convention this year were people of stature who were seriously involved at some point in obama s life. standing up to say, i know barack obama, i ve been with barack obama. we have toiled together, you can trust him, i do. you said that was missing. romney has brought it up, condoleezzaa rice has brought it up, some critics have suggested that the president has the same problem that mitt romney has, that they actually are very similar in this way, that they remain a mystery, that people feel they don t really know these two men. what do you think about that comparison and how do you think mitt romney over comes that? well, i think there is a sense in which they are similar, because it s very, very difficult to understand the internal psychology of anyone, particularly at a distance. so i think in that sense romney is not that much different from any other presidential candidate who preceded him. but obama was absolutely different. he was utterly unique in the
that gender gap through the course of these proceedings here. i m joined by monica crowley. syndicated radio host and fox news contributor. and pat caudell, a fox news contributor and served under jimmy carter. i think if we put down the three goals of this convention, nominate mitt romney and paul ryan, close the gender gap and outreach to probably the hispanic audience, the swing voters, how are they doing on the gender gap issue do you think. i think they did very well last night. i think that their entire message so far has been really pretty good. i think governor christie gave an amazing speech in which for the voters out there and the voters they are trying to reach talked about a republican party which wasn t mean and flinty, which i m afraid is the albatross around the neck. last night you saw the speeches, not only of ryan, but the women particularly, condoleezzaa
issues he talked about condoleezzaa rice. the delegates were wowed about what she had to say last night. this is what he had to say about domestic issues, heading up the federal reserves or other issues. my view has been that i a would want to select someone who was a new person to that chairman s position, someone who shared my economic views, that i thought was sympathetic to the needs of our nation, and i want to make sure that the federal reserve focuses on maintaining the monetary stability that leads to a strong dollar, and confidence that america is not going to go down the road that other nations have gone down to their peril. as for strong domestic leaders he cited folks like meg whitman and deborah lee. bill: how could that play out? we put that question to josh
handout, what you need is a hand up so to speak in terms of empowering women and business and the economy. that s why i said a republican party that looks more future oriented, that talks about your children and whether they are going to have a future is equally important than the one about whether you re going to get the benefits and keep them. what monica just said is true, the republican brand has been so damaged with women, and not just on women s issues but a sense of lack of assess built. what i think that you saw ann romney doing, i said christie, ryan and i think last night, particularly with condoleezzaa rice and with governor martinez is they are making republicans more accessible. they are a party about the future, they are trying to be a party about the future, and not just the party of no. that s what they need to get away from. that s what women are concerned about. condoleezzaa rice last night when she talked about the education is a civil rights issue of our time, whe
meet to humanize themselves because the economy is out of obama s hands, that is going to hurt him, and the factor of not being that likable is in the hands of the republicans. i think romney and ryan have the upper hand i in and and the election is really theirs to lose. megyn: was it oak ridge boys, really. it sure was. megyn: you really are a hillbilly. i love it. me too. you can expect high profile speeches tonight including remarks from the last g.o.p. presidential candidate john mccain. george w. bush. a speech by condoleezzaa rice, we saw her moments ago. and vice-presidental nominee paul ryan will wrap-up the night. please join bret baier, myself and the entire fox news political team for complete coverage and analysis of the rnc tonight. we ve got a fox news weather alert now.