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>> that's right. it was a tough attack. let's face it. this is what a vice president is supposed to do in campaign season. they're supposed to go after the candidate and obviously romney's got to figure out who his vice president is going to be. they'll likely take the same role. what he did was lay out what george bush used to call the vision thing. the vision that barack obama is laying out for this country which biden says is very different than the vision that mitt romney is laying out for this country. remember that barack obama's running on this idea of forward movement of progress. they...

Refused to say what he would do about this? >> well, it's certainly a better and more concise answer, politically speaking, that president obama offered a short-term fix, i don't think that's enough. in the end, romney also said he's pandering to you, he's trying to get your votes but i'm about your long-term interests. it's clearly a better political answer, but, again, there are not a huge number of specifics about how mitt romney would go about bringing to bear that longer term solution. this is not an issue. we saw this almost cancel out john mccain's presidential campaign in 2008. it's an...

Somebody, it's giving them what do you need to blame obama. i'll give you this, give you that, give you that. what will it take to connect that impulse to firing obama. that's all he's doing. >> if mitt romney could get away with it, he would get the unemployment rate tattooed on his forehead and every interview he would do, he would put tape over his mouth and sit there with a camera on the number. that's a win for them. >> you're giving them all the answers. let them work for their paychecks. carol, steve brings up a very good point. the president has said as much. this is what he said in on...

Because it's possible here, to get lost in the weeds and miss the essentials of what's happening. this is about money and power and it's about the concentration of money and power at the top in our society. it's about much more than wisconsin. and what the other side, the you know, i'm on the side of the progressives. what the other side wants to do is keep their folks organized. and make sure that their opponents are not organized. that's why labor unions are such a great threat. they are organize and they can exercise political clout. they don't want people organized in any way and they don'...

president obama today paid tribute to america's war dead, laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns, he then spoke at the vietnam veteran's memorial on the 50th anniversary of their bloody conflict. and milt romney led a tribute at the veteran's memorial center in san diego. it was a somber break from the election campaign, but politics has a way of seeping into one of the most somber occasions, dan lothian is standing by, but first let's go to cnn's dana bash. and a slight political undertone to the ceremonies there in san diego. they were putting wreaths out at these ceremonies, ...