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For the moderate mitt effort, guess who is raising big bucks for team romney tonight? this man. dick cheney. wow. just when romneys trying to be mr. moderate, hear comes papa cheney. colin powell or dick cheney. gee, i wonder whos support youd rather have? joining me now, ryan grim, washington bureau chief of the hufg ton post and erin mcpike, national political reporter for real clear politics. she joins us live from cleveland where the president will hold a rally in just a couple of hours. tha...

It turns out its both guys on the ticket who believe that. its not just mitt romney. joining us is ryan grim, washington bureau chief for "the huffington post." thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> this is not new tape tonight. these are not new remarks. they are from november. i have to ask how they came to your attention and whether theres any suggestion from the ryan camp or romney folks that theres any question to its authenticity. >> theres no question. it was at a spect...

That people like romney and ryan have for people who are in that situation. anybody would rather have a meaningful and well-paying job that enables them to provide for their family rather than feeling like they are some type of leech. its doubly insulting when they are then told on this national stage, hey, youre in a rough time in your life. not only are you in a rough time, but youre a leech on society. >> the phrasing, they are not exact parallel phrasing, but romney saying these people canno...

Something from the obama presidency but rather something secret from barack obamas past. something secret people didnt know about him before. if they only knew this about him, his reelection would be impossible. thats the one side of this bomb shell tape. from the other side, this years bomb shell tapes of paul ryan and mitt romney have not been about some secret past for these men. unless you count paul ryan pledging his allegiance back in 2005. the tape thats made a big impact against the repu...

Anybody would rather have a meaningful and well-paying job that enables them to provide for their family rather than feeling like they are some type of leech. its doubly insulting when they are then told on this national stage, hey, youre in a rough time in your life. not only are you in a rough time, but youre a leech on society. >> the phrasing, they are not exact parallel phrasing, but romney saying these people cannot be persuaded to take responsibility for their lives. and ryan saying they ...

That enables them to provide for their family rather than feeling like ty are some type of leech. its doubly insulting en ty are then told on this onal stage, hey, youre in rough me in ur life. nolyre you in a rough time, but you a leech on societ >> the phrasing, they are not exact parallel phrasin but romney saying es cannot be persuaded to take responsibility for their liv. and ryan saying they do t believe the american dream. similar parall language. ryan grim, congratulations on second scoo...

If they do well, they can pretend this story didnt happen and try to get a bounce out of the debate. if they dont do well, they can fall back on this and hope it crowds out discussion of a bad debate performance? >> i watched the tape earlier online from the speech that the president gave five years ago. i think theres almost zero chance well be talking about this tape on thursday morning. >> unless the right makes it a cause against the media. theres rich ground to plow there in terms of whethe...

I think theres almost zero chance well be talking about this tape on thursday morning. >> unless the right makes it a cause against the media. theres rich ground to plow there in terms of whether or not the mainstream media is so biassed against mitt romney he cant get a fair shot? couldnt it be part of that? >> maybe, but i think the reality is that youre going to have the debate and whatever occurs during that debate is going to be the basis of what were talking about on thursday morning. ill ...

And try to get a bounce out of the debate. if they dont do well, they can fall back on this and hope it crowds out discussion of a bad debate performance? >> i watched the tape earlier online from the speech that the president gave five years ago. i think theres almost zero chance well be talking about this tape on thursday morning. >> unless the right makes it a cause against the media. theres rich ground to plow there in terms of whether or not the mainstream media is so biassed against mitt r...

Obama feels like hes in the lead, like hes always been a cool, consistent speaker and he will pull back so far he might look sort of a little mellow in this debate? >> yeah. i think hes going to be -- its a different situation. romney is going to be swinging and obama is going to be on defense. he doesnt want to screw up. >> well leave the word with buzz feed ben. follow this show on twitt twitter @nowwithalex for news and updates youre not going to get anywhere else. check out alex wagner on tw...