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The story, instead of ahead of it. interesting they had the political mishap. genially speaking they make themselves look good no matter what the outcome. the situation like this with the kids. they should have avoided this photo top with the kids please let us in the white house. it's our house. that visual image, it has an impact. that is something people can understand. >> eric: why not? those kids, by the way, they were featured last night on abc. do you think today the white house would say you know what? this is affecting our kids. maybe we will change and find another place to cut. >> a...

Contraception. it's economic issues. those come in to play, too. so i think this is -- we have today, another data point, where stuart stevens in washington post brags romney won the votes of people who make over $50,000. as though people who make less than $50,000, a, don't matter as much and, b, didn't make up, you know, a majority or don't make up a majority of the country. there's a tin ear when it comes to issues of race and gender, but also class. that i don't think -- you know, we heard some good things in the days after -- >> it's the we/they thing. by the way, reagan -- it's we people...

>> very popular guy. >> his ears are enormous. all these women are there because they tend to live longer and they have an interest in social security and medicare more than men do. >> and we're also poorer. at the middle of our lives and end of our lives, we're poorer, so we rely on safety net programs and we need them. women have been much more -- going back to the reagan election of 1980 that's when you saw the gender gap because the social safety net was being threatened and women do vote. it's not only or mainly abortion, choice or contraception. it's economic issues. those come in to pla...

Video, entertainment by supporters, and photo-op material for the campaign. joining us is "washington post" columnist dana milbank. you say in your wonderful piece today, and i'm quoting you, there is something ghoulish about finding political advantage in so much misery. i guess that means mitt romney has joined the chamber of ghouls on halloween eve given his campaign event in ohio. >> the timing couldn't be better. in fact, i congratulated the candidates yesterday for basically behaving in the manner in which americans would expect them to behave at this time, and i guess any time you get o...

That are safe. those around him won't be in the way of the impact of the storm. but otherwise do you think that can be a problem? >> i do think it can. he will be campaigning when he's in front of those crowds. he's not in front of these crowds talking about the storm. the president is in the position where he is always campaigning, no matter what he does, he's looking presidential. performing the job he's asking you to give him an extension on, when he's in front of a crowd or in front of tv cameras talking about a storm, that's okay. he's engaged. it's a form of campaigning for him. but if r...