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After another. like the one thing he doesn't want to do is tell us how his budget plan is going to balance by the deductions and the loopholes he is going to close because a lot of those are going to be very unpopular particularly with the middle class. so it's a fine line for him to walk. it's a very difficult task. but if i have to bet, i'd bet he comes through. i bet this will be a good convention for the republicans. they'll suppress any floor fights. i think christie, ryan, romney will do b, b plus, maybe even a, a minus speeches. so i think they'll get a bump out of their convention. >> ...

You take a look. >> joining us now from washington is ken blackwell, former secretary of state from ohio. ken, thanks for joining the program. >> good to be with you. >> so i wonder, having watched that, having watched those excerpts, having watched the speech, how would you grade governor romney's performance and do you think he has convinced anyone in the african-american community to vote for him? anyone who might not have the day before? >> i gave him a b-plus. i think he went into it where he had to be authentic and he had to be cognizant of the fact that he was not only speaking to the f...

And give them $600 to go out there and do that wonderful work. let's take a look, this is the president, let's see, january, 2010. >> the last thing we need to do is hand more influence to the be lobbyists in washington, or more power to the special interests to tip the outcome of elections. >> mike: that of course was then, this is now. the president now says he will be happy to see a super pac formed on his behalf. so let's give the president a grade. is he doing well or flip-flopping? you're giving him an a? >> an a. >> okay. >> it's unamerican to turn down free money if people are loolly g...

Little bit. and the staggering thing here is george lucas of "star wars" fame went into his own pocket more than $90 million to get this movie made after years of trying to get the script done. couldn't do it until now to finally tell this very important piece not only of world history but african-american history as well. take a listen. >> you're colored men in a white man's army. it's a miracle you're flying fighters in italy and not mopping latrines in milwaukee. any of you feel otherwise, any of you want to wash yourselves out, well, negro, please do so. i'll have you on the next thing smo...

America's fourth greatest president. >> every place is barack obama country once barack obama has been there. >> 13 million out of work. $15 trillion in debt and 15 straight months of unemployment above 8%. >> impressive accomplishments. >> thank you, steve. >> no. thank you, mr. president. >> greg: they use the music to make people sound stufffy. >> dana: where did they get that accent? stuart varney. >> greg: when the ads use humor over anger it's more effective. don't you think? >> andrea: always. this ad is so good. especially for republicans when they paint them for being angry and conser...