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Of these things is one of the things wrong with our country and one of the things that's right with it is we have a president who is in charge and who is going to get to the bottom of it. >> r.t.rybak, thank you, sir. appreciate your time. >> good luck down there. it's great to see those people voting. coming up, we are going to bring you the very latest updates on hurricane sandy including the latest on airline cancellations. we'll also show you why some in ohio say they feel president obama and mitt romney are running for president of their state. you're watching msnbc, the place for polit...

So federal programs that fund teacher, police, and firefighter jobs would take a $12 billion hit. if romney doesn't cut those, he's going to have to squeeze other programs, like medicare. there are two things to remember here, my friends. first, federal money does hire teachers, cops, and firefighters. second, romney's cuts could be devastating to the people we depend on the most. let's bring in rt rybak, welcome to the show. >> good to be here. >> now, given all the things we've just helped the american public understand, how could romney be so wrong on this? >> well, first off, it's pretty r...

On federal dollars to provide support. his denial of it obviously has some political advantage. what is it can? >> i think mitt romney's trying to paint this picture that he's a "job creator," who in the private sector created all these jobs and government doesn't create jobs. there are two problems with that. number one, he laid off a whole boat load of people when he was in the private sector. and by the way, when he was in massachusetts, he did the same thing to the firefighters, the teachers, and the police officers. so what really matters is if you like your cop, if you like your firefigh...

Support, why isn't the dnc going after this? >> well, a good yes, ed, one of those things we wrestle with the fact of the matter is we can either jump to attention every time rick santorum says something nutty or try to make sure we get the message out about what the president is doing on the economy. the president can run the country or try to respond every time rick santorum says something crazy that would take way too much time. >> this one definitely goes out of bounds from any of the stuff we've heard before. mitt romney has dob nald trump attacking santorum on radio. >> i see some of his...

>> why would santorum's spokesperson say islamic policies when talking about environmental policies? >> again, it's no different from what you hear all the time on fox news and on hate radio. rick santorum, like millions of other americans, immersed in hate radio and fox news for decades. this is the result of it. he's the tea part difficult candidate. this is what you see, but there is a gaming chasm between the tea party and the rest of america, they will generate the neck republican candidate whether we like it or not. people would love to see a honest debate between two people with differe...