Meet the Press moderator David Gregory breaks down the final night of the RNC convention including Mitt Romney's keynote address.
Meet the Press moderator David Gregory breaks down the final night of the RNC convention including Mitt Romney's keynote address.
David Gregory breaks down the second night of speeches at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, FL
Some quick analysis from David on the two keynote speeches given at tonight's Republican National Convention by Ann Romney and Chris Christie.
Republican Party Chairman Reince Priebus is pleased with where his candidate stands in the polls.
"If we're exactly where we are today going into election day, we're gonna win," Priebus told David in a PRESS Pass interview shortly before calling the Republican National Convention to order.
Priebus also address concerns that some in the party have voiced about Romney’s perceived weakness among key demographics like women and latinos. In the most recent NBC News/WSJ poll, the president holds substantial leads over Mitt Romney in each of those categories. For Priebus, staying focused on the economy is the key for Romney to make up gound with those groups.
“The economic message is a winner whether you're Greek, whether you're a woman, whether you're Hispanic it doesn't matter. The economic message is a winner and the fact that Obama didn't fulfill his promises is a killer for him," he said.
Watch David's entire interview with RNC Chair Reince Priebus above and check back to PRESS Pass all week for more behind the scenes convention interviews every day.
In an apparent Saturday afternoon coordinated message, a trio of Democratic leaders called on Rep. Weiner to resign.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi: "I urge Congressman Weiner to seek that help without the pressures of being a Member of Congress."
Chair of the Democratic National Committee, Debbie Wasserman Schultz: "It is with great disappointment that I call on Rep. Anthony Weiner to resign."
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman, Steve Israel: "Anthony's inappropriate behavior has become an insurmountable distraction to the House and our work for the American people. With a heavy heart, I call on Anthony to resign."
Debbie Wasserman Schultz will be on the show tomorrow along with Reince Priebus, the chairman of the Republican National Committee, who criticized the Democrat's early reaction to the scandal.
The National Journal calls this "the clearest sign yet that support from his party has completely evaporated."
The New York Times writes that today's calls 'underscore a growing concern within the party' that Weiner's exchanges with women had become a distraction for the party.
MSNBC.com explains Pelosi's earlier statements and explains the scandal.
Earlier this week the LA Times wrote this round up of which officials had already called for Weiner's resignation: Tim Kaine, former chairman of the DNC; Rep. Allyson Schwartz, a senior member of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee; Reince Priebus, chairman of the RNC; and Sen. Harry Reid said that while he'd like to defend Weiner, he could not.