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We are back on "politics nation." you are looking at live pictures of the floor of the democratic convention in charlotte, north carolina. tonight the president is looking forward to hearing a fan favorite speak on that stage. >> whatever i say here today, it is going to be at best a distant second to the speech you will hear tonight from the star of the obama family, michelle obama. >> the first lady speaks after 10:00 p.m. eastern time. part of a night that democrats hope will be a strong pitch to women voters. we will see key speeches from women like cecil rie richards a lilly ledbetter.

1,099. no crowds, no campaign. no press. they are just kicking back and practicing for next month's debates. mr. portman is playing the role of president obama. this is unheard of in any presidential campaign. four years ago president obama and joe biden launched a four-state bus tour after their convention. george w. bush and john mccain toured the mud west after their convention. and bill clinton and al gore went on a thousand-mile bus tour after their convention. but paul ryan is not hiding out in vermont. he's making the tv rounds. he hit all the morning shows today trying to back pedal fr...

>> has no record to run on. well, let's go through that a minimum. you might not agree now with the policies and you might not agree with the record but he has one. it includes he passed the affordable care act which was 100 years in the making. he rescued the economy from collapse. most sweeping wall street reform since the great depression. and he killed bin laden. rescued the auto industry, signed the led better fair pay act and ended the war in iraq, reformed the stun loan system. no record, steve? >> well, i mean, what ryan is trying to sell there is rationalization. i mean, that -- line ...

Some level. but the calculation there from romney, ryan people, is they -- ultimately want to vote obama out because of where the economy is and how economic anxiety is. they are looking for something they can tell themselves it will make it okay to vote him out. what paul ryan is offering there. again, i'm not sure that will be enough to win the election on but it is a -- testament to the power of how -- bad economy can hurt a president that that sort of strategy has the -- tie right now heading into this convention. >> now, jonathan, the president slammed romney specifically for his failure ...

Effort to get back to work. that didn't happen. what they are trying to suggest is that i said that barack obama was responsible for a plant shutdown in jamesville. that's not what i was saying. read the speech. what i was saying is the president ought to be held to account for his broken promises. >> read the speech. we can do that. we also have this little thing called videotape. roll it. >> right there at that plant, candidate obama said i believe that if our government is there to support you, this plant will be here for another 100 years. that's what he said in 2008. well, as it turned ou...