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Romney believes the president was born in the united states and he was campaigning and it was a joke. end of issue. >> yeah. im not surprised that steve is not outrageded. it found it more tasteless than that. unforced error. not catastrophic unforced error but as you said, this is the time you want to build up to a crescendo. >> he has done clutchs like that in the past. he is reintroducing himself to voters and authentication of the michigan roots. op-ned the journal talking about the time at ...

2009 to june of this year. in addition, the median length of unemployment 8-1/2 weeks in recession is up to 20 weeks now. the vice president says things are getting better. >> folks, we have a long way to go. the middle class is on its way back. on its way back. >> for the romney-ryan ticket, the numbers are a perfect fit. >> biden said the other day that the middle vas in the midst of a recovery. president obama said that the private sector is doing just fine. this is the obama imaginary recove...

Assert the inherent dignity and sanctity of all human life, and confirm all t unborn child has fundamental right to life which cannot be infringed." that offers no reaction. former clinton advisor says platform rarely help but can hurt. >> extreme positions from either party can cause problems during the fall campaign. i cant think back to a platform that helped elect a presidential candidate. >> republicans are on solid political ground on abortion. polls show 50% of americans consider themselv...

>> well soon be having a convention in tampa, florida. im told the weather may be a little iffy there. but were going to be there. and were not just going to talk about platitudes, not going to talk about small things. were going to talk about these big challenges. and how were going to overcome them. >> bret: romney making his way to tampa to accept the party nomination. also had a bit zinger today for president obama. >> i love being home in this place where app and i were raised -- ann and i ...

Hasnt gone far enough. >> romneys plan would immediately cut nondefense discretionary spending by 5%. then with his own version of the ryan budget keep it below 20% of gdp. in the long term, romney is banging on new tax cuts and less regulation to grow the economy. president obama would preserve tax cuts for middle and lower income americans. but increase taxes on the wealthy to raise revenues. he also wants to cut entitlement spending by $600 billion over ten years. but the plan would still add...

Rhodes -- campaign manager for mitt romney -- said rubio graciously offered his spot to ann romney to speak in prime time on thursday. but they wanted to keep rubio where he was. because he is such an important figure in the future of the republican party. >> bret: two assets for romney, obviously. ann romney, big asset. humanizes him, right? >> yeah. they are trying to emphasize the biography, the family, the personal side such that it is for romney to rebrand them a little bit when the voters ...

Doug, thank you. lets look closer at the debt and the deficit and spending. senior national correspondent john roberts has tonights report on one of the big issues in the fall election. >> a prairie fire of debt is sweeping across iowa. and across the nation. >> that speech was more like a distortion. >> regardless of whose political spin you believe, americas debt is spinning out of control. now nearly $16 trillion projected to top $22 trillion in the next ten years. >> everybody in this countr...

>> bret: chuck, go ahead. >> i dont think he stepped on anything. it wasnt unforced error, wasnt a forced error. it wasnt a error. it was a joke. this outrage response from obama campaign i think the most absurd example of fake umbrage in the history of fake umbrage. give me a break. romney dismissed birther issue from the beginning. no indication he is believing in this stuff. obama himself joked about the birth certificate. >> bret: recently. >> when he was with the prime minister of ireland a...

You bet your life it was stupid. >> bret: obama has twitter followers but mashable report the social media site has a new web tool that finds whopping 70% or 13 million of president obamas followers are supposedly fake. it says just 15% of governor romneys followers are fake. finally a warm and fuzzy ending for a connecticut family. friday story. north haven officials settled the zoning dispute that will allow 7-year-old caden pet bunny to stay. a 50-year-old ordinance been as rabbits and livest...

Michigan. the g.o.p. rallied michigan where he opened with a birthplace singer at the president. >> nobody asked to see my birth certificate. they know this is the place we were born and raised. >> governors decision to enlist in the birther movement should give pause to any rational voter in america. romney long accepted the birth certificate as real. aides say the remark was a humorous joke much in the vain of bam becomes jokes about romney and the dog on top of the car there will be tough jab...