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The mess that this president inherited on the economic front. i think thats the message we havent really heard from democrats before, we certainly will havent heard it frequently enough for them to enjoy sort of the effects of it. so i think there were a lot of messages coming out from president clinton. he really gave the obama campaign a road map for how to make the case. he made the case better for president obama than obama has ever made for himself. so i think not so much the endorsement bu...

Think the polls also continue to show that there is still a lot of room to define romney. again, because these bain attacks seem to be working so very well, have been so on defense, i think theres a lot more mileage that the obama team can get out of this. i think what youll see when we come back in the fall is the continuation, and probably over the summer, the president talking about his strategy of we cant wait and here the things im trying to do, but congress has blocked. that was their resp...

Presidential race. president obama has just kicked off a campaign swing through the sunshine state as a "new york times" poll shows the race is neck and neck. if the election were held today, 45% would choose mitt romney. 43%, president obama. thats within the margin of error, but the first time romney has held a numeric edge in that poll since clinching the nomination in may. the trouble for the president, just 39% say they apruf of obamas handling of the economy. 55% disapprove. that number is...

Ing that you know, the government doesnt have any role whatsoever in what we do in the economy. its better than what theyve been doing, but i dont think its going to be enough to chak the suggest. what the obama campaign has done was show this is a candidate who was not vetted and a campaign that is very, very flat footed. >> a romney got into the whole discussion today. very much on the defensive when pressured on the issue of gma today. >> just want to give more terrible for more attack and th...

Tough. this is a contact sport. they are both saying things that bring out their best and expose their opponents weaknesses. what rur voters are responding to is mitt romneys message across every demographic sector within the republican base and they believe he can beat barack obama. thats what it is about leadership, spending and jobs. they are buying what mitt romney is talking about. >> let me bring congressman watson your response to the romney attack. >> chris, i was there. he paid a $300,0...

Firings and a lot of job outsourcing and a lot of bankrupting companies. mitt romney is going to have a tough road ahead whit comes to jobs. >> greta: what about in terms of the health care, in light of the fact the president is a national health care hes embraced to test with the help of the house and senate? is that something that the democrats will be using as a weapon in the general election if governor romney isnt nominated?. >> think of a couple things. one, we found out the cost of health...

its great on talk radio, great in the print. it makes for fun reading. but in terms of a president, we need a leader. and a leader needs to be someone who can bring americans together. >> moments ago the iowa front-runner, now the national front-runner, newt gingrich, deflected governor romneys criticism directed at gingrich campaign. telling reporters at a press conference that just concluded in iowa city, iowa he will continue to focus on staying positive. positive was not the tone g...

Santorums. >> palins of the world. >> we do know santorum is fired up to go after perry. we know ron paul wants to go after perry. herman cain kind of told one of you are imbeddeds that he wants to go after romney on his economic plan. how important is it to romney tonight that everybody gangs up on perry again? does that end up helping perry, though? >> in a perverse sort of way. >> it doesnt if he stumbles. if perry can take on all that fire from across the board and still come out standing an...

Actually agree d with the president as the obama campaign points out, in a new ad. >> we value schoolteachers, firefighters. >> somebody invested in roads and bridges. if youve got a business, somebody else made that happen. >> couldnt have a business if you didnt have those things. >> the point is, when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together. >> good. glad we cleared that up. lets bring our panel with us from washington. msnbc politic...

Creates jobs. for now at least gingrich is brushing off the attacks from his opponents vowing to stay away from negative campaigning. >> i only have one opponent. thats barack obama, and im going to continue to run a positive solution-oriented campaign. others ought to do what they want but my only observation, every time theyve attacked each other theyve gone down. i dont know that being the attack dog is necessarily a big asset. but thats the game im going to play. going on attack which is his...