1948. i don t think that this is necessarily a winning issue for the president. he will need more than that, he need as vision and forward- forward-looking precision if the future. that is not what will win the independents back to his side. neil: you mention harry truman, and he had a clear republic congress but this president has at least the senate going for him and the first two years of the presidency he had the full run of the table with the house of representatives and senate under his party s umbrella. so i agree that would be a tough comparison but i wonder whether the tracking polls that the administration is using, the bain capital stuff, is paying off. that the private capital attacks are paying off. when folks like massachusetts governor patrick came out last month and said, go slow, bill clinton more or less said go slow, i wonder whether even though they dial the criticism back they were trying to telegraph something to the president this may not be a winnin
neil: independents have decided enough is enough. welcome, everyone, i am neil cavuto, is this the next big worry for the budget? a new poll showing a bunch of independences are leaving the president, 53 percent now, favor governor romney compared to 39 percent for president obama. my guest says us versus them could be the reason why. it is remarkable, because, this could be the first tangible proof that the class warfare thing is now turning its guns on the administration. what do you make of that? guest: well, yes, this is a worrying sign for president obama. and let me say something about this number, that 53 percent for romney and 39 percent for obama, and if romney really is winning ns by 14 points, and they had the two men tied at 47 percent, that does not smell right to me if romney is really that far ahead with independents they would be tied. to get that result you have to have an electorate that is more favorable to obama than 2008 so there is something screwy.
from now, do we want to be known as the best broadcast television country or the best mobile broadband country? now, i think as a practical matter i think we can do both, but here is what is almost certainly true. if we don t get more spectrum into the system, we will not be the best mobile broadband country and that s really important for this country to aspire to. you seem to be focusing a lot of your time on the commercial spectrum. if you re talking about an efficient use of spectrum and people will say government is not necessarily using their spectrum efficiently. there is plenty of federal agencies sitting on chunks of airwaves and not doing much with t why are you focusing so much on commercial when you have the government sitting right there? again, i just have to disagree with the premise. it s absolutely true that the press, in covering us, has focused a lot of time because the conflict with the broadcasters is fun to write about. we have spent a lot of time wo
host: does he plan to bring in a legislators out to hawaii to set down the agenda for trying to get this bill reconciled? guest:?j that we know of. he is deferring to the leadership in congress, the democratic leadership in the house and senate and that will happen again as i go to a public conference committee to iron out the differences between the senate and house bills. i do not hear any talk that they will bring people physically out to hawaii. . it is quite a complicated assessment we have to make here, but i think as far as dealing with the military, i think he has been careful because he is in contact and seems to be quite possible with the military, too. the book is from mount vernon to crawford, the history of presidents and their retreats, its author, ken walsh, chief washington correspondent for u.s. news and world report has been our guest. thank you for being onto program. thank you for having me. host: we want to let you know who is on washington journal
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