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Doing. i think mitt romney has to step back on this sat some point and he hasn't done it yet. >> final item is the question of colin powell. will he endorse in this race? it came up in the context of russia and romney. one of his folks saying russia was the biggest strategic threat to the united states. colin powell was on msnbc and had this reaction. >> governor romney not too long ago said the russian federation is the number one geostrategic threat. come on, think. that isn't the case. i don't know if mitt really thinks that, or if someone told him. i don't know, you ask him. it's been catc...

What was happening in the private sector at six times the rate that was happening in the private sector. his record whether it was at bain capital, and whether it was as governor of massachusetts, it was not a record of reducing debt and not a record of increasing private job creation, having the 47th out of 50 states. >> except if you look over time, most of the companies did well and most of them paid off the debt. if you look at staples, for example, it was enormous. i think the problem the president's got you're a normal america, look at the price of gasoline and the foreclosure rate which...

The political argument gets reduced to questioning other people's motives, and frankly, i think president obama has been more guilty of this than anyone else. president obama and vice president biden are continually questioning people's motives, their heart and character. they don't get you. they don't care. it would be so much better, i think, for the american people if political debate was argued on the facts and it's not questioning someone's character and motivation. >> you do have romney attacking the president for going on an apology tour and not championing american exceptionalism. ther...

About electrifying the border fence. so i think that's a big reason why. it's the policies of the extreme part of their party, but i didn't see, and i don't think any of us saw governor romney really challenge some of those extreme policies. >> i agree with him here with the republicans and the republicans are completely aware of this, karl rove is aware and marco rubio is trying successfully, and i think it will hurt them long term and i don't think it will hurt them this time for historical reasons. when you reelect an incumbent there are two things we know. first, it's a referendum, there a...

If you cannot close the gap, what's the opportunity for him to actually prevail in the fall? you ran to the left of him on the immigration question. he gave a speech this week and didn't even talk about immigration. how big of a problem is this for him? >> he has to address it and barack obama failed on immigration reform even when he had a democratic council and democratic senate. he failed to fix it when he controlled the house and senate. second, he went out and talked to the hispanic chamber of commerce. he'll tell you, the number one issue is jobs. the number two issue is the price of gas...