so i think what we re seeing now is some real momentum at least on the republican side to force the administration to explain why they said certain things publicly about this spontaneous attack when the intelligence said something quite different, megyn. megyn: catherine herridge, thank you. reporter: you re welcome. megyn: well, as we mentioned moments ago, new polling suggests that president obama is way ahead in two critical swing states. but team romney and some polling number crunchers say not so fast. what is really going on here? in three minutes we ll go over the numbers and talk to them with michael reagan. we won t talk to the numbers, we ll talk to michael reagan about them. and a rising star in the gop is getting hit with some angry hate mail. we introduced you to congressional candidate mia love at the rnc in tampa, and now we ll tell you why she is being targeted. plus, cafeteria revolt. the new school lunch program that has left students starving.
out of respect for the anniversary, there s no ban on campaigning today. there s no rule about what you can and cannot do. mitt romney gave a speech today before the national guard association in reno, nevada, and at times it sounded like his normal stump speech. he did go out of his way to attack president obama for defense cuts that are part of the sequester deal. which incidentally, are cuts that paul ryan voted for in congress. that s the kind of thing he s been stay save saying on the stump. after a week and a half of bipartisan blistering criticism of mr. romney for leaving discussion of the war in afghanistan out of his speech accepting the normmination for president in tampa, paul ryan didn t mention the war if his speech either. but after facing all that criticism, mr. romney while addressing the national guard
can and cannot do. mitt romney gave a speech today before the national guard association in reno, nevada, and at times it sounded like his normal stump speech. he did go out of his way to attack president obama for defense cuts that are part of the sequester deal. which incidentally, are cuts that paul ryan voted for in congress. that s the kind of thing he s been stay save saying on the stump. after a week and a half of bipartisan blistering criticism of mr. romney for leaving discussion of the war in afghanistan out of his speech accepting the normal mination for president in tampa, paul ryan didn t mention the war if his speech either. but after facing all that criticism, mr. romney while addressing the national guard did not have much to say about afghanistan again. he stated the fact that we are at war in afghanistan and this was the total indication he gave
yeah, maybe not. v8 v-fusion juice gives them a full serving of vegetables plus a full serving of fruit. but it just tastes like fruit. v8. what s your number? megyn: welcome back. live in tampa. the events of the republican national convention about to get underway. folks watching tonight s coverage will be treatededo a remarkable story. when a small town utah mayor and now congressional candidate takes the big stage. mayor mia love is running for congress and will be the first black republican congresswoman if she wins. the rnc is pointing to the story of how her parents came to this country with each other from haiti with just $10 in their
[ male announcer ] one pill each mornin hours. zero heartburn. megyn: we are getting new reports today in tampa that governor mitt romney plans to talk about his mormon faith during his big convention speech. when he takes the stage on thursday night, a top campaign adviser says the governor will discuss the five years that he spent as a bishop, pastoring to a congregation in massachusetts. laura ingram is a talk radio host and a fox news contributor and general star. she is here live in tampa. this is a headline because the conventional wisdom a while back was that he shouldn t talk about his mormonism because it might alienate some voters who don t