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Romneys decisions. >> their campaign strategy was to kill romney, hopefully not literally. >> a tap dance and a two-step. >> mitt, mitt, mitt romney style. >> 47% of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. >> said something thats completely wrong. >> only 30% want the welfare state. >> 7.8%, that politically is great news. >> were moving forward. >> lets get right to our panel now. were joined by my colleague toure who is the co-host of "the cycle" and goldie taylor who is in ...

Because he didnt give him an easy shot. you have to believe that romney was anticipating that question and had a are ready answer. >> that answer that we saw to hannity, that was the answer that he prepared for the debate and was probably in a way looking forward to giving it, to try to make some ground up on actually how damaging those comments have been. >> joy-ann reid and krystal ball, thank you for your time. >> thanks, rev. >> dont forget to catch krystal on "the cycle" at 3:00 p.m. easter...

Zingers. one of the patented mitt zingers. >> im excited for that. >> zingers sounds so presidential. romney thinking about launching his own offensive on the presidents foreign policy. whats stock him? thats whats in the spin for "the cycle" as it rolls on this monday, october 1. [ "human" by the human league playing ] humans. we mean well, but were imperfect creatures living in a beautifully imperfect world. its amazing weve made it this far. maybe its because when one of us messes up, someone...

Talking about 47% by 2.3 million. >> thats unreal. and i think you hit on something very key here, which is when people watch that 47% video, theyve been trying to get a sense, who is this man really? hes been all over the board. he was the moderate governor of massachusetts. now hes spouting these tea party talking points. who is he really? and when they saw that video, they said, ah, this is who is he at his core and we dont like it. >> well, krystal ball and dana milbank, thank you for your t...

Much harder. >> if youre in the wilderness for years and youre not winning and we have 8% unemployment and we should win this thing and youre about to not win this thing, you cant blame your ideology. you want to blame the candidates or polls or media. >> i have to go or else i get blamed for this if we go too long. thank you so much. well see all of you on "the cycle" every weekday at 3:00 p.m. on msnbc, the place for politics. theres new developments in one of the countrys most enduring myst...

Back to politics. two competing reports out today on why governor romney is having such a tough election fight. the political article we just talked about argues that romney himself is to blame for his campaign trouble and not the actual campaign apparatus. the headline from salon.com gives the total opposite view, essentially. saying, quote, sorry, its not romn romneys fault. who is to blame for his sagging performance? steve kornacki wrote that aforementioned salon.com article. hes co-host of ...

Happen it to mitt romney to republican race as cross the country. "the daily beast" says the gop is suffering from self-dell lugs syndrome. joining me are three quarters of nbcs newest show "the cycle," krystal ball, toure, and s.e. cupp. >> steve is here as the holy ghost, right? >> anyway, okay. so krystal ball, i want to start with the latest comments from todd akin. they kay claire miss cass kill unlady-like. >> unbelievable. >> among them newt gingrich, rick santorum, jim demight not, high ...

Ari is going to fill in. >> hey, alex. a great show. were going to ask whether the candidates are ready for this october home stretch. early voting starts an the first debate is a week away. members of mitt romneys camp are pointing fingers at the nominee himself. people dont like congress, so how did this become the year of the incumbent? we will look at how voters are circling the wagons in key congressional races when msnbcs melissa harris perry stops by. the untold story about president obam...

>> he may be all knowing but he would still like to know a little more about mitts tax returns. >> some people more in my camp, a lot of people more in his camp. >> shameless lying liar. >> the left-based mainstream med media. >> fairness is not an attitude. its a skill. >> i dont think anybody in my business thinks they wouldnt like to be able to rewrite the story. >> lets get right to our esteemed political panel here this afternoon. krystal ball is my colleague and the co-host of msnbcs "the ...

Study found that we can finally say for the first time that barack obama has created net jobs in this term. >> right. >> so the same day we find out that the romney plan is going to cost us jobs, we see that president obama, even though when he took office we were lose being $750,000 -- >> which they tried to put on him. >> which they tried to put on him. >> even with those horrible jobs he created a net gain. >> joan walsh, steve cornacki, thank you for your time tonight. dont miss steve on "th...