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what advice would you have to kevin madden? >> well, first i want to say that his new role is one job created that i think mitt romney welcomes. my guess is there will be a lot less etch-a-sketching coming from the romney campaign and a lot fewer missteps. he's obviously very talented. all you had to do was watch him in 2008 or as he's commented the last few months and having him out there as an official spokesman will help the romney campaign. >> kevin, what do you hope to bring to the table in your new role? you'll be out there with the governor, you'll be able to sort of help with the communications strategy, which i should say has been criticized by the "wall street journal" in an editorial and by rupert murdoch, jack welch tweeting, saying they needed a better focus, beefing up of the staff. >> i think most importantly, what i bring to the table is an ability to and deep relationships with both national press and also local and regional press. >> and a lot of credibility. >> i appreciate that. the governor is somebody who
what advice would you have to kevin madden? >> well, first i want to say that his new role is one job created that i think mitt romney welcomes. my guess is there will be a lot less etch-a-sketching coming from the romney campaign and a lot fewer missteps. he's obviously very talented. all you had to do was watch him in 2008 or as he's commented the last few months and having him out there as an official spokesman will help the romney campaign. >> kevin, what do you hope to bring to...
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we need to repeal it. >> i think kevin madden gave a good view what they are going to do. sounds like the role is something like a traveling communications director. in proximity to the candidate is enormously important when you're at this stage of the campaign. that's the access you need. that's what you need to really drive the message. look, i think all these cause for a major contain campaign shake-up are a mistake. it's enormously important to have a campaign team that understands the candidate as a person, who the candidate trusts and vice versa. >> which his team does. >> which his team does. by bringing madden on a more senior role, who was with him in 2008, who knows the governor well, they're doing exactly what they should do. they're broadening the base of senior leadership, but they're not grafting on to an entirely new personality, because that would have really i think undercut a campaign in a critical moment. >> does this happen -- mitt romney had momentum and now barack obama has the momentum. he's had a couple stumbles. people start shooting and say shake
we need to repeal it. >> i think kevin madden gave a good view what they are going to do. sounds like the role is something like a traveling communications director. in proximity to the candidate is enormously important when you're at this stage of the campaign. that's the access you need. that's what you need to really drive the message. look, i think all these cause for a major contain campaign shake-up are a mistake. it's enormously important to have a campaign team that understands...
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robert gibbs for obama and kevin madden for romney. >>> and our powerhouse roundtable with george will, donna brazil, dana loesch. >>> plus -- >> i'm jon karl outside of dick cheney's home, we just had the first interview with the former vice president after his heart transplant. >>> a abc news is at the olympics. is very latest from london. >>> good morning, everyone. george stephanopoulos has a well-deserved morning off. as you just heard, it's been a rough week for both candidates. let's get right to it with their senior advisers. robert gibbs with president obama and kevin madden for mitt romney. >> good morning. >> who are the junior advisers? >> i tried to get that title before, nobody will give -- >> i make my own coffee >> i always wondered that. i want to start with, we're 100 days out. dead-even race. robert, what is going to make this race out, or is it going to stay this way until the end? >> i think it's going to be a very close race throughout. that's what we prepared for. i think what's going break this race out ultimately is the choice between two candidates and two ext
robert gibbs for obama and kevin madden for romney. >>> and our powerhouse roundtable with george will, donna brazil, dana loesch. >>> plus -- >> i'm jon karl outside of dick cheney's home, we just had the first interview with the former vice president after his heart transplant. >>> a abc news is at the olympics. is very latest from london. >>> good morning, everyone. george stephanopoulos has a well-deserved morning off. as you just heard, it's been a...
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spokesman kevin madden says, quote, some investments in some foreign countries can be tax havens but mitt romney doesn't hold any such investments. keeping them honest, though. a tax shelter expert who has investigated, written an article on romney's holdings says it's not so clear cut. my interview with him in a moment. it's important to point out no one is accusing governor romney of breaking any laws, either in how he earned that money or how he does his taxes. democrats are certainly having a field day where some of romney's fortune is or was invested. >> this is a man who says president barack obama is out of touch. out of touch with the needs of the american people. this coming from a man who recently had a swiss bank account and millions of dollars invested in the grand cayman islands beyond scrutiny. and the president obama is out of touch? >> that was just part of a democratic tidal wave. >> when he put his money in swiss bank accounts and tax haves and shelters and also set up the secret company, shell company in bermuda. >> -- about why he opened a corporation off shore in
spokesman kevin madden says, quote, some investments in some foreign countries can be tax havens but mitt romney doesn't hold any such investments. keeping them honest, though. a tax shelter expert who has investigated, written an article on romney's holdings says it's not so clear cut. my interview with him in a moment. it's important to point out no one is accusing governor romney of breaking any laws, either in how he earned that money or how he does his taxes. democrats are certainly having...
