On today’s Now with Alex Wagner, I join guests Josh Green, Jonathan Capehart, Richard Wolffe, Michael Scherer, and Nicholas Shaxson to discuss exactly what is and what isn’t working for both Obama and Romney leading up to the general election. We also took a look at Biden’s NAACP speech, new developments in the Sandusky case, and the steps being taken to get the economy back on track.

Watch clips from today’s show below!

From Now with Alex

Biden fills Obama’s shoes at NAACP conference
Bloomberg Businessweek’s Josh Green, journalist Catherine Crier, The Washington Post’s Jonathan Capehart and MSNBC political analyst Richard Wolffe are joined by Time Magazine’s Michael Scherer to talk about Vice President Joe Biden’s pinch-hitting for President Obama at the NAACP conference on Thursday.

 

Mitt Romney’s fundraising swing
The Now w/ Alex Wagner panelists talk about Mitt Romney’s fundraising efforts as he jets across the country to attend an event hosted by former Vice President Dick Cheney in Wyoming.

 

2012 political ad wars continue
The NOW w/ Alex Wagner panelists discuss the political ads carpet-bombing swing states after President Obama launched a new round of television ads focusing on tax policy.

 

Congress faces dauting task in approaching the fiscal cliff
Will the United States reach the fiscal cliff? The NOW w/ Alex Wagner talk about where Congress stands on the U.S. debt crisis as high profile former White House aides cast the situation as a doom scenario.

 

What did Paterno know about Sandusky’s abuses?
NBC News’ Ron Allen joins NOW w/ Alex Wagner for the latest development in the Jerry Sandusky abuse trial.