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With us is robert trainum. nera, you helped with hillary clintons debate preps and you worked robert with with rick santorum and president bush. lets get to the heart of it, robert. both sides lowering expectations, but realistically how important is this debate for romney "nightly newmitt romney? >> its very important. this is his second time to make an impression. the first time was during the republican convention. the second time is in a situation where hes going to be asked very specific, d...

For him. so i think he really needs to take the debate very seriously as a way to discuss what he means -- what it means to move this country forward. he shouldnt get into the games of it and the zingers and the back and forth. he doesnt want to be mean either. so i think he should just take this as an opportunity to talk about his policies. >> nera and robert, definitely not rick perry as i was looking down at my notes. thanks to both of you. have a great weekend. >> thank you. you, too. nbc ...

>> im sorry. robert. sorry. gosh. >> thats okay. i was waiting for that. its very important because obviously what american people are looking for, they both know that these individuals are smart. what theyre looking for is some type of personal impression by saying, you know what? i like this guy. not only does he get the job of being president, but hes funny and humorous as well. even george w. bush was good at that in 2004 and 2000. the question is whether mitt romney can connect with the ame...

I think thats the main reason why, alex, why we dont see governor romneys past tax returns as -- that could conflict with the sec filings or complement them. theres a lot of murkiness out there and thats why a lot of republican governors are saying look, mitt, please tell the truth. please be transparent. and lets talk about the economy which is the number one issue that americans want to talk about. >> here raes sos someone tryinp in here. >> in communication strategy, robert knows this well. i...

And job creation. and the things that he wants to do in the second term. i mean, he has done that very clearly. you heard joe biden do it to the naacp clearly. lay out a second term vision. it is a classic tactic to try to say the only reason, you know, you shouldnt care about my tax returns is because -- you know, obama is just going negative. again, mitt romney, fundamental piece here, mitt romney himself said my record as a businessman at bain capital is a primary reason for to you consider m...

And the gulf is open for business - the beaches are beautiful, the seafood is delicious. last year, many areas even reported record tourism seasons. the progress continues... but that doesnt mean our job is done. were still committed to seeing this through. it is time important the big three. todays topics are the blowup over bain. swing state smackdown. this weekends must reads. lets bring in my panel, reporter from real clear politics, erin mcpike. robert trainum and columnist for the hill, ...

117 cities, get on the bus. every state, get on the bus. were going to win in november, and nancy pelosi will be at the back of the bus. that attack line immediately raised some eyebrows. but steele had a serious message about what republicans see as the glaring failures of the obama administration. >> the first summer of recovery failed to recover anything except the inconvenient truth that the constitution still mattered, and that unemployment was pushing double digits. >> joining me tonight t...

Happened with the film with egypt. he clarified that after more information came in, there was not a protest. >> general petraeus testimony comes today the morning after cia acting director michael morell and james clapper the director of national int intelligence went before members of congress in two other hearings and hours after attorney general eric holder defended the decision not to bring members of congress into the loop sooner. >> we follow the facts. we do not share outside the justice...