different set of states. guy on the defense is playing defense. obama could still the one thing that is consistent. if he could stop romney in ohio and virginia, very tough it s still possible for romney to get there, but very difficult to do. bret: on this map, missouri is lean romney. karl, i have to ask you about this comment that was from a private get together of fundraiser, i guess, a meeting. in which you said about the senate candidate there. we should sink todd akin if he is found mysteriously murdered don t look for my whereabouts. not exactly the close but close enough. bret: the one they put out. this is a comment made in, a remark made if private conversation. when it became public, started dialing up the numbers i had for todd akin, congressman akin, called him. apologized for the intemprent remark. he could haven t been more gracious and kind accepting my apology. i wish i hadn t said it in private. when it became public the
shot to string together a different set of states. guy on the defense is playing defense. obama could still the one thing that is consistent. if he could stop romney in ohio and virginia, very tough it s still possible for romney to get there, but very difficult to do. bret: on this map, missouri is lean romney. karl, i have to ask you about this comment that was from a private get together of fundraiser, i guess, a meeting. in which you said about the senate candidate there. we should sink todd akin if he is found mysteriously murdered don t look for my whereabouts. not exactly the close but close enough. bret: the one they put out. this is a comment made in, a remark made if private conversation. when it became public, started dialing up the numbers i had for todd akin, congressman akin, called him. apologized for the intemprent remark. he could haven t been more gracious and kind accepting my apology. i wish i hadn t said it in private. when it became public the
president in iowa and mr. romney in ohio and they are talking energy and both are battleground swing states where the polls are very, very tight. mr. obama is talking about wind energy, solar energand green and clean energy. mr. romney went to a coal mine and surrounded by coal miners made a direct plea and said to them you need to vote me into office or risk the loss of your industry and jobs and accuse the president of a war on coal. he made an extraordinary prediction. he said if he is elected president he will be able to implement his policies. he believes the united states can be foreign energy free. they are no longer dependent on its energy and it is entirely energy independent. a bold accomplishment for nine years. presidential candidates in years past said it would be 10, 15 years long before the end of their first term. mr. romney saying he can get it done at the end of his second term. the criticism doesn t end there. governor romney criticizing the president on medicare.
offshore bank accounts with the narrative out of bain and this whole idea that mitt romney thinks that he doesn t have to play by the rules. now mitt romney, of course, has said as you just said that he hasn t broken any rules, that he pays not a penny more in taxes than he should, and that s been his insistence all along. we ll have to see whether or not this becomes an issue down the line as we get closer to november. let s talk about the trail. both candidates have plans to hit the road. romney heading to israel later this summer. president obama kicking off his first bus tour of the campaign. he s going to take his economic message through ohio, through pennsylvania, to, of course, battleground states there. he won both of those in 2008. he will likely need both if not one of them in the win column to win reelection in november. here s the latest quinnipiac poll, the president nine points ahead of romney in ohio, six points ahead of romney in
those first monologues which he did on the radio and the recording studio which are still hilarious and take a look at the overview, whether it was comedy or drama, there s a reason that he is so impactful in so many different mediums and styles, and that s because he cared about what he was doing. ron howard, thank you so much. thanks for joining us today to share your memories of someone who was such an important influence in your life. thank you. thank you. pleasure. back to politics and foreign policy. china is an easy target for mitt romney as he tries to woo voters who are frustrated over the unemployment rate and slow recovery here at home. here is romney in ohio last month. well, on day one i will label china a currency manipulator and that will allow me to apply tariffs where they steal our