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He is his own gaffe machine, because of his reluctance to ask people for help, to do normal things that a candidate would do. you know, i need your help. i need your vote. he doesn't do that. so he appears robotic. >> joy-ann, what struck me was just the tone of that. he was not apologetic in any means. he was not trying too sugarcoat anything. he's like, i've got money, so what! >> he sounds like eddie haskell. it's like the romney robot was not programmed to talk to humans. and the press corps may not like him, but his bigger problem is that the base of his own party doesn't like him. no mat...

Speeches he gave in florida after winning that big victory, he didn't one idea or policy about moving the country forward. people are seeing perhaps a bit of an empty suit. a rich guy out of touch like the cliche goes. that's what's been stunning. newt just looks mean. >> we have a couple things to clash now. i'm going to talk about this at the end of the show. i see problems down the road. they have to do with the economy. bob shrum, the president gets 44% of handling the economy. 43% on jobs. those remain his vulnerabilities. >> sure they remain his vulnerabilities. but they are coming up. t...

The real problem that romney has is he comes across as cold and callous and indifferent. he's a gaffe machine. he provides a new incident that makes him the guy that's not going to fight for ordinary people on the economy. he's not going to fight for jobs. i think when you look at this whole picture, it's emerging in a good shake for the president. in a way that a lot of us wouldn't have predicted necessarily. first, the economy may get better. it may be getting better. we're not going to change horses in the middle of a recovery. and secondly, in terms of the contrast with the republicans and...

their reputations. ? we dpin with a major retreat into what's turning into a surprise issue on this year's presidential campaign. the politics of women's health. in a ferocious backlash one of the nation's biggest players in the fight against breast can'ter announced it will not cut off money tomanned parenthood. cnn's lisa sylvester has more on today's about face. >> reporter: the susan g. komen board of directors and ceo began with saying sorry. "we want to apologize to the american public for recent decisions that cast doubt upon our commitment to our mission of saving lives. we h...

>> last night we saw mitt romney bask in a warm, warm glow of the florida sunshine. >> i stand ready to lead this party, and to lead our nation. >> i'm not concerned about the very poor, we have a safety net there. >> kicking off his victory lap with a kick to the poor. >> i'm in this race because i care about americans. i'm not concerned about the very poor. >> soledad o'brien was a little taken aback by the comment. >> i think there are lots of very poor americans who are struggling who would say that's wrong. >> when he goes offscript, he does not do well. >> it was obviously poorly worded....