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>> that was me. >> kevin madden. he's good. he's not sweating a bit. he's smiling, he's happy. you understand the point here. >> i didn't even need caffeine this morning. >> here is the argument. listen to this argument and there's this tax return issue. where do we begin? i'll let you start. go ahead. make a choice. tax returns, bain, all these questions, rich guy. you got a problem, do you not? >> no. because i think right now what you're looking at is an american public that wants to see the candidates talk about the iss s issues. they want to hear from energy to health care to trade to even to brian's point they want to hear about comprehensive tax reform. there's only one candidate talking about that and that's governor romney. also only one candidate talking about the future, president obama who ran on all this hope and change and talk about changing washington in 2008, failed to change washington and has totally obsessed with talking about the past and actually seeded the argument of what we're going to do to fix our economy in the future. how we'll have more jobs, great
>> that was me. >> kevin madden. he's good. he's not sweating a bit. he's smiling, he's happy. you understand the point here. >> i didn't even need caffeine this morning. >> here is the argument. listen to this argument and there's this tax return issue. where do we begin? i'll let you start. go ahead. make a choice. tax returns, bain, all these questions, rich guy. you got a problem, do you not? >> no. because i think right now what you're looking at is an...
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kevin madden, senior romney advisor and paul ryan, wisconsin congressman said to be on romney's short list of possible running mates. we'll get analysis from moody's mark zandi, former clinton labor secretary robert reich, john fund of the "national review," rana foroohar of "time" magazine new york magazine's mike rich, michael gerson of the "washington post" and our own john dicker son and norah o'donnell. >> this feels kind of good! i need to cool off a little bit. >> schieffer: he may have something there and we'll try to make sense of all of it because this is "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> schieffer: good morning again. stephanie cutter, who's emerged as one of the main point people for the obama campaign and kevin madden, the long-time top advisor to mitt romney are at the table together with us and, i must say, this campaign did get down and dirty last week. and i want to start with the very latest, stephanie, i want to play some more of that new ad going on the air in some of the key battleg
kevin madden, senior romney advisor and paul ryan, wisconsin congressman said to be on romney's short list of possible running mates. we'll get analysis from moody's mark zandi, former clinton labor secretary robert reich, john fund of the "national review," rana foroohar of "time" magazine new york magazine's mike rich, michael gerson of the "washington post" and our own john dicker son and norah o'donnell. >> this feels kind of good! i need to cool off a...
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romney campaign senior adviser kevin madden joins me next. plus, we're going to dig deeper into a brand-new nbc/"wall street journal" poll. we're going to let you know who the undecided voters are. there are some undecided voters. first, i'll look ahead at the president's schedule and mitt romney's schedule. the president, feels like a never ending trip, i'll be honest. he goes to the urban league where he gives a speech in new orleans. he wakes up in seattle. mitt romney, of course, is in london, and will be sitting down with brian williams on the in the nightly news. e of its effic. i bought the car because i could eliminate gas from my budget. i don't spend money on gasoline. it's been 4,000 miles since my last trip to the gas station. it's pretty great. i get a bunch of kids waving at me... giving me the thumbs up. it's always a gratifying experience. it makes me feel good about my car. i absolutely love my chevy volt. ♪ one golden crown. come on frank how long have we known each other? go to e-trade. they got killer tools man. they'll
romney campaign senior adviser kevin madden joins me next. plus, we're going to dig deeper into a brand-new nbc/"wall street journal" poll. we're going to let you know who the undecided voters are. there are some undecided voters. first, i'll look ahead at the president's schedule and mitt romney's schedule. the president, feels like a never ending trip, i'll be honest. he goes to the urban league where he gives a speech in new orleans. he wakes up in seattle. mitt romney, of course,...
