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In our daily fix, mitt romney is set to speak moments from now in charlotte, north carolina, where he'll do his best to shift the focus back to the economy. he'll do it in the state which this week became the 30th to approve a constitutional ban on same-sex unions. it's also where the democratic convention is. the politics of gay marriage have overshadows president obama's campaign kick-off this week. prompting a mea culpa from the vice president's office. mark, great to see you. what happened behind the scenes here? >> well, i think what happened was, quite clearly, joe biden got a little bit...

How many months ago because he thought he couldn't do it and you listen to newt gingrich who just two weeks ago was in the lead. >> and said i'm the eventual nominee. >> he did. maybe that was a mistake. anyway, yesterday, he did a little back tracking. what we're going to do is play you a little snippet from newt earlier in the day. and then he's going to immediately clarify later when somebody asked him and he said that was a misunderstanding. listen. >> i don't think i'm gonna win. i think you look at the numbers, i think that volume of negativity has done enough damage. >> i answered a que...

The relationship between speaker boehnor and eric cantor? >> senator dick durbin joins me. >> john boehnor is along for the ride. >> not all republicans believe the united states will default. >> i will be voting no on increasing the debt ceiling. >> these are ignorant people feeding lies to their constituents. >> dr. evil only asked for $1 million. >> tax pledges aren't the only problem for the republican candidates. >> did two republican hopefuls really sign a pledge suggesting a return to the days of slavery? >> the marriage vow. >> back tracking from controversial pledges of their own. >> ...

Why would he want to go out and deliberately insult the president's base? now, interestingly enough, robert gibbs had to backtrack from his comments. now keith ellison back tracking from those initial comments. he now has said he's telling "the minneapolis star tribune" what he told "the huffington post" that they got the story wrong. >> he said it would be fair that he did so but didn't say he had to do so. however, die quickly, alan die quickly grayson was really black and white on this issue. let's listen. >> i don't think he should resign. i think he should be fired. he's done a miserable ...