of limited government. and the problem, it seems that the president has is that when he says people are not better off, he said it this week, than they were four years ago, and joe bidesen saying i don t blame people for being mad, we re in charge. that s not the promise they were making back in 2008. but all of the candidates, they want to repeal obama care, all of them want lower taxes, all of them want more energy dependence, all of them want less regulation, so it seems while there are distinctions it seems that they are on the right conservative path. do you agree with that? do you fear anything would change? i do. because i think they are reflecting what the mood of america is. america is focused on fiscal issues, they are focused on developing our economy by opening up energy supplies and rolling back regulations. so there s not a fine a lot of distinctions on positions. and that s good because republicans have been looking for that big tent, and i m very happy that that b
and the problem, it seems that the president has is that when he says people are not better off, he said it this week, than they were four years ago, and joe bidesen saying i don t blame people for being mad, we re in charge. that s not the promise they were making back in 2008. but all of the candidates, they want to repeal obama care, all of them want lower taxes, all of them want more energy dependence, all of them want less regulation, so it seems while there are distinctions it seems that they are on the right conservative path. do you agree with that? do you fear anything would change? i do. because i think they are reflecting what the mood of america is. america is focused on fiscal issues, they are focused on developing our economy by opening up energy supplies and rolling back regulations. so there s not a fine a lot of distinctions on positions. and that s good because republicans have been looking for that big tent, and i m very happy that that big tent is on
guys when we ll do it, put them in jeopardy and undermines the mission. reporter: the president said americans are getting soft. what do you think of that? i don t know about him, but there are plenty of people out there who have it tough because of the president. that s what i m more worried about. how do we get americans working again and have dignity of a job to take care of their family? americans aren t soft. we had policy on tax and regulation in washington, d.c. kicking people out of jobs every day. that is the real tragedy. what we ve got is a soft president. he needs to stand up and be tough on issues like taxation and getting rid of the healthcare plan and like pulling back regulations. if he wants to create jobs, that is the way to do it. the president needs to get tough. the american people are plenty tough. reporter: when it comes to getting tough, your battle with mitt romney at the top of the polls has been tough. this morning you ripped him up for having policies
create jobs curing one of the worst recessions since the great depression. texas has continued to buck the trend. it s done very, very well. per capita income increased. people are moving with their feet, voting with their feet. texas is keting back regulations, not increasing taxes. he decreased general government revenue. he is showing with fiscally conservative principles he can bring the same common-sense to washington d.c. quit us back on track. i m for governor perry, i think he ll be a great president, he s the right person to lead our party. when i was listening to all of the candidates on stage i thought any one of those would be an improvement over this president. with his stimulus part two last week he shows he simply doesn t get it. the first stimulus bill didn t do what it promised. unemployment is not below 8%. he said he had a plan to balance
even get back to it. it s moving probably 8, 10 miles an hour across the ground. so, you know, god help us. that s all. that s all we can do right now. [ sirens ] a whole different story in the east. remnants of tropical storm lee sweeping through the area. the storm left one person dead in mississippi, knocking out power to thousands all across the south. stocks deep in the red. the dow fell more than 250 points just after the opening bell. right now still hanging down. new concerns about europe s debt cries and the global economy weighing on investors. u.s. stocks plunged friday after a disappointing report showed no growth in jobs in august. two convoys of libyans allegedly loyal to gadhafi have fled to niger. a source says six high-ranking libyan officials were in one of those convoys. still no sign of gadhafi themselves. nato officials say it s to keep the libyan people safe an not to target the regime leaders. it s the first dahl day of the new job for general pet