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What labrador is tapping into. and the fact that he's a conservative republican but he's from town. he's from that area right next door. it just shows you how americans tend to think. they tend to disregard the national interest first and go to the family interests first. >> they think entirely on partisan lines, except for this fella. except for this guy. anyway, thank you. very widely stated. by the way, the big story behind the prisoner deal. was the president planning to release those afghan prisoners anyway somewhere down the road. was this just a chance to get something for it? also, she...

Election because people know that we can't go backwards, as mitt romney has proposed, to economic policies that crashed our economy. we can't turn medicare into a voucher system. we can't have a president who would veto the dream act and thinks we should have 12 million undocumented immigrants self-deport. we can't have a candidate become president like mitt romney who hasek treatment views on women's health. >> let's me ask you about what's going on with florida. senator nelson according to democrats whom i talked to in the last 24 hours, say that connie mack, whom you see on the screen, has ...

Trusted his judgment. i think vice president has been hurt by the "saturday night live" riff on him. it's unfair to make him seem goofy. he was right about afghanistan. >> one of the sidebars is how do they repair joe biden. >> they have to show his policy chops. >> thanks, chris. chris matthews special, barack obama making history premieres monday, september 3 at 10:00 p.m. eastern on msnbc on the eve of the start of the democratic convention. well, what makes a successful presidential acceptance speech? our political panel is next. susan ferrucio, ron mott, megan mccain and chris eliza. th...

Guy with policy chops and would inspire a lot of people in the base of the party from a swing district, but i don't think you could argue with a straight face his lack of management experience makes him as qualified to be president from day one as rob portman. >> andrea? >> i think portman is probably the most qualified from the standpoint of biography, former cabinet now in the senate. ryan, i think you could argue is qualified if you make the case that the issue is the economy. and that makes him, perhaps, the most qualified. the other thing about it is, if mitt romney is not a politician, i...

Last week it's romney insulting the british in their own country. has the trip accomplished anything for his presidential aspirations that we can count up and point to? >> i think trips like these are important because it shows american voters whether or not the candidate actually has the policy chops, the diplomatic skills, the experience, and the ability to actually be the world leader that the president of the united states is expected to be and mitt romney has proven with this trip that he's absolutely not ready. not ready for primetime. it's been amateur hour, unfortunately. but i guess t...