Stuff, and then just as you re sitting down, they leave. [ laughter ] and accuse you of running up the tab. i happen to believe if you look at his record over the last three-and-a-half years you will conclude as i have, it s the most anti-investment, antibusiness, anti-jobs series of policies in modern american history. bret: the battle lines are continuing to be drawn in this campaign. as we get ahe toward the con vention late in the summer. then in to the campaigning in truth late in the fall. let s look at new polls. rasmussen comes out with a new poll. national position that has romney ahead by four. this is likely voters. reuters, ipsa poll has it tight at 45-44%. recommend centered voters. the real clear politics average of polls you is a little bit tighter today.
bret: let s look at the other side of the political equation. the one saying the economy belongs to this president, not the last one. here is chief political correspondent carl cameron. speaking to a friendly audience of ceos at the quarterly meeting of the influential business round table in d.c., mitt romney launched a presymptive strike pre-emptive strike tomorrow. he will speak eloquently, but the words are cheap. and the record of an individual is the basis upon which to determine whether they should hold on to the job. romney shorthanded 64-page policy book to require taxes to spur growth and job, smaller government for less regulation and serious spending cut and reform to battle the federal budget in eight to step years. p obama and democrats say romney is rehashing the same policy of the bush administration. romney told the business executives, the obama liberal approach has failed. if you look at his record over the last three-and-a-half years you will conclude as
i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. the largest bank of the united states is called to before congress to explain a $2 billion loss that one lawmaker compared to russian roulette. jpmorgan chase ceo jamie dimon appeared before congress saying he could not defend or justify the trades that ultimately imploeded. liz zi was there watching it all unfold. and it was very dramatic. it was very dramatic. i ve known jamie dimon and covered jamie dimon for a long time, wolf. usually when he comes to washington this is a town where he s received with open arms, even at the white house. this position was a little unusual for him. hi, jamie. how are you? i m good. he usually loves the cameras, but he got more of the rugby scrum. they re the job destroyers. this man is a crook. we ve let a lot of people down. and we are very sorry for it. he apologized for losing billions, took some blame, but embracing more regulation, maybe not. we think don t make sense an
Get help rightway if you have swelng of the face or throat, or trouble breathing. tell your doctor your medical history and find an arthritis treatment for you. visit celebrex.com and ask your doctor about celebrex. for a body in motion. the president needs to get in touch with what is happening in the private sector, what is happening with middle income families. from the stimulus bill that brought us solyndra. the most antibusiness, anti-investment, anti-jobs administration i think i ve ever seen. the president fails to understand the basic nature of free enterprise in america. the president putting out that spending fire. he has been feeding it. simply not up to the task of solving a great economic crisis. neil: now, my next guest has a message for governor mitt romney. you can t just rip the president. gretchen hamel says you have to give voters a new game plan.
Here is the governor earlier on fox & friends. the right course for america is to encourage free enterprise, small business, big business, we want people to hire. and the president has the most antibusiness, anti-investment, anti-jobs administration i think i ve ever seen. and the people of this country want to see people who have private sector experience, who know what it takes to get the private sector hiring again. martha: governor romney spending the day in florida, a swing state of course. the latest polls are showing them in a dead heat in the state of florida. rick: we could be on the verge of seeing a housing boom in one state any way. north today coat taste considering a proposal that would make it the first state in the country to completely eliminate real estate taxes. counties, towns and other local entities in the state take in $810 million annually that come directly from the property taxes. this would be, if it s passed, the first time since 1980 when