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kevin madden, you're on tomorrow. >> it's "morning joe." the goatee is up next. don't go anywhere. >> on the table, the supreme court's ruling has not faded into the background yet. republicans in congress get ready for another repeal vote and they seen opportunity. >>> top republican governors say they won't set up exchanges or expand medicaid. on the air waves, the obama campaign keeps growing. the romney campaign decides it has to fire back with harsh words from an unexpected source. hillary clinton circa 2008. >> and on the road to 270 as president obama gets ready to roll, a deep dive into whether romney can win the white house without any of those states. they could make or break the whole thing. no holiday week yet. the fireworks starting early. republicans try to make lemon nate out of the lemon that was dealt to them. the court's justification is actually a tax. the democrats are insisting it's a penalty and guess what? a sunday war of words broke out. >> what is in the laws of penalty? >> we have said it was a tax all along. >> this is a penalty on free
kevin madden, you're on tomorrow. >> it's "morning joe." the goatee is up next. don't go anywhere. >> on the table, the supreme court's ruling has not faded into the background yet. republicans in congress get ready for another repeal vote and they seen opportunity. >>> top republican governors say they won't set up exchanges or expand medicaid. on the air waves, the obama campaign keeps growing. the romney campaign decides it has to fire back with harsh words...
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madden. the obama campaign continues to focus on these afact even though fact check after fact, and investigative journalist after journalist shows that governor romney left bain in 1999. >> instead of whining about what the obama campaign says, put the fact out there rather than trying to hide. >> and how are they explaining the status at bain at this critical period? >> i think that the governor was retired retroactively because he never did return to bain. questions about bain capital have occupied much of the campaign's time the past few weeks and he claims it's an effort by the obama administration to draw attention away from the bad economy and romney aides are slamming the president for his negative ads. >> we've got these baseless charges on moving jobs overseas who fact checkers have said they're not true, indeed a lie and reckless and unfounded allegation that-- of criminal activity and so it's sad to see, we now know that this president will say or do anything to keep the highest o
madden. the obama campaign continues to focus on these afact even though fact check after fact, and investigative journalist after journalist shows that governor romney left bain in 1999. >> instead of whining about what the obama campaign says, put the fact out there rather than trying to hide. >> and how are they explaining the status at bain at this critical period? >> i think that the governor was retired retroactively because he never did return to bain. questions about...
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spokesman kevin madden says, quote, some investments in some foreign countries can be tax havens but mitt romney doesn't hold any such investments. keeping them honest, though. a tax shelter expert who has investigated, written an article on romney's holdings says it's not so clear cut. you'll hear my interview with him in a moment. it's important to point out no one is accusing governor romney of breaking any laws, either in how he earned that money or how he does his taxes. but democrats are certainly having a field day with where some of romney's fortune is or was invested. >> this is a man who says president barack obama is out of touch. out of touch with the needs of the american people. this coming from a man who recently had a swiss bank account and millions of dollars invested in the grand cayman islands beyond scrutiny. and the president obama is out of touch? >> that was just part of a democratic tidal wave. >> when he put his money in swiss bank accounts and tax havens and shelters and also set up the secret company, the shell company in bermuda.
spokesman kevin madden says, quote, some investments in some foreign countries can be tax havens but mitt romney doesn't hold any such investments. keeping them honest, though. a tax shelter expert who has investigated, written an article on romney's holdings says it's not so clear cut. you'll hear my interview with him in a moment. it's important to point out no one is accusing governor romney of breaking any laws, either in how he earned that money or how he does his taxes. but democrats are...
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we'll have kevin madden, who is one of the senior advisers on governor romney's campaign. he'll be here as well. but i got to tell you something. our jan crawford interviewed governor romney this afternoon and he is livid about all this. her interview will be coming up tonight on the cbs evening news. so that is the first thing you'll want to watch and i hope everybody will be around for face the nation on sunday. because we are certainly going to continue what is a hot and heavy conversation, quite frankly. >> and of course right here, we'll be there for both. thanks a lot. catch face the nation sunday morning right here on channel 9. >>> a little steamy. the heat is building. >> good news s the clouds kept temperatures down. we might hold in the 80s tomorrow. then it's off to the races, so to speak. let's take a live look outside. this is a live look outside our weather cam. it is brought to you by michael and son. temperatures, because of the clouds, pretty comfortable. 87 downtown. look at the dew point. that's what i want to emphasize. upper 50. that's fantastic. desp
we'll have kevin madden, who is one of the senior advisers on governor romney's campaign. he'll be here as well. but i got to tell you something. our jan crawford interviewed governor romney this afternoon and he is livid about all this. her interview will be coming up tonight on the cbs evening news. so that is the first thing you'll want to watch and i hope everybody will be around for face the nation on sunday. because we are certainly going to continue what is a hot and heavy conversation,...
