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America -- >> theyve got space in yemen, i agree with you. not looking to do that. >> thats one consideration. if we keep doing what were doing, like secretary matis said were not winning in afghanistan. this is a scaled down rational approach that puts unrelenting pressure on the terrorist groups and strengthens afghans doing it. doesnt require american soldiers driving around getting killed like last week. >> is $10 billion the cost to simply keep a lid on it? when you say a bankruptcy trustee...

When you look add the the ohio poll, there was a story in the washington post where obama and romney are splitting seniors. one of the people who spoke. >> romney should be ared. >> he should be way ahead. you know what, he just wants to help out his fellow rich brothers and not me. thats dangerous. >> i think joe scarborough this morning has summarized how hard it is for republicans this morning. lets listen to joe. >> wait a second. romney, ryan! there we go. thats great. thank you. >> oh, swe...

I shouldnt be so hard on you. i shouldnt bring up newt gingrich. >> its just irrelevant. >> it doesnt even matter. >> its irrelevant. what do the catholics say? holy mary mother of god? >> its not going to work. >> pray for our sinners in thy hour of peace. >> its not going to work. its too late for that. >> it seems to me -- except what would happen, its the end of "godfather 2," im fredo on the back of the boat about to get it in the back of my head. >> how do you fix that? >> you dont fix it....

And you know, in some respects, hes right. he was the one on tape. he was the one who said what he said. the candidate holds responsibility. and it would be very weird for mitt romney to blame someone else when hes projected this aura about him as the sort of, you know, the controlling ceo type, the person who can run a good, tight ship and then he blames surrogates. it makes sense that he blames himself. richards right. theres no way to say that hes not trailing. i get that theyre looking at na...

To explain why he could win over some hillary clinton voters. mitt romney was essentially staying true to his core beliefs. simon? >> well theres a lot there, jon. jon: i know. im sorry. >> i will do it really quickly. first of all, if youre evaluating whether barack obama is succeeding winning voters he clearly is. he is winning in pennsylvania, he is winning in ohio. he is winning in michigan. he is winning with throughout the industrial heartland which he was describing in this election again...

Romney, the crisis maretive he wants to talk about is neither of those. its im the turnaround guy. i went to the salt lake city olympics, it was in crisis, i fixed it. i was at bain capital, or bain consulting when it was in crisis, i fixed it. i went to massachusetts and made improvements there. thats the crisis narrative he wants to tell because it can -- it makes sense for him to tgo t the white house and fix this country. in terms of the personal things, i wouldnt be surprised if he does bri...

Guy, im going to do on day one, im the turnaround guy, if you have that two-headed monster, i think the republicans have been very effective with their ads. obama doesnt get it and im the turnaround guy. its a good one-two punch. >> mark mckinnon the argument from the obama campaign, we heard it when we were in chicago on tuesday, was look, we were losing 700,000 jobs a month at one time. i think rahm emanuel said we were losing jobs at the size of the city of charlotte per month and weve slowed...

Much, much better than mitt romney and much better than any other figure on the national stage. i think, you know, to take the bush example once again, when it came down to the 2004 election, did you ever hear president bush or any of his surrogates not talk about the terrible events of 9/11? they had no problem dwelling on the awfulness of the past and saying that they had a plan, albeit, not a fully executed one when it came to iraq and national security. i dont see why the president should no...

Somewhat perilous. jon: those who responded to that poll were also asked this follow-up question. if we are still in a recession is it getting worse or getting better? there you see the numbers, 35% say it could get worse. 48% say it is getting better. that is not a great margin either. >> no. what the president is hoping for and what the democratic party is hoping for not that there is going to be robust recovery, that number, percentage of people you identified that things things are not great...

Conservative bare goldwater, in 1964. >> i think that mitt romney has campaigned as mr. fix-it, the turnaround guy, the crisis manager and has stayed away from social issues, right? until recently. now we are seeing mitt romney deliver entire speeches that are grounded and rooted in social conserveatism. you saw that in the cpac speech last week. he talked about his fight on the marriage question in massachusetts, spoke about his commitment to other social issues in a way you hadnt heard him bef...