Romney and the Lobbyists with Ellen & Gonzo

to get Tom -- up and apply to an inquisitive skeptical press -- so we're supposed to -- yeah we've -- sat on the -- to -- Boston -- exactly beautiful -- election receives that's -- work out there in the campaign trail -- you can -- on -- Boston Herald wrote a story today's paper with a headline that says more than -- dozen lobbyists working to raise money for -- Jessica -- there I.

They -- great story today can you please help us out tell me how it's possible that you go when you write the story you know just like glen Johnson knew that there are lobbyists tied. To Romney's campaign how is a possible people are still denying.

Well I guess it depends on what the definition is yes the impact. You know that you're this game. Basically on Romney's art. I think you know he gets up there first he's I don't know lobbyists running my campaign and then gone on -- from back quit you know that's not true. Ron Kaufman and then Mitt -- a rationale as essentially well. Ron Kaufman doesn't -- my campaign there's only one person running my --

Out the listeners Jessica what does Ron -- do for run.

And as senior strategist and that basically means you cannot debate back and he is constantly and it died he. Go cart era the McLean anti Oppenheim on the court you talk to depressed too. You know proclaimed the talking point -- today he is that the universe.

Brand so he's intimately tied to the campaign in just so had to explain I mean tell me and tell the listeners because as you when I know you you've been out on the campaign trail you know. Very well -- not one not one single person runs a campaign to tell tell the listeners how thin that claim is only that only Beth Myers runs my campaign.

He's he's definitely art but certainly there I -- They really know campaign that the have a lobbyist privately among the major campaign and nobody can can make back claimed they don't have high that it it's. And I'd say it apparently.

And what what what kind of reaction have you been hearing out there on the trail from voters to the glen Johnson incident.

I think it's the mix. Eric from people who really appreciate an aggressive reporter Aaron Barrett are people who are more concerned with -- behavior you know part of the third round and and pay -- Eric -- bad. But it and argumentative being argumentative with.

And it only and he might have to -- currently is wait till he was done and raises and witches witches protocol he looked tired and Fed up by. I didn't talk to so I don't know what as a matter -- how learning -- and take it anymore.

Yeah I mean I'm pretty much a close and you can get -- senior man on the campaign rally around Abercrombie for a year. And I get the background is really they they have without ever -- a I mean a working relationship on the air Koch for years at the time might feel more comfortable and say I like current and getting up in -- in all the press conference in instructing and I mean I I probably -- waited until. You know the and the BQ eight point.

You know and I just approach. Yeah right exactly I'm going to -- out.

You know just got I'm interested about this last point here where you say. Where you say that you know you might not have handled it not why I think that a lot of people found the way declining handled it to be on usual because you don't generally see -- she had an recently seen reporters willing to take on extending -- and I think it was really refreshing by so you're you're getting the sense that that people are are there's been sort of like a backlash against the media not.

Yeah a little bit like a better -- cut both ways. Not forget that but not. I campaigned as but the conference -- and girls were supposed to be question. Sure would not be and you Laporte are backing -- now. I'm talking about it and prepping me I admit threatened -- you know maybe I wouldn't -- now that's actually in fact if you look at the quote that Romney with about the -- you about it -- and -- call pleading note -- do you know.

Yeah quotas I don't have lobbyists that -- tied to mind. Here then glen Johnson into -- and saying that is not true and -- it's it's interesting -- goes back to the original quote running he dropped he decided. That the -- about the ward running. And to hope that people forget that he was about to say tied because they're clearly before we let you go on thanks for joining has been a busy talked -- about the story you'd did today -- doesn't lobbyist working him raise money for running.

Right well -- hearing and -- country club. Couple weeks ago right forty New Hampshire primary and he's that I don't have lobbyists raising all kinds of money army packed coupled with these. -- Thursday denial of lobby at high it made me want to look to see to what extent. They're really are lobbyists working for its campaign and that you can see they're they're really responsible for generating a lot of income for the campaign mommy's not about to say. How much money these guys they're raising but it's clear that there -- out there raising probably hundreds of thousands of dollars if not millions of dollars for the campaign.

And has he rose to to release a list of top fundraisers. Did he say he would no we won't.

Yeah according to public citizen he made a comment to do battle in July and still. Failed to make good on that promised to release elect. But opt fund -- those to raise a 100000 dollars or more -- need to track it. Information that it's not that the campaign would have to search for -- and when you go to donate. The army campaign you plug in code for the pertinent to essentially convicted don't and -- at the lobbyists.

We'll Jessica called ordered Jessica it was a a phenomenal story I think than it really underscored what Johnson was saying that Mitt Romney does in fact have lobbyists working foreman for him -- it. For him to claim otherwise is -- as you said disingenuous at thanks it was phenomenal story everybody should pick it up to -- and it's inherent to Jessica thinks -- being aggressive also and keeping your right in the following looked tacky again on the campaign trail by -- Jessica events at with the Boston --