The campaign battle is back on.
President Obama and Governor Mitt Romney are fully engaged today, just days after the tragic shooting that left 12 dead in Colorado. In an interview last night on CNBC, Governor Romney squarely blamed the President for the tenor of the campaign, saying that a more civil discourse "really would be nice" before accusing the President's re-election campaign of divisive tactics.
President Obama, meanwhile, used an appearance before the Veterans of Foreign Wars in California to take a preemptive strike at Governor Romney's upcoming overseas tour. At that same appearance, the President warned Syria about use of its chemical weapons (a response to their threatened use in the event of foreign intervention). It's a reminder not only about the big issues that loom worldwide, but also the volatility on the world stage that could, at any moment, transform this presidential race.
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Mark Halperin = Mr False Equivalence, "The left blah, blah, blah."
Honestly you guys. Romney comes on and says 'I'm proud...' and hardly anybody questions him about his 'proudness'. If they DO then Romney says I've TOLD you and you pundits sit there and nod your heads and say OBAMA is attacking him again. Or the old meme...'The voters don't CARE yet'...
Good to see it only took two days for the show to move off of gun control and back to speculating and guessing about the presidential campaigns. Priorities. And if you didn't catch my sarcasm, I was trying to lay it on pretty thick.
Could the panel today be anymore biased?
Mark H should never get to open his mouth again. Sorry, anyone who calls the President a dick on national TV, is a disgrace.
And by the way- I question even your intelligence, Akex. At least you should bring up the fact that Romney's economics are Bush's. Why you didn't raise that for discussion boggles my mind.
Romney will place the final nail in democracy.
There are only two commentators worth watching- Martin Bashir and Larry O'Donnell. At least they see threw the bulls&$t.
chandler man, i'm with you 100%.
I waited for 45 minutes for a discussion of Mitt Romney's donations to the Mormon Church. Not a word. Don't people realize that 10% is a REQUIREMENT just to remain LDS? What are his real charitable donations? To find out what Mr. Romney's potential agenda is one should read Jon Krakauer's "Under the Banner of Heaven" about Joseph Smith and the LDS Church.
I have watched MSNBC sinc the Colorado incident and found that negative adds about President Obama a real dicotomy! Money rules even on MNBC
Mr Romney used The Mormon Church missionary work to avoid Vietnam, but wants to keep the military budget at its present level so he can send troops to wherever. A little strange to have a draft dodger in the presidency race again. No one talks about this at all
I think, during the primaries, Ron Paul brought that up. He called Romney out on his lack of military experience or something, I could be wrong. But it wouldn't surprise me. If Paul were a little less radical and a bit younger, he would be a perfect alternative to Mitt Rom<get the mo>ney.
Alex: Might be a good idea to get something fresh -- interview people who actually know how to create great campaign ads: