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Was shockingly bad which, again, reminded me, took me back -- and i know mike, you'll remember it, all you guys will remember it -- ronald reagan in 1984 where i just sat there in horror how he was going to try to bring this thing in for a landing. >> four years ago i said i'm not a perfect man and i wouldn't be a perfect president, and that's a promise governor romney thinks i've kept. but i'll fight every single day, i've kept that promise, and if you'll vote for me, then i promise i'll fight just as hard in a second term. >> wow, i'm trying. >> you're trying what? >> that's the message, i'm...

Want to let that trillion dollars tax cut expire so the middle class doesn't have to bear the burdens of all that money going to the super wealthy. that's not a tax rate. that's called fairness where i come from! >> bret: the potential for a republican commercial to end at yes, we do, charles, is pretty high. >> how much are our guys paying him, because it isn't enough. this guy is terrific for us. the gaffe here isn't only the trillion dollars, it's the part where he calls -- was that the super rich? the super billionaire as soon as super wealthy. he is talking about people who aren't $250,00...

Of the republican convention being about 90% white but also i think because people really aren't used to white people being p discussed as the racial group. we are the americans and everybody else has a hyphen and descript descriptor. i think part of the discussion is, hey, you can't talk about white people but we're starting to because we're just one racial group in a multiracial america. >> you saw you mitt romney during the convention try to play up the no, sir tall gentleman of the past. >> that's what the golden age in the subtitle is about. part of it that's so vexing for democrats i thi...

Class families who may be underwater on their mortgages, but responsible with their payments to actually have the ability to knock down barriers to help them refinance their mortgages that would put $3,000 back in their pockets over the course of a year. that's why we fought for the payroll tax cut, to have $1,000 more in people's paychecks over the course of a year. that's why overall over the course of this administration, we've cut taxes for middle class families by more than $3,600. so our focus is on the middle class. i can't say that that's a debate that's going to be had on the other si...

Why we have such a sluggish recovery now understand the problem is on the demand side. it's not the supply side. it's not because of corporations don't have tax cuts and it's not because the wealthy don't have the tax cuts. it's because the middle class doesn't have the income they need to provide adequate demand for all the goods and services that the private sector is capable of producing. and understanding that makes the connection between growth and fairness. i think the president has done a good job. he could do even more, making that connection. you know, wall street and the top reaches ...