Video: Will GOP scandals hurt Romney-Ryan ticket?

NBC's Chuck Todd weighs in on U.S. Rep. Akin's comments on rape and how this could impact Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan's momentum on the campaign trail. 

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This is all the Dems can come up with going in for a swim.

    Reply#1 - Mon Aug 20, 2012 12:58 PM EDT

    No it will not affect me. Its only one man and remenber you can't fix stupid.

      Reply#2 - Mon Aug 20, 2012 2:49 PM EDT

      The incredible thing about this branding thing is that the reason behind this trend has much more to do with the republicans shooting themselves in the foot than anything the Dems have done to influence this. Out-dated policies and Mitten's incredibly inept campaigning efforts along with the mindless addition of Ryan to the ticket have doomed the repubs and will keep them as the minority Party they deserve to be.

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      Reply#3 - Wed Aug 22, 2012 4:38 PM EDT

      no matter what the poeple r saying about President Obama and mitt romney, it all comes down in the vote in November 2012, because GOD has the first and last word,GOD is still in charge.

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      Reply#4 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 11:20 PM EDT

      Yes and it looks like the Dems. are going to make sure WE CAN VOTE!!!!!!

        #4.1 - Sat Sep 1, 2012 10:33 PM EDT
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        The DemocRATS can try to discredit the Repubs but as an Independent all I need to do is ask myself am I better off now or before Obammar came on the scene. I miss George Bush.

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        Reply#5 - Wed Aug 29, 2012 12:41 PM EDT

        Charles Rangel one of the most corrupt Democratic Party congressman is still in his seat. Rod Blagojevich Democrat tries to sell Obama's senate seat. Roland Burris is than appointed by Rod blagojevich and is allowed to keep Obama's senate seat rather than allow an election that would have surely elected a Republican. What does that tell you about Obama and his Democratic Party. MSNBC is being dishonest by bringing up this issue. MSNBC is being dishonest because they know that the most dishonest and corrupt politicians in the last 4 years have been mostly Democrats!!!

          Reply#6 - Thu Aug 30, 2012 8:22 AM EDT

          WHAT EVER YOU DO DON'T READ THIS!!!!! YOU MAY FIND THE TRUTH!!!!!!!!

          Here it is in black and white!!

          Republicans who have destroyed America!!! And the beat goes on!!!!!!!!!!

          1- Nixon

          2- Reagan

          3- H.W. Bush

          4- George W. Bush

          5- Mitt Romney

          The U.S. is starting to look like it is entering just such a death spiral. It is foretold not simply by the large and growing deficits, nor by the fact that their carrying costs will rise quickly as interest rates rise. Rather, it is the fact that these trends are becoming irreversible, a structural part of the U.S. economy.

          THIS IS WHY YOU PAY $25,000 FOR A CAR!!! YOUR MONEY IS NOT WORTH THE PAPER IT IS WRITTEN ON!!

          Richard Nixon: INFLATION!!! Our money is not worth ANYTHING!!! Nixon convened a summit of his economic advisers at Camp David. He then announced temporary wage and price controls, allowed the dollar to float against other currencies, and ended the convertibility of the dollar into gold, which made the dollar’s value POLITICAL DOLLARS!!!! If needed the Fed’s will print more money!! YOUR MONEY!!! will continue to buy less, less, less AND YOU WILL PAY MORE AND MORE !!!!!!!!

          Herbert Stein, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under Richard Nixon was fond of saying,

          THINGS THAT CAN'T GO ON FOR EVER " DON'T"

          Ronald Reagan: Reagan cut the marginal tax rate on the wealthiest of Americans from 70% to 38%. He promised it would spur an orgy of investment and rocket the economy to new levels of production and prosperity. Instead, his supply side economics did the exact opposite. It produced the deepest recession since the Great Depression.

          Watergate Scandal The Watergate scandal resulted in 69 government officials being charged and 48 being found guilty, and the resignation of President Reagan.

          H.W.Bush: By 1992, interest and inflation rates were the lowest in years, but by midyear the unemployment rate reached 7.8 percent, the highest since 1984.[11] In September 1992, the Census Bureau reported that 14.2 percent of all Americans lived in poverty.

          George W. Bush: Initiated a 1.35 trillion tax cut program—one of the largest tax cuts in U.S. history.

          Bush argued that such a tax cut would stimulate the economy and create jobs. Others, including the Treasury Secretary at the time Paul O'Neill, were opposed to some of the tax cuts on the basis that they would contribute to budget deficits and undermine Social Security.

          By October 2008, due to increases in domestic and foreign spending, the national debt had risen to $11.3 trillion.

          Bush's tax cuts and the 10 year deficit explodes to a mind-boggling $7.9 trillion. Within ten years, the government will owe more than $15 trillion. And this, at precisely the time the government needs fiscal solvency to begin paying the Baby Boomers their Social Security.

          "The general fund has been borrowing from Social Security and we've borrowed well over $2 trillion," he said. "That money has got to be paid back.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

            Reply#7 - Thu Aug 30, 2012 3:16 PM EDT

            To the Blago,Ayers, Wright list you can add Fast & Furious, Solyndra, Cash for Clunkers, Givernment Motors and the list goes on and on. It about the economy

              Reply#8 - Sun Sep 2, 2012 12:16 AM EDT

              Hey, each time I tell the story of thie biggest fish I caught it grows by a few pounds! Makes for a better story! Leave the poor chap alone. We all have our fish stories.

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