bob: i m supposed to talk to libbials in this block. since there aren t in, i m not worried one bit about that or what president obama will do about winning november, because he is. even though the president acknowledged a bad night in the first debate, he s confident, too. that debate, what happened? well, governor romney had a good night. it had a bad night. how bad? well, it s not the first time i ve had a bad night. i think what is important is the fundamentals of what this race is about haven t changed. bob: that is exactly right. here are some interesting facts if you put the polls in together now. romney got somewhat of a bump from the first debate but the problem was in ohio, virginia, and florida, 92% of the people already made up their minds. after the debate, none changed. undecided in the states, romney did win the undecided votes. the fact remains in florida and virginia, obama is still up bay point. ohio up by six points. more importantly, ohio, they already v
one. is it that they don t want either one? is it they don t want perry it looks like right now. they don t want cain, he s untested, a business guy with no political background, and they don t think romney s a true conservative, it seems to me. how else can you explain why they wouldn t pick romney? why wouldn t you pick a guy you ve been watching for seven or eight years now, if you like him? the fact of the matter is, rick perry s been the governor of the second biggest state in the country for quite a long time, but he s still not very well known by the average voter, even the average republican. mitt romney s not that well known by the average republican, the average voter. and herman cain, some of the others are brand new to most voters. i just think people are being patient and taking their time, is the main thing going on here, because they realize, this election an election with incredibly high stakes. if i look at the candidates who are in the race and compare them to t
who are in the race and compare them to the ones who aren t in, the list of people not in this race on the republican side outweigh, in a lot more ways than one, the people who are in the race. and i mean that positively. don t you think your team of candidates who chose not to run would cream the ones who chose to run? well, you know, i m flattered, ed, you re very generous. it s true. and you know it. the fact of the matter is it s true. you and jeb and mitch daniels have so much weight on these guys that s running i mean, mitch s an incredible candidate, but these other guys, they re not going to be president, are they? i bet a lot of people in 1991 and 92 were saying the same thing about bill clinton, why didn t some of the heavyweights run? or jimmy carter in 1975 and 76. well, we re smarter now. can i ask you a question. here s cain talking about the border fence. tell me if this qualifies him for president. here he is talking about a serious problem, illegal immigrat
others are brand new to most voters. i just think people are being patient and taking their time, is the main thing going on here, because they realize, this election an election with incredibly high stakes. if i look at the candidates who are in the race and compare them to the ones who aren t in, mitch daniels, haley barbour, jeb bush and chris christie, the list of people not in this race on the republican side outweigh, in a lot more ways than one, the people who are in the race. and i mean that positively. don t you think your team of candidates who chose not to run would cream the ones who chose to run? well, you know, i m flattered, ed, you re very generous. it s true. you know it s true. you and jeb bush and mitch daniels have so much weight on these guys that s running i mean, mitch s a credible candidate. but these other guys, they re not going to be president, are they? i bet a lot of people in 1991 and 92 were saying the same thing about bill clinton, why didn t
realtors. and my wife, in particular, every night at dinner talks about the soft market. right. here s what she report reports, mr. president. she says that an increasing number of deals are short sales where people are upside down on their mortgages. she finds that the banks are ill-prepared to do these deals and wonders what can you do to spur the housing market, as well as bring relief to people whose homes are worth less than their mortgages? well, one of the things we re trying to do is to work with the banks to accelerate a short-sale process. and for your listeners who aren t in real estate, a short sale is an option that prevents foreclosure, but it means that the bank s going to actually do better net than if they actually foreclosed on the mortgage. wilo better than if they foreclosed on the mortgage. our attitude is this is a smart thing to do for families who are trying to sell their homes