today he s the ceo of come back america. he s an unapologetic deficit hawk. mohammed al arian is the ceo of pim he could. his firm is the largest investors in bonds. and stephen moore is the founder of the low tax advocacy group club for growth. i m going to start with you, stephen. my good friend, the fiscal cliff is the immediate threat both parties need to come together to fix it because not fixing it would set even conservative fiscal causes back, don t you agree? yeah. i think most republicans agree. they don t want to go off this fiscal cliff either, ali. i think the one hang-up in negotiations which will start on tuesday is the president says, look, i was re-elected to raise those tax rates on the rich. you know what the republicans are saying in the snous you no he what? we were reluctant not to raise the tax rates. i think if the president takes the tax rate increases off the table, you can get an agreement on entitlement reform, getting more revenues and doing som
even though the unemployment rate has been coming down there, auto bailout issue, very, very critical, you still have president obama with 6 point lead over mitt romney. no question, no question, even though the unemployment rate is improving in ohio, this is still going to be a very important swing state for the president. thank you, christine. we re joined now be john casic of ohio, taking time between presentation so he s come out in the hall and just to talk to us. governor, thanks for being with us. listen, i don t see how voters in ohio, many of whom who are auto workers, union members, manufacturing workers alienated by governor romney s opposition to auto bailout are going to hand your state to governor romney. without ohio, most people don t get to the white house. why am i wrong about this? well, i think ohio is going to be very close. there isn t any question about it. but the fact of the matter is, ohio has grown now about 73,000 jobs. we re really pleased wit
nevada and florida the unemployment rate is higher than the national average. in nevada and colorado, the unemployment rate is still above what it was when president obama stepped into the white house. but in the rest of the battleground states it s pretty interesting. the jobs markets are improving. they have been improving since when the president became went into office. still improving, iowa, virginia, nevada, all have pretty low unemployment levels. 5 pst in iowa, new hampshire 5%, virginia 5.6% and in ohio with 18 electoral votes, much more than iowa and virginia combined, significant drop in the unemployment rate 7.4% over the past year. 48th in the nation to much higher than that. it s a very interesting story, ohio, big manufacturing auto, this is one of those places where mitt romney had said don t have that auto bail jautout. nobody wins out ohio and mitt romney will have an uphill batter there. this is showing you population centers. some of these areas wher
you the population centers of ohio. some the areas where the president did well last time. this is the polling we ve got. most recent polling for the presidential race, obama with 48%, romney with 42%. even though the unemployment rate has been coming down there, you ve got auto bailout issue which could be very, very critical, you still have president obama with a six-point lead over mitt romney. so, no question, no question, even though the unemployment rate is improving in ohio it s an important swing state for the president. thank you. we re joined by republican governor john kasich of ohio who is taking time between the presentation so he s come out in the hall and just to talk to us. governor, thanks for being with us. listen, i don t see how voters in ohio, many of whom are autoworkers, union members, manufacturing workers, alienated by governor romney s opposition to the auto bailout are going to hand your state to governor romney. without ohio, we know this, most p
states. hello, alip looking at seven battleground states and how the rate compares today with when he took office. nevada and florida, unemployment rate is higher than the national average. nevada and colorado the rate is above what it was when president obama stepped into the white house. rest of the battleground states it s interesting. the jobs marks are improving. they had been improving since when the president president went into office, still improving, iowa, new hampshire, low unemployment levels. 5% in iowa. new hampshire, 5%. virginia, 5.6%. in ohio, with 18 electoral votes, much more than iowa and virginia combined, you ve seen a significant drop in the unemployment rate from 8.6% to 7.4% over the year. they went from 48th in the nation to higher than that. it s an interesting story, ohio, big auto manufacturing, big manufacturing base, and this is one of those places where mitt romney had said, don t have that auto bailout. my feeling is nobody wins without