does that mean for the romney campaign s message in virginia? well, i think the romney campaign is correct to focus on the economy. because if brian moran and the other representatives of the obama campaign think that there is a record of success here, that people are positive about the economy, they are mightily out of touch with the average american, and certainly the average virginian. people are concerned about the unemployment rate. they re concerned about their own jobs or their spouse s jobs or underemployment. people are really worried about that. and on top of this is up to 200,000 defense-related jobs that will be lost in virginia if sequestration, president obama s plan to lay off defense workers takes hold. we re very worried about that. that s not just president obama s plan to lay that was a plan that was reached by both parties. so let s be fair and let s be honest. well, and it was go ahead, brian. it was a result of the republicans it was a result of th
four years ago. i don t think obama can get the college turnouts. and i think romney is going to cut into the northern margin substance staley. i think the more promise, this equestering can put a big cloud over all the workers and defense workers, what s going to happen to them after november. all the demographics how you have to go about changing virginia. look at unemployment, it s low. they re not having as much of a problem as the rest of the nation. it s raising a huge question for federal workers as to who s going to get cut. demographics have changed, the republicans need to understand there s a very multi ethnic area. fairfax county, the largers jurisdiction in the state. so they have to address those issues and they re doing a great
this is a classic example of this madness. finally, two generals in belarus lost their jobs for allowing teddy bears in the country s air space. swedish plane flew over the authoritarian state and dropped the stuffed animals carrying slogans supporting human rights. the incident was denied until the president, known as a dictator in europe, dropped the hammer on the generals. now to america s military. the prospect of massive and some contend crippling defense cuts grows closer each day. tonight, the national security correspondent jennifer griffin looks at the potential fall-out in terms of jobs and the election. congress can t find a compromise to reduce the deficit. defense workers would likely face layoffs. in california alone, 109,000 defense contracting jobs are on the line.
defense workers face pink slips in coming months. the obama administration has too come up with a plan to cut $100 billion by october 1. these cuts will translate into a loss of 1 million defense industry jobs with billions in lost income. reporter: the white house was adamant that knighters the defense department or the pentagon were planning for these defense cuts to go into effect. today for the first time they sent the acting director of the office of management and budget to capitol hill to answer questions from the house armed services committee. it immediately got heated and political. does it concern you in a democratically controlled senate by harry reid that harry reid would not even bring up the president s budget for a vote?
andrea: welcome back to the five. all right. is president obama favoring suspected terrorists over the troops? it s out, a new report saying that president obama has proposed actually cutting healthcare for certain troops. but leading healthcare for other unionized defense workers. some of the premiums, dana, i ll go to you first. the administration are jacking up the premiums on tricare, military healthcare. the savings are so small, $1 $1.8 billion. he look exhe is doing it to get troops in the healthcare exchanges. dana: it s becoming perfectly clear. when a president s budget is announced there is the first day of activity and