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Charlotte with details on that. what is bracketing? >> reporter: call it bracketing, counter programing a counter convention. republicans are here making sure their message particularly the one they drove out in tampa, does not get lost in the huge megaphone of the democratic national convention in addition to paul ryan being here. they have nikki haley from south carolina. oklahoma governor mary fall lynn and virginia governor bob mcdonnell, all pushing the theme, are you betting off than you were four years ago. here is what sean spicer, communications director for the rnc told me about thei...

Numbers what the president is trying to do now is say, okay, i got that this did not work, the opening phase of this election cycle was bad for me. the clinton democrats are complaining loudly, there's problems inside my own party, so let's reboot and start over. the question is, can you really start over in a climate like that one? megyn: we're looking at live pictures here as we await these dueling events. just the optics are interesting, chris. can you take us behind this at all? is this by sent that the two men -- accident that the two men would be in the same state at the exact same time ...

Accountable when supporters go rogue? plus, it's official. the 2012 campaign has gone to the dogs. and good day. i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. president obama won't officially accept the democratic nomination until september, but mitt romney is showing up today at the site of the democratic convention in charlotte, north carolina. and today, romney's campaign has parked a bus out in front of the president's job training event site in ohio. chris cillizza is an msnbc contributing editor and managing editor of post politics.com. the games begin. a little bit of a silly season, as wel...