. part of it is, took into consideration is the charge from democrats will be he represents a party, he represents a philosophy trying to protect the money, the elite in the country. its very tough to sort of defense against that when you embody it. if you look at the platforms of the candidates, theyre no different than romney when it comes to questions of inequality and class. romney is slightly less hostile than the middle class. romney said, no, i do...

Aristocratic bearing. part of it is, took into consideration is the charge from democrats will be he represents a party, he represents a philosophy trying to protect the money, the elite in the country. its very tough to sort of defense against that when you embody it. if you look at the platforms of the candidates, theyre no different than romney when it comes to questions of inequality and class. romney is slightly less hostile than the middle class. romney said, no, i dont want to go that far...

The average save frgs the middle class would be minuscule. so youre not really talking about much. but theres this conscious innocence the part of his campaign that he has the image problem. and you better at least talk about this middle class stuff because you have to get people to get behind it somehow. >> you are absolutely right. e.j., let me go back to you. it seems that some in the party establishment are trying to circle the wagons and help willard out with all of these attacks around bai...

Am i getting close to it? >> you look at george bush seniors life, he couldnt help himself. hes going to have the aristocratic bearing. part of it is, took into consideration is the charge from democrats will be he represents a party, he represents a philosophy trying to protect the money, the elite in the country. its very tough to sort of defense against that when you embody it. if you look at the platforms of the candidates, theyre no different than romney when it comes to questions of inequa...