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This message. >> the star of the ad did get some help from the government, he got help. the new hampshire leader reports he has taken over $1 million in government loans and taxes and bonds over the years to help pull himself up by his boot straps. the irony appears to be lost on mr. gilchrist. i'm not going to turn a blind eye because the money came from the government. i'm not stupid. i'm not going to say no. let's bring in howard fineman, editorial director of the huffington post. welcome to the show. >> good evening, professor. >> sir, romney seems to have found some traction in taking the...

we begin with both presidential campaigns getting down and dirty on the low road as the candidates themselves try to stick to the high road. the latest examples, killer tv ad that the obama campaign is using to welcome so-called welcome mitt romney to pennsylvania. and a top romney's surrogates complaint that the president should "learn how to be an american." let's go to our white house correspondent, dan lothian, watching all of this unfold. we've been saying it's getting ugly. >> reporter: certainly right. the fireworks today. the president was in texas attending a total of fundra...

Not articulate at anything. until he can say policies, he will just be the rich guy. this is the problem. the only thing he has right now is to say, okay, you all can be like me, if you can pull yourselves up by your boot straps, but people can't do it that way anymore. >> if he's going to be the rich guy, coming yup, we'll ask who s playing chewbacca. other important questions as we assess the romney plan next. who has the jedi circle? toothpaste is the wrong thing to use on a denture, it could be very abrasive. if the surface gets abraded, it's just the environment that bacteria likes to nes...

women this memorial day. the president laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns and he speaks later this hour at the vietnam veterans memorial. romney taking part in a tribute at the veterans museum and memorial center in san diego. senator john mccain is also appearing with him. i want to bring in dana bash who has more on this live. we expect to hear from mitt romney at this event that's getting under way. what do we think the message is going to be today? >> reporter: well, according to romney aides, suzanne, he's going to focus as much as he can on the whole concept of the falle...

They think of it as a zero-sum tradeoff. with do your priorities lie? john boehner on an alternative network talking about mitt romney's wealth and saying american people don't want to vote for a loser, suggesting, well, if you don't have wealth, if you're not at the totem pole, you're a loser. that governs the ethic of how republicans view those who are not pulling themselves up by their boot straps and succeeding. and the president said i want somebody with elm patty. he wants somebody that will look out for people on the bottom. we can't have that. and there was a firestorm about the fact t...