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romney's 2008 spokesman kevin madden will now play a bigger role. and other than his one interview with cbs and today's brief appearance to discuss the jobs report. governor romney has been enjoying a long planned family vacation. with the kind of optics that, don't, perhaps do him any favors. and he is letting president obama, who himself loves a good vacation or two or three turn the tables on him. >> when i think about my family or michelle's family, you know, what made us rich was spending time together. best vacation i had when i was a kid was we -- my grandmother and my mom and my sister, we traveled around the country on greyhound buses and on trains and we stayed at howard johnsons. >> that is funny. joining us now from miami republic strategist chris ba gala. chris, you know, the howard johnsons, i remember those howard johnsons, the orange roofs and great ice cream. >> sure. >> laura: clearly the president who i alluded to has taken more vacations in three and a half years than any president in recent memory. he tries to turn the table on
romney's 2008 spokesman kevin madden will now play a bigger role. and other than his one interview with cbs and today's brief appearance to discuss the jobs report. governor romney has been enjoying a long planned family vacation. with the kind of optics that, don't, perhaps do him any favors. and he is letting president obama, who himself loves a good vacation or two or three turn the tables on him. >> when i think about my family or michelle's family, you know, what made us rich was...
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. >> and our old front, kevin madden, he's coming back to help them with a more active level. >> he'll see more as a front spokesman for the campaign. >> what about the money? $100 million, they raised last month. that's a lot more than, we don't know exactly how much the obama and the democratic campaigns are going to raise, but they're doing well in the fund-raising department. >> they are. and the democrats are sort of tossing it off in two ways, saying, listen, he's getting the low-hanging fruit. this is a guy who can go now back to his primary supporters and saying, he can give for the general campaign, and go back to the people who didn't support him in the primary and say, time to pony up here, because i'm going to be the nominee. but the blessing for mitt romney this week is, he was having a lousy week. he really was. they leaked out the $100 million, and that always takes up air time, and it directs you away from all this criticism that romney has been taking on. and he gets this jobs report, which you can't go out and high five people about, because it's a bad jobs report, bu
. >> and our old front, kevin madden, he's coming back to help them with a more active level. >> he'll see more as a front spokesman for the campaign. >> what about the money? $100 million, they raised last month. that's a lot more than, we don't know exactly how much the obama and the democratic campaigns are going to raise, but they're doing well in the fund-raising department. >> they are. and the democrats are sort of tossing it off in two ways, saying, listen, he's...
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and he was kevin madden who is now senior adviser to mitt romney. >> ari, would the romney camp -- all right, just be stupid enough to pick somebody with bush baggage? >> no, and let's be real here, ed, the campaign is going to pick a boring white man as their vp because they're going to play it as safe as possible. they don't want someone like condoleezza rice. she doesn't have economic experience, she reminds people of the bush administration. romney is going to go with someone like ohio senator rob porter or tim pawlenty. >> he's not going to go with rob portman because he has bush baggage as well. rob portman was budget director for jogeorge w. bush and an unlikely choice. >> there's something to the bush baggage is what you're say sng. >> condoleezza rice is someone who transcends that. she has a 3 to 1 approve disapprove positive rating from all of the polling that haas been done on her. she's one of the most admired women in america. what stuns me is why it is when even conservatives, sarah palin, said condoleezza rice would be a wonderful choice. >> that's the kiss of death rig
and he was kevin madden who is now senior adviser to mitt romney. >> ari, would the romney camp -- all right, just be stupid enough to pick somebody with bush baggage? >> no, and let's be real here, ed, the campaign is going to pick a boring white man as their vp because they're going to play it as safe as possible. they don't want someone like condoleezza rice. she doesn't have economic experience, she reminds people of the bush administration. romney is going to go with someone...
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comes from kevin madden who says he hasn't paid a penny less in taxes by virtue of where the funds are domiciled. the liability is exactly the same. he is account football are u.s. taxes. some investments in foreign countries can be tax havens but mitt romney does not hold any such investments. we got to run. thanks for joining us. really appreciate it. >> thank you so much. >> and joining us from las vegas is reince about prieis bus. welcome to you, sir. >> thank you very much. >> what is on the top of your mind after listening to the chairman of the democratic national committee. >> i don't know if she is on straycation or on mars. the fact of the matter is people are not better off than they were four years guy. we can numb everybody's mind watching this with the numbers but the fact of the matter is there are almost half a million more are people unemployed today than four years ago. and if debbie or president obama were good on the numbers on the stimulus, remember, they said if we passed the stimulus we would have 5.5% unemployment today. that means if they kept their promises th
comes from kevin madden who says he hasn't paid a penny less in taxes by virtue of where the funds are domiciled. the liability is exactly the same. he is account football are u.s. taxes. some investments in foreign countries can be tax havens but mitt romney does not hold any such investments. we got to run. thanks for joining us. really appreciate it. >> thank you so much. >> and joining us from las vegas is reince about prieis bus. welcome to you, sir. >> thank you very...
