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>> so well said, thank you, joe. by the way, advice to people stuck with this kind of attack, it may be too late to change the law. if you don't louse it, you lose it. attacking president obama over syria now. macho man mitt romney, the warrior he is now, i guess, listening to the neocons with their tool. just like w. this is "hardball." [ male announcer ] if you think any battery will do, consider this... today training depends on technology.

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Welcome back to "hardball." yesterday we brought you the two three things the obama campaign should worry about between now and november. today is romney's turn. here to break down what the romney team should be worried about is michael smir connish and sam stein. gentlemen, let's look at this. an economic boomlet is at the top of what romney should be worried about. michael? >> the romney campaign is predicated on the economy. i can't see him thus far or from now through november getting track traction on any issue. there is a turn about thus far in the cycle where foreign policy, normally th...

Step back. can any of us show any moment in time when mitt romney showed any guts. did anything that showed a spine. what happened with ted nugent? nothing. what happened when that woman said that barack obama should be put on trial for treason? nothing again. and his whole career, was there a point when he said up and did something difficult, distanced hill self from an ally, took a stand that might not be possible -- >> maybe his motive is not to be courageous. maybe he doesn't want to be like john mccain was last time around when the issue of ethnicity came up and playing the reverend wrigh...

That mark mckenyon. joan walsh, your thinking? is it along those lines? >> yes it is very much so, chris. he's been called a perfectly lubricated weather vein by our friend john huntman. his friend. but i think it goes further than that. i think it is very cowardly not to distance himself from donald trump. i think it is a sign he want it leave no wing nut behind. he doesn't feel that the base loves him enough, that he can just count on turning them out in november. they've been a little bit tepid. so he want it rely on the trump magic and trump name. and i think, you know, after yesterday, i ...