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And the advantage to the president at this juncture, 49%, 43%. a lot of positives for the president in terms of how voters evaluate him. >> lets talk about -- >> there are a couple areas that seem to matter, if you go inside the numbers with be who has the advantage when it comes to ideas of improving the economy? those numbers on the screen, the advantage is to governor romney at 40% to 34%. who would be better when it comes to changing business as usual in washington? again, romney. many posit...

Break the impasse on spending, to break the impasse on taxes? to deal with real problems like medicare and social security. those have not been dealt with, which it seems to me, is one of the reasons people look to governor romney. >> i dont think he has a better shot to change business as usual. when all you do is take a negative approach as he has done, the only ideas hes offered are recycled ideas from the last decade. there was a spokesperson at the republican national committee who said thi...

It would have reassured middle of the road voters that he could reach down. there will be a lot of pressure on romney to move right. if he gives into it, he makes the same mistake mccain did. portman, hes not tintlating but hell reassure middle ground voters. >> hes the safe choice. the one piece of baggage he brings is the bush years you do have the obama campaign. a wild card that i think will be serious in a couple of months is the senator from new hampshire. i think he has to have a woman wh...

Didnt fix the economy past enou -- fast enough. two key groups, one a collection of groups and can mobile mobilize turnout among african-americans and young people. were going to have to watch the polling carefully. a lot has been with the make-up of those samples. the other is the white working class. they lost them badly in 2008 but he lost by a small margin that he won the election. thats where romney has to win. he has real disadvantages. >> let me take a quick break here. well come back, mo...

That governor romney wants to reinstitute if hes elected president. >> you do have difficulties because you have an economic record, a sense of pessimism, you have a high unemployment rate. a referendum on the president guarantees what in your judgment? >> this president guarantees an economy that will grow and provide new opportunities for the middle class. its not going to provide more of what we saw in the last decade with a narrowing group of people doing well and everybody else pedaling fas...

See what hes proposing, massive tax cuts for the wealthy, fewer rules on wall street, research and development, education, energy. people will say weve seen this movie before. it didnt work. this is the same case he made in t of massachusetts. im going to get the economy moving again, im a businessman. i know how to create jobs. they went from 37th in the nation in job creation to 47th in the nation in job creation. weve tested the romney accumin when it comes to creating jobs and hes been found...

Republican party. thats the strategy. theyre trying to make romney own all parts of the republican party. t just look at the economy part. you brought it up with david axelrod. thats the campaign here. >> right. which if obama wants to make it a referendum on the republican party and make romney own the most conservative element, romney just simply wants to say, no, no, no, you may like the president but you dont like this economy. >> thats exactly where were headed. its sort of in some ways a n...

Weve been seeing for so long, you know, the fundamental critique weve seen about mitt romney from the democrats has always been, he doesnt know which way, you know, hell go on the basis of which way the wind goes. hell flip-flop this, he was for this before he wasç against th. now actually putting him in the right and painting him there is definitely a strategic shift. >> you no he, to me you have the crucial number earlier in the show. which party can bring change? both those numbers were pat...

Senator instead of a vice president, ill have a chance to do all sorts of things. >> hes saying this morning, rubio is, i want to be taken out of the consideration. im not going to focus on that, thats the last thing romney needs. what does mitt romney need and whats he likely to do. >> marco rubio isnt ready to be vice president emotionally. i think rob portman, the senator from ohio. basically, the goal for a challenger in an incumbent election is, are those guys decent enough in the romney/po...

It work and do good things. this undercuts the progressive argument. >> what voters are looking for and how theyre evaluating the candidates, chuck. lets talk about how where we actually are when this race begins. i thought it was interesting hearing david axelrod this morning is what an emerging strategy really is for this president against governor romney. actually its a story that helene wrote on saturday which we can put the lead from up on the screen which has to do what his strategy is, is...