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. >> kevin madden told fox news sunday that romney hasn't paid a penny less in taxes by virtue of where these funds are domiciled. his liability is exactly the same as if he held them directly in the u.s. as a u.s. citizen, he is accountable for u.s. taxes. some investments in foreign countries can be tax havens. but mitt romney does not hold any such investments. is all that accurate according to your reporting? can you say that definitively? >> well, no, not quite. this claim that, you know, he pays exactly the same taxes as if he'd invested in the united states, his investments through the cayman islands, exactly the same tax rate. it's not quite true. or at least it appears not to be. again this is one of the questions where we don't have clarity but there are strong indications. on your earlier point about, you know, saying it has been said by the romney campaign and others that these are not tax havens. we're not investing through tax havens. that is something that has been repeated. that is something i've seen, you know, i've been researching tax havens for many years and it's on
. >> kevin madden told fox news sunday that romney hasn't paid a penny less in taxes by virtue of where these funds are domiciled. his liability is exactly the same as if he held them directly in the u.s. as a u.s. citizen, he is accountable for u.s. taxes. some investments in foreign countries can be tax havens. but mitt romney does not hold any such investments. is all that accurate according to your reporting? can you say that definitively? >> well, no, not quite. this claim...
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we see kevin madden who came on l.a. week. all of a sudden, it's a shift in strategy. it's, let's get out front, let's play offense. even though it was a friday afternoon, which is not the best time to play offense in the political cycle. >> he said let's get out front. it's too bad they didn't. ryan, do you think he did well in his response or it was a sign of weakness to come out and respond in all these interviews on a friday afternoon? >> i think john actually makes a good point. you've seen a personnel change. when you have any campaign of this kind, it's incredibly high stake, high pressure environment. i think mitt romney -- i don't think it was the strongest interview he's ever given. i think that's part of the point. he has to do this. he has to do this more often. and one hopes from the perspective of the romney campaign, that he's going to get better each time. this is the first time out of the gate. if he's going to embrace a more out front strategy, he's going to have to get smoother, more polishes and have a more convincing story to tell. >> well, if you
we see kevin madden who came on l.a. week. all of a sudden, it's a shift in strategy. it's, let's get out front, let's play offense. even though it was a friday afternoon, which is not the best time to play offense in the political cycle. >> he said let's get out front. it's too bad they didn't. ryan, do you think he did well in his response or it was a sign of weakness to come out and respond in all these interviews on a friday afternoon? >> i think john actually makes a good...
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joining us, labor secretary hilda solis, romney's senior advisor, kevin madden, we ask him about his expanded role. l.a. mayor, antonio villaraigosa, major garret and susan page. an all-star cast, next on "andrea mitchell reports." omer. would you mind if i go ahead of you? instead we had someone go ahead of him and win fifty thousand dollars. congratulations you are our one millionth customer. people don't like to miss out on money that should have been theirs. that's why at ally we have the raise your rate 2-year cd. you can get a one-time rate increase if our two-year rate goes up. if your bank makes you miss out, you ed an ally. ally bank. no nonsense. just people sense. why let constipation stry miralax.? mirlax works differently than other laxatives. it draws water into your colon to unblock your system naturally. don't wait to feel great. miralax. >>> right now on "andrea mitchell reports" stuck in low gear. today's jobless numbers add up to the weakest employment quarter in two years. mitt romney sees a glass half empty. >> doesn't have to be this way. america can do better.
joining us, labor secretary hilda solis, romney's senior advisor, kevin madden, we ask him about his expanded role. l.a. mayor, antonio villaraigosa, major garret and susan page. an all-star cast, next on "andrea mitchell reports." omer. would you mind if i go ahead of you? instead we had someone go ahead of him and win fifty thousand dollars. congratulations you are our one millionth customer. people don't like to miss out on money that should have been theirs. that's why at ally we...