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>> let's talk to, howard, about who hears the dog whistle. i heard it. >> your interpretation of the dog whistle is your interpretation. >> let's move on to another interpretation. >> here's what i know. i know that everybody, democrat and republican, campaign and noncampaign, has been focus grouping like crazy among undecided, working class white women. >> right. >> especially in places like ohio. but -- in every swing state, and what i'm told is that the republicans found, to their surprise, over recent weeks, that the welfare ad really worked with those women. now, they were surprised, beca...

Facts and the differences on policy, or are we running a campaign on bold-faced lies and innuendo. that's a question they need to answer. >> do you think there is a racial subtext to doing the welfare issue? >> we wouldn't characterize it that way. i think it's clear with the pick of paul ryan, with a number of the steps the campaign has taken, that they are really going after the right wing conservative part of their base, turning them out. it's clear when you pick someone who has one of the most conservative records on women's issues, who has an idealogical twin with todd akin on those issue...

Rolls. on july 12th, president obama quietly ended the work retirement. one of the most respected newspapers called it nuts. >> neil: the romney campaign seizing the initiative by forget that medicare thing, this welfare issue is potentially much more expensive. president saying he is got this all wrong. >> everybody that has looked at this what governor romney is saying is absolutely wrong. not only are his super pacs running millions of dollars worth have ads making the claim. romney is saying out stump. >> neil: who is right? >> it depends on whether you trust the president and how he will ...

cheering this decision as a bold move by romney that will help energize the base and show voters that romney is really serious about economic change. the two men will appear together for the first time as running mates in norfolk, virginia with the "uss wisconsin." the old battleship as a backdrop. then they will begin a bus tour that will take them toward the republican national convention in tampa. that begins in about three weeks. we'll bring you mitt romney's announcement live. we're standing by for that from norfolk, virginia. let's bring in our own jim acosta on the scene in no...

>> jay carney stresses he only got involved in the welfare controversy because it's a policy issue. they believe that the ad distorts the president's record. they released state fire department republicans praising the president on the welfare issue. bret? >> bret: ed henry live on the north lawn. thank you. as carl mentioned we are days away arguably from the biggest decision mitt romney will make as the republican candidate. who he will choose for running mate. head of that decision, we thought we'd bring back the series running with romney and reintroduce you to people we believe are romney...